Straightforward access to hydridoborate-based ionic liquids (BILs) provided

Synthesis of Boronate Ionic Liquids

Ending Energy Poverty: Chemistry's Contribution
Providing sustainable energy to world's the seven billion inhabitants is not a small task, but chemistry has a lot to offer says Javier Garcia Martinez

Black Arsenic: Fact or Fiction?
Synthesis and identification of phases of solid solutions of arsenic and phosphorus demonstrate that black arsenic is metastable

Tiny Silver Particles Trap Mercury
Hyperstoichiometric reaction between mercury ions and silver nanoparticles depends on the size of the nanoparticles

Alfred Oberholz (1952 – 2012)
Alfred Oberholz, former Chairman of DECHEMA and Member of the Board of Evonik AG, has passed away

150th Birthday of Agnes Pockels
Agnes Pockels was a pioneer in the field of surface tension and the measurement of surface films

Foam Polymerization
Synthesis of macroporous polystyrene through polymerization of foamed emulsions

How Do Fuel Cells Work?
Fuel cells directly convert the energy of a chemical reaction between the fuel and an oxidant into electrical energy

Renewable Energies: Wind, Solar, Biomass
Renewables supplied over 16 % of global final energy consumption in 2010, and supply almost 20 % of global electricity

Photovoltaics Literature Survey
List of recently published journal articles most relevant to advances in the rapidly developing technology of photovoltaics