This week: Naica’s giant crystals, collagen structure–function relationships, paper-based enzyme competition assay — and more! Each and every day, ACS grants free access to a new peer-reviewed research article from one of the Society’s journals. These articles are specially chosen by a team of scientific editors of ACS journals from around the world to highlight the […]

This week: Naica’s giant crystals, collagen structure–function relationships, paper-based enzyme competition assay — and more!

Each and every day, ACS grants free access to a new peer-reviewed research article from one of the Society’s journals. These articles are specially chosen by a team of scientific editors of ACS journals from around the world to highlight the transformative power of chemistry. Access to these articles will remain open to all as a public service.

Check out this week’s picks!
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TiO2 Nanoparticle-Induced Nanowire Formation Facilitates Extracellular Electron Transfer

Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00275

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Deciphering Protein O-Glycosylation: Solid-Phase Chemoenzymatic Cleavage and Enrichment

Anal. Chem., Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b01834

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Nonhalogenated Solvent Processable and Printable High-Performance Polymer Semiconductor Enabled by Isomeric Nonconjugated Flexible Linkers

Macromolecules, Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00971

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Paper-Based Enzyme Competition Assay for Detecting Falsified β-Lactam Antibiotics

ACS Sens., Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.8b00163

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Thermodynamics and the Intrinsic Stability of Lead Halide Perovskites CH3NH3PbX3

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2018, 9, pp 3756–3765
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b00463

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Naica’s Giant Crystals: Deterioration Scenarios

Cryst. Growth Des., Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00583
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TCFH–NMI: Direct Access to N-Acyl Imidazoliums for Challenging Amide Bond Formations

Org. Lett., Article ASAP
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b01591
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