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

Separating O2 from Air with Less Energy

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

ACS Meeting Denver: Timothy Long on Exciting New Polymers
Timothy Long, VirginiaTech, USA, talks about new charged polymers for biomedical applications

The Future of Chemical Education
Peter Atkins discusses the future of chemical education and the role of the multimedia electronic textbook

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

Wolfram Koch on the GDCh’s Top Event
Wolfram Koch, Executive Director, GDCh, talks about the up-coming Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2011 in Bremen, Germany

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

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

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

Organic Solar Cells with Record Efficiency
Record power conversion efficiency for polymer-based solar cells achieved by the incorporation of vertically oriented nanorods