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What is the true nature of gold-sulfur bonds?

By drfreddy On August 29th, 2013 · 14 Comments

Many times have I been involved in projects in which we have synthesized sulfur-containing advanced organic materials, to pass on to physicists who in their labs stick them to gold surfaces. Self-assembly is one among many a good reason for doing these things. Our compounds have been either thiols or disulfides. My […]

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Notes to the press

By drfreddy On August 18th, 2013 · 1 Comment

I have received a number of emails from journalist from all over the world since my last post. I haven’t replied to any of those. Let me explain why – this is all I have for you today.

I had never heard of Emma Drinkel or Reto Dorta before this […]

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In defense of Emma

By drfreddy On August 16th, 2013 · 21 Comments

Any chemist with access to the internet cannot possibly have missed the developing story of the Dorta Paper, summarized by this picture

From the SI of: Organometallics 2013, Article ASAP (DOI: 10.1021/om4000067)

and in this post over at ChemBark, which is being updated as the story unfolds – […]

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