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Laureates of NJC Interface Poster Prizes

17 Sep 2010

Ken Yamada & Gwladys Pourceau, winners in Lyon

Six young chemists are the laureates of the NJC Interface Poster Prizes awarded at three conferences this past summer.

• Tatsuhiko Arai, Ph.D. student (M Fujita, University of Tokyo, Japan) was the winner at the 5th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry held in Nara, Japan;

• Anna Barnard, Ph.D. student (DK Smith, University of York, UK);
• Xiaoxuan (Tracy) Liu, Ph.D. student (L Peng, co-tutorship between Wuhan University, China, and Université de la Méditerranée, France) and
• Marek Maly, lecturer (J.E. Purkinje University, Czech Republic) were the
awardees at the 2nd International Symposium on Biological Applications of Dendrimers, which took place on the island of Porquerolles, France;

• Gwladys Pourceau, Ph.D. student (F Morvan, University of Montpellier 2, France) and
• Ken Yamada, Ph.D. student (M Sekine, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
were honored at the 19th International Roundtable on Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids in Lyon, France.

Details of their research can be found at http://www.njc.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article20

Congratulations to all the winners from the NJC editorial team, with best wishes for continuing success in their research!

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Hot Article: Terpyridine hydrogelation

15 Sep 2010

By Marie Cote, Deputy Editor.

Letizia Sambri, Luisa de Cola and coworkers investigated the hydrogelation of terpyridine derivatives, a rare class of low molecular weight gelators for which the gelation is promoted by ultrasound, and whose gel properties – such as emission – can be tuned by the addition of metals.

Ultrasound-promoted hydrogelation of terpyridine derivatives, Letizia Sambri, Fabio Cucinotta, Gabriele De Paoli, Stefano Stagni and Luisa De Cola, New. J. Chem., Advance article, DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00391C

Interested? Why not download and read this Hot Article here, FREE to access until 12th of October!

This article will also feature on the Inside Front Cover of the forthcoming October 2010 Issue of NJC. Check it out !

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Homogeneous catalyst immobilization for record recyclability

15 Sep 2010

By Marie Cote, Deputy Editor.

In this NJC Letter, Janet Blümel and colleagues discuss the design of a linker scaffold that prevents the immobilized Rh catalyst from being deactivated by dimerization or contact with the support surface. Using a multipoint attachment approach, the authors show how the catalyst can be recycled for a record 30 times.

New linker systems for superior immobilized catalysts, Björn Beele, Johannes Guenther, Melanie Perera, Michaela Stach, Thomas Oeser and Janet Blümel, New J. Chem. 2010, Advance article, DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00482K

This Letter has been selected as Hot, and is FREE to access until October 12th. Why not find out more and let us know your thoughts and comments below ?

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NJC Issue 9, 2010 out now

08 Sep 2010

By Marie Cote, Deputy Editor.

The September issue of NJC is now published. It features a Perspective article by Irene Ling, Yatimah Alias and Colin L. Raston at the University of Western Australia and the University of Malaya (Kuala Lumpur) on the use of p-sulfonatocalixarenes as elements for multi-component self-assembly.

Authors discuss the construction and structural diversity of complexes of p-sulfonatocalix[4]arene incorporating imidazolium or pyrrolidinium cations, opening the path towards new startegies in calixarene self-assembly. This work is illustrated on this month’s outside front cover:

Structural diversity of multi-component self-assembled systems incorporating p-sulfonatocalix[4]arene

Irene Ling, Yatimah Alias and Colin L. Raston,

New J. Chem., 2010, DOI:10.1039/C0NJ00317D

Follow this link to browse through the September issue and read some of the latest work by Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Kenneth Seddon, Marcin Palusiak, Philippe Bühlmann, Rhett Kempe, Wenjing Lou, Alejandro Sosnik amongst many others, featuring in this issue.

And why not sign-up to our table of contents e-alerts today to receive NJC issues direct to your inbox?

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New NJC Board Member from China appointed

06 Sep 2010

By Denise Parent, Managing Editor.

Prof. Jiannian Yao of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing has been appointed to the NJC Editorial Board.

Prof Jiannian Yao

The CNRS Institute of Chemistry and RSC Publishing are pleased to announce the appointment of Prof. Jiannian Yao of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to the Editorial Board of NJC.

In accepting the invitation Prof. Yao replied:

“I am very glad to participate to the Editorial Board of the New Journal of Chemistry and to assist the Managing Editors in developing and promoting the journal in a variety of ways.”

Jiannian Yao was born in Fujian, P. R. China, in 1953. He received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Fujian Normal University in 1982 and then remained as a lecturer for five years. In 1988, he went to Tokyo University, Japan, obtaining his Ph.D. degree with Prof. Akira Fujishima in 1993. In 1995, he became an associate professor in the Institute of Photographic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and was promoted to full professor in 1996. In 1999 he joined the Institute of Chemistry, CAS, as a professor and deputy director. He is currently serving as a permanent member and general secretary of the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS) and is the vice president of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). His research interests are focused on low-dimensional organic/inorganic optofunctional materials and he is the author of 270 articles.

NJC’s staff and Boards wish a warm welcome to Prof. Yao and look forward to a fruitful collaboration.

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NJC Biophosphates thematic issue at ICPC 2010

06 Sep 2010

By Marie Cote, Deputy Editor.

NJC was delighted to introduce a high-profile thematic issue on Biophosphates at the 18th International Conference on Phosphorus Chemistry (ICPC 2010) held in Wroclaw (Poland) this past July.

This themed issue, guest-edited by Barbara Nawrot and Jean-Pierre Majoral, deals with the large scientific area of biophosphates, lying at the interface of chemistry and biology. All contributions are a tribute to Professor Wojciech J. Stec‘s great scientific achievements, and a nice surprise gift on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

Prof. Wojciech J. Stec receiving the Biophosphates theme issue. Photo by M.K. Margielski

Prof. Stec was presented with the theme issue on the one-day symposium organized within the conference, comprising presentations by leading scientists including George M. Blackburn, Karol S. Bruzik, Marvin H. Caruthers, Charles McKenna, Gerald Zon, Jonathan P. Waltho who all joined in to express their appreciation of Prof. Stec’s outstanding contribution to the fields of phosphorus and bioorganic chemistry. Colleagues and friends then met for a dinner reception to celebrate Prof. Stec’s birthday in a relaxed and joyful atmosphere.

Speakers and delegates attending the symposium in the honour of Prof. Stec. Photo by M.K. Margielski

Why not have a look at the Biophosphates thematic issue, available online at: NJC 2010 Issue 5

Take your pick amongst the 26 articles, including 7 reviews, on a variety of topics including the synthesis and mechanistic studies of nucleotides and oligonucleotides, enzymes and gene expression inhibitors, nucleic acid analogs with novel functionalities and potential therapeutics.

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Top ten most accessed articles in July

02 Sep 2010

By Jackie Cockrill, Publishing Assistant.

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

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

Synthesis and anion binding properties of novel 3,12- and 3,7-bis(4′-nitrophenyl)-azo-calix[4]pyrrole receptors
Bhaskar Garg, Tanuja Bisht and Shive Murat Singh Chauhan
New J. Chem., 2010, 34, 1251-1254, DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00315H

Synthesis and characterization of novel cholesterol based mesogenic compounds using ‘click’ chemistry
K. C. Majumdar, Shovan Mondal and Randhir K. Sinha
New J. Chem., 2010, 34, 1255-1260, DOI: 10.1039/B9NJ00744J

The first supramolecular ion triplet complex
Jens Eckelmann, Vittorio Saggiomo, Frank D. Sönnichsen and Ulrich Lüning
New J. Chem., 2010, 34, 1247-1250, DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00160K

Dibenzo[2,3:5,6]pyrrolizino[1,7-bc]indolo[1,2,3-lm]carbazole: a new electron donor
Claude Niebel, Vladimir Lokshin, Amos Ben-Asuly, Wladimir Marine, Artak Karapetyan and Vladimir Khodorkovsky
New J. Chem., 2010, 34, 1243-1246, DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00100G

Binding induced destruction of an excimer in anthracene-linked benzimidazole diamide: a case toward the selective detection of organic sulfonic acids and metal ions
Kumaresh Ghosh, Tanushree Sen and Amarendra Patra
New J. Chem., 2010, 34, 1387-1393, DOI: 10.1039/B9NJ00789J

A bipolar host containing 1,2,3-triazole for realizing highly efficient phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes
Myoung Ki Kim, Jongchul Kwon, Tae-Hyuk Kwon and Jong-In Hong
New J. Chem., 2010, 34, 1317-1322, DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00091D

The modification of M41S materials: addition of metal clusters and nanoparticles
Nicole S. Hondow, George A. Koutsantonis, Rebecca O. Fuller, Hamzah Fansuri, Martin Saunders, Robert L. Stamps and Dongke Zhang
New J. Chem., 2010, 34, 1286-1294, DOI: 10.1039/B9NJ00626E

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, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00196A

A multi-walled carbon nanotube/poly(urea-formaldehyde) composite prepared by in situ polycondensation for enhanced electrochemical sensing
Bangguo Wei, Luyan Zhang and Gang Chen
New J. Chem., 2010, 34, 453-457, DOI: 10.1039/B9NJ00670B
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2010/NJ/B9NJ00670B

Why not take a look at the articles today and blog your thoughts and comments below.

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Complex amphiphiles for self-assembly and molecular recognition: a review

25 Aug 2010

By Marie Cote, Deputy Editor.

NJC Perspective article hot of the press – read it now!

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

Kaisa Helttunen (University of Jyväskylä) and Patrick Shahgaldian (University of Applied Science Northwestern Switzerland) present the developments of the chemistry of amphiphilic calixarenes and resorcinarenes with a clear focus on the synthetic paths used for their production and their self-assembly properties in water.

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MOFs, MILs and more

25 Aug 2010

By Marie Cote, Deputy Editor.

In this Perspective article, authors C. Janiak and J. K. Vieth, at the University of Freiburg, Germany, cover the concepts of porous coordination networks, including metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), Materials Institute Lavoisier (MILs), iso-reticular metal–organic frameworks (IR-MOFs), porous coordination networks (PCNs), zeolitic metal–organic frameworks (ZMOFs) and porous coordination polymers (PCPs) , and highlight their associated functional properties.

Read this NJC Perspective today :

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

This article will be part of the forthcoming thematic issue on ‘Coordination Polymers : Structure and Function’, guest-edited by Prof. Kumar Biradha, to be out in the November issue of NJC.

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En route to Elemental Germanium

25 Aug 2010

By Marie Cote, Deputy Editor.

Check out the recent NJC Perspective article by Andreas Schnepf (University of Karlsruhe) on metalloid cluster compounds of germanium.

In this review, the author presents a novel class of cluster compounds in group 14 chemistry, shedding light on the synthesis, structural features and bonding properties of these structures in the borderland between the molecular and solid state.

Metalloid cluster compounds of germanium: novel structural motives on the way to elemental germanium! Andreas Schnepf, New J. Chem., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00263A

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Laureates of NJC Interface Poster Prizes

Hot Article: Terpyridine hydrogelation

Homogeneous catalyst immobilization for record recyclability

NJC Issue 9, 2010 out now

New NJC Board Member from China appointed

NJC Biophosphates thematic issue at ICPC 2010

Top ten most accessed articles in July

Complex amphiphiles for self-assembly and molecular recognition: a review

MOFs, MILs and more

En route to Elemental Germanium

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