This month sees the following articles in New Journal of Chemistry that are in the top ten most accessed:-

MOFs, MILs and more: concepts, properties and applications for porous coordination networks (PCNs) 
Christoph Janiak and Jana K. Vieth 
New J. Chem., 2010, 34, 2366-2388, DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00275E, Perspective 

Influence of metal-ligand ratio on benzimidazole based luminescent lanthanide complexes: 3-D network structures and chloride anion binding 
Xiaoping Yang, Richard A. Jones, Michael M. Oye, Michael Wiester and Rachel J. Lai 
New J. Chem., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00518E, Paper 

A new squaraine and Hg2+-based chemosensor with tunable measuring range for thiol-containing amino acids 
Chao Luo, Qianxiong Zhou, Baowen Zhang and Xuesong Wang 
New J. Chem., 2011, 35, 45-48, DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00696C, Letter 

Development of luminescent iridium(iii) polypyridine complexes as chemical and biological probes 
Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo, Steve Po-Yam Li and Kenneth Yin Zhang 
New J. Chem., 2011, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00478B, Perspective 

Calixarenes: from biomimetic receptors to multivalent ligands for biomolecular recognition 
Francesco Sansone, Laura Baldini, Alessandro Casnati and Rocco Ungaro 
New J. Chem., 2010, 34, 2715-2728, DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00285B, Perspective 

Self-assembly of amphiphilic calixarenes and resorcinarenes in water 
Kaisa Helttunen and Patrick Shahgaldian 
New J. Chem., 2010, 34, 2704-2714, DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00123F, Perspective 

Synthesis, crystal structures, luminescent and thermal properties of two new metal-organic coordination polymers based on zinc(ii) carboxylates 
Sergey A. Sapchenko, Danil N. Dybtsev, Denis G. Samsonenko and Vladimir P. Fedin 
New J. Chem., 2010, 34, 2445-2450, DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00196A, Paper 

Asymmetric alcoholytic kinetic resolution of styrene oxide catalysed by chiral metal-organic framework crystals 
Koichi Tanaka and Ken-ichi Otani 
New J. Chem., 2010, 34, 2389-2391, DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00038H, Letter 

Light-driven modulation of fluorescence color from azobenzene derivatives containing electron-donating and electron-withdrawing groups 
Mina Han, Yasuo Norikane, Ken Onda, Yoko Matsuzawa, Masaru Yoshida and Masahiko Hara 
New J. Chem., 2010, 34, 2892-2896, DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00353K, Paper 

A colorimetric and fluorescent chemosensor for copper ions in aqueous media and its application in living cells 
Huan-Huan Wang, Lin Xue, Zhang-Jian Fang, Guo-Ping Li and Hua Jiang 
New J. Chem., 2010, 34, 1239-1242, DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00168F, Letter 

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For its January issue, NJC is pleased to showcase its very first Focus article, illustrated on the outside cover. In this inaugural NJC Focus, Robert H. Crabtree, from Yale University, CT, USA, highlights the non-innocent role of ligands in modifying reactivity at a metal  centre in an article entitled ‘Multifunctional Ligands in Transition Metal Catalysis’.

Multifunctional Ligands in Transition Metal Catalysis, Robert H. Crabtree, New J. Chem., 2011, 35, 18-23, DOI:10.1039/C0NJ00776E, Focus

New Format

The NJC Focus format is a new and exciting review article type for NJC, in which leading authors in their field are invited to review a research topic of high current interest, focusing on the most important results that have been obtained. The Focus summarizes the key results and identifies where the breakthroughs occurred and their impact. It concludes with the challenges that are currently facing workers in the field and the future directions of research in this area.

NJC issue 1, 2011 inside cover was produced by Jonathan S. Lindsey and colleagues for their article entitled Abiotic formation of uroporphyrinogen and coproporphyrinogen from acyclic reactants. In this article, the authors have looked at the hypothetical pre-biotic synthesis of tetrapyrroles and designed an enzyme free synthesis of nature’s universal precursor to the ‘pigments of life’ (corrins, heme, chlorophylls). Read all about it here.

Abiotic formation of uroporphyrinogen and coproporphyrinogen from acyclic reactants, Jonathan S. Lindsey, Vanampally Chandrashaker, Masahiko Taniguchi and Marcin Ptaszek, New J. Chem., 2011, 35, 65-75, DOI: 10.139/C0NJ00716A, Paper

• In Issue 1, also check out the 2011 Editorial, reflecting on this past year’s highlights and looking forward to a successful 2011.
• View the issue online: NJC Issue 1, 2011 and read all about the exciting science in the 33 articles we have for you!