G. Desiraju, India, talks about inspiring scientists, future hopes, the situation in India, and the International Year of Crystallography

Gautam Desiraju: Follow Your Convictions

E. Peter Kündig: Chemistry in Switzerland
The President of the Swiss Chemical Society talks about their program of reform and the fascination of discovery

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

Guess the Chemist (25)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

Best of 2013
Take a look at the content you liked best in 2013

Lighting a Match to Tellurium
Organophosphorus(III)–tellurium heterocycles, an experimentally challenging class of compounds

POMs meet MOFs
In hybrid systems, polyoxometallates tune metal-organic framework topology and catalytic activity

Between the TiO2–B Nanosheets
A TiO2-based hybrid leads the way to new electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries

Most Accessed Articles: November 2013
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for November 2013

Amatore Made Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Christian Amatore, France, was elected as Foreign Member to the Chinese Academy of Sciences