We welcome you to NJC’s March issue, out now.
A Letter by Harald Bock and coworkers (University of Bordeaux, France) features on this month’s front cover. In this Letter, the authors describe the synthesis of a family of ceramidonine-based polycyclic aromatic molecules obtained in only three straightforward steps from hydroxyl-anthraquinones and amino-phenazines or amino-quinolines. This opens a new route towards larger nitrogen-containing nano-graphenes.
Tetraazaarenes by the ceramidonine approach, Parantap Sarkar, Ie-Rang Jeon, Fabien Durola and Harald Bock, New J. Chem., 2012, 36, 570–574, DOI: 10.1039/C2NJ21033A Letter
The inside front cover showcases the work of Teresa Sierra, Alfredo Ballesteros et al. (a collaboration from teams in Spain and Italy), presenting the self-organization characteristics of rod-like fluorophores derived from 3-hexen-1,5-diyne that can be controlled by conjugation to different types of benzoic acid derivatives.
A linear conjugated core for functional columnar liquid crystals, Ana Pérez, José Luis Serrano, Teresa Sierra, Alfredo Ballesteros, Diana de Saá, Roberto Termine, Upendra Kumar Pandey and Attilio Golemme, New J. Chem., 2012, 36, 830–842 DOI: 10.1039/C2NJ20950K , Paper
In this issue, also check out the Perspective article – this month on mesoporous materials and their use in the field of nuclear industry:
Mesoporous materials in the field of nuclear industry: applications and perspectives, Philippe Makowski, Xavier Deschanels, Agnès Grandjean, Daniel Meyer, Guillaume Toquer and Frédéric Goettmann, New J. Chem., 2012, 36, 531–541 DOI: 10.1039/C1NJ20703B, Perspective
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