An overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie 39/2010: The Measure of All Things

Sniffer Dog on a Chip
Highly sensitive nanosensor array allows detection of TNT down to 0.1 part per trillion

Platinum, Light and Cancer
For tumor treatment with few side effects: platinum complex initiates cytotoxic effect upon targeted irradiation with visible light

Skin Deep
Two new developments could bring artificial skin a step closer

Chocolate – The Noblest Polymorphism II
Cocoa butter can crystallize into six forms, but only one has the noble surface sheen, the crisp hardness, and melts pleasantly in the mouth

Looking Down the Nanotube
Hierarchical self-assembly of an n-type nanotube proceeds via monolayer nanoring stacking, through pi-conjugation, in water

Move to the Red!
Design and synthesis of rigid fluorophores could lead to novel dyes with extended planarity and higher quantum yields

Gérard Férey: CNRS Gold Medal
The centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) Gold Medal 2010 has been awarded to Prof. Dr. Gérard Férey

3rd EuCheMS Congress – Impressive & Lively Event
The 3rd EuCheMS Congress in Nuremberg was an impressive and lively event. ChemViews brings you the highlights

The Art of Abstraction
Activation of methane under near-room-temperature conditions is possible with vanadium–silicon heteronuclear oxide clusters