An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 35/2011: In Your Brain

Gold Nanoparticles Boost Organic Solar Cell Efficiency
A 20 % improvement in the power conversion of organic solar cells can be achieved by incorporating gold nanoparticles

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

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