Aromatic compounds represent one of the most abundant classes of organic molecules, and are suitable precursors for synthesizing functionalized alicyclic hydrocarbon frameworks. Accordingly, many unique and enabling ...

A novel method for the dearomative reduction of arenes through the use of N,N-arenophile, MTAD, was developed. Cheap feedstock arenes undergo photocycloaddition with MTAD, and the cycloadduct can be treated further to ...

A new soft-lithographic method for micropatterning polymeric resists, Decal Transfer Lithography (DTL), is described. This technique is based on the adhesive transfer of elastomeric decal patterns via the engineered adhesion ...

The development of methodology for the regioselective synthesis of tetra-beta-substituted naphthalenes via a combination of bicyclo{4.2.0}octa-1,3,5-triene and aryl trimethylsilyl chemistry led to the synthesis of ...

While DNA is most familiar in its double-stranded form as a storehouse of genetic information, its chemical similarities to naturally occurring ribozymes suggest that it can act as a catalyst. Single-stranded DNA molecules ...

In nature, the main role of double-stranded DNA is storage of genetic information. However, once a DNA oligonucleotide is freed from its confining complementary strand, it can fold into complex three-dimensional structures ...

A novel optical depth profiling technique is developed to depth profile thin optically transparent films which can be fabricated in the form of an asymmetric slab optical waveguide. Various methods for depth profiling thin ...