Journal of the American Chemical Society

Tweaking the structure of metal-organic frameworks could transform the capacity to use methane as a fuel.

Organic nanotubes (ONTs) are tubular nanostructures
 composed of organic molecules that have unique properties and have found various applications, such as electro-conductive materials. A group of scientists at Nagoya University have developed a simple and effective method for the formation of robust covalent ONTs from simple molecules.

Researchers in Japan and US jointly developed a chemical sensing material whose electrical conductivity dramatically increases when exposed to toxic gases.

Hokkaido University researchers have synthesised a uniquely structured platinum-based superconducting material.

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) binding fluorescent probes have been powerful and important analytical tools for the study of RNA structures and functions.

Scientists at Hokkaido University have developed a series of luminescent compounds that change emission colours upon mechanical stimuli.

Researchers in Korea have developed a technique that can easily analyze the optical activity of charged compounds by using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

A synthetic process that combines multiple components through quick, consecutive reactions is promising for drug manufacture.

Tuning the para position of benzene rings is significant for creating biologically active compounds and optoelectronic materials. Chemists at ITbM, Nagoya University have developed a novel iridium catalyst that enables highly para-selective borylation on benzene, leading to the rapid synthesis of drug derivatives for treating Parkinson’s disease.

A team of chemists at Nagoya University has synthesized novel transition metal-complexed cycloparaphenylenes (CPPs) that enable selective monofunctionalization of CPPs for the first time, opening doors to the construction of unprecedented nanocarbons.

Researchers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed a method to form micropores of less than 2 nanometers within porous polymers.

Through an extensive international collaboration, scientists at the Center for Selective C–H Functionalization (CCHF), Emory University and the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya University have synthesized marine alkaloids with anti-cancer and therapeutic properties through a sequential C-H functionalization strategy.

Miniature two-color barcodes have the potential to combat forgery and track cancerous cells

An international team of chemists has discovered a new piece to the puzzle of how a powerful base used in organic synthesis, cesium carbonate, plays a pivotal role during a catalytic reaction.

(Tokyo, 26 August 2014) Tokyo Tech scientists synthesize multicyclic type of polymers for the first time offering insights for tailoring polymer properties as well as the mathematics of complex geometries.

A new dye-sensitized solar cell absorbs a broad range of visible and infrared wavelengths.

A modified anticancer drug can simultaneously target tumour sites and show whether or not it is working.

A Japanese research team has successfully demonstrated a new approach toward a non-precious metal oxygen reduction catalyst for fuel cells.

A clever chemical transformation yields surface-bound microstructures that efficiently drive away oil- and water-based contaminants

Nanoparticles with a core–shell structure can minimize the overheating of cells during bioimaging experiments

NIMS researchers elucidated the relationship between the photocurrent and the peculiar changes in the absorption structure occurring in the vicinity of the molecular-electrode interface in dye-sensitized solar cells

Ulsan, S. Korea, June 17, 2013 - Researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), S. Korea, developed a novel, simple method to synthesize hierarchically nanoporous frameworks of nanocrystalline metal oxides such as magnesia and ceria by the thermal conversion of well-designed metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).

Trapping free electrons with polycyclic aromatic molecules creates materials with enhanced optical, electronic and magnetic properties

Defects in metal–organic frameworks induce low-temperature ferromagnetism and could yield novel materials for industry

Researchers from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea have pioneered a simple, but efficient and eco-friendly way to produce Edge-selectively functionalized graphene nanoplatelets (EFGnPs) by dry ball milling graphite in the presence of various gases.

Japanese scientists have succeeded in fabricating a crystalline thin film with a film thickness of nanometer order, in which molecules of a 3-dimensionally strong porous coordination polymer (PCP) are oriented in a designated direction, and demonstrated that this thin film has a reversible gas adsorption/desorption reaction function.

The dynamic equilibrium between two reactive silicon compounds provides chemists with improved tools for synthesizing optically and electronically active molecules

Revelation of how certain compounds adhere so strongly to HIV’s coat points to a fresh therapeutic approach