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Peculiar bond characters of fivefold coordinated octet compound crystals

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4340-4350
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00292E, Edge Article
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An-An Sun, Shang-Peng Gao, Gong Gu
A refreshed view of chemical bonds in solids unveils unusual bonding in fivefold coordinated bulk crystals of octet compounds: out-of-plane cation–anion chain bonding via overlapping pz orbitals replaces in-plane π bonding of the isolated monolayer.
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An RGB-emitting molecular cocktail for the detection of bacterial fingerprints

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4403-4409
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01704C, Edge Article
Open Access
Sheng Hong, Di-Wei Zheng, Qiu-Ling Zhang, Wei-Wei Deng, Wen-Fang Song, Si-Xue Cheng, Zhi-Jun Sun, Xian-Zheng Zhang
A technique named the Microcolor system was developed to detect microbes and diagnose diseases based on changes in microbiota signatures.
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Redox-inactive ions control the redox-activity of molecular vanadium oxides

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4450-4455
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01401J, Edge Article
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Simon Greiner, Benjamin Schwarz, Mark Ringenberg, Maximilian Dürr, Ivana Ivanovic-Burmazovic, Maximilian Fichtner, Montaha Anjass, Carsten Streb
The enhanced redox-activity of a molecular vanadium oxide cluster upon functionalization with redox-inert Ca2+ ions is reported together with initial insights into its performance as a lithium ion battery cathode.
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Solid-state NMR spectroscopy: an advancing tool to analyse the structure and properties of metal–organic frameworks

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4297-4304
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00735H, Minireview
Open Access
Eike Brunner, Marcus Rauche
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) gain increasing interest due to their outstanding properties like extremely high porosity, structural variability, and various possibilities for functionalization.
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Self-assembly of reversed bilayer vesicles through pnictogen bonding: water-stable supramolecular nanocontainers for organic solvents

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4374-4380
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00206B, Edge Article
Open Access
Shiva Moaven, Brandon T. Watson, Shelby B. Thompson, Veronica J. Lyons, Daniel K. Unruh, Dominick J. Casadonte, Dimitri Pappas, Anthony F. Cozzolino
A new air and moisture stable antimony thiolate compound has been prepared that spontaneously forms stable hollow vesicles.
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Biocatalytic reversible control of the stiffness of DNA-modified responsive hydrogels: applications in shape-memory, self-healing and autonomous controlled release of insulin

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4516-4524
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01319F, Edge Article
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Chen Wang, Amit Fischer, Avner Ehrlich, Yaakov Nahmias, Itamar Willner
Biocatalytic control over the stiffness of pH-responsive hydrogels is applied to develop shape-memory, self-healing and controlled release matrices.
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Correction: Metal complexes as a promising source for new antibiotics

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4531-4531
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC90075C, Correction
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Angelo Frei, Johannes Zuegg, Alysha G. Elliott, Murray Baker, Stefan Braese, Christopher Brown, Feng Chen, Christopher G. Dowson, Gilles Dujardin, Nicole Jung, A. Paden King, Ahmed M. Mansour, Massimiliano Massi, John Moat, Heba A. Mohamed, Anna K. Renfrew, Peter J. Rutledge, Peter J. Sadler, Matthew H. Todd, Charlotte E. Willans, Justin J. Wilson, Matthew A. Cooper, Mark A. T. Blaskovich
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Chemical control of competing electron transfer pathways in iron tetracyano-polypyridyl photosensitizers

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4360-4373
DOI: 10.1039/C9SC06272F, Edge Article
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Kristjan Kunnus, Lin Li, Charles J. Titus, Sang Jun Lee, Marco E. Reinhard, Sergey Koroidov, Kasper S. Kjær, Kiryong Hong, Kathryn Ledbetter, William B. Doriese, Galen C. O'Neil, Daniel S. Swetz, Joel N. Ullom, Dale Li, Kent Irwin, Dennis Nordlund, Amy A. Cordones, Kelly J. Gaffney
Photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer in Fe tetracyano-polypyridyl complexes was investigated with static and time-resolved UV-visible absorption and resonant inelastic X-ray scattering which revealed a competition of two relaxation pathways.
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Self-enhanced multicolor electrochemiluminescence by competitive electron-transfer processes

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4508-4515
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00853B, Edge Article
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Silvia Voci, Romain Duwald, Stéphane Grass, David J. Hayne, Laurent Bouffier, Paul S. Francis, Jérôme Lacour, Neso Sojic
Controlling electrochemiluminescence (ECL) color(s) is crucial for many applications ranging from multiplexed bioassays to ECL microscopy.
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Multifunctional streptavidin–biotin conjugates with precise stoichiometries

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4422-4429
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01589J, Edge Article
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Dongdong Xu, Seraphine V. Wegner
Multifunctional streptavidin-biotin conjugates with defined stoichiometry and number of open binding pockets provide molecularly precise alternatives to the statistical mixture of products that typically forms.
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Functional group interaction profiles: a general treatment of solvent effects on non-covalent interactions

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11,4456-4466
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01288B, Edge Article
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Mark D. Driver, Mark J. Williamson, Joanne L. Cook, Christopher A. Hunter
Functional group interaction profiles are a quantitative tool for predicting the effect of solvent on the free energy changes associated with non-covalent interactions.
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Synthesis and properties of hypervalent electron-rich pentacoordinate nitrogen compounds

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00002G, Edge Article
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Chenting Yan, Masato Takeshita, Jun-ya Nakatsuji, Akihiro Kurosaki, Kaoko Sato, Rong Shang, Masaaki Nakamoto, Yohsuke Yamamoto, Yohei Adachi, Ko Furukawa, Ryohei Kishi, Masayoshi Nakano
Structural characterization of hypervalent electron-rich pentacoordinate nitrogen species has long been a synthetic challenge. Here we report the first nitrogen cationic radical (11-N-5) species featuring a weak hypervalent 3c-5e interaction.
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Geometric landscapes for material discovery within energy–structure–function maps

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00049C, Edge Article
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Seyed Mohamad Moosavi, Henglu Xu, Linjiang Chen, Andrew I. Cooper, Berend Smit
We introduce a representation for the geometric features of the pores of porous molecular crystals. This representation provides a good basis for supervised (predict adsorption properties) and unsupervised (polymorph classification) tasks.
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Enlightening advances in polymer bioconjugate chemistry: light-based techniques for grafting to and from biomacromolecules

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01544J, Perspective
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Rebecca A. Olson, Angie B. Korpusik, Brent S. Sumerlin
Light-driven synthetic techniques have revolutionized polymer–biomacromolecule conjugation. This Perspective discusses the benefits of photochemistry for polymer–protein ligation and considerations when designing a new light-driven conjugation approach.
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Correction: Enantioselective synthesis of isochromans and tetrahydroisoquinolines by C–H insertion of donor/donor carbenes

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC90081H, Correction
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Leslie A. Nickerson, Benjamin D. Bergstrom, Mingchun Gao, Yuan-Shin Shiue, Croix J. Laconsay, Matthew R. Culberson, Walker A. Knauss, James C. Fettinger, Dean J. Tantillo, Jared T. Shaw
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Vibrational characterization of a diiron bridging hydride complex – a model for hydrogen catalysis

Chem. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01290D, Edge Article
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Leland Bruce Gee, Vladimir Pelmenschikov, Hongxin Wang, Nakul Mishra, Yu-Chiao Liu, Yoshitaka Yoda, Kenji TAMASAKU, Ming-Hsi Chiang, Stephen P Cramer
A diiron complex containing a bridging hydride and a protonated terminal thiolate of the form [(μ,κ2-bdtH)(μ-PPh2)(μ-H)Fe2(CO)5]+ has been investigated through 57Fe nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy (NRVS) and interpreted using density...
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Direct and quantitative monitoring of catalytic organic reactions under heterogeneous conditions using direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00021C, Edge Article
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Koichiro Masuda, Shū Kobayashi
A direct and quantitative method for monitoring heterogeneous organic reactions has been developed by using direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry (DART-MS) with an isotope-labeled reaction product as an internal standard.
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Sequential C–O decarboxylative vinylation/C–H arylation of cyclic oxalates via a nickel-catalyzed multicomponent radical cascade

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01471K, Edge Article
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Huan Li, Lei Guo, Xiaoliang Feng, Liping Huo, Shengqing Zhu, Lingling Chu
A selective, sequential C–O decarboxylative vinylation/C–H arylation of cyclic alcohol derivatives enabled by visible-light photoredox/nickel dual catalysis has been described.
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N2Phos – an easily made, highly effective ligand designed for ppm level Pd-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura cross couplings in water

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC00968G, Edge Article
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Nnamdi Akporji, Ruchita R. Thakore, Margery Cortes-Clerget, Joel Andersen, Evan Landstrom, Donald H. Aue, Fabrice Gallou, Bruce H. Lipshutz
A new, biaryl phosphine-containing ligand, N2Phos, forms a 1 : 1 complex with Pd resulting in an active catalyst at the ppm level for Suzuki–Miyaura couplings in water, enabled by an aqueous micellar medium. Notably, aryl chlorides are shown to be amenable substrates.
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Enhancing catalytic alkane hydroxylation by tuning the outer coordination sphere in a heme-containing metal–organic framework

Chem. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01796E, Edge Article
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David Zhi Hong Zee, T. David Harris
Catalytic heme active sites of enzymes are sequestered by the protein superstructure and are regulated by precisely defined outer coordination spheres. Here, we emulate both of these protective functions in...
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A time-domain view of charge carriers in semiconductor nanocrystal solids

Chem. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9SC05925C, Perspective
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Wenbi Shcherbakov-Wu, William A. Tisdale
Time-domain spectroscopy and transient photocurrent techniques have revealed new understanding of mesoscale carrier dynamics in nanocrystal solids, including the role of energetic disorder, interactions with trap states, and nonequilibrium dynamics
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YES Bank okays board reconstitution; Prashant Kumar to be new MD & CEO

The other board members will be Sunil Mehta, former non-executive chairman of Punjab National Bank, as the non executive chairman of YES Bank




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LCH colors in CSS: what, why, and how?

I was always interested in color science. In 2014, I gave a talk about CSS Color 4 at various conferences around the world called “The Chroma Zone”. Even before that, in 2009, I wrote a color picker that used a hidden Java applet to support ICC color profiles to do CMYK properly, a first on […]




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'Procure TrueNat machines for speedy corona test'

CM Nitish Kumar on Thursday ordered expeditious procurement of TrueNat machines and their installation in all district hospitals for speedy coronavirus test results. The machine yields the result in less than an hour if it is negative, and in the case of positive case, it requires cross-checking with the other method.




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Bihar to go for 1,000 random Covid tests a day

With the increase in inflow of migrants to Bihar, the state government has decided to go for a new strategy to contain the spread of Covid-19 pandemic — random samplings of 1,000 migrants in a day with focus on those coming from red zones.




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Lockdown helps Bihar cops trace ‘missing’ persons

The lockdown has its other advantages than containing Covid-19 spread. It has helped police trace persons going missing from home. Some of the cases are related to persons with learning difficulties, who could not have got traced easily in normal situation.




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Now, write letters & send cards to Covid warriors

Writing letters may have become a passé, but thanks to the initiative of Patna postal division, many city residents are now thanking corona warriors by sending them personal handwritten letters or greeting cards.




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Show-cause notices issued to 87 medicos of JNMCH

Dr Sinha on Friday said that show-cause notices have been issued to 87 erring PG students.




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Japan IPO cancellations hit record this month on coronavirus

Investors who had planned to buy new offerings might opt for existing start-up shares instead.




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Applied learning design in an online teacher-education course / Jillian J. Downing

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Parent perceptions of their school council / Leonie M. Southwell

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Interim report : first steps for improving educational opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students / House of Representatives Standing Committee on Indigenous Affairs

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The value of international education to Australia / prepared by Deloitte Access Economics

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Teaching and learning for the twenty-first century : educational goals, policies, and curricula from six nations / Fernando M. Reimers, Connie K. Chung, editors




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Handbook of research on teaching / edited by Drew H. Gitomer and Courtney A. Bell




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Observation [videorecording] : the developing child / Magna Systems, Inc. ; program producers, Shanta and Milan Herzog ; design and script, Janet Gonzalez-Mena ; editor, Susan Jenkins




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The inside story [videorecording] : developing children's understanding about their bodies




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Corporate humanities in higher education : moving beyond the neoliberal academy / Jeffrey R. Di Leo

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International handbook of research on conceptual change / edited by Stella Vosniadou




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Secondary schooling in a changing world / Susan Groundwater-Smith ... [et al.]




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Counternarratives : cultural studies and critical pedagogies in postmodern spaces / Henry Giroux ... [et al.]




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Neoliberalism, education, and terrorism : contemporary dialogues / by Jeffrey R. Di Leo, Henry A. Giroux, Sophia McClennen, and Kenneth J. Saltman

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The university in chains : confronting the military-industrial-academic complex / Henry A. Giroux

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Reconciliation action plan : 2015-2018 / Murdoch University

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The shape of text to come : how image and text work / Jon Callow

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Those who can, teach / Kevin Ryan, James M. Cooper

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Situation models and children's reading comprehension : what role does visual imagery play? / by Maroulia Katsipis

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Transforming schools : creativity, critical reflection, communication, collaboration / Miranda Jefferson and Michael Anderson

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Teaching language in context / Beverly Derewianka, Pauline Jones

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Evolving entrepreneurial education : innovation in the Babson classroom / edited by Victoria L. Crittenden, Kathryn Esper, Nathaniel Karst, Rosa Siegers, Babson College, USA