Andrew Holmes, University of Melbourne, Australia, will be the Nozoe Lecturer in Taipei next year

A. Holmes to Give Nozoe Lecture

sp3-Carbon-Based Liquid Crystals
The liquid-crystalline phase of poly(ethylidene acetate) is described and explained by the formation of triple-helix aggregates

Hybrid Nanoscale Ligand
A new salen–C60 dyad forms complexes with transition metals, thereby tuning the optical, redox, and catalytic properties

Porous Organic Polymer Captures CO2
A moisture-stable porous organic polymer containing carboxy and triazole groups reversibly and selectively captures carbon dioxide

Fun with Chemistry: Vote & Submit Chemistry Jokes 2013
Vote how much you like a joke and submit your own; it will be added to the form and the best one will win a prize

One-Pot Approach to α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids
Carboxylation of alkynes with carbon dioxide in a one-pot approach could become a practical route to unsaturated carboxylic acids

Angewandte Chemie 31/2013: A Great Therapy
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Miniature Arm Lifts Weights
Artificial muscle contracts and expands with changes in humidity

Redox-Switchable Catalyst for Ring-Closing Metathesis
Homogeneous, redox-switchable, N-heterocyclic carbene/ferrocenyl-based catalysts for ring-closing metathesis reactions

Self-Assembled Wheels
Two different terpyridine ligands self-assemble when mixed with zinc(II) ions to form 2D or 3D spoked wheels