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Drawing up a care plan for dementia

Kochi start-up’s personalised, non-pharmacological module aims to delay cognitive impairment




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Fireside Ventures aims to birth Indian mega-brands

Why VC firm Fireside Ventures believes it can build multimillion-dollar consumer brands in India without burning capital




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Company culture and success go hand in hand

Why founders must, at the outset, decide what kind of company they want to build




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Steering used-cars sellers onto the profit lane

Short on funds, used-car start-ups shift gears to branch into auto financing, insurance and classified ads




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Sifting through fact, fiction and passion in a business plan

The many challenges in envisioning the first business plan of a start-up




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Esport: Rise of the virtual Indian champ

Competitive video gaming in India is buzzing with big-money championships, star players, celebrity endorsers and a surging fan base




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Funding climate favours clean tech

Why Orios Venture Partners wants to double down on clean tech and climate investments




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An app with a taste for Indian languages 

Language Curry offers digital means to achieve multilingual proficiency




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Who wants to marry a risk-taking entrepreneur?

Entrepreneurship may be the in thing, but there’s also social stigma attached to it




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Funds in search of bright business plans

Even as start-up investments grind down to a seven-year low, VCs are sitting on mounds of unallocated funds




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Backing the small giant-killers

Why Bertelsmann India Investments puts it money in sectors teeming with disruptors




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Athleticism unlocked: Matchup of esports and fitness

Bengaluru start-up taps gaming’s tech wizardry to add extra dash of energy to recreational sports




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The many failures behind each ‘success story’

What’s behind the craze for highly successful people... and ventures




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Zephyr Peacock: Lending funds... and a hand

VC firm Zephyr Peacock zeroes in on sectors for its fourth fund deployment




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A honk meter for Indian roads

Ahmedabad techie designs app-based device Yhonk to keep horn-happy drivers in check




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Edtechs that cleared the endurance test

Start-ups focused on learning while remaining conservative with cash have not only scaled up but proved profitable




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IoT on tap: Defeating drought through data analysis

Bengaluru start-up digitises water infrastructure of industries, smart cities to halt wastage





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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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Digital detox for hallucinating chatbots and other AI fails

Bengaluru start-up’s automated platform detects and fixes machine learning gone wrong




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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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This facial scan can unlock health secrets 

Startup deploys machine learning on a mobile app to pinpoint potential disease risks




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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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A budget that chose to be on the side of the angels

Why the nixing of angel tax can prove a game changer for job creation in India




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It’s a lonely battle for brand aggregators 

Why e-commerce roll-up — banding together smaller online brands for growth — didn’t find strength in numbers 




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The unfortunate truth about ‘pedigree’ and the founder ecosystem

How old school ties do matter in the Indian startup system, and why that’s a problem




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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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Chasing the most meaningful outcome of entrepreneurship

Are there any metrics to decide if a founder is successful or not?




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Flexi funding for unbanked needs

Anicut Capital zeroes in on investment opportunities that banks overlook due to regulatory constraints




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Outer-surface adduct formation and selective separation of cis-type gallated and cis-type non-gallated catechins using cucurbit[7]uril

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05035E, Communication
Open Access
Hiroyuki Tsutsumi, An Miura, Asuka Hanada, Rino Sonoda, Rie Nakashima, Tomonori Ohata, Hirohito Ikeda
The selective separation of cis-type gallated and non-gallated catechins in solution was achieved by utilizing the formation of outer-surface adducts between cis-type catechins and cucurbit[7]uril.
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The synthesis of specifically isotope labelled fluorotryptophan and its use in mammalian cell-based protein expression for 19F-NMR applications

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04789C, Communication
Open Access
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Giorgia Toscano, Martina Rosati, Letizia Barbieri, Katharina Maier, Lucia Banci, Enrico Luchinat, Robert Konrat, Roman J. Lichtenecker
Combining multistep organic synthesis with mammalian cell based protein overexpression leads to isolated 13C–19F spin systems in tryptophan side chains, which represent ideal sensors to probe protein interaction and dynamics using NMR spectroscopy.
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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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Direct π-extension of a Conjugated Carbon Nanohoop Using a Zipper Method

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04976D, Communication
kang Wei, Zaitian Cheng, Xingyu Zhang, Qiang Huang, Pingwu Du
The π-extension of carbon nanorings towards ultrashort carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is a great challenge for synthetic chemists. Herein, we report the synthesis, characterization, and properties of a nanographene-embedded carbon nanoring...
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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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Synthesis of heteroleptic bis-phosphine bis-NHC iron (0) complexes: a strategy to enhance small molecule activation

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05463F, Communication
Open Access
Christian M. Andre, Nathaniel K. Szymczak
We report low-valent iron complexes containing bis-NHC and bis-phosphine donor ligands that coordinate and strongly activate N2 and CO.
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Separation of Rare Earth Elements and Nickel Harnessing Electrochemistry and Reactive CO2 Capture and Mineralization

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04632C, Communication
Open Access
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Akanksha Srivastava, Prarabdh Jain, Greeshma Gadikota, Prince Ochonma, Christopher Noe, Tianhe Yin
The aim is to probe the chemical mechanisms underlying the use of multifunctional solvents to simultaneously capture and convert CO2 into insoluble Rare Earth Element (REE)-carbonates, while forming soluble complexes...
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Yolk-shelled MoS2/C@Void@C@MoS2 nanospheres as a stable and high-rate anode in sodium/potassium ion batteries

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05088F, Communication
Mang Niu, Zongfan Zhu, Zhenkai Mou, Wenpei Kang
Yolk-shelled MoS2/C@Void@C@MoS2 exhibits superior high-rate sodium/potassium sodium storage capability, owing to the large inner void and ingenious shell.
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Composition tunable and stable spontaneous emission and lasing in Cd-alloyed perovskite microdisks

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04488F, Communication
Dmitry A. Tatarinov, Elizaveta V. Sapozhnikova, Daria Khmelevskaia, Yangyang Ju, Dmitriy M. Dolgintsev, Elena V. Bodyago, Alexandr A. Marunchenko, Alexey E. Zhukov, Haizheng Zhong, Ivan G. Scheblykin, Anatoly P. Pushkarev
All-inorganic Cd-alloyed perovskite microdisks were synthesized by pressure-assisted high temperature recrystallization. The microdisks showed composition tunable and temporally stable photoluminescence.
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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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Bidirectional strain release in a thermosalient organic salt crystal induced by anisotropic thermal expansion and phase transformation

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04764H, Communication
Priyasha Harsha, Dinabandhu Das
Two-way release of strain followed by jumping in an organic salt crystal can be attributed to the anisotropic thermal expansion by heating and phase transformation followed by shear deformation of the crystals by cooling.
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Alkenylation of unactivated alkanes: synthesis of Z-alkenes via dual Co-TBADT catalysis

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04651J, Communication
Vetrivelan Murugesan, Anagha Syam, Guru Vigknesh Anantharaj, Ramesh Rasappan
Hydroalkylation of terminal alkynes using unactivated alkanes under dual Co-TBADT catalysts is reported. Our cobalt-HAT catalysis achieves the desired Z alkene with excellent regio- and diastereoselectivity via C–H activation.
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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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Direct alkene functionalization via photocatalytic hydrogen atom transfer from C(sp3)–H compounds: a route to pharmaceutically important molecules

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05026F, Highlight
Hangqian Fan, Yuxin Fang, Jingbo Yu
Direct functionalization of alkenes with C(sp3)–H substrates offers unique opportunities for the rapid construction of pharmaceuticals and natural products.
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Exploring the effect of pressure on the crystal structure and caloric properties of the molecular ionic hybrid [(CH3)3NOH]2[CoCl4]

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05125D, Communication
Open Access
Pedro Dafonte-Rodríguez, Ignacio Delgado-Ferreiro, Javier García-Ben, Angel Ferradanes-Martínez, María Gelpi, Julian Walker, Charles James McMonagle, Socorro Castro-García, María Antonia Señarís-Rodríguez, Juan Manuel Bermúdez-García, Manuel Sánchez-Andújar
The hybrid metal halide [(CH3)3NOH]2CoCl4 exhibits a first-order phase transition at T ∼ 343 K.
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Small-sized starch nanoparticles for efficient penetration of plant cells

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05493H, Communication
Yongxian Chen, Simin Jiang, Yang Wang, Fuxue Zhang, Liu Wang, Li Zhao, Siyu Liu, Junjun Tan, Staffan Persson, Bo Sun, Junsheng Chen, Andreas Blennow
Fluorescent starch nanoparticles used in live cell imaging in plants suggest that small-sized starch nanoparticles can efficiently penetrate plant cells, indicating great potential for applications in plant science and agriculture.
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Visible light-activated polyphenol–Al3+ coordination for ambient and quantitative xylose-to-furfural conversion

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04899G, Communication
Jinshu Huang, Qizhi Luo, Tengyu Liu, Song Yang, Hu Li
Visible light-enhanced coordination of polyphenol–Al3+ is uncovered to switch Lewis/Brønsted acid sites for room-temperature cascade upgrading of xylose to furfural in ultrahigh yields.
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Pyrazolate-supported Cr3(μ3-O) cores; homovalent CrIII3 and mixed-valent CrIII2CrIV

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05161K, Communication
Jessica M. López-Plá, Mohammed Obies, Georgia Zahariou, Michael Pissas, Yiannis Sanakis, John E. McGrady, Raphael G. Raptis
The thermally assisted reaction of Cr(NO3)3·9H2O, 4-Cl-pzH, and Et3N yielded electrochemically active trinuclear CrIII–oxo–pyrazolate complexes with formula (Ph4P)2[Cr33-O)(μ-4-Cl-pz)6X3], X = Cl (1) and Br (2).
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Fabrication of gelatin hydrogels using pre-coordinated lanthanide complexes via imine crosslinking

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03886J, Communication
Chen-Cheng Yu, Yu Yun Hsu, Yu-Chia Su, Yi-Chen Yang, Tzu-Ying Wang, Yi-Cheun Yeh
Precoordinated lanthanide-containing complexes are used to crosslink polyethyleneimine-modified gelatin to form gelatin hydrogel through imine bond formation.
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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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