Hybrid material made of collagen fibers and silica can be used as a possible substrate for bone tissue culture

Glass Sponges for Building Bones

Sensible Use of Biomass
A chemical industry based on renewable resources is looking more necessary than ever, but how will we get there?

Carbon Dioxide Recycling?
Diagonal approach for the reductive functionalization of carbon dioxide combines two different approaches for the use of carbon dioxide

First Catalytic Hydrogenation of Urea Derivatives
First hydrogenation of urea derivatives to amines and methanol is reported and opens the way for indirect CO2 hydrogenation

Angewandte Chemie 45/2011: A Variety of Shapes
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Author Profiles November
Michel R. Gagné, Andreas Kirschning, Fernando P. Cossio, and Jurriaan Huskens are interviewed this month

P4 Activation with Silylenes
Activation of white phosphorus with silylenes gives two unusual Si–P compounds that could be precursors for semiconducting materials

Light Vortex
Simply stirring a gelled solution of dye can result in circularly polarized luminescence

Carbon-Chitosan Complex Removes Heavy Metal
Novel activated carbon-chitosan complex removes Pb2+ and Cd2+ from industrial wastewaters

New Guest-Accepting Organic Crystals
Organic alloys with guest-acceptor capabilities could allow crystal properties to be tuned by doping or mixing