
2025 Chemistry Europe Award Presented to Stefan Grimme at IUPAC Opening Ceremony
At IUPAC 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Stefan Grimme received the prestigious Chemistry Europe Award for his contributions to density functional theory

Photothermal/ONOO–-Generating Imaging-Therapy Nanoplatform
Xiaoyan Cui and colleagues have quantitatively evaluated the aggregation of molecules and proposed a general strategy for fine-tuning the fluorogenicity of Group 14 (C, Si, Ge) rhodamines

Carbon-Nitrogen Axial Chirality as a Novel Chiral Framework Design Strategy for Circularly
Novel C-N axial chirality strategy creates efficient CPL enantiomers (S/R)-AI-2TCFC with AIE/TADF. Demonstrated in working CPEL devices, advancing chiral optoelectronic materials

Sulfur-Rich Network Polymers via Dynamic C–S Bonding
Max von Delius, Kerstin Leopold, and colleagues developed sulfur-rich network polymers that show excellent metal sorption and battery cathode performance

Acid- and Light-Driven Multifunctional Luminescent Materials: Pioneering Innovations in Information Encryption
A series of molecular photoswitches have been successfully designed and synthesized that can be actuated by visible light or acid stimuli

Electroclean Oxidation of Sugars: No Purification Needed
Green, scalable electrochemical oxidation of C6 alcohols in glycopyranosides yields uronic acids—no chromatography or complex purification needed

200th Birthday of Emil Erlenmeyer
Why is a glass vessel with a narrow neck (narrow-neck flask) or a wider neck (wide-neck flask) called an Erlenmeyer flask?

π–π Stacked Organic Luminophore with Tunable Aggregation-Induced Photophysics
Unraveling multimodal luminescence mechanisms in a single molecule with five morphologies

ChemistryEurope Update
Just published articles from ChemistryEurope, the flagship journal of Chemistry Europe

Bridging Traditional and Nontraditional Luminogens via Non-Aromatic Conjugation Pathways
Bridging the gap between traditional and nontraditional luminogens with strong non-aromatic through-bond conjugation and through-space conjugation

Halogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks (XOFs) Enhanced Synergistic Photothermal-Chemotherapy in Bacterial Keratitis Treatment
Shigui Chen (Wuhan University, China), Yang Cheng and Wei Liu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China), and colleagues have synthesized two halogen-bonded organic frameworks (XOFs)...

Triple Keys for High Security
Very secure and highly efficient: encryption and decryption with luminescent perovskites

Editors’ Choice: Daily Highlights from Chemistry Europe Journals
Selection of just published articles from Chemistry Europe, GDCh, and ACES journals

New Heterobimetallic Complexes with Anticancer Activity
The modification of ferrociphenol by appending a phosphine moiety to the cyclopentadienyl ring (initially unsubstituted) of the ferrocene unit offers a new and promising approach to enhancing this anticancer agent and enables the synthesis of novel biologically active derivatives.

New Molecular Daisy Chain Architectures
What insights can we get from a daisy chain structure without a preferential low-energy arrangement of mechanically linked components?

Safe & Fast Flow Synthesis of Nitrofuran Pharmaceuticals
Automated continuous flow synthesis enables rapid nitration of furfural to produce nitrofuran-based pharmaceuticals with high yields in five minutes.

Chlorinated Organic Substances Can Be Converted into Dioxins in the Atmosphere
A new photochemical pathway forming dioxins and furans from atmospheric chlorinated organics on mineral dust identified, highlighting the need to reassess the toxicity of these compounds and their transformation products

Angewandte Chemie 19/2025: Exciting
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

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