8th EuChemS Chemistry Congress (ECC8) brought scientists from Europe and around the world to Lisbon, Portugal

Discussing Chemistry with Friends in Europe

Self-Optimizing Device for Atmospheric Water Harvesting
Adaptive MOF-based device improves yields and power consumption

Borenium Ion Used as a Catalyst for the Hydrogenation of N-Heterocycles
First benzimidazolylidene-stabilized borenium ion synthesized and used as metal-free catalyst

Job Ad: Trainee (m/f/d) for Nachrichten aus der Chemie
The two-year traineeship as an editor of a technical journal offers exciting and challenging tasks, a lot of creative freedom and personal responsibility in a pleasant working environment

Nanographene Metallaprisms
Supramolecular assembly enhances emission of trapped fullerene

Semihydrogenation of 1,3-Enynes
Atom-economical, iridium-catalyzed path to (E,E)-1,4-diarylbutadienes

Preparing Refineries for the Changing Energy Landscape
Moving away from processing crude oil into fuels and instead aiming to process crude oil into chemicals

XPS/ESCA and Data Processing Short Course
XPS is used to determine the atoms present at a surface and their concentrations, chemistry, and lateral and depth distributions

A Chain-Like Cuprofullerene Pyrazolate Polymer
Example of a metallofullerene with semiconductivity

Gold Nanocluster-Based Fluorescence Photoswitch
Albumin proteins used in dual roles