Iron-based catalysis gives new route to triorganophosphates for flame retardants without the need for chlorine

Triaryl Phosphates from White Phosphorus

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

Nano Flower Power!
Flower-like dipeptide template enables nanoflake film formation - expected to broaden application of biomaterials in surface science

Angewandte Chemie 13/2011: A Great Model
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie