Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 4/2021: Multiple Functions

Cargo Delivery by Polymers
Degradable sugar-based polymers may store and release useful molecular freight

New Antifungal Agent Found in Ant Farms
Symbiotic bacteria living with fungus-growing ants produce metabolites that protect the ants' crop

Structural Characterization of Actinide Nanomaterials
Combination of analytic methods provides insight into difficult-to-characterize particles

Lignin Cellulose Nanofibrils for Supercapacitor Electrodes
Strong and flexible thin-film electrodes with high energy storage performance

Cerium-Based Catalysts for Cyclic Polylactide Production
Faster, more selective path to sustainable cyclic polymer with high molar mass

Direct Arylation of Simple Arenes Using Synergistic Ag and Pd Catalysis
Coupling arenes with aryl bromides without directing groups

MOFs as Polymerization Photocatalysts
Porphyrinic zirconium MOFs for PET‐RAFT polymerization

A European Chemist, If Not A World Citizen
Chemistry Europe Fellows award ceremony during the Corona pandemic

Chiral Star-Shaped Catenane
Heterometallic hexameric circular helicate synthesized and converted to [2]catenane