Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 6/2019: Global Culture

Polymer-Brush-Based Gearbox for Micromotors
Regulating speeds of nanomotors with a salt-responsive polymer brush

Graphene Microelectrodes for Biological Applications
Combining graphene with gold coatings improves recordings from neurons

Controlled Assembly of Fluorescent Molecules
Aggregation of star-shaped triazines gives functional nanostructures

High-Performance Anode Material for Potassium-Ion Batteries
Sb nanoparticles encapsulated in a carbon sphere network provide high capacity

Behind the Science: Lead‐Free Semiconductors
C. Cobley, ChemNanoMat, talked to J. Vela, Iowa State University, USA, about his work on germanium-based semiconductor nanoparticles

Ammonia by Phosphorus Catalysis
Ammonia synthesis through electroreduction of nitrogen on black phosphorus nanosheets

Nanosheets for Alkaline Water Splitting
Heteroatom-doped molybdenum-diselenide nanosheets with enhanced hydrogen-evolution kinetics

Hybrid Nanosheets for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Molybdenum trisulfide-graphene composite as a cathode material

Ferroelectricity and Magnetism Could Coexist in VOCl2 Monolayers
Theoretical calculations propose a possible 2D multiferroic material