Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 35/2020: For Gold Contend…

Hybrid Hydrogel for Drug Delivery
Two components enable controlled drug release and improved mechanical stability

DNAzymes Detect RNA Modifications
RNA-cleaving deoxyribozymes could serve as selective sensors

Flu Virus Could Spread via Dust or Fibers
Influenza A virus transported on aerosolized microscopic particles

Nanozeolite Additive for Improved Sodium-Ion Batteries
Electrolyte additive traps degradation products and improves cycle life

Non-Symmetric Di-Aryl-Substituted Thiophenes
Successive Pd-catalyzed decarboxylative cross-couplings enable modular synthesis

Covalent Organic Frameworks with Ester Links
First crystalline ester-linked COFs related to common polyesters

Energy-Storing Bricks
Supercapacitor built from bricks with a nanofibrillar conductive polymer coating

Priestley Medal 2020 for JoAnne Stubbe
Highest honor of the American Chemical Society (ACS) presented to biochemistry pioneer

Keeping Dye Molecules Apart Leads to Bright Fluorescent Materials
Small-molecule ionic isolation lattices (SMILES) transfer the optical properties of dyes to solids