We welcome you to NJC’s November issue, out now.
A Focus article by David Gajan and Christophe Copéret (University of Zurich, Switzerland) features on this month’s front cover. In this mini-review article find out on some recent development of very efficient silica supported single-site heterogeneous catalysts. In particular, the influence of local environments on the structure of surface species and the consequences of the nature of active sites in silica supported catalysts, single-site vs. non-single-site have been discussed.
Silica-supported single-site catalysts: to be or not to be? A conjecture on silica surfaces by David Gajan and Christophe Copéret; New J. Chem., 2011, 35, 2403-2408; DOI: 10.1039/C1NJ20506D.
The inside front cover showcases the work of A. Ibanez et al. (a collaboration from teams in France) presenting a new class of highly fluorescent molecular nanocrystals for biosensing applications, such as DNA sensoring. These nanocrystals are strongly anchored to the sol–gel coatings and the label-free DNA-target detection is achieved through hybridization by the return towards a fluorescence state of the nanocrystals. These results on fluorescent nanocomposite coatings open up promising possibilities for making label-free generic sensors.
Fluorescent molecular nanocrystals anchored in sol–gel thin films: a label-free signalization function for biosensing applications by Emilie Dubuisson, Sabine Szunerits, Maria Bacia, Robert Pansu and Alain Ibanez; New J. Chem., 2011, 35, 2416-242, DOI: 10.1039/C1NJ20353C, Full paper.
- In this issue, also check out two Letter articles, this month on new organic and organometallic isocyanurate derivatives, molecules with nonlinear optical properties (NLO) that present a remarkable efficiency–transparency trade-off properties.
Donor-substituted triaryl-1,3,5-triazinanes-2,4,6-triones: octupolar NLO-phores with a remarkable transparency–nonlinearity trade-off by Gilles Argouarch, Romain Veillard, Thierry Roisnel, Anissa Amar, Abdou Boucekkine, Anu Singh, Isabelle Ledoux and Frédéric Paul New J. Chem., 2011, 35, 2409-2411 DOI 10.1039/C1NJ20442D
- And the second Letter article focus on a search for new antiplasmodial drugs, based on new ferrocenyl derivatives of benzodiazepines.
One-pot microwave-assisted synthesis and antimalarial activity of ferrocenyl benzodiazepines by Gabin Mwande-Maguene, Jouda Jakhlal, Jean-Bernard Lekana-Douki, Elisabeth Mouray, Till Bousquet, Sylvain Pellegrini, Philippe Grellier, Fousseyni Samba Toure Ndouo, Jacques Lebibi and Lydie Pelinski New J. Chem., 2011, 35, 2412-2415 DOI: 10.1039/C1NJ20551J
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