Solvay plans to build a sodium bicarbonate plant with a total capacity of 100,000 ton per year in Thailand

South-East Asia’s Largest Bicarbonate Plant

Sharpest X-ray Beam
Resolution at DESY's light source PETRA III substantially increased

Rapid Synthesis of Half-Sandwich Complexes
Half-sandwich complexes can be prepared easily by microwave heating

Three Topological Structures in One Pot
Simply mixing two different ligands with zinc(II) ions results in the simultaneous formation of a [2]catenane, a trefoil knot, and a Solomon link

First Polyurethane Aerogel Panel
New insulating material with excellent isolation values is extremely thin and easy to produce

Photolabeling the Binding Site of Propofol
Using a photolabeling technique, UK scientists revealed how the general anesthetic propofol interacts with its target

Pushing Back Nanoscale Frontiers
How to make functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes soluble under mild conditions

Highly Elastic Hydrogels
Graphene oxide (GO)/polyacrylamide (PAM) hydrogels display good strength and elasticity

Tin and Iridium Catalyze Cyclotrimerizations
Iridium(I) complex is activated by tin(II) chloride to catalyze cyclotrimerization of terminal alkynes

Hexameric Porphyrin Wheel for Light Harvesting
A new 1,3-phenylene-bridged hexameric porphyrin wheel shows promise as an artificial light-harvesting photosynthetic antenna