Nature Chemistry
Pushing the limits of 2D supramolecules
Since the 2004 discovery of graphene, the world's thinnest (one-atom-thick) and strongest (200 times stronger than steel) material, researchers have been…
Münster University chemists create new types of Lewis acids on the basis of phosphorus
Researchers at the University of Münster have developed a method which makes it possible to create three-coordinate Lewis superacids on the basis of…
Construction kit for custom-designed products
Microorganisms often assemble natural products similar to product assembly lines. Certain enzymes, non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS), play a key role in…
Münster University researchers develop new synthesis method for producing fluorinated piperidines
Synthetic molecules are essential for many products in our lives: medicines, crop protection agents or special materials such as Teflon. These molecules have…
Light-controlled molecules: Scientists develop new recycling strategy
Robust plastics are composed of molecular building-blocks, held together by tough chemical linkages. Their cleavage is extremely difficult to achieve,…
Modified biomaterials self-assemble on temperature cues
Biomedical engineers from Duke University have demonstrated a new approach to making self-assembled biomaterials that relies on protein modifications and…