A new strategy that gives unprecedented control of polymer growth on a surface has been developed by Chinese researchers

Polymer Steering Committee

Easing the Pressure on Gas Storage
Metal-organic framework that can hold almost as much methane as a pressurized gas cylinder holds promise for methane-powered vehicles

Wonderlab Comic – Liquid Nitrogen
After seeing a ghostly apparition, Jin-Jo learns that he should never share the elevator with a Dewar of liquid nitrogen

Metal–Ligand Assembly
What lies beneath “simple” spectral signatures of C2-symmetric chiral chelates?

Less Toxic Route to PbSe Nanocrystals
Oleylamine serves as both ligand and solvent in the preparation of monodisperse PbSe nanocrystals

Guess the Chemist (15)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

Automated Systematic Nomenclature Generation
Within a few years it is unlikely that chemists will learn nomenclature

Donation of Most Well Known German Chemical Journals
Bound volumes of Angewandte Chemie, Nachrichten aus der Chemie, and Chemie in Unserer Zeit will be given away

Angewandte Chemie 10/2013: Celebrate with Us!
Overview of the Anniversary Symposium issue of Angewandte Chemie

Chemical Poems: Boron
Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table