We welcome you to NJC’s first issue of 2014. The new year gets off to a good start with the publication of high-quality, original and significant research works that display nanomaterials, ab initio calculations, biocatalysts, soft materials and much more.
The outside front cover highlights a Focus article from Riccardo Marega and Davide Bonifazi (University of Namur, Brussels, and University of Trieste, Italy) that was aimed at presenting the most significant examples in which carbon nanotubes, hosting suitable molecular species in their hollow cavity, are used for bioimaging and drug delivery applications.
“Filling carbon nanotubes for nanobiotechnological applications”, Riccardo Marega and Davide Bonifazi, New J. Chem., 2014, 38, 22-2. DOI: 10.1039/C3NJ01008B.
NJC issue 1, 2014 inside front cover was produced by Jean-Cyrille Hierso (Université de Bourgogne, France), Peter R. Schreiner (Justus-Liebig-Universität, Germany), and co-workers. In this Perspective article, the authors provide an overview of the (poly)functionalization of face-fused adamantane cages (i.e., diamondoids) and their applications in fields such as organocatalysis, polymers, molecular electronics and mechanics.
“Diamondoids: functionalization and subsequent applications of perfectly defined molecular cage hydrocarbons”, Maria A. Gunawan, Jean-Cyrille Hierso, Didier Poinsot, Andrey A. Fokin, Natalie A. Fokina, Boryslav A. Tkachenko and Peter R. Schreiner, New J. Chem., 2014, 38, 28-41. DOI: 10.1039/C3NJ00535F.
You can access and read the whole issue available online at: NJC 2014, Issue 1. Leave us a comment and let us know what you think!
We wish you a happy new year 2014!
