By Andre Cobb,NJC咨询委员会成员
In an excellent review on the 新利手机客户端chemistry and applications of nanodiamonds (diamondoids),我们的第一批作者-Professors Peter Schreinerof theJustus-Liebig University,andJean-Cyrille Hiersoof theInstitut Universitaire de France—explain how these fascinating structures are the next generation sp3-天然碳材料（天然气和石油）。These long overlooked "carbon gems" close the gap to the popular sp2-碳纳米管等材料，fullerenes,and graphenes that have complementary properties.
Peter'sgoals for 2014 are to establish two recently introduced concepts more firmly.The first is the tunneling control of chemical reactions,他在一系列论文中指出，隧道效应可以超越动力学和热力学的考虑，因此，应将其视为合理化化学反应性的第三种范式。His second goal is to decipher the role of London dispersion interactions for chemical structures and in chemical reactivity.At a personal level,he would like to become a better tennis player,although he believes he has already begun struggling with typical age limitations!
For his part,Jean-Cyrilleplans to continue to promote 新利手机客户端science and to continue contributing to the "blossoming" of his co-workers.
Diamondoids: functionalization and subsequent applications of perfectly defined molecular cage hydrocarbonsMaria A.Gunawan, Jean-Cyrille Hierso,* Didier Poinsot, Andrey A.Fokin, Natalie A.Fokina, Boryslav A.Tkachenko和Peter R.施莱纳,新J化学。,2014,38,28-41.多伊：10.1039/C3NJ00535F (Perspective)
Professor Masanari Kimuraof theNagasaki Universityin Japan is interested in the development of new reactions based on transition metals and heterocyclic 新利手机客户端chemistry,正如他一月份对使用烯丙基锌和羰基形成C-C键的贡献所证明的那样。
Masanari says his inspiration for this work comes of course from Philippe Antoine Barbier and François Auguste Victor Grignard.
木村教授2014年的一个主要目标是从二氧化碳中开发新型高效的有机合成物。
C–C bond formationvia1,2-addition of atert-丁基锌试剂和羰基跨越共轭二烯by Yuki Ohira,Maya Hayashi,Takamichi MoriGen Onodera and Masanari Kimura,新J化学。,2014,38,330-337.多伊：10.1039/C3NJ00992K (Paper)
Professor Katarzyna Ostrowska的Jagiellonian Universityin Poland and co-workers have published an investigation on the design and sensing abilities of a range of integrated azaheteroarene fluorophores designed to recognize a variety of different ions.Katarzyna says that,"As an organic chemist,I was fascinated to see how the minor modifications of structure affect the fluorescence emission and recognition of zinc and indium metal ions."
关于来年的目标，Professor Ostrowska comments,在最近的一份出版物中，我描述了配体与锌和铟离子结合的两种不同机制。In 2014 I hope to find out why these receptors selectively recognize zinc and how resonance effects can influence the quantum yields of different substituted fluorophores".
Ratiometric fluorescent Zn2+and In3 +receptors of fused pyrazine with an aminopropanol chain in acetonitrileby Katarzyna Ostrowska,* Alicja Kaźmierska,Maria Rąpała-Kozik and Justyna Kalinowska-Tłuścik,新J化学.,2014,38,213-226.多伊：10.1039/C3NJ00750B (Paper)
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