François Diederich, Warren E. Piers, Masahiro Murakami, and Ning Jiao are interviewed this month
Angewandte Author Profiles April 2012
Polymer, Heal Thy Self
Thermoplastic elastomers with high modulus and toughness can spontaneously heal themselves and be useful in countless products
Angewandte Chemie 16/2012: Activate!
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
80th Birthday: Werner Hanke
Werner Hanke, long-time Editor of the journal ZAAC, celebrates his 80th birthday
Improved Mussel Adhesive
Biocompatible, waterproof, self-healing, and reversible: A new adhesive for medical applications?
Specificity by Ring Size
Bicyclic peptides with optimized ring size inhibit enzyme that cleaves peptide bonds while sparing paralogous proteases
Shifting Silicon with Boron Ligands
Stabilizing an organosilicon compound makes it behave more like a transition metal than a carbene-type compound
Russian Chemists Union & European Chemical Industry
Cefic president meets Russian chemicals industry leaders in Moscow; Russian body is to become newest member of EU chemicals trade group
Selective Cellulose Conversion
A series of Ni-promoted W2C catalysts was prepared and evaluated for the catalytic conversion of cellulose into ethylene glycol
WACKER Expands Technical Center in Singapore
Technical Center in Singapore extended to include dispersion applications for the paints and coatings industry