A 20 % improvement in the power conversion of organic solar cells can be achieved by incorporating gold nanoparticles

Gold Nanoparticles Boost Organic Solar Cell Efficiency

New Boron Complexes with Unpredicted Reactivity
First boron-containing allenylidene-like complexes display reactivity not predicted by DFT calculations

Interview with Editors of ChemistryOpen
Interview with the editors of the new ChemPubSoc Europe journal ChemistryOpen – youngest member, but a first in many aspects

Video Competition
ChemistryViews Video Competition: film where chemistry appears in your everyday life

New MOFs Family are Efficient H2 Generators
New family of polyoxometalate-based metal organic frameworks (POMOFs) show promise in the catalytic evolution of hydrogen

Calixarenes with Sulfur Bridges
The synthesis and solid-state structures of the less studied homothiacalix[n]arenes are investigated

Angewandte Chemie 33/2011: Caught on Gold
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

The 3D Butterfly Effect
The wings of a butterfly have served as a template for making 3D silica photonic crystals for non-linear optics applications

Angewandte Author Profiles August
Stefan Bräse, Younan Xia, Sjoerd Harder, and Stefan Hecht, are interviewed this month

Distinguished Women Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Award 2011
23 women scientists were awarded to acknowledge and promote the work of women chemists and chemical engineers worldwide