Star-Shaped Macromolecule Grabs Large Anions-Chemists at Indiana University Bloomington have created a symmetrical, five-sided macrocycle that is easy to synthesize and has characteristics that may help expand the molecular tool box available to researchers in biology, chemistry and materials sciences.

cure for diabetes This model shows the five-sided cyanostar macrocycle capturing perchlorate at its center. (Credit: Amar Flood)], Chemists at Indiana University Bloomington have created a symmetrical, five-sided macrocycle that is easy to synthesize and has characteristics that may help expand the molecular tool box available to researchers in biology, chemistry and materials sciences.The molecule,… Continue reading Star-Shaped Macromolecule Grabs Large Anions-Chemists at Indiana University Bloomington have created a symmetrical, five-sided macrocycle that is easy to synthesize and has characteristics that may help expand the molecular tool box available to researchers in biology, chemistry and materials sciences.

China Homecoming– As funding grows, more Chinese chemists who have studied abroad are returning home to become professors

INVESTING Graduate student Zepeng Yang at work in You’s laboratory at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry. Credit: Shuli You/ Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i23/China-Homecoming.html