Science Highlights Archive

May 14, 2020 – Anions Enhance Rare Earth Adsorption at Negatively Charged Surfaces
April 29, 2020 – Materializing rival ground states in the barlowite family of kagome magnets: quantum spin liquid, spin ordered, and valence bond crystal states
Feb 4, 2020 – Armoring the Interface with Surfactants to Prevent the Adsorption of Monoclonal Antibodies
December 02, 2019 – In situ visualization of loading-dependent water effects in a stable metal–organic framework
October 11, 2019 – Bioinspired Synthesis of Quasi-Two-Dimensional Monocrystalline Oxides
September 24, 2019 – Characterization of a Reactive Rh2 Nitrenoid by Crystalline Matrix Isolation
July 1, 2019 – Stability of Ligands on Nanoparticles Regulating the Integrity of Biological Membranes at the Nano–Lipid Interface
March 3, 2019 – Ligand-Based Control of Single-Site vs. Multi-Site Reactivity by a Trichromium Cluster
Apr 2, 2019 – Molecular Interactions of Phospholipid Monolayers with a Model Phospholipase
Feb 8, 2019 – Electrostatic Origin of Element Selectivity during Rare Earth Absorption
Jan 16, 2019 – Hydrophobic interactions modulate antimicrobial peptoid selectivity towards anionic lipid membranes
Nov 7, 2018 – Thermally Persistent High-Spin Ground States in Octahedral Iron Clusters
May 28, 2018 – Topology-Guided Stepwise Insertion of Three Secondary Linkers in Zirconium Metal–Organic Frameworks
Apr 18, 2018 – Tunable Rh2(II,II) Light Absorbers as Excited-State Electron Donors and Acceptors Accessible with Red/Near-Infrared Irradiation
Apr 14, 2018 – Dissecting Porosity in Molecular Crystals: Influence of Geometry, Hydrogen Bonding, and [π···π] Stacking on the Solid-State Packing of Fluorinated Aromatics
Mar 26, 2018 – Electron Injection from Photoexcited Metal–Organic Framework Ligands to Ru2 Secondary Building Units for Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution
Mar 23, 2018 – Structure of a Monolayer of Molecular Rotors on Aqueous Subphase from Grazing-Incidence X-ray Diffraction
Mar 8, 2018 – Nanoscale View of Assisted Ion Transport across the Liquid-Liquid Interface
Mar 5, 2018 – η2-SO2 Linkage Photoisomer of an Osmium Coordination Complex
Mar 1, 2018 – Two-Step Adsorption of PtCl62– Complexes at a Charged Langmuir Monolayer: Role of Hydration and Ion Correlations—-[J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121, pp 25377–25383]
Jan 1, 2018 – Determining the effects of PEI adsorption on the permeability of 1,2-dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine/bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate membranes under osmotic stress
Dec 4, 2017 – Mixing Behavior in Binary Anionic Gemini Surfactant–Perfluorinated Fatty Acid Langmuir Monolayers—-[Langmuir, 2017, 33, pp 10205-10215]
Oct 30, 2017 – Atomic Number Dependent “Structural Transitions” in Ordered Lanthanide Monolayers: Role of the Hydration Shell—- [Langmuir, 2017, 33, pp 1412-1418]
Jun 12, 2017 – Combining microscopic and macroscopic probes to untangle the single-ion anisotropy and exchange energies in an S = 1 quantum antiferromagnet
Jun 12, 2017 – Exciton Migration and Amplified Quenching on Two-Dimensional Metal–Organic Layers—-[J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139 (20), pp 7020–7029]
Apr 28, 2017 – Molecular Structure of Canonical Liquid Crystal Interfaces
Apr 18, 2017 – Direct Characterization of a Reactive Lattice-Confined Ru2 Nitride by Photocrystallography—- [J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139 (8), pp 2912–2915]
Mar 8, 2017 – Robust Gold Nanoparticle Sheets by Ligand Cross-Linking at the Air–Water Interface—- [ACS Nano, 2017, 11, pp 1292-1300]
Mar 8, 2017 – Understanding Peptide Oligomeric State in Langmuir Monolayers of Amphiphilic 3-Helix Bundle-forming Peptide-PEG Conjugates—- [Biomacromolecules, 2016, 17, pp 3964-3972]
Feb 27, 2017 – Imparting amphiphobicity on Metal-Organic Framework Materials—- [Nature Communications, 2016, 7, pp 13300]
Oct 10, 2016 – Basing Earth-abundant metal catalysts at Metal-Organic frameworks—- [Nat. Commun., 2016, 7, pp 12610]
Jun 21, 2016 – Surprising Ground State Structure of Crystalline Layered Nickelate—- [PNAS, 2016, 113 (32), pp 8945-8950]
Feb 11, 2016 – Metal−Organic Frameworks Stabilize Solution-Inaccessible Cobalt Catalysts for Highly Efficient Broad-Scope Organic Transformations—- [J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138 (9), pp 3241–3249]
Jan 1, 2016 – Surface Mechanical and Rheological Behaviors of PLGA–PEG Monolayers at the Air–Water Interface—- [Langmuir, 2015, 31 (51), pp 13821-13833]
Sep 10, 2015 – Precise Molecular Fission and Fusion: Quantitative Self-Assembly and Chemistry of a Metallo-Cuboctahedron—- [Angew. Chem., 2015, 54 (32), pp 9224–9229]
Jul 23, 2015 – Electric Field Effect on Phospholipid Monolayers at an Aqueous−Organic Liquid−Liquid
May 28, 2015 – Humidity-dependent compression-induced glass transition of the air–water interfacial Langmuir films of a polymer poly(D,L-lactic acid-ran-glycolic acid) (PLGA)
May 18, 2015 – Doughnut-like nanostructures
Apr 1, 2015 – A versatile environmental control cell for in situ guest exchange single-crystal diffraction
Feb 17, 2015 – Reversible Crystallization at the Air-Water Interface
Jan 9, 2015 – The Temperature Dependent Photoswitching of a Classic Diarylethene Monitored by in Situ X-ray Diffraction
Jan 1, 2015 – Analysis of rapidly synthesized guest-filled porous complexes with synchrotron radiation
Nov 17, 2014 – Voltage Tunable Arrays of Charged Nanoparticles
Oct 28, 2014 – Nanoparticle scaffolds for syngas-fed solid oxide fuel cells
Oct 28, 2014 – USAXS Data for the Shale Oil Industry
Oct 13, 2014 – Organofluorine Framework Soaks Up Fluorocarbons
Sep 29, 2014 – Photocrystallographic Observation of Halide-Bridged Intermediates in Halogen Photoeliminations
Apr 15, 2014 – Molecular Level Study of Immune Receptor Lipid Recognition Mechanism
Feb 5, 2014 – Role of the Metal in the Bonding and Properties of Bimetallic Complexes Involving Manganese, Iron, and Cobalt
Dec 16, 2013 – Animatedly Suspended X-ray Observations
Nov 19, 2013 – Following the Time Evolution of Nanoparticle Films
Oct 1, 2013 – Tuning Ion Correlations At An Electrified Soft Interface
Mar 7, 2013 – Porous Materials Help with CO2 Separation
Jan 31, 2013 – Pentagonal Cyanostar Excels at Binding Anions
Jan 15, 2013 – Nanoparticle Films Create Macroscopic Features Under Compression
Jul 20, 2012 – A New Book On Liquid Surfaces And Interfaces Scattering
Jul 20, 2012 – Organofluorines Can Be Surprising
Jul 22, 2011 – Archimedean Cages Assembled with 72 Hydrogen Bonds
Nov 4, 2009 – Secrets Of The Lacewing’s Silk
Aug 11, 2009 – A Stable Open Framework With Wide Open Spaces
Sep 26, 2008 – ChemMatCARS Used To Solve Structure Of Material That Doubles Wavelength Of Light
Sep 17, 2008 – Nailing Down The Exciton In LiF
Apr 15, 2008 – Research Puts New Wrinkle In Study Of Materials Folding Under Pressure
Jul 7, 2007 – Liquid Alloy Shows Solid-Like Crystal Structure At Surface
Apr 10, 2006 – The Silk Road Leads To APS