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Nature Communications

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"Concentriosome": A Compartment Without Permanent Boundaries

We have unearthed a new artificial organelle known as “Concentriosome” to carry out spatiotemporal enzymatic cascade reactions in solution and regiospecific chemical events using the standing waves that in turn are generated by the Faraday Instability setup.

Prabhu Dhasaiyan

May 13, 2022

Faradaic Junction: Coupled Electron-Ion Transfer at Solid Surface/Interface

Nature Communications

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Faradaic Junction: Coupled Electron-Ion Transfer at Solid Surface/Interface

May 13, 2022

Nature Communications

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High-resolution crystal structure of a 20 kDa superfluorinated gold nanocluster

The design, synthesis, and high-resolution single-crystal X-ray structure of a superfluorinated 20 kDa gold nanocluster was achieved. The nanocluster presents an Au25 core coated by a shell of multi-branched highly fluorinated thiols (SF27) resulting in almost 500 fluorine atoms.

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Claudia Pigliacelli and 1 other

May 12, 2022

The RNA-peptide world

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The RNA-peptide world

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Luis Escobar and 1 other

May 12, 2022

Control of human protein-degradation machinery by USP14 revealed in unprecedented detail

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Control of human protein-degradation machinery by USP14 revealed in unprecedented detail

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Youdong Mao and 1 other

May 11, 2022

Reactant-induced photoactivation of in situ generated organogold intermediates leading to alkynylated indoles via Csp2-Csp cross-coupling

Nature Communications

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Reactant-induced photoactivation of in situ generated organogold intermediates leading to alkynylated indoles via Csp2-Csp cross-coupling

Mehdi Abdellaoui

May 05, 2022

Nature Catalysis

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Engineering ketoreductases for a new-to-nature photobiotransformation

Engineering enzymes with new-to-nature reactivity remains a great challenge in biocatalysis. Combining the merits of biocatalysis and photocatalysis represents a powerful approach to address this challenge.

May 03, 2022

The Green Machine: Photosynthesis as the Engine of Life

Nature Communications

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The Green Machine: Photosynthesis as the Engine of Life

May 02, 2022

Nature Communications

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Audible sound-controlled cascade chemical processes

We report a strategy to control enzyme-mediated cascade reactions within audible sound-induced transient domains created in a solution.

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TANWISTHA GHOSH and 3 others

May 02, 2022

Tropane and related alkaloid skeletons via a radical [3+3]-annulation process

Communications Chemistry

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Tropane and related alkaloid skeletons via a radical [3+3]-annulation process

Apr 29, 2022

Nature Communications

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Near-infrared light driven two-photon-absorbing photocatalysis

Homogeneous photocatalysis typically employs one-photon-absorbing photosensitizers and requires UV/visible light irradiation. Herein, we report a group of ruthenium complexes with two-photon-absorption capabilities to drive organic photocatalysis using low-cost NIR LED (740 nm) as the light source.

Apr 29, 2022

Database of Photocharged Semiconductor Materials

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Database of Photocharged Semiconductor Materials

Oleksandr Savateev

Apr 29, 2022

Photoinduced ynamide structural reshuffling and functionalization

Nature Communications

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Photoinduced ynamide structural reshuffling and functionalization

Mohana Reddy Mutra

Apr 29, 2022

Performance descriptors of nanostructured metal catalysts for acetylene hydrochlorination

Nature Nanotechnology

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Performance descriptors of nanostructured metal catalysts for acetylene hydrochlorination

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Selina Kaiser and 3 others

Apr 28, 2022

Red Edge Effect in the Service of Photocatalysis

Nature Communications

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Red Edge Effect in the Service of Photocatalysis

Oleksandr Savateev

Apr 27, 2022

Nature Communications

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A synergistic strategy to improve dyes for nanoscopy

The quality and application of super-resolution fluorescence imaging greatly lie in the dyes’ properties, including photostability, brightness, and Stokes shift. Here we report a synergistic strategy to simultaneously improve such properties of regular fluorophores for nanoscopy.

Apr 27, 2022

Non-innocent electrophiles go beyond

Nature Catalysis

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Non-innocent electrophiles go beyond

Georgios Toupalas

Apr 26, 2022

Artificial endosymbiosis: Reconstituting a two-billion-year-old marriage of cells

Nature Communications

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Artificial endosymbiosis: Reconstituting a two-billion-year-old marriage of cells

Apr 26, 2022

Building Large Adsorbate Configuration on Catalytic Surface

Nature Communications

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Building Large Adsorbate Configuration on Catalytic Surface

Apr 26, 2022

Towards safety and efficiency: storage and transportation of acetylene by tuneable sorption of flexible adsorbent

Nature Chemistry

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Towards safety and efficiency: storage and transportation of acetylene by tuneable sorption of flexible adsorbent

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Ken-ichi Otake and 1 other

Apr 25, 2022