As great as is it, who would have expected the TV series Game of Thrones to be fodder for a chemistry lesson about electrons, oxidation, reduction and tin. But it is, thanks to (former) King Stannis ...

Noble metals are important photocatalysts due to their ability to convert light into chemical energy. Hot electrons, generated via the non-radiative decay of localized surface plasmons, can be ...

A person setting up an electrochemical cell in a fume hood. Rong Xia of Northwestern University prepares an electrochemical cell to study carbon dioxide–reduction chemistry. Credit: Mitch Jacoby/C&EN ...

To break compounds’ aromaticity, chemists commonly rely on the 74-year-old Birch reduction, which uses sodium metal and ammonia. However, the components’ moisture-sensitive nature—requiring ...