Highlights
C&EN: Copper finally joins the metallocene club
17 February 2026More than 70 years after ferroceneâs discovery, cuprocene fills a long-standing gap in the sandwich menu.
C&EN: Lighting a better path for biobased furans
16 January 2026Photocatalytic hydrolysis offers a shortcut for renewable chemicals.
C&EN: Gas looping boosts efficiency of carbon nanotube production
22 December 2025Methane pyrolysis reactor recycles process gases to improve output of nanotubes and hydrogen.
C&EN: Enhanced rock weathering shows little climate benefit in large trial
18 December 20253-year Swiss study underscores the importance of site selection to maximize CO2 sequestration.
Nature Nanotechnology: Brainâcomputer interfaces race to the clinic
12 December 2025Advances in materials science, microelectronics and semiconductor manufacturing are helping these devices to benefit patients.
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Author Archives: Mark Peplow
C&EN: Blue-light special offers sweeter route to đ¶-glycosides
Glycosyl sulfones need no catalyst for light-triggered radical coupling.
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C&EN: Molecular containers go supersized
Large macrocycle offers wider base for record-breaking cavitands that can trap and separate fullerenes.
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C&EN: Cyclodextrins line up for better filtration membranes
Porous films can separate molecules such as cannabidiol from organic solvents.
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C&EN: New form of lithium reacts 20 times as fast as powdered metal
Crystallized dendrites offer high purity and surface area when preparing organolithium reagents.
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C&EN: Perfluorinated ligand makes long-awaited debut in rhodium complex
After a 40-year wait, fully fluorinated cyclopentadienyl derivative finally connects with a metal partner.
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C&EN: Paper strip detects SARS-CoV-2 variants
Foldable assay could help track different COVID-19 mutants for low-cost surveillance.
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C&EN Talented 12: Ming Joo Koh
This organic chemist uses common metals to shrink synthetic chemistryâs environmental footprint.
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C&EN Talented 12: Weixue Wang
This assay inventor identifies drug candidates for targets once thought to be undruggable.
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C&EN: Nickel catalyst enables versatile amine synthesis
Method creates hundreds of different amines from handy nitriles.
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C&EN: Single catalyst molecules tracked in solution
Fluorescence microscopy traces Grubbs catalystsâ winding paths during polymerization.
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