Highlights
C&EN: Metal complexes rip open benzene
17 July 2025Scandium and chromium compounds team up to convert iconic molecule into linear product at room temperature.
C&EN: Crystals defy their symmetry to discern chiral light
24 June 2025Centrosymmetric crystals have always absorbed equal amounts of left- and right-handed circularly polarized light—until now.
C&EN: Magnetic stirrers linked to issues with reproducing chemistry results
17 June 2025From the lab that found impurities on your stir bar—your flask’s placement on a stirrer plate can mess with your reaction too.
C&EN: ‘Perplexanes’ achieve mind-bending molecular topology
10 June 2025Zirconium helps to weave entangled nanocarbon cages in high yields.
C&EN: Atom-thin iodine film makes its debut
29 May 2025Iodinene is the first halogen analog of graphene and is expected to be unusually metallic.
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Author Archives: Mark Peplow
C&EN: Can industry decarbonize steelmaking?
Major steelmakers and disruptive start-ups look to hydrogen and renewable electricity to make green steel.
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C&EN: Polyacetylene comes full circle
Synthesis of cyclic polyacetylene offers fresh take on classic semiconducting polymer.
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C&EN: Catalytic patch activates cancer drug
Microneedle array carries palladium nanoparticles that switch on local melanoma treatment, avoiding side effects.
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C&EN: MXenes make durable solid lubricants
Titanium carbide nanosheets offer low friction and long-lasting wear resistance.
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C&EN: Tandem catalyst converts propane to propylene
Nanoparticles unite platinum and indium oxide catalysts for better yields at lower temperature.
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C&EN: Pesticide breakdown products found in hundreds of US streams
Extensive environmental survey of pesticides and their transformation products reveals potential for hidden toxicity.
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C&EN: Which air purification technologies can tackle COVID-19?
Air-cleaning devices that claim to remove SARS-CoV-2 have hit shelves, backed by varying levels of data.
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C&EN: Europium reveals billion-year pause in mountain formation
Chemical anomalies in zircons highlight hidden geology of the Proterozoic’s ‘boring billion,’ a time of evolutionary stasis.
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C&EN: Milder synthesis takes the pressure off carbon-based nanothreads
Using furan as a starting material boosts production of diamond-like polymers.
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C&EN: Einsteinium complex isolated
Experiments using scant nanograms of element 99 lead to first measurement of an einsteinium bond length.
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