Papier könnte bei der Suche nach ebenso leistungsfähigen wie nachhaltigen Werkstoffen eine Schlüsselrolle zufallen: Es ist nicht nur wiederverwertbar und zu 100 Prozent biologisch abbaubar, es könnte künftig auch als Hightech-Material zum Beispiel im Fahrzeugbau, in der Sensorik oder gar als Baustoff für Roboter dienen. Um die Materialeigenschaften von Papier genauer zu erforschen, fördert die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ab Oktober 2026 den Sonderforschungsbereich „Funktionale Papiere“.

Nature Chemistry, Published online: 21 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41557-026-02152-3Metal-stabilized nitrenes are important intermediates in nitrogen-atom transfer chemistry, but their isolation is challenging. Now a formal gold(III) aura-nitrene with triplet diradical character has been generated through photoirradiation of an azide precursor. The resulting nitrene enables a range of reactions, including O2 activation and C–H functionalization.

Late transition metal imido complexes in more than two oxidation states remain rare, owing to the intrinsic instability of metals in uncommon oxidation states, which typically exhibit strong reducing ...

Nitratdünger sorgt für bessere Ernten, belastet aber auch unser Trinkwasser. Bisherige Filtrierungsverfahren verlagern das Problem oft nur: Das Nitrat wird zwar aus dem Wasser entfernt, ist aber nach ...

ResearchA more sustainable chemical industry must move away from fossil-based carbon sources and instead utilize renewable feedstocks, such as CO2 or…

Milla und Alvin machen dort ein "FJN" – ein "Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr in Wissenschaft, Technik und Nachhaltigkeit".

Low-valent aluminum chemistry continues to expand the boundaries of main-group reactivity, yet the selective generation and transfer of Al(II) fragments remain underexplored. Controlled Al(II) transfe...

Es geschieht nicht so oft, dass in den Naturwissenschaften grundlegende Durchbrüche geschehen. Meist sind die Schritte klein, die Erkenntnis wächst langsam, bis immer mehr Teile eines Puzzles bekannt ...

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The influence of various p-block element motifs on the photophysical properties of conjugated inorganic-organic hybrid polymers is surveyed regarding applications in organic electronics. Recent advan...

We present Tolcapone and derivatives as a new class of potent glycomimetics for lectin inhibition. Over 3200 Roche in-house compounds were screened experimentally and a subset was biophysically evalu...

Macrocycles typically hinder the reactivity of adjacent functional groups in mechanically interlocked molecules due to steric shielding. Herein, we report a [2]rotaxane in which a bulky macrocycle in ...

Cleaving a benzene ring under mild conditions requires disrupting its aromaticity, which is a significant challenge in modern chemistry. Although the generation of cyclic products from cleaving benzen...

The Wolff rearrangement (WR) is widely used for the synthesis of ketenes from diazoketones and -esters. Stepwise WR reactions are proposed to proceed through transient carbonylcarbene (R–C–C(O)–R′) in...

The oxidation of triphenylphosphine by perfluorinated phenaziniumF aluminate in difluorobenzene affords hexaaryl-1,2-diphosphonium dialuminate 1. Dication 12+ is valence isoelectronic with elusive hex...

Starting from the alkyne complex Cp2Zr(py)(η2-Me3SiC2SiMe3) (Cp = η5-cyclopentadienyl, py = pyridine), the synthesis and complete characterisation of a zirconocene(iv) triazenido hydride complex and i...

Stable monocoordinated organobismuthinidenes were only recently isolated and analyzed toward their chemical and electronic structure. Quantum chemical calculations on tBu-MSFluind-Bi(I) (2) predicted ...