Replacing platinum in fuel cells with polymer coated nanotubes decreases cost but not power output
Fuel Cells Without Platinum
High Turnover H2 Production
Single-component photocatalyst shows 20-fold increase in H2 production over current alternatives
Triaryl Phosphates from White Phosphorus
Iron-based catalysis gives new route to triorganophosphates for flame retardants without the need for chlorine
Contrast Agent for Tumor Diagnostics
X-rays are not the only way: Phosphorescent metal–organic coordination polymers can also be used in optical imaging
New Max Planck Institute: Intelligent Systems
Max Planck Society establishes new research facility for "Intelligent Systems" in Germany, unifying biology, computer and materials sciences
Tying up Conductive Graphene Ribbons
Templated growth allowed US researchers to make almost zero-resistance nanoscopic ribbons of epitaxial graphene just 15–40 nanometers wide
Cheap Cats
An economic method based on a vacuum procedure can convert an off-the-shelf catalyst into a highly active photocatalyst without doping
Commemorating Hermann Staudinger
It is 130 years since the birth of Hermann Staudinger, the father of polymer chemistry
New Family of Carborane-Functionalized Polymers
Inclusion of boron clusters into the side chains of polymers rather than the backbone gives a photoluminescent anion sensor
Gernot Boche (1938 – 2011)
Gernot Boche, Professor Emeritus University of Marburg, Germany, passed away last week