C. Cobley, ChemNanoMat, talked to J. Vela, Iowa State University, USA, about his work on germanium-based semiconductor nanoparticles

Behind the Science: Lead‐Free Semiconductors

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

Angewandte Chemie 3/2019: The Chemistry behind
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

How Cracks Affect the Optical Properties of Silver Supracrystals
Wetting layers at the bottom of cracks produced during the formation of supracrystal films explain unexpected behavior

Plasma Gas Loaded Microbubbles as Ultrasound Contrast Agents
Plasma loaded microbubbles released their payload under ultrasonic treatment

Perovskite Optoelectronic Devices Produced by Orthogonal Lithography
Modified lithography method has produced a perovskite photodetector without affecting its properties

Fully Automatic Design of 2D DNA Nanostructures
Autonomous sequence allows everybody to design 2D geometries using scaffolded DNA origami and a free-form drawing