News & Research Articles

Benzene–Alkali Metal Ion Microsolvation

Journal of Physical Chemistry A
May 14, 2012

J. M. C. Marques

Characterizing the solvation of Na+, K+, and Cs+ by benzene should enhance our understanding of the selectivity of several biochemical phenomena.

High-Efficiency Doped Graphene Solar Cells

Nano Letters
May 10, 2012

Sefaattin Tongay/Arthur F. Hebard

Single-layer graphene–n-Si Schottky solar cells doped with (CF3SO2)2NH have a power conversion efficiency of a whopping 8.6%.

Controlling Cell Migration

ACS Synthetic Biology
May 4, 2012

Kevin Truong

Designing chimeric proteins that control cell migration in response to Ca2+ is valuable because these systems can be used to reprogram mammalian cells.

RFP Chromophore Transformations

Chemical Reviews
May 4, 2012

Vladislav V. Verkhusha

Red fluorescent proteins, from species such as corals and sea anemones, are useful for in vivo imaging. Here’s a review of RFP chromophore transformations.

Equation of State for Water inside Nanotubes

Journal of Physical Chemistry B
April 16, 2012

G.A. Parsafar

A Monte Carlo simulation of water inside carbon nanotubes shows that the EoS III equation-of-state model accurately predicts the confined water’s behavior.