International year of the periodic table

News Periodic Table

• Discovery of periodic tables for molecules
  

  Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) develop tables similar to the periodic table of elements but for molecules. Their approach could be used for predicting novel stable substances and creating useful materials. The periodic table of elements was proposed in 1869, and thereafter more

• Criteria for the Addition of Superheavy Chemical Elements to the Periodic Table
  

  When exactly does a newly created element really exist? What requirements must be fulfilled for its measurement to be recognized and for the element to be added to the periodic table of chemical elements? And in the case of several claims, to whom is the discovery attributed, and thus the right to n more

• World’s oldest periodic table chart found in St Andrews
  

  The chart of elements, dating from 1885, was discovered in the University’s School of Chemistry in 2014 by Dr Alan Aitken during a clear out. The storage area was full of chemicals, equipment and laboratory paraphernalia that had accumulated since the opening of the chemistry department at its curre more

Videos Periodic Table

Tennessine announced as provisional name for superheavy element 117

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Inorganic Chemistry Division has published a Provisional Recommendation for the names and symbols of the recently discovered superheavy elements 113, 115, 117, and 118. Tennessine (Ts) is proposed for element 117, recognizing the cont ... more

Periodic Success: The Hidden Beauty of the Periodic Table

Join a guided tour of science’s most iconic image with chemical physicist and material scientist Jamie Gallagher, geek songstress Helen Arney and nanoscientist Suze Kundu. more

Boron

Boron can be used to produce green flames. more

Infographics Periodic Table

The Compound Interest Periodic Table of Data – New Elements Update!

With four new element names officially confirmed last week, it’s past time the Compound Interest Periodic Table of Data was updated to include them! Here’s the updated table with nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson in their rightful places; the version above has a key denoting the differen more

Timeline of the Elements

This graphic looks at the discovery dates of the elements, as well as the countries in which they were discovered, and plots them all on a timeline to give some idea of the order of discovery. more

The Complete Periodic Table of Elements

The periodic table has actually only just been ‘completed’ in the past year. Four new elements had their discoveries and names confirmed in 2016, and replaced the last few placeholder positions in the table. I say ‘completed’ because scientists are still trying to create elements beyond element 118, more

Publications Periodic Table

• Anticancer activity of complexes of the third row transition metals, rhenium, osmium, and iridium

  The clinical success of the platinum-based chemotherapeutic agents has prompted the investigation of coordination and organometallic complexes of alternative metal centers for use as anticancer agents. Among these alternatives, the third row transition metal neighbors of platinum on the periodic tab more

• Layered transition metal dichalcogenide electrochemistry: journey across the periodic table

  Studies on layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), in particular for Group VIB TMDs like MoS2 and WS2, have long reached a crescendo in the realms of electrochemical applications initiated by their remarkable catalytic and electronic properties. One area that garnered considerable attention more

• Porphyrins in troubled times: a spotlight on porphyrins and their metal complexes for explosives testing and CBRN defense

  Porphyrins are large π-aromatic systems that can complex metal ions from all across the periodic table. The resulting metalloporphyrins are readily tunable with regards to analyte detection properties, and constitute an important class of chemical sensors. In light of the current geopolitical situat more