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Plumbing AI to detect water leakage

SmartTerra offers water utilities solutions to minimise loss, maximise supply 




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There must be ease of winding up business, too

Why a business that wants to down shutters must be offered the right kind of support




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‘We hope to see the first public offering in agritech next year’

Why VC firm Omnivore is betting on agritech, rural fintech




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Cool venture! Sunglasses with upcycled style quotient

Pune-based Without crafts eyewear from recycled plastic waste




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Twinning climate tech with profits

Avaana Capital looks for problem solvers with a differentiated approach




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Traffic stopper: AI-powered road discipline

Pushpak AI’s automated system is programmed to curb traffic jams and violations




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What prevents a business from scaling sustainably?

Why a headcount spike cannot be confused with organisational growth




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Innovate for wealth creation

How sector-agnostic funder Inflection Point Ventures prioritises returns for investors




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Why India Inc is slow to adopt AI tech

Indian firms appear willing to explore AI deployment, but most projects are stuck in pilot stage




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A road inspector with AI prowess

HanuAI uses artificial intelligence to detect and record defects on major and minor roads




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What comes first — a company or its founders?

Why a start-up must have first right over all scarce resources




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What holds back a small-town woman’s business dreams

Does big-city confidence, English speaking skills boost entrepreneurial success?




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Inclusive program: Leaving no child behind in software skills

Hyderabad start-up’s tactile cardboard kit introduces visually challenged students to joys of coding 




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Sex-tech: Mixing pleasure with business

Set to hit $2.09 billion by 2030, the booming sexual wellness industry in India is proving irresistible to fund houses 




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Venture capital: On the trail of buying power

Why VC firm Elevation Capital chooses to stay invested in consumer brands




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What’s experience got to do with starting up?

How important is work experience before venturing into entrepreneurship?




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Women entrepreneurs and the fear of failure

The many ways in which women entrepreneurs are at a disadvantage compared to male peers




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SaaS: The clouds with the silver lining

How software-as-a-service thrives in India even amid a downturn in the country’s start-up ecosystem




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Funding ventures with vertical takeoffs

Cornerstone Venture Partners on how specialisation can deepen a start-up’s value proposition




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Why founders love to firefight

Even well-funded start-ups do not deploy time or resources towards process-driven growth




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Don’t let business come in the way of internal processes 

Key reasons why process implementation in companies, especially startups, is delayed or dropped altogether




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Subscribing to a new way of shopping

How startups are hooking buyers to subscriptions for repeat purchases like food, beverages and personal care products 




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How startups are expanding the EV charging network

With generous funding, a host of newbie companies are revving up the expansion of the country’s EV charging network




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Spotting a winner early on

How 3one4 Capital scouts for the next set of generational companies from the earliest stages




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Drawing water from air on a sustainable, industrial scale

Uravu Labs devises an affordable means of mimicking nature’s water cycle




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When talent becomes unaffordable for startups

Why good leadership is increasingly beyond the means of startups looking to build great products




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A motor that cuts import of Chinese raw material

Chennai startup Viridian Ingni Propulsion develops low-cost motor that works with magnets free of rare earth materials




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Coaching future Olympians with AI-aided computer vision

Why Bengaluru startup Game Theory believes technology offers our best shot at sporting glory




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Improving macromolecule crowding configurations in nanopores for protein sensing

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05344C, Communication
Fei Zheng, HongLuan Li, Jun Yang, Haiyan Wang, Guangle Qin, Dapeng Chen, Jingjie Sha
We show that PEG-induced macromolecular crowding enhances protein detection in nanopores by increasing capture rate and translocation frequency.
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Mild boroxazolidone formation and dissociation: Application toward target identification of bioactive molecules

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05370B, Communication
Toya Tabei, Kyoko Nagasawa-Goto, Yohei Saito
We successfully found that boroxazolidone can dissociate under aqueous conditions, which were applicable to a solution containing proteins. The immobilization of a newly synthesized diarylborinic acid on beads enabled the...
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ARCaDia: Single-round screening of a DNA-type targeted covalent binder possessing a latent warhead

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04594G, Communication
Open Access
Masumi Taki, Masayasu Kuwahara, Chaohui Li, Naoko Tomoda, Naoyuki Miyashita, Tetsuo Kan, Jay Yang
A covalent binder for a target protein was obtained by a direct single-round screening of a latent-warhead-modified DNA library via affinity/reactivity-based co-selection of aptameric deoxyribonucleic acid (ARCaDia), followed by a...
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Varied CO2 photoreduction activity over UiO-66-NH2 with different aggregation morphology

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04919E, Communication
Shuran Zhang, Yan-Hong Zou, Hai-Ning Wang, Guangjuan Xu, Wei Xie, Na Xu, Yanhong Xu, Yaqian Lan
UiO-66-NH2 with different aggregation morphology are prepared to verify the morphology of photocatalysts could influence the charge transfer. Among them, UiO-66-NH2 with the poor aggregation exhibits superior performances over CO2...
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Ti3C2Tx MXene bonded perylene diimide as a robust charge host for seawater electrolytes

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05059B, Communication
Sreelakshmi P., Soujanya H. Goudar, Soumyaranjan Behera, Kotagiri Venkata Rao, Ambika S., Narendra Kurra
MXene bonded perylene diimide redox electrode as a robust host for seawater electrolytes.
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What could be the low-temperature limit of atomic layer deposition of platinum using MeCpPtMe3 and oxygen?

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04679J, Communication
Hao Van Bui, Anh Phan Nguyen, Manh Duc Dang, Truong Duc Dinh, Patricia J. Kooyman, J. Ruud Van Ommen
Room-temperature atmospheric-pressure ALD enables the deposition of highly dispersed Pt sub-nanometer clusters on a gram-scale quantity of TiO2 nanopowder.
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Carboxylative cyclization of atmospheric CO2 with alkynol catalyzed by a 1-methylhydantoin anion-functionalized ionic liquid via chelative interactions

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03586K, Communication
Yujun Guo, Tingting Chen, Yingjie Xu
[1-MHy] acts as a “pincer ligand” to form chelative interactions with –OH to enhance MBY activation, thus ensuring efficient [P4442][1-MHy]-catalyzed reaction of atmospheric pressure CO2 with MBY under metal- and solvent-free conditions.
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Helical aromatic foldamers with tubular cavities capable of accommodating multiple halide ions

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05474A, Communication
Seungwon Lee, Byeung Ju Lee, Geunmoo Song, Kyu-Sung Jeong
A series of pyridinium–indolocarbazole oligomers has been synthesized, which fold into helical structures with tubular cavities capable of accommodating up to four iodide ions in a linear arrangement.
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Hydrazone-linked Covalent Organic Frameworks for Fluorescence Detection of Hg2+

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05468G, Communication
Xuefeng Wang, Zhaowei Yang, Lingsuo Meng, Xuehui Li, Hongtao Wei, Jing Ning, Shitao Wang, Dapeng Cao, Long Hao
A hydrazone-linked COF (DvDf-C3XJ-COF) with hydrogen-bond reinforcement and abundant coordination sites was synthesized, exhibiting strong fluorescence and high sensitivity/selectivity for Hg²⁺ detection, with a detection limit of 1.65 × 10⁻⁶...
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From one to two: In-site constructing C3N5-Poly (triazine imide) heterojunction for enhanced O2 activation

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05077K, Communication
Shiling Xu, Ziheng Yang, Laiqing Zhang, Xiaorui Zhang, Zikang Zeng, Wenxuan Wang, Yujun Liang, Lan Yuan, Chuang Han
A novel C3N5-Poly (triazine imide) (PTI) heterojunction was designed and constructed by thermal polymerization process, which featured with intimated S-scheme interface coupling and exhibited a predominant performance for H2O2 production....
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Interlayer spacing expansion for V2O5 towards ultra-stable zinc anode-based flexible electrochromic displays in Zn2+/Li+-PC organic electrolyte

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04974H, Communication
Zhe Li, Zhaoyang Song, Linhua Liu, William Yu, Jingwei Chen, Qianqian Zhu, Haizeng Li
To enhance the electrochemical stability and kinetics of V2O5, 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) was in-situ polymerized within V2O5 interlayers, rendering PEDOT@V2O5 with enlarged layer spacing, increased stability in organic electrolyte, superior electrochemical...
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Zirconium metal–organic framework photocatalysis with TEMPO for blue light-powered aerobic sulfoxidation

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05173D, Communication
Bing Zeng, Yuexin Wang, Kanghui Xiong, Keke Zhang, Siyu Zhang, Xianjun Lang
A catalytic amount of TEMPO, mobile in the reaction medium, enhances the hole transfer of NU-1003 photocatalysis for blue light-powered oxidation of organic sulfides with O2.
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Lipidic biomass as a renewable chemical building block for polymeric materials

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04993D, Feature Article
Rafael Turra Alarcon, Gabriel Iago Iago, Caroline Gaglieri, Aniele De Moura, Éder Tadeu Gomes Cavalheiro, Gilbert Bannach
Polymers are intrinsically connected to our modern society and are found and used in different technologies. Although polymers are worthwhile, concerns about synthetic polymers from non-renewable sources have arisen. Therefore,...
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Crystal-Facet Modulated Pathway of CO2 Photoreduction on Bi4NbO8Cl Nanosheets Boosting Production of Value-Added Solar Fuels

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05581K, Communication
Yong Zhou, Haoqiang Chi, Zhengdao Li, Yong Cai Zhang, Zhigang Zou, Yong Yang, Xinxin Lu, Peiting Hao
Two ultrathin nanosheets of Bi4NbO8Cl were successfully synthesized for photocatalytic conversion of CO2 into solar fuel. featuring differently exposed (001) and (201) facets. In contrast to bulk Bi4NbO8Cl, which produced...
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Tunable synthesis of magnetoelectric CoFe2O4–BaTiO3 core–shell nanowires

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03701D, Communication
Noah D. Ferson, John R. Ganiban, David P. Arnold, Jennifer S. Andrew
CoFe2O4–BaTiO3 core–shell nanowires with tunable magnetic anisotropy and magnetoelectric coupling are generated using a template-assisted synthetic procedure providing composition control.
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Engineering biotin anchored-MWCNTs as a superb carrier for facile delivery of the potent Ru(II)-N^N scaffold in breast cancer cells

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13376-13379
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04276J, Communication
Lavanya Thilak Babu, Nilmadhab Roy, Tiasha Dasgupta, Sreejani Ghosh, Ramasamy Tamizhselvi, Priyankar Paira
This article portrays the construction of biotinylated-MWCNTs for SMVT-guided delivery of a potent Ru(II)-scaffold into MCF7 cells.
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Polymeric antibubbles with strong ultrasound imaging capabilities

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13340-13343
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03572K, Communication
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Roman A. Barmin, Jens Köhler, Michael Pohl, Bea Becker, Fabian Kiessling, Twan Lammers, Albert T. Poortinga, Roger M. Pallares
Antibubbles are liquid droplets encapsulated by a gas film and are proposed for ultrasound-triggered drug release. Here, we develop polymeric microbubbles with greater ultrasound imaging response than conventional Pickering-stabilized antibubbles.
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Revealing the structural influence mechanism of intrinsic potassium/calcium elements on bio-waste-derived hard carbon for sodium-ion batteries

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13380-13383
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03546A, Communication
Yinghao Zhang, Chun Wu, Qinghang Chen, Chuangchuang Li, Wenjie Huang, Qianxiong Wen, Xiang-Xi He, Xingqiao Wu, Shu-Lei Chou
The evolution mechanism of hard carbon structures in terms of graphitization and pore structure caused by K/Ca has been clarified.
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Catalytic asymmetric Michael and Nef-type sequential reaction of nitroolefin with azlactone to construct oxazole-fused succinimide

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13384-13387
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04858J, Communication
Rui Weng, Yuqiao Zhou, Yaqin Zhang, Xiaoming Feng, Xiaohua Liu
A series of oxazole-fused succinimides bearing vicinal quaternary carbon centers were synthesized via catalytic asymmetric Michael addition and Nef-type sequential reactions of nitroolefins with azlactones.
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PVDF nanocomposites with aligned boron nitride nanosheets and dispersed BaTiO3@PEG nanoparticles by a superspreading strategy towards high energy density

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13344-13347
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04430D, Communication
Dajun Hou, Jingjing Zhou, Wen Chen, Jing Zhou, Pengchao Zhang
The limited improvement in discharge energy density (Ue) of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nanocomposites filled with low-dielectric-constant (εr) nanosheets has been addressed by using a superspreading layering strategy.
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Ion induced ultra-tough single-network ionogel

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13388-13391
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04732J, Communication
Zhenchuan Yu, Biaolong Ma, Jiqiang Wang
A strategy to fabricate ultra-tough ionogels by ionic induction is proposed, which provides a simple and general method for tuning ionogel properties.
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Efficient electrocoupling of CO2 and N2 to urea by a gas-penetrable Bi nanosheet-wrapped Cu hollow fiber

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13420-13423
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04595E, Communication
Jinning Wang, Yuyu Wang, Fang Wang, Jinfu Ma, Zhengguo Zhang, Shixiong Min
A gas-penetrable electrode of Bi nanosheet-wrapped Cu hollow fiber (Bi NSAs@Cu HF) exhibits high activity and stability for urea production from the electrocoupling of CO2 and N2.
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