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Influence of symmetry breaking on the absorption spectrum of crystal violet: from isolated cations at 5 K to room temperature solutions

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03825H, Paper
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Alexander Schäfer, Samuele Giannini, Dmitry Strelnikov, Theresa Mohr, Fabrizio Santoro, Javier Cerezo, Manfred M. Kappes
Theoretical and experimental spectroscopy of crystal violet resolves the influence of temperature and symmetry breaking on absorption properties in different environments.
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Musician Jassie Gift on his two-decade-long career, his latest collaboration ‘Thakthom’ and more 

The Afro hip-hop song ‘Thakthom’ is a collaboration with Ireland-based Malayali musicians and influencers Reyan and Melvin




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Paris Olympics: Harmanpreet's late strike hands India 1-1 draw against Argentina

Lucas Martinez gave Argentina the lead in the 22nd minute before Harmanpreet converted India's 10th and last penalty corner to pick up a crucial point from the game.




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Eggs vanish from the plate as allocation is cut

Puducherry government’s reduced outlay for nutrition casts a shadow over the mid-day meal scheme




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Let's build a dam! / written and translated by Daniel Fehr ; illustrated by Mariachiara Di Giorgio

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The essential leadership model (ELM) : a holistic approach to leadership in a related world / Don McIntyre , Murray Dion




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Pineshish the blue jay : an Algonquin story / written by Michel Noël ; illustrated by Camille Lavoie ; translated by Louis Anctil

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Outer-surface adduct formation and selective separation of cis-type gallated and cis-type non-gallated catechins using cucurbit[7]uril

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05035E, Communication
Open Access
Hiroyuki Tsutsumi, An Miura, Asuka Hanada, Rino Sonoda, Rie Nakashima, Tomonori Ohata, Hirohito Ikeda
The selective separation of cis-type gallated and non-gallated catechins in solution was achieved by utilizing the formation of outer-surface adducts between cis-type catechins and cucurbit[7]uril.
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ARCaDia: Single-round screening of a DNA-type targeted covalent binder possessing a latent warhead

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04594G, Communication
Open Access
Masumi Taki, Masayasu Kuwahara, Chaohui Li, Naoko Tomoda, Naoyuki Miyashita, Tetsuo Kan, Jay Yang
A covalent binder for a target protein was obtained by a direct single-round screening of a latent-warhead-modified DNA library via affinity/reactivity-based co-selection of aptameric deoxyribonucleic acid (ARCaDia), followed by a...
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Pyrazolate-supported Cr3(μ3-O) cores; homovalent CrIII3 and mixed-valent CrIII2CrIV

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05161K, Communication
Jessica M. López-Plá, Mohammed Obies, Georgia Zahariou, Michael Pissas, Yiannis Sanakis, John E. McGrady, Raphael G. Raptis
The thermally assisted reaction of Cr(NO3)3·9H2O, 4-Cl-pzH, and Et3N yielded electrochemically active trinuclear CrIII–oxo–pyrazolate complexes with formula (Ph4P)2[Cr33-O)(μ-4-Cl-pz)6X3], X = Cl (1) and Br (2).
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Radical anions of 1,1-azoliumdithiocarboxylates

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05486E, Communication
Martin Simon Luff, Kai Oppel, Ivo Krummenacher, Holger Braunschweig, Udo Radius
The 1,1-azoliumdithiocarboxylate cAACMe-CS2 (1a) was prepared and its redox chemistry was evaluated and compared to NHC-based dithiocarboxylates IDipp CS2 (1b) and IMes-CS2 (1c). Radical anions [carbene CS2]·– were prepared by...
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Crystal-Facet Modulated Pathway of CO2 Photoreduction on Bi4NbO8Cl Nanosheets Boosting Production of Value-Added Solar Fuels

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05581K, Communication
Yong Zhou, Haoqiang Chi, Zhengdao Li, Yong Cai Zhang, Zhigang Zou, Yong Yang, Xinxin Lu, Peiting Hao
Two ultrathin nanosheets of Bi4NbO8Cl were successfully synthesized for photocatalytic conversion of CO2 into solar fuel. featuring differently exposed (001) and (201) facets. In contrast to bulk Bi4NbO8Cl, which produced...
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Polymeric membrane ion-selective electrode based on potential-modulated ion transfer: ultrasensitive measurement of oceanic pH

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13404-13407
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04807E, Communication
Lu Liu, Yuanxin Liu, Tianjia Jiang, Rongning Liang, Wei Qin
A simple approach to improve the precision of potentiometric sensors is proposed based on potential-modulated ion transfer without memory effects.
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Catalytically transforming legacy phthalate esters from plastic waste into benzoic acid and benzoate plasticizers

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05158K, Communication
Open Access
Simon Windels, Dirk E. De Vos
Upcycling of plastic-waste derived phthalate plasticizers into benzoic acid via a one-pot hydrolysis–decarboxylation process using Cu2O and H-beta 75 in water.
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Bengaluru hosts Indian Cacao & Craft Chocolate Festival this weekend

The upcoming craft chocolate fest promises to be an eye-opener on the entire bean-to-bar experience




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Artisanal craft chocolates made in Rajahmundry

An artisanal craft chocolate named Bon Fiction is made from cacao beans grown here



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Goa’s latest fine dining restaurant White Plate serves familiar flavours with a modern twist

Chef Jason DeSouza’s White Plate serves glocal food with the theatrics of molecular gastronomy wrapped in marble and crystal chandeliers




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Design and synthesis of few-layer molybdenum oxide selenide encapsulated in a 3D interconnected nitrogen-doped carbon anode toward high-performance sodium storage

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7370-7378
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00389F, Paper
Yonghong Qin, Shahriman Zainal Abidin, Azhari Bin Md Hashim, Oskar Hasdinor Hassan, Xiaojun Zhao
Novel few-layered MoO3–MoSe2 encapsulated in a 3D NC skeleton is constructed to improve the electrochemical performances of SIBs.
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Citrus sap-stabilized regulated cobalt ferricyanide efficiently enhanced electrocatalytic activity and durability for oxygen evolution

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7070-7080
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00704B, Paper
Muthukumaran Sangamithirai, Venkatachalam Ashok, Arunagiri Gayathri, Murugan Vijayarangan, Jayaraman Jayabharathi
Citrus sap-stabilized RCoFe nanoplatelets were synthesized by simple co-precipitation, and are highly efficient and stable electrocatalysts for solar cell water splitting (1.56 V).
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Vacancy engineering modulates spin polarization to enhance the charge dynamics of CuIn5S8 for photocatalytic sterilization

New J. Chem., 2024, 48,7394-7404
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05482A, Paper
Wenbin Wu, Jing Wang, Xiaojie Liang, Laixi Luo, Yaohong Yang, Fan Zhou, Shuduan Deng, Yumin Song, Le Yang, Kunyong Kang
Photocatalytic sterilization technology is a strategy that is environmentally friendly for killing drug-resistant bacteria using solar energy.
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Catalytic oxidative desulfurization performance of a modified nano-sized β zeolite loaded with different structural polyoxometalates

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00214H, Paper
Jinhong Li, Haonan Li, Zhimei Song, Ying Guo, Mengxiao Tai, Mei Han, Xinyao Wang, Lidong Chen, Dongmei Ren
HPW/β-T+S has the best desulfurization activity among the composite catalysts supported by polyoxometalates with different structures.
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Self-Sacrificial templated-directed synthesis of ultrathin 0D/2D FeNi3-NC/NiFeOx Schottky junction as hydrogen evolution reaction electrode for alkaline seawater electrolysis

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ01321B, Paper
Zili Xu, Yuankang Bao, Xun Xu, Ping Li, Hao Zhang, Deliang Li, Shuwang Duo
Seawater, a plentiful natural resource, is promising for hydrogen production compared to traditional electrocatalytic methods based on high-purity freshwater. This strategy shift addresses the challenge of limited freshwater resources and...
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Sharing our latest differential privacy milestones and advancements

Google is committed to investing in privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) to ensure user data privacy, improving products like Google Home and Google Search.




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Ahead of 2023, here are five stories that prove it’s never too late to learn something new

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Once upon a time ... Mumbai storyteller Usha Venkatraman on the many ways to relate a fable

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Watch | Bhumi Pednekar’s latest venture - a boutique hotel in Goa

This boutique resort, facing the Ashwem beach in Goa, has a familiar name connected with it – ‘Badhaai Do’ famous Bhumi Pednekar.




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Doped carbon dots affect heavy metal speciation in mining soil: changes of dissimilated iron reduction processes and microbial communities

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1724-1739
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00823A, Paper
Xinyi Huang, Shaobo Liu, Xuanming Liu, Xiaofei Tan, Shuai Guo, Mingyang Dai, Qiang Chen, Gaobin Chen, Chenzhi Feng
Carbon dots (CDs) inevitably accumulate in soils due to their widespread use, affecting soil enzyme activities and microbial community structure.
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Rational construction of micro-plate-like iron oxide/aluminium oxide-fabricated screen-printed carbon electrode for the electrochemical detection of the antiandrogen drug

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, 11,1521-1532
DOI: 10.1039/D3EN00808H, Paper
Sivakumar Musuvadhi Babulal, Nandini Nataraj, Tse-Wei Chen, Shen Ming Chen, Bih-Show Lou, Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Amal M. Al-Mohaimeed, Mohamed Soliman Elshikh, Jaysan Yu
An improved electrochemical sensing platform with a vital strategy for NTM antiandrogen drug detection in real environmental and biofluid samples.
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Correction: Nano-pelargonidin modulates p53/PARP/HSP 90/XRCC1 signaling axis to combat cypermethrin-induced genotoxicity and metabolic dysfunction in fish: a molecular docking predicted in vivo approach

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN90017K, Correction
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Priyanka Sow, Sudatta Dey, Rishita Dey, Asmita Samadder, Sisir Nandi, Debojyoti Tarafdar, Anisur Rahman Khuda-Bukhsh
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A zwitterionic salt–cocrystal: in vitro insights from niraparib tosylate, an anti-cancer drug

CrystEngComm, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00114A, Paper
Ramesh Reddy Mudda, Ramesh Devarapalli, Arijit Das, Pulla Reddy Lakkireddy, C. Malla Reddy, Ramanaiah Chennuru
Schematic representation showing nomenclature of different cocrystals.
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Consequences of twisting of the flexible arms of imidazole-derived urea in zinc-dicarboxylate coordination polymers

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,1976-1985
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00005F, Paper
Satyendra Verma, Rinki Brahma, Jubaraj B. Baruah
A semi-flexible imidazole-based urea ligand, 1-(3-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)propyl)-3-phenylurea, and three zinc-dicarboxylate coordination polymers possessing the ligand were synthesized and characterized.
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Polymeric polyiodo-chlorotellurates(IV): new supramolecular hybrids in halometalate chemistry

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2018-2024
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00088A, Paper
Nikita A. Korobeynikov, Andrey N. Usoltsev, Maxim N. Sokolov, Alexander S. Novikov, Sergey A. Adonin
Reaction between TeO2 and I2 in HCl afforded a series of supramolecular hybrids Cat2{[TeCl6](I2)} (1–5) where diiodine fragments are linked to [TeCl6]2− octahedra via halogen bonds (XB).
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Solvent-polarity-controlled assembly of polynuclear titanium-calixarene complexes: constructing isolated {Ti7}, {Ti13}, {Ti24} and {Tb2Ti13} clusters

CrystEngComm, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3CE01275A, Paper
Yanyan Wang, Ying Xiong, Wuping Liao
The assembly of polynuclear titanium-calixarene complexes is based on Ti4–C8A SBUs.
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Metal–organic polyhedron from a flexible tetrakis(thiobenzyl-carboxylate)-tetrathiafulvalene

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2072-2077
DOI: 10.1039/D3CE01251D, Paper
Yohan Cheret, Narcis Avarvari, Nicolas Zigon
Wiggle, wiggle… Stay! A redox-active tetrakis(thiobenzyl-carboxylate)-TTF with a high degree of flexibility stands still in a self-assembled cage upon complexation with Cu(II).
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Local concentration controls the hydrate phase of calcium oxalate

CrystEngComm, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3CE01286G, Paper
Zhaodong Wang, Lala Du, Qihang Wang, Jingjing Xie, Zhengyi Fu, Zhaoyong Zou
The calcium oxalate phase selection in supersaturated solution is determined by a combination of thermodynamic and kinetic factors.
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Coordinatively unsaturated 5-nitroisophthalate based cobalt(II) coordination polymers: efficient catalytic CO2 fixation and Hantzsch condensation

CrystEngComm, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00102H, Paper
Subham Sahoo, Rajesh Patra, Debajit Sarma
Labile-coordinated water-based CPs have been synthesized. SSICG-6 serves as an excellent heterogeneous catalyst in CO2 cycloaddition and one-pot Hantzsch condensation reactions compared to other 1D-reported CPs due to the presence of OMSs.
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A stable metal azolate framework with rare nonintersecting one-/two-dimensional pore channels

CrystEngComm, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00318G, Communication
Heng Yi, Mu-Yang Zhou, Le Ye, Xiao-Tong Lu, Dong-Dong Zhou, Jie-Peng Zhang
It is challenging to design and synthesize stable crystalline structures with heterogeneous pores. Herein, we design and synthesize a new azole ligand with rich aromatic moieties and trifluoromethyl groups, and...
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Facile syntheses, structures and photocatalytic properties of 3D iodoargentate frameworks derived from TM-flexible-amino-ligand templates

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2172-2179
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00247D, Paper
Yan Gao, Xiao Yang, Taohong Ren, Dingxian Jia
3D iodoargentates [Co(en)3(Ag2I4)]n (1), [Fe(en)3(Ag2I4)]n (2) and [Co(dien)2(Ag2I4)]n·nH2O (3) were prepared by solvothermal methods. Compounds 1–3 were catalytic activity for photodegradation of crystal violet under visible light irradiation.
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‘Disclaimer, must for influencers when making health-related claims’

Celebs and influencers, who present themselves as health experts or medical practioners when promoting health- and wellness-related products, must provide “clear disclaimer”




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WhatsApp’s latest update: Undo feature empowers users with message deletion flexibility

This new functionality complements the existing “Delete for Everyone” option, allowing users to undo message deletions within a brief window of five seconds




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Elon Musk congratulates PM Modi for becoming most followed leader on X

Modi recently reached 100.1 million followers on X, surpassing other global leaders such as US President Joe Biden and Turkiye’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan. 




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The Conservatory, Bengaluru’s latest event space that plays host to unique food popups is also an ode to Lalbagh

So far the venue has played host to a variety of events including a Thai breakfast popup, a tapas do, where the space was set like a tapas bar, and a Sri Lankan food experience among others



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Everest: 70 years later

There have been over 10,000 ascents since Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary summitted the mountain. Today the highest point on earth is a public arena with human traffic jams and helicopter shortcuts




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Discovery of unregulated contaminants in drinking water [electronic resource] : evidence from PFAS and housing prices / Michelle M. Marcus, Rosie Mueller

Cambridge, MA. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 2023




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Here's The Latest On Border 2

The sequel to J P Dutta's Border has its fair share of controversy surrounding it.




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Bhumi's Latest Obsession Is Her Red Lips

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Indian-origin scientist discovers protein function that may treat age-related diseases




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IIT Madras, ISRO to study spacecraft & launch vehicle-related thermal management