Despite international prohibition, some ill-intentioned states and organisations have shown
their will and capacity to run chemical weapon programs, and the number of incidents …

Background Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) is a general technique that allows for
precise and highly sensitive measurements. These measurements may provide a complete …

A plethora of publications has continuously reported electrochemical biosensors for
detection of pesticides. However, those devices rarely accomplish commercial application …

Organophosphorus compounds play an important role in the modern chemical industry and
have a broad range of applications as flame retardants, agrochemicals, and chemical …

We report a novel pK a determination for different graphene-like samples: graphene oxide
(GO), reduced GO (rGO), graphene nanoribbons (GNR), oxidized GNR (GONR), thiol-and …

Site isolation, compartmentalization and substrate specificity are a few of the characteristics
responsible for the catalytic efficiency demonstrated by enzymes in natural systems. In …

Even 150 years after their discovery, hydroxamic acids are mainly known as the starting
material for the Lossen rearrangement in textbooks. However, hydroxamic acids feature a …

The phosphate ester bonds are widely present in living organisms and in the environment.
From the nucleic acids to the sparingly dispersed pesticides and chemical warfare residues …

Promoting efficient organophoshate (OP) destruction has been of increasing interest, mainly
due to their highly toxic nature and broad use as agrochemicals and chemical warfare. It is …

Designing artificial enzymes with tailored molecular interactions between the substrate and
active site is of major intellectual and practical significance. We report the improved catalytic …