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In their NJC paper, George Hasegawa and co-workers (Kyoto University, Japan) demonstrate facile synthesis of hierarchically porous N-doped TiO₂ and applications to the anode of Li-ion batteries.

The precursor titanium-based hybrid gels were prepared by crosslinking titanium alkoxide with ethylenediamine in a non-hydrolytic sol-gel route which leads to TiO₂ homogeneously doped with a high amount of nitrogen. The combination of N-doping into TiO₂ and hierarchically porous structure effectively improves electrode performance; the resultant N-doped anatase showed good discharge capacities higher than the capacity of conventional anatase electrodes.

Synthesis and Electrochemical Performance of Hierarchically Porous N-doped TiO₂ for Li-ion Batteries
George Hasegawa, Tatsuya Sato, Kazuyoshi Kanamori, Kazuki Nakanishi and Takeshi Abe  
New J. Chem., 2014, DOI: 10.1039/C3NJ01332D

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Bromine kinetic isotope effects: insight into Grignard reagent formation by Lukasz Szatkowski, Agnieszka Dybala-Defratyka, Charlie Batarseh, Jochanan Blum, Ludwik Halicz and Faina Gelman ; New J. Chem., 2013, Advance Article; DOI: 10.1039/C3NJ00197K, Letter 

Molecularly imprinted La-doped mesoporous titania films with hydrolytic properties toward organophosphate pesticides by Davide Carboni, Luca Malfatti, Alessandra Pinna, Barbara Lasio, Yasuaki Tokudome, Masahide Takahashi and Plinio Innocenzi; New J. Chem., 2013, Advance Article; DOI: 10.1039/C3NJ00291H, Paper 

4-Aminoquinoline-1,3,5-triazine: Design, synthesis, in vitro antimalarial activity and docking studies by Hans Raj Bhat, Udaya Pratap Singh, Prashant Gahtori, Surajit Kumar Ghosh, Kabita Gogoi, Anil Prakash and Ramendra K. Singh; New J. Chem., 2013, Advance Article; DOI: 10.1039/C3NJ00317E, Paper 

Multi-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy of thorium, neptunium and plutonium hexacyanoferrate compound by Thomas Dumas, Marie Christine Charbonnel, Iraida A. Charushnikova, Steven D. Conradson, Clara Fillaux, Christoph Hennig, Philippe Moisy, Sébastien Petit, Andreas C. Scheinost, David K. Shuh, Tolek Tyliszczak and Christophe Den Auwer; New J. Chem., 2013, Advance Article; DOI: 10.1039/C3NJ00318C, Paper

Spiropyran–cholesterol conjugate as a photoresponsive organogelator by Shigehiro Sumiya, Yasuhiro Shiraishi and Takayuki Hirai; New J. Chem., 2013, Advance Article; DOI: 10.1039/C3NJ00322A, Paper 

Anion–π interactions in [S₄N₃]⁺ rings by Antonio Bauzá, David Quiñonero, Pere M. Deyà and Antonio Frontera; New J. Chem., 2013, Advance Article; DOI: 10.1039/C3NJ00424D, Paper 

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Due to their toxic nature the ionic liquids became an interesting subject of development for new applications.

In this NJC paper quaternary phosphonium ionic liquids are discussed in light of their potential use as an antifungal compounds. The authors Diego O. Hartmann and Cristina Silva Pereira (University  of Lisbon, Portugal) aimed this paper at investigating toxicity of several alkylphosphonium chlrorides versus a fungus, Aspergillus nidulans at a molecular level. They describe the use of qRT-PCR to analyse the expression of Aspergillus nidulans genes after exposure to alkyltributylphosphonium chlorides. The results indicate cell wall damage as the common mechanism of toxicity amongst these ionic liquids, while plasma membrane permeabilisation is dependent on the alkyl substituent length. The work provides an important basic insight to apply phosphonium type ionic liquids as an antifungal medicine.

A molecular analysis of the toxicity of alkyltributylphosphonium chlorides in Aspergillus nidulans by Diego O. Hartmann and Cristina Silva Pereira , New J. Chem., 2013, 37, 1569-1577, DOI: 10.1039/C3NJ00167A

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In this NJC Hot paper Chinese researchers (Soochow University and Jiangsu University) describe a facile route for the fabrication of porous and solid SrTiO₃ films by a template-free hydrothermal method using TiO₂ NTs precursor and loading CQDs on the SrTiO₃ surface by electrodeposition. As a result, the CQDs–SrTiO₃ is responsive under near NIR irradiation owing to the energy upconversion ability of the CQDs. Based on the their results, a possible electron–hole transfer mechanism was also assumed.

Enhanced photoelectrochemical response in SrTiO₃ films decorated with carbon quantum dots by Fang Wang, Yang Liu, Zheng Ma, Haitao Li, Zhenhui Kang and Mingrong Shen; New J. Chem., 2013, Advance Article; DOI: 10.1039/C2NJ40988G, Letter

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