Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin discovered chromium and beryllium; answer to Guess the Chemist (17)

250th Birthday: Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin

Intellectual Freedom in Academic Scientific Research under Threat
Sir John Meurig Thomas, UK, argues that scientific research motivated by intellectual curiosity is being restricted by funding bodies

Mixing Water and Oil: A Magic Process
A bottom-up process for making dodecane-in-water nanoemulsions in just ten seconds has been reported

Nanomachine Drug Delivery
A sensing–actuating nanomachine based on Janus Au–mesoporous silica nanoparticles for enzyme-controlled cargo release

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Catalyst Keeps Fruit Fresh Longer
Even at low temperatures, platinum nanoparticles on a support catalyze breakdown of ethylene

Making Molecular Switches
Catenane synthesis is studied with the aim of producing molecular switches for use in molecular memory devices

Materials for New Solid-state Electrolytes
The use of a new anion, carbamoylcyano(nitroso)methanide, for the development of novel organic ionic plastic crystals is reported

CO2 for Chemical Synthesis
Universal method for the catalytic methylation of amines with carbon dioxide

Angewandte Author Profiles April 2013
George A. Olah, Janine Cossy, Bernhard Breit, Xinchen Wang, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, and Stefan Grimme are interviewed this month