The Adolf von Baeyer Medal of the GDCh is awarded to François Diederich, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Metal–organic framework that selectively binds oxygen could separate oxygen from air in a less energy-intensive way

Polymerization reaction drives micromotor that weaves a web and can be directed towards specific targets

Timothy Long, VirginiaTech, USA, talks about new charged polymers for biomedical applications

Peter Atkins discusses the future of chemical education and the role of the multimedia electronic textbook

Wolfram Koch, Executive Director, GDCh, talks about the up-coming Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2011 in Bremen, Germany

Positively charged nanoparticles generated for the first time by versatile and general method that wraps them in amphiphilic polymers

Pumpkin-shaped molecular container displays high affinity and selectivity for small hydrocarbons with applications in gas separation

Weifeng Ding, Scientific Editor Chinese Journal of Chemistry, discusses the differences between the Shanghai and Weinheim editorial offices

The large uptake of both CO2 and CH4 by BC2N betters the performance of graphenes and activated charcoal