chemistry@nature contents: 17 August 2012

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This places Nature Chemistry first among all primary research journals in chemistry. *2011 Journal Citation Reports® (Thomson Reuters, 2012)   Primary Research top  Chemistry@nature JOBS of the week Organic Chemist SESMOS Ltd Postdoc (Organic / Medicinal Chemistry) University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy PhD Studentship in Organic Chemistry University College London 3 PhD (European Industrial Doctorate) Positions in Theoretical Chemistry / Physics in Amsterdam and Bremen Scientific Computing & Modelling (SCM) Organic Chemistry University of Sao Paulo, Brazil More Science jobs from Chemistry@nature EVENT 40th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry 09.-13.09.12 Valencia, Spain More science events from Protein activity regulation by conformational entropy Shiou-Ru Tzeng & Charalampos G. Kalodimos Nature doi:10.1038/nature11271 Abstract Expanding the genetic code of Drosophila melanogaster Ambra Bianco, Fiona M Townsley, Sebastian Greiss, Kathrin Lang & Jason W Chin Nature Chemical Biology doi:10.1038/nchembio.1043 Abstract A role for the root cap in root branching revealed by the non-auxin probe naxillin Bert De Rybel et al. Nature Chemical Biology doi:10.1038/nchembio.1044 Abstract Understanding and controlling the substrate effect on graphene electron-transfer chemistry via reactivity imprint lithography Qing Hua Wang et al. Nature Chemistry doi:10.1038/nchem.1421 Abstract Anion-induced reconstitution of a self-assembling system to express a chloride-binding Co10L15 pentagonal prism Imogen A. Riddell et al. Nature Chemistry doi:10.1038/nchem.1407 Abstract A simple and accessible synthetic lectin for glucose recognition and sensing Chenfeng Ke, Harry Destecroix, Matthew P. Crump & Anthony P. Davis Nature Chemistry doi:10.1038/nchem.1409 Abstract Stirring competes with chemical induction in chiral selection of soft matter aggregates Nuria Petit-Garrido, Josep Claret, Jordi Ignes-Mullol & Francesc Sagues Nature Communications doi:10.1038/ncomms1987 Abstract Van der Waals interactions at metal/organic interfaces at the single-molecule level Sriharsha V. Aradhya, Michael Frei, Mark S. Hybertsen & L. Venkataraman Nature Materials doi:10.1038/nmat3403 Abstract Atomic origins of the high catalytic activity of nanoporous gold Takeshi Fujita et al. Nature Materials doi:10.1038/nmat3391 Abstract A Janus cobalt-based catalytic material for electro-splitting of water Saioa Cobo et al. Nature Materials doi:10.1038/nmat3385 Abstract Hybrid passivated colloidal quantum dot solids Ip, A. H. et al. Nature Nanotechnology doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.127 Abstract Graphene coating makes carbon nanotube aerogels superelastic and resistant to fatigue Kim, K. H., Oh, Y. & Islam, M. F. Nature Nanotechnology doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.118 Abstract Printing colour at the optical diffraction limit Kumar, K. et al. Nature Nanotechnology doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.128 Abstract   Protocols top  Measuring substrate binding and affinity of purified membrane transport proteins using the scintillation proximity assay Daniel Harder & Dimitrios Fotiadis Nature Protocols doi:10.1038/nprot.2012.090 Abstract Whole plant cell wall characterization using solution-state 2D NMR Shawn D Mansfield, Hoon Kim, Fachuang Lu & John Ralph Nature Protocols doi:10.1038/nprot.2012.064 Abstract Determining the polysaccharide composition of plant cell walls Filomena A Pettolino, Cherie Walsh, Geoffrey B Fincher & Antony Bacic Nature Protocols doi:10.1038/nprot.2012.081 Abstract Surface functionalization of barium titanate SHG nanoprobes for in vivo imaging in zebrafish Jelena Culic-Viskota, William P Dempsey, Scott E Fraser & Periklis Pantazis Nature Protocols doi:10.1038/nprot.2012.087 Abstract Radiometric and spectrophotometric in vitro assays of glycosyltransferases involved in plant cell wall carbohydrate biosynthesis Christian Brown, Felicia Leijon & Vincent Bulone Nature Protocols doi:10.1038/nprot.2012.089 Abstract   Blog Entries from The Sceptical Chymist top  Reactions: Richard Wilson Richard Wilson is in the Heavy Elements and Separation Sciences Group at Argonne National Laboratory, and works on the fundamental inorganic chemistry of the actinide elements. 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