Once delivered to the brain, polymeric micelles exert toxic effects that depend on their charge

Nanoparticles: Safe for the Brain?

Angewandte Chemie 31/2014: Sizzling Hot
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Chrysotile
Chrysotile is often called white asbestos and belongs to the serpentine group of phyllosilicates; answer to Guess the Mineral (2)

Measuring the Impact of an Article
Article-level metrics help to find out what impact your scientific work has on the internet

The Details Matter in Drug Delivery
Small changes in the capping ligands of mesoporous silica nanoparticles influence the loading capacity and release kinetics

Creating Lens-Shaped Particles
Size-controlled nanoparticles determine the external shape and internal morphology of block copolymer particles

New RSC President
Professor Dominic Tildesley is now president of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK

William Dichtel Awarded
Professor William Dichtel, USA, receives the Polymer International–IUPAC Award for Creativity in Applied Polymer Science

Rip Carbon Nanotubes Open
Carbon nanotubes can be unzipped into graphene nanoribbons by breaking C=C bonds through high impact

New Type of Aerogel
A structurally new type of aerogel with a 3D ordered nanofiber skeleton was prepared