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A conversation with Peter Shumlin

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin talks with us about the challenges of applying the founders’ vision to modern governance. Even after two centuries, the America they envisioned still matters.




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Constitution Day

Get to know the Constitution: a document whose genius lies in its malleability. Historian and author Pauline Maier talks ratification.




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A Conversation with John Hickenlooper

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper says negative politics erodes citizens’ faith in government. Hear his views on the founders, participation, and local involvement.




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The Constitution for Kids

The Constitutional Sources Project launches a new initiative to present the nation’s founding document in a kid-friendly format. Executive Director Julie Silverbrook says, “These are the laws that operate on you. It’s important that you understand them.”




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A Conversation With Robert Gates

Former head of the CIA and Secretary of Defense in Republican and Democratic administrations, Robert Gates is a man who knows something about politics, pragmatism, and compromise. He sits down with us this week to talk about the portability of American values, the constants of conflict, and the nation’s unique fortune in the caliber of […]




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Finding Connections: Chatauqua meets Williamsburg

The Revolutionary City finds resonance and relevance across the country and around the world in a vibrant partnership with the Chautauqua Institution of New York. “We walk in the same intellectual waters,” says Colonial Williamsburg Foundation President Colin Campbell in this interview with Chautauqua’s President Tom Becker.




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A Conversation With Michael Beschloss

Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss visits Colonial Williamsburg and shares his views on the changes technology brings to politics and the presidency, and ruminates on the importance of place.




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Communicating Complicated Concepts

Rats on a ship smuggle a story of transatlantic trade and a colonial global economy. It’s a big idea, but the concept is made simple by the team of writers, researchers and producers who create Colonial Williamsburg’s Emmy-winning Electronic Field Trip series.




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Curfew relaxed in Muzaffarnagar,constable injured in Baghpat communal clash



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Train mishap: Modi offers condolences to kin of those killed



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Violent protests erupt over killing of two constables; SP blames media for targetting Akhilesh govt



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BJP govt will “destroy” economy within Five years: Azam Khan



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Saharanpur clash: End politics of hatred, says Rahul; Congress slams BJP



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Former madrasa teacher alleges forced conversion, gangrape



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BSF constable from UP shoots self at base near Lunglei, Mizoram



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RSS claims it re-converted 100 people from 37 families in Agra



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Sonia Gandhi hails Akhilesh govt, targets Centre as she visits her constituency



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To connect with Amethi, Smriti meets locals twice a month



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Cop murder case: Congress MP’s son held, accuses father of hatching conspiracy



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State govt does not follow Constitution in letter and spirit: UP Governor Ram Naik



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UP panchayat polls: With BJP as ally, LJP to contest elections



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Mystery over seat-sharing at Maharajpur, Kanpur Cantt continues



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We’re re-imagining what a conference looks like when it’s remote-only

As you can imagine for folks in the business of producing conferences the last few weeks have resulted in a great deal of thinking…. and rethinking of our plans for our upcoming events, particularly Code and Code Leaders in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the meme goes–”life comes at you fast”.  Just 7 days ago we wrote to […]

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Emerging investigator series: ion diffusivities in nanoconfined interfacial water films contribute to mineral carbonation thresholds

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2020, 7,1068-1081
DOI: 10.1039/C9EN01382B, Paper
Quin R. S. Miller, John P. Kaszuba, Sebastien N. Kerisit, H. Todd Schaef, Mark E. Bowden, B. Peter McGrail, Kevin M. Rosso
Mineral carbonation reactivity trends and thresholds in nanoconfined water films delineated with in situ X-ray diffraction and molecular simulations.
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Nanomaterials for radioactive wastewater decontamination

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2020, 7,1008-1040
DOI: 10.1039/C9EN01341E, Critical Review
Xiaoyuan Zhang, Yu Liu
Nanomaterials have been demonstrated to be an effective adsorbent or an ion exchanger for selectively removing various radioactive species present in contaminated water while preventing radionuclides from entering and interacting with the biosphere.
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Enhanced uptake of glyoxal at the acidic nanoparticle interface: implications for secondary organic aerosol formation

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2020, 7,1126-1135
DOI: 10.1039/D0EN00016G, Paper
Qiuju Shi, Weina Zhang, Yuemeng Ji, Jiaxin Wang, Dandan Qin, Jiangyao Chen, Yanpeng Gao, Guiying Li, Taicheng An
Glyoxal (GL) exhibits a preferential tendency to the acidic nanoparticle interface, and sulfuric acid (SA) has a catalytic effect on hydration reaction of glyoxal in the aqueous phase.
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Efficacy of chitosan/double-stranded RNA polyplex nanoparticles for gene silencing under variable environmental conditions

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EN00137F, Paper
Stuart S. Lichtenberg, Kanthi Nuti, Jason DeRouchey, Olga V. Tsyusko, Jason M. Unrine
Chitosan/dsRNA polyplex nanoparticles have shown great potential as insect biocontrol agents. Here, we show that polyplex nanoparticles have their gene silencing capacity altered by environmental variables.
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Retraction: Mechanistic insights into the decontamination of Th(IV) on graphene oxide-based composites by EXAFS and modeling techniques

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EN90019B, Retraction
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Yubing Sun, Xiangxue Wang, Wencheng Song, Songhua Lu, Changlun Chen, Xiangke Wang
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Peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation on cobalt-doped TiO2 nanotubes: degradation of organics under dark and solar light irradiation conditions

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0EN00131G, Paper
Jonghun Lim, Michael R. Hoffmann
The Co-TNT/PMS system enables the continuous degradation of organic pollutants under dark and solar light-irradiation conditions.
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Integrating an Ag0-Ag+ mediated Ag2Ta4O11/Ag8(Nb0.5Ta0.5)26O69 Heterojunction to Timely Decontaminate Indoor Gaseous Formaldehyde under Natural Temperature, Humidity and Sunlight Irradiation

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0EN00202J, Paper
Yuhang Wu, Meiting Song, Zhanli Chai, Jintian Huang, Xiaojing Wang
Formaldehyde (HCHO) is the primary pollutant in indoor, thus it is very essential to establish feasible proposal to decontaminate HCHO up to the accepted level in terms of human health....
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Emerging investigator series: Efficient Microalgae Inactivation and Growth Control by Locally Enhanced Electric Field Treatment (LEEFT)

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9EN01366K, Paper
Peirui Liu, Jianfeng Zhou, Ting Wang, Cecilia Yu, Yu Hong, Xing Xie
Locally enhanced electric field treatment (LEEFT) has been considered as a novel and promising technology for efficient microorganism inactivation in recent years. Previous studies were primarily conducted on bacteria and...
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Chalcone single crystals with red emission and photodimerization-triggered hopping behavior: the substituent effect and molecular packing effect

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00404A, Communication
Xinrui He, Jian Zhao, Zeqing Tan, Jiaxin Zhao, Xiao Cheng, Chuanjian Zhou
Chalcone single crystals with distinctively different emission color and photoinduced mechanical response are designed and fabricated via fine-tuning the donor substituents.
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Dominant effect of the grain size of the MAPbI3 perovskite controlled by the surface roughness of TiO2 on the performance of perovskite solar cells

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2718-2727
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00169D, Paper
Methawee Nukunudompanich, Gekko Budiutama, Kazuma Suzuki, Kei Hasegawa, Manabu Ihara
The surface roughness of the c-TiO2 layer help controls the perovskite grain size without any other parameter. The direct effect of perovskite grain size on PSC performance is clarified.
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Insights into OCP identification and quantification in the context of apatite biomineralization

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2728-2742
DOI: 10.1039/C9CE01972C, Paper
Marc Robin, Stanislas Von Euw, Guillaume Renaudin, Sandrine Gomes, Jean-Marc Krafft, Nadine Nassif, Thierry Azaïs, Guylène Costentin
Monitoring apatite formation through in situ RAMAN and ex situ ssNMR spectroscopy.
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Different effects in the selective detection of aniline and Fe3+ by lanthanide-based coordination polymers containing multiple reactive sites

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2837-2844
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00238K, Paper
Xinfang Liu, Liyong Du, Rongfang Li, Ningning Ma, Mengdi You, Xun Feng
Isostructural Ln-CPs (1-Eu and 2-Tb) show almost the same high detection ability for Fe3+ and different detection abilities for aniline. The detection difference was studied through PXRD, UV-vis, luminescence lifetimes and Hirshfeld surface analysis.
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Controlled engineering of nano-sized FeOOH@ZnO hetero-structures on reduced graphene oxide for lithium-ion storage and photo-Fenton reaction

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2827-2836
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00171F, Paper
Binghui Xu, Xin Dai, Qingke Tan, Yuan Wei, Gonggang Liu, Guanglei Wu
In this work, a nano-sized goethite and zinc oxide hetero-structure (FeOOH@ZnO) dispersed on reduced graphene oxide (RGO) sheets was synthesized for the first time to construct a ternary composite (FeOOH@ZnO/RGO) via a stepped graphene oxide (GO) deoxygenation process.
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Investigation on the interconversion from DMF-solvated to unsolvated copper(II) pyrazolate coordination polymers

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00370K, Paper
Corrado Di Nicola, Alessia Tombesi, Marco Moroni, Rebecca Vismara, Fabio Marchetti, Riccardo Pettinari, Luca Nardo, Guglielmo Vesco, Simona Galli, Silvia Casassa, Luciano Pandolfo, Claudio Pettinari
Enlarging the family of CPs with the {Cu(μ-pz)2} building unit: synthesis, thermal behaviour, crystal structure and spectroscopic properties of [Cu(μ-4-Xpz)2(μ-DMF)]n (4-Xpz = 4-Xpyrazolate, X = H, Cl, Br, I) and the non-solvated counterparts.
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Correction: Two-dimensional porous nickel oxalate thin sheets constructed by ultrathin nanosheets as electrode materials for high-performance aqueous supercapacitors

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE90057E, Correction
Open Access
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Chenglan Zhao, Yuqian Jiang, Shunfei Liang, Fang Gao, Li Xie, Lingyun Chen
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The effect of deuteration-levels in solution and temperature on the segregation coefficient of deuterium content in rapid-grown K(DxH1-x)2PO4 crystals using Raman spectroscopy

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00386G, Paper
Jinxin Huang, Zongqi Wang, Bing Teng, Hong Liu, Xixi Zheng, Shaohua Ji
A series of K(DxH1-x)2PO4 (DKDP) crystals with different saturating temperature and deuteration levels were grown by point-seed rapid growth method. The correlation between deuterium segregation coefficient and temperature and deuterium...
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Formation mechanism and size control of ceria nanocubes

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,3033-3041
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00224K, Paper
Chunyan Dong, Yan Zhou, Na Ta, Wenjie Shen
Ceria nanocubes of 10–20 nm were hydrothermally synthesized, involving Ce(OH)3 rods and small-sized CeO2 polyhedra/cubes as building blocks.
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An Sc-based coordination polymer with concaved superstructures: preparation, formation mechanism, conversion, and their electrochemistry properties

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2926-2932
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00086H, Paper
Hualan Xu, Ran Liu, Yongmei Zhu, Jinjiang Li, Changfeng Wan, Hang Zhang, Chuying Ouyang, Shengliang Zhong
Scandium-based coordination polymer octahedrons with concaved surfaces have been fabricated. The formation mechanism was also investigated. Sc2O3 octahedrons were obtained after simple calcination in a N2 atmosphere.
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Two-dimensional porous nickel oxalate thin sheets constructed by ultrathin nanosheets as electrode materials for high-performance aqueous supercapacitors

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22,2953-2963
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00268B, Paper
Chenglan Zhao, Yuqian Jiang, Shunfei Liang, Fang Gao, Li Xie, Lingyun Chen
2D porous nickel oxalate thin sheets constructed by ultrathin nanosheets were first synthesized by using a simple hydrothermal method. The resulting porous thin sheets exhibited superior supercapacitor performance.
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Hydrothermal synthesis and tunable up-conversion white luminescence properties of KSc(MoO4)2:Ln3+ (Ln = Yb, Er, Tm and Ho) crystals

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00253D, Paper
Yini Mao, Li Jiang, Pengfei Xian, Qiongfen Fu, Shanshan Hu, Jun Yang
Pure hexagonal phase KSc(MoO4)2 crystals with a hexagonal block shape were successfully synthesized via a one-step hydrothermal method.
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Lanthanide doped bismuth-based fluoride nanoparticles: controlled synthesis and ratiometric temperature sensing

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00435A, Paper
Pengpeng Lei, Ran An, Chengyu Li, Jing Feng, Hongjie Zhang
Bismuth-based nanoparticles, especially NaBiF4, have attracted extensive attention as hosts of lanthanides (Ln3+) ions and other luminescent ions in recent years. However, controllable synthesis of NaBiF4 nanoparticles remains a challenge....
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Mining the Cambridge Database for theoretical chemistry. Mi-LJC: a new set of Lennard-Jones–Coulomb atom–atom potentials for the computer simulation of organic condensed matter

CrystEngComm, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00334D, Paper
Angelo Gavezzotti, Leonardo Lo Presti, Silvia Rizzato
A novel, universal Lennard-Jones–Coulomb (LJC) atom–atom force field parametrization reproduces the experimental sublimation enthalpies of 377 molecular crystals drawn from the CSD.
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Conductive zigzag Pd(III)–Br chain complex realized by multiple-hydrogen-bond approach

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00332H, Paper
Mohammad Rasel Mian, Unjila Afrin, Hiroaki Iguchi, Shinya Takaishi, Takefumi Yoshida, Tatsuya Miyamoto, Hiroshi Okamoto, Hisaaki Tanaka, Shin-ichi Kuroda, Masahiro Yamashita
Coexistence of zigzag structure and uncommon Pd(III) oxidation state in quasi-1D halogen-bridged metal complexes was realized in a conductive Br-bridged Pd chain complex, [Pd(dabdOH)2Br]SO4·3H2O (2), for the first time. Intra-...
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A crystalline solid adduct of sulfathiazole-amantadine: The first dual-drug molecular salt containing both antiviral and antibacterial ingredients

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00368A, Paper
Ling-Yang Wang, Yueming Yu, Ming-Chao Yu, Yan-Tuan Li, Zhi-Yong Wu, Cui-Wei Yan
The first molecular salt concurrently combining antibacterial drug sulfathiazole (SFZ) and antiviral constituent amantadine (ATD) is designed and successfully synthesized via salification strategy. The precise structure of the newly obtained...
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Dynamic Characterization of Crystalline Fluorophores with Conformationally Flexible Tetrahydrocarbazole Frameworks

CrystEngComm, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00423E, Paper
Abraham Colin-Molina, Diego Velazquez-Chavez, Marcus Jellen, Lizbeth A. Rodríguez-Cortés, Miguel Eduardo Cifuentes Quintal, Gabriel Merino, Braulio Rodríguez-Molina
Two new compounds 2 and 3 and their deuterated analogues 2-d4 and 3-d4 have been prepared from Ullmann-type coupling reactions. Both showed good emissive properties in solution ΦF = 0.13...
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Global economic outlook worsened since forecast in April, says IMF

The International Monetary Fund said that the global economic outlook has worsened since its latest forecast three weeks ago and the world can expect




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Summer rain likely to continue, says IMD

Yellow alert for several north Kerala districts