Overview on the current issue of the Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie 52/2012: Happy Holidays!

Inspired by a Breakwater
Highly efficient electrocatalyst for the reduction of oxygen in fuel cells and batteries

Simultaneous Production of Methanol and Ethylene Glycol
Readily available Ru catalyst can be used for production of methanol and ethylene glycol from ethylene carbonate, formed from carbon dioxide and ethylene oxide

Dipeptide Ligands for Hydrogen-Production Catalysts
A peptide-based outer-coordination sphere of hydrogenases increases efficiency for hydrogen production

The Catalyst Genome
J. Nørskov and T. Bligaard look at what makes a good catalyst and how to map the catalyst genome to speed catalyst discovery

Javier García-Martínez on the Commercialization of Research
How do you form a spin-off company from your research? J. García-Martínez talks about his experiences and how he finds time for his many roles

Angewandte Chemie 49/2012: Multilayer Chemistry
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

First Photosynthetic Organism That Digests Cellulose
When grown under CO2-limiting conditions, a green microalga metabolizes cellulose in addition to doing photosynthesis

Most Accessed Articles: October 2012
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for October 2012

Adsorption of Water on a Stepped Pt Surface
Little is known about the chemistry of water on stepped surfaces, although it plays a central role in many catalytic surface reactions