The Magazine of Chemistry Europe

A self-powered tribolelectric nanosensor allows the sensitive and selective detection of mercury(II) ions

Peter Stang, University of Utah, USA, receives the highest honor of the American Chemical Society

Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Technical University Munich, Germany, explains how his institution is preparing to attract the best talent

A simple and direct difluoroalkylation reaction of heterocycles allows a general synthesis of heteroarylether bioisosteres

Craig J. Hawker, University of California, USA, discusses presentation skills and gives some points for creating good slides

Susanne Röhrig, Bayer HealthCare, is the first recipient of the Meyer-Galow Prize for chemistry industry

The size and membrane permeability of polymer vesicles can be controlled by the addition and removal of carbon dioxide

Three chemists discuss the spectroscopy, structure, bonding, stability, reactivity of C2

Philip Mountford, Oxford University, UK, has been awarded for his work on metal–ligand multiple bonding and polymerization catalysts

The Carl Duisberg Plaque of the GDCh has been awarded to Eva Wille for her outstanding services to scientific publishing