Archive for September, 2013

The Merck Index Online

The Merck Index OnlineThe Royal Society of Chemistry are proud to be the exclusive providers of The Merck Index Online, which is now available for your library to purchase.

You can now watch our introductory video tutorial to find out more about this powerful and user-friendly platform. We hope you find it valuable!

Why choose The Merck Index Online for your library?

The Merck Index Online is an indispensable resource for researchers in chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology & pharmaceuticals, toxicology, and medicine, featuring powerful search functionality and a user-friendly interface. It has been developed from the new 15th edition of The Merck Index, and offers:

   ✓ Over 11,500 monographs, fully searchable by text or structure
   ✓ Over 1,300 new structures and over 500 new monographs
   ✓ Unlimited concurrent users**
   ✓ Regular updates by a team of specialist editors
   ✓ A host of additional features including saved searches

You can take a look and try out the platform for yourself, or submit your details online to request further information on pricing and trials.

P.S. The Merck Index 15th edition is also available in print – you can order your copies online

* The name THE MERCK INDEX is owned by Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, N.J., U.S.A., and is licensed to The Royal Society of Chemistry for use in the U.S.A. and Canada.

** For academic institutions, hospitals and pharmacies

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Less than one week left to register for free Chemistry World webinar

Chemistry World webinarsCharacterization of polymer blends by ion mobility mass spectrometry

Tuesday 24th September 2013
3pm BST / 10am EDT

The coupling of atmospheric solid analysis probe with ion mobility-mass spectrometry is an efficient tool for the characterization of polymers and additives.

Join Professor Carlos Afonso from the University of Rouen, and Chemistry World editor Bibiana Campos-Seijo, for this new webinar and learn more about the use of this approach for the characterization of polymer blends involving biodegradable polymers.

Register free of charge >

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Royal Society of Chemistry acquires MarinLit

We announced some exciting news today: we signed an agreement on Tuesday 17th September to acquire MarinLit, a database dedicated to Marine Natural Products research. We are delighted with this acquisition. This database was established in the 1970’s by two MNP Professors John Blunt and Murray Munro at the University Of Canterbury in New Zealand. It was designed as an in-house system to fulfil the needs of the University of Canterbury Marine Group and over the last 25 years John, Murray and their colleagues at the University of Canterbury have developed the leading Marine Natural Product database, a powerful tool in support of the varied areas of MNP research.

We are very excited to welcome MarinLit into our portfolio. It is used by marine natural products scientists around the world and provides an excellent strategic fit with the rest of our publishing portfolio, expands our natural product portfolio which includes Natural Product Reports and Natural Product Updates, and will complement existing products such as ChemSpider.

We are looking forward to working with John and Murray over the next 30 months to manage this transition and continue to develop MarinLit’s future. We will continue to support and enhance MarinLit, our first development will be to produce a web based version, which will be ready in early 2014.

Would you like more information?

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Altmetrics added to Royal Society of Chemistry journals

We are pleased to announce the inclusion of Altmetrics on 5 Royal Society of Chemistry journals.

Energy and Environmental Science  
Dalton Transactions
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Chemical Society Reviews
Lab on a Chip

With a constantly changing publishing landscape and changes to the way people use scientific literature, altmetrics is a measure that can monitor the level of conversation and interest in a particular piece of research at the article level. Thus altmetrics provides an additional modern metric for our authors to measure the impact of their work, rather than rely solely on citations and impact factor.

To view the altmetrics on articles within these journals, from the article landing page use the Metrics tab as pictured below.

Altmetrics for an EES articleA press release from Altmetrics is available on our website.

We are interested to hear your feedback on this new development and how you are utilising these new types of metrics. Please leave your comments below.

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英国皇家化学学会中文网站上线了

我们很高兴展示新的中文网站。

作为世界上领先的化学社区,我们致力于科技领域的跨国交流与合作。

我们因与中国化学科学领域的紧密联系而自豪,希望通过新的网站,加强联系并深入扩展与中国的合作伙伴和同行的合作网络。

我们全新的中文网站是一个中心,在这里,中国科学家可以发现了解我们的传统、活动、出版业务、合作伙伴与社区信息,并了解如何参与进来。 

通过全球的合作伙伴,我们能够推进卓越,支持创新并构架化学科学的未来–造福科学和人类福祉。

访问中文网站

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First Materials Horizons articles published

The eagerly anticipated first articles for new journal Materials Horizons are now available online.   

Materials Horizons journal cover

Excellent research is key to new advances that will benefit science and humanity. 

Materials Horizons only publishes work of exceptional significance at the cutting-edge interface of materials science with chemistry, physics, biology and engineering. What could be a better incentive for you to read these inaugural articles?

Chemotaxis of catalytic silica–manganese oxide “matchstick” particles
Adam R. Morgan, Alan B. Dawson, Holly S. Mckenzie, Thomas S. Skelhon, Richard Beanland, Henry P. W. Franks and Stefan A. F. BonDownload the PDF
Chemotaxis of catalytic silica–manganese oxide “matchstick” particles
Production of heavily n- and p-doped CVD graphene with solution-processed redox-active metal–organic species
Sergio A. Paniagua, Jose Baltazar, Hossein Sojoudi, Swagat K. Mohapatra, Siyuan Zhang, Clifford L. Henderson, Samuel Graham, Stephen Barlow and Seth R. Marder Download the PDF
Production of heavily n- and p-doped CVD graphene with solution-processed redox-active metal–organic species
Highly dispersible polypyrrole nanospheres for advanced nanocomposite ultrafiltration membranes
Yaozu Liao, Thomas P. Farrell, Gregory R. Guillen, Minghua Li, James A. T. Temple, Xin-Gui Li, Eric M. V. Hoek and Richard B. KanerDownload the PDF
Highly dispersible polypyrrole nanospheres for advanced nanocomposite ultrafiltration membranes
Vesicle budding from polymersomes templated by microfluidically prepared double emulsions
Julian Thiele, Venkatachalam Chokkalingam, Shaohua Ma, Daniela A. Wilson and Wilhelm T. S. HuckDownload the PDF
Vesicle budding from polymersomes templated by microfluidically prepared double emulsions

Plus, discover the vision for the journal in the Editorial, Materials Horizons: a personal perspective, by Editor Liz Dunn and Editorial Board Chair Seth Marder.

We want to ensure the world benefits from the best possible research.

All Materials Horizons articles will be free to access online until the end of 2015*, so researchers worldwide can discover, read and share them.

Submit to Materials HorizonsLike what you read? Submit your work to Materials Horizons.

And ensure you keep up to date with the latest research: sign up for the Materials Horizons e-alert and newsletter

* All articles published in 2014 and 2015 issues are free to access online to all individuals who have signed up for an RSC Publishing Personal Account, and to all existing RSC customers with an IP address registered.

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Free Chemistry World webinar: Characterization of polymer blends by ion mobility mass spectrometry

Chemistry World webinarsChemistry World and Waters are pleased to announce a new webinar:

Characterization of polymer blends by ion mobility mass spectrometry

Tuesday 24th September 2013
3pm BST / 10am EDT

The coupling of atmospheric solid analysis probe with ion mobility-mass spectrometry is an efficient tool for the characterization of polymers and additives.  

Join Professor Carlos Afonso from the University of Rouen, and Chemistry World editor Bibiana Campos-Seijo, for this new webinar and learn more about the use of this approach for the characterization of polymer blends involving biodegradable polymers.     

Register free of charge >

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