Microwave chemistry articles within Nature Communications

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  09 December 2023 | Open Access

  Total wash elimination for solid phase peptide synthesis

  Peptide drug manufacturing commonly uses large amounts of hazardous solvents primarily due to multiple washings after each step. Here, the authors introduce the concept of a completely wash-free methodology that enables up to 95% waste reduction.

  • Jonathan M. Collins
  • , Sandeep K. Singh
  •  & Christopher L. Houser

• Article
  11 February 2019 | Open Access

  N-formyl-stabilizing quasi-catalytic species afford rapid and selective solvent-free amination of biomass-derived feedstocks

  Processes for efficient production of primary, secondary or ternary aminated compounds are constant challenges for chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Here, the authors develop selective and sustainable amination chemistry widely applicable to chemical substrates via formic acid.

  • Hu Li
  • , Haixin Guo
  •  & Richard Lee Smith Jr.

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  03 July 2015 | Open Access

  Edge-terminated molybdenum disulfide with a 9.4-Å interlayer spacing for electrochemical hydrogen production

  Layered molybdenum disulfide is a promising hydrogen evolution catalyst. Here, the authors report a strategy for synthesizing molybdenum disulfide nanosheets with edge-terminated structure and a significantly expanded interlayer spacing and demonstrate their enhanced catalytic activity.

  • Min-Rui Gao
  • , Maria K.Y. Chan
  •  & Yugang Sun

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  22 November 2011 | Open Access

  Coupling artificial molecular spin states by photon-assisted tunnelling

  Tunnelling transitions triggered by microwave irradiation between coupled quantum dots have generally been assumed to be spin-conserving. This study shows that this condition is violated in the presence of spin–orbit coupling, thus opening new possibilities for manipulating a two–spin qubit system by microwave irradiation.

  • L.R. Schreiber
  • , F.R. Braakman
  •  & L.M.K. Vandersypen