| Spotlights |
| Spotlights on Recent JACS Publications |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.13913-13914 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| robing Spatial Organization of DNA Strands Using Enzyme-Free Hairpin Assembly Circuits |
| Bingling Li, Yu Jiang, Xi Chen, and Andrew D. Ellington |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.13918-13921 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Immobilizing Highly Catalytically Active Pt Nanoparticles inside the Pores of Metal–Organic Framework: A Double Solvents Approach |
| Arshad Aijaz, Abhi Karkamkar, Young Joon Choi, Nobuko Tsumori, Ewa Rönnebro, Tom Autrey, Hiroshi Shioyama, and Qiang Xu |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.13926-13929 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Highly Efficient Blue Phosphorescence from Triarylboron-Functionalized Platinum(II) Complexes of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes |
| Zachary M. Hudson, Christina Sun, Michael G. Helander, Yi-Lu Chang, Zheng-Hong Lu, and Suning Wang |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.13930-13933 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| One-Pot Synthesis of Cubic PtCu3 Nanocages with Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity for the Methanol Oxidation Reaction |
| Bao Yu Xia, Hao Bin Wu, Xin Wang, and Xiong Wen (David) Lou |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.13934-13937 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Transport of siRNA through Lipid Membranes Driven by Nanosecond Electric Pulses: An Experimental and Computational Study |
| Marie Breton, Lucie Delemotte, Aude Silve, Lluis M. Mir, and Mounir Tarek |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.13938-13941 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Real-Space Distribution of Local WO4 Ordering in Negative Thermal Expansive ZrW2O8 |
| Yukio Sato, Yasuhisa Yamamura, Kazuya Saito, and Yuichi Ikuhara |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.13942-13945 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Analysis of UDP-d-Apiose/UDP-d-Xylose Synthase-Catalyzed Conversion of UDP-d-Apiose Phosphonate to UDP-d-Xylose Phosphonate: Implications for a Retroaldol–Aldol Mechanism |
| Sei-hyun Choi, Steven O. Mansoorabadi, Yung-nan Liu, Tun-Cheng Chien, and Hung-wen Liu |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.13946-13949 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Tuning Cooperativity by Controlling the Linker Length of Silica-Supported Amines in Catalysis and CO2 Capture |
| Nicholas A. Brunelli, Stephanie A. Didas, Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah, and Christopher W. Jones |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.13950-13953 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Catalytic Intermolecular C-Alkylation of 1,2-Diketones with Simple Olefins: A Recyclable Directing Group Strategy |
| Zhiqian Wang, Brandon J. Reinus, and Guangbin Dong |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.13954-13957 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| A Convenient Method for Preparing Alkyl-Functionalized Silicon Nanocubes |
| Zhenyu Yang, Alexander R. Dobbie, Kai Cui, and Jonathan G. C. Veinot |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.13958-13961 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Controlled Self-Assembly of Multiple Diastereomeric Macrocyclic Boronic Esters Composed of Two Chiral Units |
| Suguru Ito, Kosuke Ono, and Nobuharu Iwasawa |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.13962-13965 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Steric Effects Compete with Aryne Distortion To Control Regioselectivities of Nucleophilic Additions to 3-Silylarynes |
| Sarah M. Bronner, Joel L. Mackey, K. N. Houk, and Neil K. Garg |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.13966-13969 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Discovery of a Metalloenzyme-like Cooperative Catalytic System of Metal Nanoclusters and Catechol Derivatives for the Aerobic Oxidation of Amines |
| Hao Yuan, Woo-Jin Yoo, Hiroyuki Miyamura, and Shu̅ Kobayashi |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.13970-13973 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Urease-Mediated Room-Temperature Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Titanium Dioxide |
| John M. Johnson, Nichola Kinsinger, Chhay Sun, Dongsheng Li, and David Kisailus |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.13974-13977 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Facile Synthesis of Dibenzo-7λ3-phosphanorbornadiene Derivatives Using Magnesium Anthracene |
| Alexandra Velian and Christopher C. Cummins |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.13978-13981 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| β-Sheet Core of Tau Paired Helical Filaments Revealed by Solid-State NMR |
| Venita Daebel, Subashchandrabose Chinnathambi, Jacek Biernat, Martin Schwalbe, Birgit Habenstein, Antoine Loquet, Elias Akoury, Katharina Tepper, Henrik Müller, Marc Baldus, Christian Griesinger, Markus Zweckstetter, Eckhard Mandelkow, Vinesh Vijayan, and Adam Lange |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.13982-13989 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Size-Dependent Partitioning of Nano/Microparticles Mediated by Membrane Lateral Heterogeneity |
| Tsutomu Hamada, Masamune Morita, Makiyo Miyakawa, Ryoko Sugimoto, Ai Hatanaka, Mun’delanji C. Vestergaard, and Masahiro Takagi |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.13990-13996 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Iron(III)-Doped, Silica Nanoshells: A Biodegradable Form of Silica |
| Kristina K. Pohaku Mitchell, Alexander Liberman, Andrew C. Kummel, and William C. Trogler |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.13997-14003 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Self-Assembly and Photocatalytic Properties of Polyoxoniobates: {Nb24O72}, {Nb32O96}, and {K12Nb96O288} Clusters |
| Peng Huang, Chao Qin, Zhong-Min Su, Yan Xing, Xin-Long Wang, Kui-Zhan Shao, Ya-Qian Lan, and En-Bo Wang |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14004-14010 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Design, Synthesis and Functional Analysis of Dansylated Polytheonamide Mimic: An Artificial Peptide Ion Channel |
| Hiroaki Itoh, Shigeru Matsuoka, Mohamed Kreir, and Masayuki Inoue |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14011-14018 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Electrophilic Fluorination of Organoplatinum(II) Iodides: Iodine and Platinum Atoms as Competing Fluorination Sites |
| Ina S. Dubinsky-Davidchik, Shay Potash, Israel Goldberg, Arkadi Vigalok, and Andrei N. Vedernikov |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14027-14032 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Chemical Manipulation of Magnetic Ordering in Mn1–xSnxBi2Se4 Solid–Solutions |
| Kulugammana G. S. Ranmohotti, Honore Djieutedjeu, and Pierre F. P. Poudeu |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14033-14042 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Reversible Kirkwood–Alder Transition Observed in Pt3Cu2 Nanoctahedron Assemblies under Controlled Solvent Annealing/Drying Conditions |
| Jun Zhang, Zhiping Luo, Benjamin Martens, Zewei Quan, Amar Kumbhar, Nathan Porter, Yuxuan Wang, Detlef-M. Smilgies, and Jiye Fang |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14043-14049 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| A Solution-Processed Trilayer Electrochemical Device: Localizing the Light Emission for Optimized Performance |
| Shi Tang, Andreas Sandström, Junfeng Fang, and Ludvig Edman |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14050-14055 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Base-Catalyzed Dehydration of 3-Substituted Benzene cis-1,2-Dihydrodiols: Stabilization of a Cyclohexadienide Anion Intermediate by Negative Aromatic Hyperconjugation |
| Jaya Satyanarayana Kudavalli, S. Nagaraja Rao, David E. Bean, Narain D. Sharma, Derek R. Boyd, Patrick W. Fowler, Scott Gronert, Shina Caroline Lynn Kamerlin, James R. Keeffe, and Rory A. More O’Ferrall |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14056-14069 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Ultrafast Dynamics of a Spiropyran in Water |
| Jörg Kohl-Landgraf, Markus Braun, Cem Özçoban, Diana P. N. Gonçalves, Alexander Heckel, and Josef Wachtveitl |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14070-14077 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Glucose by Rhodium Porphyrin-Functionalized MWCNT Electrodes: Application to a Fully Molecular Catalyst-Based Glucose/O2 Fuel Cell |
| Kamal Elouarzaki, Alan Le Goff, Michael Holzinger, Jessica Thery, and Serge Cosnier |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14078-14085 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Radical versus Nucleophilic Mechanism of Formaldehyde Polymerization Catalyzed by (WO3)3 Clusters on Reduced or Stoichiometric TiO2(110) |
| Cristiana Di Valentin, Massimo Rosa, and Gianfranco Pacchioni |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14086-14098 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| A Label-Free, Electrochemical SERS-Based Assay for Detection of DNA Hybridization and Discrimination of Mutations |
| Robert P. Johnson, James A. Richardson, Tom Brown, and Philip N. Bartlett |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14099-14107 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Origin of Thermal Degradation of Sr2–xSi5N8:Eux Phosphors in Air for Light-Emitting Diodes |
| Chiao-Wen Yeh, Wei-Ting Chen, Ru-Shi Liu, Shu-Fen Hu, Hwo-Shuenn Sheu, Jin-Ming Chen, and Hubertus T. Hintzen |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14108-14117 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Understanding Reactivity and Stereoselectivity in Palladium-Catalyzed Diastereoselective sp3 C–H Bond Activation: Intermediate Characterization and Computational Studies |
| Ramesh Giri, Yu Lan, Peng Liu, K. N. Houk, and Jin-Quan Yu |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14118-14126 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| 185 nm Photoreduction of CO2 to Methane by Water. Influence of the Presence of a Basic Catalyst |
| Francesc Sastre, Avelino Corma, and Hermenegildo García |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14137-14141 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Electronic Structure of an [FeFe] Hydrogenase Model Complex in Solution Revealed by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Using Narrow-Band Emission Detection |
| Nils Leidel, Petko Chernev, Kajsa G. V. Havelius, Lennart Schwartz, Sascha Ott, and Michael Haumann |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14142-14157 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Robust Surface Nano-Architecture by Alkali–Carboxylate Ionic Bonding |
| Daniel Skomski, Sabine Abb, and Steven L. Tait |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14165-14171 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| A Mobile Precursor Determines Amyloid-β Peptide Fibril Formation at Interfaces |
| Lei Shen, Takuji Adachi, David Vanden Bout, and X.-Y. Zhu |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14172-14178 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Heterodivalent Linked Macrocyclic β-Sheets with Enhanced Activity against Aβ Aggregation: Two Sites Are Better Than One |
| Pin-Nan Cheng, Ryan Spencer, R. Jeremy Woods, Charles G. Glabe, and James S. Nowick |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14179-14184 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Substituent Effects on the Electronic Characteristics of Pentacene Derivatives for Organic Electronic Devices: Dioxolane-Substituted Pentacene Derivatives with Triisopropylsilylethynyl Functional Groups |
| Olga Lobanova Griffith, John E. Anthony, Adolphus G. Jones, Ying Shu, and Dennis L. Lichtenberger |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14185-14194 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| A Black Beam Borne by an Incandescent Field Self-Traps in a Photopolymerizing Medium |
| Kailash Kasala and Kalaichelvi Saravanamuttu |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14195-14200 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Structural Control of 1A2u-to-3A2u Intersystem Crossing in Diplatinum(II,II) Complexes |
| Alec C. Durrell, Gretchen E. Keller, Yan-Choi Lam, Jan Sýkora, Antonín Vlček, Jr., and Harry B. Gray |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14201-14207 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Furfuraldehyde Hydrogenation on Titanium Oxide-Supported Platinum Nanoparticles Studied by Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy: Acid–Base Catalysis Explains the Molecular Origin of Strong Metal–Support Interactions |
| L. Robert Baker, Griffin Kennedy, Matthijs Van Spronsen, Antoine Hervier, Xiaojun Cai, Shiyou Chen, Lin-Wang Wang, and Gabor A. Somorjai |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14208-14216 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Length Control and Block-Type Architectures in Worm-like Micelles with Polyethylene Cores |
| Joachim Schmelz, Andreas E. Schedl, Christoph Steinlein, Ian Manners, and Holger Schmalz |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14217-14225 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Olefin Metathesis for Effective Polymer Healing via Dynamic Exchange of Strong Carbon–Carbon Double Bonds |
| Yi-Xuan Lu and Zhibin Guan |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14226-14231 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| A Mild, Palladium-Catalyzed Method for the Dehydrohalogenation of Alkyl Bromides: Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies |
| Alex C. Bissember, Anna Levina, and Gregory C. Fu |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14232-14237 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Photo-induced Charge Separation across the Graphene–TiO2 Interface Is Faster than Energy Losses: A Time-Domain ab Initio Analysis |
| Run Long, Niall J. English, and Oleg V. Prezhdo |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14238-14248 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Synthesis of Isocyanate-Based Brush Block Copolymers and Their Rapid Self-Assembly to Infrared-Reflecting Photonic Crystals |
| Garret M. Miyake, Raymond A. Weitekamp, Victoria A. Piunova, and Robert H. Grubbs |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14249-14254 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |
| Chemical Synthesis and Immunological Evaluation of the Inner Core Oligosaccharide of Francisella tularensis |
| Thomas J. Boltje, Wei Zhong, Jin Park, Margreet A. Wolfert, Wangxue Chen, and Geert-Jan Boons |
| JL OF THE AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
| 2012 |
| vol.134 no.34 pp.14255-14262 |
| http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/134/34 |