The 2012 ACS National Awards are presented at the 243rd ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA

Preparation of alkyl-modified silicon nanosheets by hydrosilylation of layered polysilane (Si6H6)

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Nanoparticles containing chitosan have effective antimicrobial activity and could be used as a protective wound-healing material

A simple photo-irradiation process could generate stable aqueous dispersions of conductive graphene sheets in larger quantities

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Standard DVD player used to reduce films of graphite oxide to graphene films with exceptional mechanical stability

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for February 2012

First inclusion of Cr(III) spinel at the core of a quantum dot points the way to fine tuning the properties of QDs

Manfred Scheer, Uwe Rosenthal, Shuit-Tong Lee, and Michael M. Haley are interviewed this month