What does tobacco contain and which chemical changes happen between the harvest and a finished cigarette?

The Chemistry of Tobacco – Part 2

Chemical Poems: Tungsten
Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table

Guess the Chemist (35)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

Flavonoid-Modified Surfaces for Implants
Flavonoids covalently linked to titanium surfaces of implants show various bioactivities

Threading Polymers Through a Macrocyclic Ring
Slippage of a porphyrin macrocycle over threads of varying bulkiness

Angewandte Chemie 45/2014: Mechanics and Chemistry
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Photons: Rather Up than Down
Up-conversion of low-energy photons by upconverting phosphors enhances the biomass production of microalgae

Most Accessed Articles: September 2014
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for September 2014

Fall Meeting 2014 of the Korean Chemical Society (KCS)
Snapshots of the 114th General Meeting of the Korean Chemical Society (KCS)

Reiner Sustmann (1939 – 2014)
Reiner Sustmann, Professor Emeritus, University of Essen, Germany, passed away last week