Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals

Most Accessed Articles: March 2025

New Series of Rare-Earth-Based Hybrid Glasses
Highly transparent, luminescent metal-organic hybrid glasses were rapidly synthesized, enabling efficient energy transfer for X-ray imaging and phosphorescence

Engineers Analyzed Batteries from Tesla and China’s Leading EV Manufacturer
The Tesla 4680 cell and the BYD Blade cell use two "highly innovative" but "fundamentally different" design approaches

Biomass-Balanced Polyethersulfone (PESU)
BASF's Ultrason® E 2010 BMB replaces fossil feedstocks with renewable alternatives, cutting its product carbon footprint

Most Accessed Articles: February 2025
Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals

Enhanced Battery Modeling: Improving Charge and Lifetime Predictions
Limei Jin and Christoph Scheurer discuss their advanced method to enhance electrochemical impedance spectroscopy to improve the accuracy of estimating battery charge levels and aging over time

Chemical Solution for the Einstein Project
A molecule that self-assembles on a surface into complex, non-repeating patterns

Call for Nominations: Prize for Ludic Sciences 2025
Recognition of a scientific work resulting from research carried out not with a view to a specific application, but out of sheer curiosity

Angewandte Chemie 7/2025: Activation
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Bio-Gel That Heals Bone Fractures
By functionalizing polyetheretherketone with thrombin and a bio-gel, scientists have developed a bioactive implant surface that supports bone repair