Effective January 1, Dr. T. Geelhaar, Professors R. Gani, J. John, and R. Riccio will become presidents of their respective societies

Changes in Presidency

International Year of Crystallography (IYCr 2014)
The IYCr 2014 highlights the continuing importance of crystallography

Going up in Flames
Flame-annealed Sn-doped hematite show enhanced water splitting compared to classic furnace annealing preparation methods

A Chemical Tripod
Tripod immobilization of ligands is a simple and flexible strategy for creating new heterogeneous catalysts

Artificial Photosynthesis
A supramolecular fullerene–porphyrin host array with a pyrrolidinofullerene–imidazole guest acts a photosynthetic model

Angewandte Chemie 52/2013: Fireworks
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

From Dark to Light: Fluorescent Detection of Hg2+
Simple strategy to change the emission behaviour of luminogenic materials can detect toxic heavy-metal ions

How Supercapacitors Store Charge
In situ NMR spectroscopy can provide a powerful window on supercapacitor charge storing mechanisms

What Matters?
Alois Fürstner discusses how public perception of chemistry and lack of financial resources threaten basic research

High Molecular Weight Cyclic Polymers
Synthesis of high molecular weight cyclic polymers from carbosiloxane monomers and N-heterocyclic carbenes