{"id":2483,"date":"2008-10-20T04:43:53","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T04:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/thescepticalchymist\/2008\/10\/nchem-research-highlights-bidentate-ligands-squares-and-chirality.html"},"modified":"2011-12-20T11:14:17","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T11:14:17","slug":"nchem_research_highlights_bide_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/thescepticalchymist\/2008\/10\/nchem_research_highlights_bide_1.html","title":{"rendered":"NChem Research Highlights: Bidentate ligands, squares and chirality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday morning usually means a big jug of coffee, discussions about points accrued over the weekend in the Nature <\/em>fantasy football league and of course… Nature Chemistry<\/em> Research Highlights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

First up, Steve discusses studies on the unexpected reactivity of bidentate ligands<\/a>, carried out in my beautiful hometown of Durham.<\/p>\n

Neil writes about a technique for creating nanoscale square patterns<\/a> using the supramolecular assembly and controlled phase separation of diblock copolymers.<\/p>\n

And Anne describes research that shows the transmission of chirality<\/a> from a monomer to a solid mesoporous material during its polymeric synthesis.<\/p>\n

And finally, since the closest I get to doing experiments these days is playing around in my kitchen (and as announced on the last ChemPod<\/a>, I honestly do wear my Nature Chemistry<\/em> lab coat when cooking) an interesting “”https:\/\/www.wired.com\/techbiz\/startups\/magazine\/16-10\/pl_create">taster<\/a>" for a book called \u201cThe Hungry Scientist Handbook<\/a>\u201d caught my eye in Wired<\/a> magazine.<\/p>\n

Using kitchen equipment for science seems to be the order of the day. Over at Chemical Technology<\/em><\/a> (once edited by our very own Dr. Withers) they\u2019ve just published a story called \u201cLab-on-an-egg-beater<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Gav<\/p>\n

Gavin Armstrong (Associate Editor, Nature Chemistry<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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