Themed collection New Frontiers in Indian Research

A critical electric field exerted by the solvent on the ionizable group leads to acid dissociation.

Two cobalt–dioxygen adducts, [CoH₈]–O₂ and [CoCl₈]–O₂, chelated by electron-rich and electron-poor corroles, respectively, were isolated in solution and characterized by resonance Raman.

Gel-assisted topochemical synthesis of a PDA-based galactocluster having 1000-fold binding affinity, compared to monomers, for various galactose binding lectins is reported.

The first demonstration of solid state proton conduction (8.7 × 10⁻³ S cm⁻¹ at 80 °C, 95% relative humidity) of oxygen functionalized few-layer graphene.

The spontaneous formation of nanodomains of the Sb-rich layered intergrowth Sn_mSb_2nTe_3n+m compounds in a SnTe matrix resulted in ultralow lattice thermal conductivity.

We report highly selective, novel Cu²⁺ chelators that relieve copper induced oxidative stress in vivo indicating applicability toward assuaging copper-overload disorders.

We study conductance in a molecular breadboard junction accommodating up to 61 circuits and demonstrate switching between 4 conductance states.

The mechanism of efficient fluorescence quenching of 5-aminoquinoline in alcoholic solvents.

Enhancement of Fermi resonance intensities due to the formation of N–H⋯N hydrogen bonding of anilines with alkyl amines is analyzed using a two-state deperturbation model.

The selective synthesis of various N,N-dimethylated and N-monomethylated amines from organic azides using methanol as a methylating agent is reported.

The electronegativity of the metal (V > Ta) plays a key role in determining the composition of the metal nitrides.

A FRET-based probe reveals that coil–helix transitions in the phospholipid binding sequence of gelsolin occur at physiological phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate concentrations.

We report the UV-vis absorption originating from protein backbone-sidechain charge transfer transitions in charged amino acids with anionic and cationic sidechains.

G-quadruplex DNA (GQ-DNA) formation has been controlled using a molecular container, cucurbit[7]uril (CB7), by means of translocating a potential anticancer drug, topotecan, from GQ-DNA to the CB7 nanocavity. Interestingly, this whole cycle can be easily monitored through the change in the emission color of the stabilizing ligand, i.e., topotecan.

Incorporation of an alkoxy moiety dramatically alters the photophysics and molecular packing of aluminum complexes of salophen leading to enhanced emission in the solid state.

Mutation of wfAFP changes the intrinsic dynamics in such a way that it significantly influences water mediated AFP adsorption on ice.

The RNase-H proteins show a diverse range of folding routes with structurally distinct folding nuclei.

The folding/unfolding equilibrium of proteins in aqueous medium can be altered by adding small organic molecules generally termed as co-solvents.

Bifunctional Ru(II) complex (0.1 mol%) catalysed one-pot β-alkylation of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols and double alkylation of cyclopentanol were carried out successfully following the atom economical borrowing hydrogen methodology.

We simulate tracer dynamics in a sea of polymers with binding zones and address the issue of non-Gaussianity.

We show that the distance from the interface at which bulk-like properties are recovered strongly depends on the choice of order parameter being probed: translational < tetrahedral ≪ dipolar orientation.

Cytocompatible galactitol based polyesters showed variations in physical properties, degradation, dye release and ability to direct cells towards bone lineage.

I⁺ (IOAc) was produced from the combination of phenyliodine diacetate (PIDA) and iodine.

Spectroscopic evidence for the intermediate polymer : fullerene : solvent ternary phase which seeds the eventual film nano-morphology is determined by evaluation of the photoinduced polaron generation rates in solution.

Large scale ultrathin (∼3–4 nm thick and ∼1 μm long) few layered (4–5 layers) BiCuSeO nanosheets were synthesised by a facile soft chemical synthesis. BiCuSeO nanosheets exhibit lower lattice thermal conductivity and higher electrical conductivity than that of their bulk counterpart.