Synthesis and optoelectronic properties of thiazolothiazole derivatives for use in organic field-effect transistors are described

Organic Compounds Suitable For Printable Electronics

Roots of our Practice of Science
Banska Stiavnica, Banská Štavnica, Schemnitz, or Selmecbánya, a town with a lively political history and groundbreaking for science

New Term of Office for H. Schwarz
Professor Helmut Schwarz, TU Berlin, Germany, elected to another five-year term as President of the Humboldt Foundation

Glowing Fingerprints
Researchers make latent fingerprints visible with help from electrochemiluminescence

Origin of Compensation in Heterogenous Catalysis
Entropic origin of compensation in heterogeneous catalysis revealed by in situ surface coverage analysis of RuO2-catalysed HCl oxidation

The Cut and Thrust of Spectroscopy
Novel spectroscopic technique dubbed SABRE can cut data acquisition times for 2D nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy experiments

New Insights into Surface Tension of Water
The equilibrium surface tension of water is that of an interface charged by the flow of hydroxide and not that of the pristine air/water surface

Angewandte Chemie 31/2012: A Bright Image
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

65th Birthday: Bernd Ondruschka
Professor Bernd Ondruschka, the Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany, celebrates his 65th birthday

Concentrating on Explosives
New device based on a porous zeolite can preconcentrate tiny quantities of explosives in a forensic sample for sensitive detection