Dual nature of newly developed latex spheres gives them an ability to form unusual structures used, e.g., to form supracolloids

Supracolloids Made From Janus Spheres

Angewandte Chemie 3/2011 – Natural Inspiration
Overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Experience New On-Screen Journal Browsing
Selected Wiley-VCH chemistry journals now available for browsing on screen

Angewandte's Top Authors
Authors who published 20 or more articles in Angewandte Chemie between 2000 and 2010, and the countries they come from

UV Activated Self-Healing Polymer
Material in which capped covalent bonds repeatedly reattach allows fully separated pieces to be fused back together

Solvent-Free Sugar Anomers
The puzzle of how, why or even if, sugars change shape has been solved by studying anomeric effect under solvent-free conditions

Wonderlab Comic — Safety Policy
A new comic series by Sophie Lin: Sophie and her lab mate disagree over correct safety procedures in the lab

Solar Cells: Enhanced Power Conversion
Multiple energy relay dyes incorporated into dye-sensitized solar cells enhance solar-to-electric power conversion by 35 %

William von Eggers Doering (1917 – 2011)
Prof. Dr. William von Eggers Doering, former Chair of Harvard University's Chemistry Department, passed away last week

Effective Catalysts for Asymmetric Hydrogenation
Asymmetric hydrogenation of alkyl aryl ketones achieved with iridium-based spiro aminophosphine complexes and 97 % ee