High performance lithium ion capacitors (LICs) constructed from urea-treated grapheme as cathode and prelithiated graphite as anode

Textbook for undergraduate students is reviewed by Annaliese K. Franz, University of California, Davis, USA

Achim Müller, University of Bielefeld, Germany, has received the highest scientific award of the European Union

The KCS-Wiley Young Chemist Award 2012 has been awarded to In Su Lee and Dal-Hee Min, both Seoul National University, South Korea

Microarrays of a naphthalenediimide derivative can be used to fabricate self-cleaning surfaces

Luisa De Cola, ISIS, France, talks about her research on nanomaterials, the increasing role of the internet in teaching, and her love of chocolate

Hideyuki Otsuka and Kazushi Kinbara, both Japan, have been awarded the Society of Polymer Science Japan Wiley Award

Ferdi Schüth, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Germany, awarded GDCh prize for work on inorganic chemistry

The congress was a successful and lively event with chemistry for a sustainable world as the unifying theme

The EU 7th Framework Project looks at the industrial feasibility of turning biomass into fuels, chemical intermediates, polymers, and materials