Editors recommend entertaining chemistry and science related books for your summer break

Summer Reading 2016

Biocatalysis in Alternative Reaction Media
State-of-the-art in the use of ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents for environmentally and economically friendly reactions

What Society Thinks About Chemistry
Chemistry through the eyes of society: people talk about their opinions and their first associations with chemistry

Highly Conductive Coordination Polymer
Halogen-bridged binuclear mixed-valent metal chain is a semiconductor under high pressure

New Herbicidal Ionic Liquids
Several herbicidal ionic liquids based on amino acid derivatives of natural origin (betaine and carnitine) as cations synthesized

First Round-the-World Solar Flight
43,000 km, 550 flying hours, and 0 L of kerosin

More Comfortable Aircraft Seats
Ultra-lightweight solution tested in the solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse

Angewandte Chemie 32/2016: Beyond Nuclear
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Training Body and Mind Enhances Brain Function
Mental and physical exercise can protect the brain from age-related cognitive decline

Easy Access to Cyclometalated Gold Complexes
Oxidative addition of aryldiazonium salts to gold(I) complexes with visible light