Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 48/2012: Disorder Leads to Order

Dissolving Ytterbium
The ionization energies of complexes between a rare-earth metal (Yb) and ammonia were measured for the first time

A Bright Future for Silicon
The first ordered Si nanocrystal arrays may provide a new platform to study and tailor the light-emitting properties of silicon

Guess the Chemist (11)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

Most Accessed Articles: October 2012
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for October 2012

Adsorption of Water on a Stepped Pt Surface
Little is known about the chemistry of water on stepped surfaces, although it plays a central role in many catalytic surface reactions

50th Anniversary: Niels Bohr’s Death
Niels Bohr proposed the model of atomic structure that is still used today

Colloids as Artificial Atoms
By imitating atomic bonding, American scientists induce the self-assembly of colloidal particles along define directions

Angewandte Chemie 47/2012: A Rich Harvest
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

70th Birthday: Wolfgang Krätschmer
Wolfgang Krätschmer, Germany, inventor of first method to produce large quantities of fullerenes, celebrates his 70th birthday