NJC presents the February issue…
The outside front cover illustrates an Article from Mercedes Cano (Complutense University) and her colleagues who focused on the strategic design of new liquid crystal materials based on Zn(II) coordination compounds containing pyridine-functionalised pyrazole ligands of the type 3-(4-n-alkyloxyphenyl)-5-(pyridin-2-yl)pyrazole [HpzR(n)py]. According to them, these compounds constitute one of the scarce examples of metallomesogens containing tetrahedral or octahedral metal environments, so proving that the molecular core geometry is not always the main drawback for mesomorphism.
Tetrahedral and octahedral metallomesogenic Zn(II) complexes supported by pyridine-functionalised pyrazole ligands by Cristián Cuerva, Paloma Ovejero, José Antonio Campo and Mercedes Cano*, New J. Chem., 2014, 38, 511-517. DOI: 10.1039/C3NJ00755C.
In their Letter article, Eugene Pinkhassik (Saint Louis University) and co-workers, who 
produced the inside front cover of the second issue of the year, highlighted new strategies leading to successful synthesis of hybrid nanostructures containing molecules entrapped in nanocapsules for the creation of functional nanodevices, such as nanosensors or nanoreactors.
Catalytic Ship-In-A-Bottle Assembly within Hollow Porous Nanocapusles by Nasim Ehterami, Sergey A. Dergunov, Yenlik Ussipbekova, Vladimir B. Birman and Eugene Pinkhassik*, New J. Chem., 2014, 38, 481-485. DOI: 10.1039/C3NJ01449E.
This month’s Focus review outlines emerging applications of 1,2,3-triazolium cations, including: functional ionic liquids, organocatalysts, precursors of mesoionic carbenes, components of supramolecular assemblies and molecular machines.
Triazolium cations: from “click” pool to multipurpose applications by Jesus M. Aizpurua*, Raluca M. Fratila*, Zaira Monasterio, Nerea Pérez-Esnaola, Elena Andreieff, Aitziber Irastorza and Maialen Sagartzazu-Aizpurua, New J. Chem., 2014, 38, 474-480. DOI: 10.1039/C3NJ00667K.
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