Highlights
ACS Central Science: These Graphene Experts Are Trying to Close the Reproducibility Gap in Two-Dimensional Materials Research
14 May 2026Too much work on graphene and related materials cannot be repeated — a problem that wastes time and holds back commercialization. New rules could help solve it.
C&EN Talented 12: Aisulu Aitbekova
13 May 2026Combining light and heat to produce sustainable chemicals.
C&EN Talented 12: Martina Benešová-Schäfer
13 May 2026Building targeting systems for radioactive cancer treatments.
C&EN: Silicon insertion methods join skeletal-editing toolbox
06 May 2026Two teams take different approaches to squeeze silicon atoms into molecular scaffolds.
ACS Central Science: Pharm to Table Podcast Duo Bridges the Academia–Industry Divide
29 April 2026The Merck colleagues and cohosts advocate closer collaboration between academic and industry chemists.
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Author Archives: Mark Peplow
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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C&EN: Diamonds really are forever
At pressures five times greater than at the Earth’s core, diamond still retains its usual structure.
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C&EN: Catalyst boosts prospects for fuel-cell vehicles
Platinum-molybdenum carbide spurs water-gas shift reaction, solving catalyst poisoning problem.
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