Archive for April, 2015

Announcing the 2015 NJC Symposia in Canada

After Alsace, China and Sweden, the 4th NJC Symposia will take place in eastern Canada in June 2015. Three one-day events are scheduled, during which NJC board members and invited guest speakers will present their work around the theme of New Directions in Chemistry.

Please join us to meet…
Members of the NJC Editorial Board who will be participating in the 2015 NJC Symposia are:
Editor-in-Chief Professor Mir Wais HOSSEINI (University of Strasbourg, France)
Associate Editor Professor Peter JUNK (James Cook University, Australia)
Professor Len BARBOUR (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
Professor Debbie CRANS (Colorado State University, USA)
Professor Takashi KATO (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Professor Christina MOBERG (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)
Professor Sijbren OTTO (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Professor Dai-Wen PANG (Wuhan University, China)
NJC Managing Editor Dr Denise PARENT (CNRS, Montpellier, France) will also be present.

Dates:
June 2 at the Université de Montréal (Host: Professor Davit ZARGARIAN)
June 3 at McGill University (Host: Professor Robin ROGERS)
June 5 at York University (Host: Professor Gino LAVOIE)
The scientific programs will be available soon. Please check this blog in about two weeks.

These symposia are free and open to all interested persons. You are kindly asked to register (so that we know how many of you to expect) by clicking on the name of the university in the table below—where you wish to attend the symposium. (You will be connected to the EventBrite website to order your free ticket.)

Université de Montréal McGill University York University
June 2 June 3 June 5
Université de Montréal Logo McGill University Logo

We all look forward to meeting you in Montréal or Toronto in June!

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NJC issue 04 out now

NJC April 2015 OFC - Dr KanamoriDr Kanamori (Kyoto University, Japan) and his colleagues’ work illustrates the outside cover this month.

Hierarchically porous monolithic materials are used as adsorbent, separation media and catalyst (support) due to their excellent accessibility to the pore surface and high permeability as well as easy recyclability and reusability. In this article, the authors report the synthesis of hierarchically porous zirconium phosphate (ZrP) monoliths with size-tunable co-continuous macropores from ionic precursors via a sol–gel process accompanied by phase separation followed by supercritical drying. They demonstrate the applicability of this new monolithic porous material as a green platform for the removal of toxic metal ions in aqueous solutions under continuous flow conditions, which shows promising results as a water purification device.

Synthesis of robust hierarchically porous zirconium phosphate monolith for efficient ion adsorption
Yang Zhu, Taiyo Shimizu, Takara Kitajima, Kei Morisato, Nirmalya Moitra, Nicolas Brun, Tsutomu Kiyomura, Kazuyoshi Kanamori, Kazuyuki Takeda, Hiroki Kurata, Masamoto Tafu and Kazuki Nakanishi.
New J. Chem., 2015, 39, 2444-2450. DOI: 10.1039/C4NJ01749H.

The inside cover was designed by Dr Mukherjee NJC April 2015 IFC - Dr Mukherjee(CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, India). In their article, Dr Mukherjee and co-workers report the synthesis of amine (–NH2) functionalized graphite nanosheets from microcrystalline graphite by two simple steps of chemical functionalization involving nitration followed by reduction. These nanosheets were further reacted with polyethylene glycol chains to give a water-soluble graphite nanosheet composite, which was studied as a potential drug carrier for targeted anticancer drug delivery.

Synthesis of amine functionalized graphite nanosheets and their water-soluble derivative for drug loading and controlled release
Amrita Chakravarty, Koushik Bhowmik, Goutam De and Arnab Mukherjee.
New J. Chem., 2015, 39, 2451-2458. DOI: 10.1039/C4NJ01545B.

See the content of the full issue here

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