Curved surfaces for the spontaneous separation of microsized water-in-oil drops

Plant-Inspired Oil/Water Separation

The Electronic Structure of V2O2
Infrared spectroscopy and computational analysis reveal metal–metal bonding in vanadium oxide clusters

Highlight of the GDCh Jubilee Year 2017
International scientists met in Berlin for the WiFo, the GDCh’s biannual conference on all aspects of chemistry

Correctly Modeling Cisplatin
Modeling cisplatin as a dimer provides accurate structural and vibrational data

Photoinduced Scattering Systems
Hollow crystals of a photochromic diarylethylene compound explode under irradiation

Fluorine-Containing Molecules from Cell Cultures
Living cells produce fluorinated metabolites and bioplastics

Fluorophores for Shortwave Infrared Imaging
Polymethine dyes containing a 7-dimethylamine flavylium heterocycle

Rapid Staudinger Ligation on Cell Surfaces
Phosphine-functionalized fluorescent labels coupled with perfluorinated aryl azides

Winners: Chemist Photo Quiz
We are pleased to announce the winners of the chemist photo quiz

Better Rechargeable Batteries Coming Soon?
Hybrid indium–lithium anodes provide fast interfacial ion transport