Improved hydrogen and methane adsorption in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)

Better H2 Binding

Double Helices as a Molecular Rotor
Rotary and twisting motions occur at the same time in a molecular machine

Pentavalent Lanthanides
Praseodymium nitride-oxides synthesized in a neon matrix

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2017
Prestigious German research prize awarded

Nanosheet Electrodes for Water Splitting
Iron–nickel sulfide nanosheets on FeNi alloy foils as high-performance electrodes

A Scale for Nucleophilicity
Reactivity of bisacceptor-substituted benzyl anions studied

Peralkylated Hexaborate Cluster
First example of a perfunctionalized hexaborate cluster featuring B−C bonds

75th Birthday: Lutz F. Tietze
Organic and biomolecular chemist celebrates 75th birthday

Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize 2017
Shigeyoshi Inoue, Technical University Munich, Germany, honored

Fast Removal of Mercury from Water
Nanoselenium sponge allows removal of mercury to undetectable levels within seconds