
2025 Chemistry Europe Award Presented to Stefan Grimme at IUPAC Opening Ceremony
At IUPAC 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Stefan Grimme received the prestigious Chemistry Europe Award for his contributions to density functional theory

🧪 Article Highlight: Light-Activated Iron Catalysts for Efficient Curing of Dark Alkyd Paints
Photoactive iron–naphthalene complexes enable fast, environmentally friendly curing of even dark-pigmented alkyd paints

Copper-Salen Complex Shows Promise as Safer Cancer Agent
A new copper-salen complex targets cancer cells with reduced harm to healthy cells, offering a potential alternative to traditional chemotherapy drugs

🧪 Article Highlight: Planar Tetracoordinate Fluorine in Binary Clusters
First examples of planar tetracoordinate flourine atoms in binary M₄F₄⁻ (M = Li, Na) clusters have been predicted using quantum chemical methods

Solid-Phase Upcycling toward the Production of Ultrahigh-Loading Single-Atom Catalysts
AI-assisted method transforms spent catalysts into high-loading single-atom catalysts

200th Birthday of Emil Erlenmeyer
Why is a glass vessel with a narrow neck (narrow-neck flask) or a wider neck (wide-neck flask) called an Erlenmeyer flask?

🧪 Article Highlight: Short Au(III)···Au(III) Contacts in Tetracyanoaurate(III) Salts
Cation–anion shape matching can direct aurophilic interactions in solid-state gold(III) complexes

ChemistryEurope Update
Just published articles from ChemistryEurope, the flagship journal of Chemistry Europe

Triple Keys for High Security
Very secure and highly efficient: encryption and decryption with luminescent perovskites

Editors’ Choice: Daily Highlights from Chemistry Europe Journals
Selection of just published articles from Chemistry Europe, GDCh, and ACES journals

Engineered Gold–Iron Nanoclusters for Enhanced Tumor Therapy
Au₈Fe₂ nanoclusters activate multiple tumor cell death pathways and enable MRI-based diagnosis

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Angewandte Chemie 19/2025: Exciting
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Most Accessed Articles: April 2025
Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals

Fluorine Tunneling Reshapes Our Understanding of Molecular Stability
Sebastian Hasenstab-Riedel and Carsten Müller, Germany, and colleagues have spent over a decade investigating the fascinating behavior of the [F₅]⁻ anion in a cryogenic neon matrix

The Chemistry of the Smoke That Signals the Decision of the Papal Conclave
The smoke that signals the decision—white for success, black for no decision—is controlled by some interesting chemistry

Luis Oro Honored with Spain’s Oldest Scientific Award
Medalla Echegaray 2024 recognizes Luis Oro’s distinguished research career

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Air-Stable Ligand-Free Nickel Anion
A Tb₂Ni lanthanide–nickelide cluster featuring a ligand-free Ni²⁻ anion has been synthesized and stabilized inside a fullerene cage