German inorganic chemist and former Executive Director of the German Chemical Society

80th Birthday: Heindirk tom Dieck

Light-Driven Crystal Bending
Bending of photochromic diarylethene crystals used to transport objects

Robust Polymer Aerogels
Chemical crosslinking improves mechanical resilience and shape memory

Angewandte Chemie 42/2019: Onward!
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Better Electrolyte for Redox-Flow Batteries
pH-Neutral aqueous organic redox-flow battery with an ammonium anthraquinone anolyte

Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Hinders Crystallization in Microreactors
Higher surface area cannot make up for decreased nucleation

Efficient n-Type Conducting Polymers
Air-stable n-type organic polymers for applications in thermoelectric materials

Chiral Brønsted-Acidic MOFs
MOFs with chiral phosphoric acids have enhanced acidity and tunable catalytic selectivity

Discovery of Cryptic Virulence Factors
Reactive cyclopropanol group as source of virulence of pathogenic Burkholderia species

Cyanide or Isocyanide?
How does cyanide coordinate to a magnesium complex fragment?