Australia’s plastic bills make life difficult for counterfeiters - the world's first banknote printed on clear plastic film and using optically variable devices (OVDs)
Plastic Money
Frontiers of Chemistry Pictures
ChemPubSoc Europe and Wiley-VCH celebrated in Paris at the Frontiers of Chemistry Symposium
The Future Builds on the Past
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Nobel Laureate Presentations Available On-Demand
The Frontiers of Chemistry meeting was webcast live around the world through a virtual environment.
What’s Cooking in Chemistry: Uli Kazmaier
Uli Kazmaier talks about what he cooks in the lab and at home, with a special recipe created exclusively for ChemistryViews
Future Visions of Chemistry: Jan Reedijk
Interview with Jan Reedijk, Leiden University, The Netherlands: "Be creative, do not follow fashionable science, and think independently in a creative way."
Future Visions of Chemistry: Paolo Melchiorre
Interview with Paolo Melchiorre, ICIQ, Spain: "I am sure science will uncover and explain concepts that I cannot even imagine now."
D-Ribose: Two Crystal Forms in the Solid State
The β-furanose form of D-ribose – present in countless biomolecules – does not occur in the crystalline compound, but in in two crystal forms.
Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions
Scientists in China have described the Kumada-Tamao-Corriu reaction of phenolic salts with various aryl Grignard reagents using a nickel catalyst.
Light-Controlled Phase Tag
A homogeneous ruthenium-carbene complex tagged with a light-responding nitrobenzospiropyran group has significant catalytic activity in ring-closing metathesis reactions and was recycled several times.