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The music of life : Bartolomeo Cristofori & the invention of the piano / by Elizabeth Rusch ; illustrated by Marjorie Priceman

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Abracadabra, it's spring! / by Anne Sibley O'Brien ; illustrated by Susan Gal

O'Brien, Anne Sibley, author




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Wildfire : inside the inferno / by Jaclyn Jaycox

Jaycox, Jaclyn, 1983- author




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Chasing the sun / Timothy Musso

Musso, Timothy, author, illustrator




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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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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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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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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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What prevents a business from scaling sustainably?

Why a headcount spike cannot be confused with organisational growth




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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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The values that Silicon Valley brings to the table

What would it take for the Indian start-up ecosystem to match the calibre of Silicon Valley




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Raising millions over a cup of coffee

The beverage of choice at cafes mushrooming in metros and small towns alike is proving a strong draw for VC investments too




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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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Fund thesis: AI is the X-factor 

Why VC firm Good Capital wants to be an early investor in AI-powered businesses




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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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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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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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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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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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Synthesis of environmentally friendly energetic cocrystal derived from commodity chemicals

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04037F, Communication
Open Access
Kazuki Inoue, Yosuke Nishiwaki, Mieko Kumasaki, Shinya Matsumoto, Ken Okada
Ammonium nitrate/glycine (2 : 1) energetic cocrystal was synthesized to address two drawbacks of ammonium nitrate: phase transitions and hygroscopicity. The cocrystal did not show phase transitions and exhibited decreased hygroscopicity.
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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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Efficient reduction of nitrate to ammonia on AuPt@ZIF-8 composite film

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05045B, Communication
Yijie Yang, Guorui Tang, Xiaoyun Liu, Liu Yang, Ruimin Gao, Cheng-Peng Li
The nitrate reduction represents a sustainable strategy for water denitrification. Herein we design ZIF-8 coated porous AuPt alloy composite film for electrocatalytic nitrate reduction with superior ammonia yield of (131.5...
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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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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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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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Supramolecular self-sorting predicted by a simple harmonic oscillator model

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05336B, Communication
Open Access
Adriana Sacristán-Martín, Nerea Álvarez-Llorente, Eric Masson, Alberto Diez-Varga, Héctor Barbero
The self-sorting process of homobimetallic Pt(II) terpyridyl acetylide dimers secured by a pair of Cucurbit[8]uril macrocycles with recognition motif mismatch can be quantified using a model comprising two coupled harmonic oscillators.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dot-intensified tungsten oxide nanosheets as a SERS substrate for antibiotics detection

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13360-13363
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05052E, Communication
Lu Tan, Xuanzhao Lu, Shuzhen Yue, Yue Cao, Yang Zhou, Baokang Jin, Jun-Jie Zhu
Tungsten oxide nanosheets loaded with nitrogen-doped graphene oxide quantum dots (NGQDs/WO3 NSs) were fabricated as SERS substrates.
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Employing a PhI(OAc)2-mediated domino reaction to assemble nitrogen-containing heterocyclic derivatives and assessing their anti-inflammatory activity

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13352-13355
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03245D, Communication
Xinyue Li, Yuhua Fang, Yuanyuan Zhao, Shenshen Luo, Yuhui Xue, Tingting Yong, Bin Wang
Metal-free radical cascade synthesis of substituted pyrazole derivatives was initiated by PhI(OAc)2 at 23 °C.
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A polychloride-enabled synthesis of [NEt3Me][PCl6] serving as a potential PCl3-storage and PCl5-reagent

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13372-13375
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04319G, Communication
Open Access
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Moritz J. Ernst, Merlin Kleoff, Patrick Voßnacker, Günther Thiele, Christian Müller, Sebastian Riedel
The reaction of the ionic liquid [NEt3Me][Cl3] with white phosphorus (P4) gives, quantitatively, hexachlorophosphate [NEt3Me][PCl6], which shows similar reactivity as PCl5 and can be used as a potential PCl3-storage material.
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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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Solution plasma synthesis of α-amino acids

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13408-13411
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04482G, Communication
Changhua Wang, Yutong Zhang, Yuanyuan Li, Yinhe Rong, Xintong Zhang
This work uses solution plasma for easier control of amino acid synthesis, successfully producing rare serine, achieving green and low-carbon synthesis from small molecules to amino acids.
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