Gold mesoflowers, flower-shaped gold particles, allow the selective optical TNT detection down to the sub-zeptomole level
Glowing Flowers for Ultra-Trace Analysis of TNT
S. Shaik and M. Quack Receive August Wilhelm von Hofmann Gold Medal
Sason Shaik, Israel, and Martin Quack, Switzerland, are awarded the August Wilhelm von Hofmann Gold Medal of the GDCh
Open Innovation in Drug Discovery
Exponentially growing availability of open data and its exploitation in drug discovery and development significantly impacts pharmaceutical sciences
Most Accessed Articles: July 2012
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for July 2012
Optical Performance of Amphiphilic Graphene Composites
New graphene composite has an excellent broadband optical limiting response in polar/nonpolar solvents and thin solid films
Long-lived, Superheavy Elements
Measurements of the shell effect in atomic nuclei help understand above which mass extremely heavy artificial elements no longer decay
Supramolecular Photochemistry
Book on controlling photochemical processes is reviewed by Alberto Credi, University di Bologna, Italy
Angewandte on the iPad
Do you want to read Angewandte on the road or on your sofa? New app allows you to browse Angewandte Chemie on the iPad
Dendrimers—Towards Catalytic, Material and Biomedical Uses
Book on dendrimers and their applications is reviewed by Mauri Kostiainen, Aalto University, Finland
Reducing Carbon Nanotube Toxicity
Ultrasound is used to carve carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to release toxic metal impurities in a similar way to wind carving the sand hills in a desert