The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) started a dialogue about the European way, circular models, and being at the forefront of new technologies

Future of European Chemical Industry

3D-Printed Flow Reactor
Low-cost, small-footprint, modular 3D printed continuous-flow system that can be attached to existing stirrer hotplates developed

Using Polymers to Direct Nanoparticle Arrays
Researchers have used block copolymer scaffolds to direct the growth of gold nanoparticle arrays

More Checks for REACH Registrations
ECHA to raise minimum target for compliance checks of registration dossiers in each tonnage band to 20 %

Crude Oil Dissolved in Water
Cheap and simple approach to analyze the composition of crude oil using isotope exchange

Time Capsule Dental Plaque
Remains in tartar allow insights into dietary habits, microbiome, and immune system of, for example, Neanderthals

In Vitro Vascular System
Plastic‐based microfluidic chip allows the engineering and configuration of 3D vascular networks

Lanthanide Metallocenium Complexes
Series of light lanthanide metallocenium cations synthesized

First Semiconductor Crystal in Spiral Form
Layers of material lying at an angle to each other can develop completely new optical, thermal, and electronic properties

An Antimicrobial Phototherapeutic Agent
BODIPY–fullerene hybrid shows promise as photosensitizer for photodynamic inactivation (PDI) of bacteria