Heterocycle-based dynamic covalent chemistry for dynamic functional materials
Behind story about the heterocycle-based dynamic covalent chemistry and related materials. Artical link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-59027-3.
A Chat in the Hallway Leads to Discovery
What can lead to new discovery in science? In this story behind the paper, a chat in the hallway at Argonne sparked a long and fruitful collaboration leading to a significant discovery of effective additives for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs).
Advanced Synthesis of Trimethylene Carbonate: a High-yield Green Route
Prof. Wei Du's team at Tsinghua University developed an enzymatic process for trimethylene carbonate synthesis from 1,3-propanediol and dimethyl carbonate. The green method achieves 88% yield, the highest reported to date, offering industrial potential with mild conditions.
The memory of salt: searching for ancient microbial life biosignatures on Earth and Mars
Salt: both friend and foe. On Earth and Mars, some brines may preserve traces of ancient microbial life, others may destroy them. Using dead halophile cell envelope extracts, we show that UV and salt composition together control biosignature preservation. To get there, we had to tame salt in the lab
Dopamine neurotransmitter determination using a graphite sheet–graphene nanosensor
This study focuses on a highly sensitive, cost-effective sensor designed for dopamine detection.
