Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 45/2020: Overcoming Barriers

Europe Builds World-Leading Supercomputer
LUMI will begin operations in mid-2021, boosting European competitiveness and research

Hexabenzocoronene–Porphyrin Conjugates
Porphyrin as a π-spacer between two polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

SCIP Database Tracks Chemicals of Concern in Products
Making recycling of products safer and improving information about dangerous chemicals in products

New Model for Droplet Physics Could Inform COVID-19 Guidelines
Masks and distancing are helpful, but might not be enough to prevent all contact with the virus

Molecular Calorimeters
Rational design of a memory‐based sensor as a molecular calorimeter

OLED Manufacturing Expansion in Korea and China
Merck plans a € 20 million expansion of its OLED (organic light-emitting diode) manufacturing capacity at its sites in Pyeongtaek and Shanghai

New Metal–Organic Frameworks Catalyze the Fixation of CO2
Series of isostructural metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with Mg, Ni, Co, Zn, Cu, or Fe

Microbial Electrosynthesis Analyzed
Comprehensive modeling reveals strategies for maximizing productivity

trans-Additions of Alkynes across Internal Triple Bonds
Ruthenium-catalyzed hydroalkynylation and chloroalkynylation