X-rays are not the only way: Phosphorescent metal–organic coordination polymers can also be used in optical imaging

Max Planck Society establishes new research facility for "Intelligent Systems" in Germany, unifying biology, computer and materials sciences

Templated growth allowed US researchers to make almost zero-resistance nanoscopic ribbons of epitaxial graphene just 15–40 nanometers wide

An economic method based on a vacuum procedure can convert an off-the-shelf catalyst into a highly active photocatalyst without doping

It is 130 years since the birth of Hermann Staudinger, the father of polymer chemistry

Inclusion of boron clusters into the side chains of polymers rather than the backbone gives a photoluminescent anion sensor

Gernot Boche, Professor Emeritus University of Marburg, Germany, passed away last week

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

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Data storage with ferroelectric materials could be improved by spontaneous formation of vortex nanodomains