Dye-loaded periodic mesoporous organosilica particles functionalized with bioactive molecules used to generate a nanocomposite alginate hydrogel

New Nanocomposite Hydrogels

Tetraherz Radiation to Restore Artwork
Terahertz scanners will soon tell restorators quickly and completely non-destructively what is happening with an object of art

One-Step Dispersion of Cellulose Nanofibers
Native cellulose can be dispersed as nanofibers in organic solvents by ball milling with esterification agents

Hans Wolfgang Spiess Retires
Hans Wolfgang Spiess has retired from his role as Director of the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany

170th Birthday of Ellen Swallow Richards
Ellen Swallow Richards was a pioneering chemist, first woman to graduate from MIT, and leading advocate of women’s education

Unknown Proteins of the Herpesvirus Identified
Several hundred novel proteins, many of which surprisingly small, were identified in herpesvirus

Conducting Hydrogels for Nerve Regeneration
Combining conducting polymers with the structural properties of hydrogels could give scaffolds that promote nerve regeneration

Angewandte Author Profiles November 2012
Jean’ne M. Shreeve, Liming Zhang, Zhenyang Lin, Claudio Palomo, and Jaephil Cho were interviewed this month

Metals on Graphene
Electrochemistry technique gives information on graphene–metal interactions

Studies on Asteroid Dust Collected by a Spacecraft
For the first time, scientists are studying asteroid dust collected directly from a body in the Solar System