First chiral dopants that induce a helical inversion in chiral nematic liquid crystals (N*-LC) may be applicable for advanced optical memory devices

Dynamic Photoswitching in Liquid Crystals

1,000,000 Impacting 200,000,000
Global project to provide one million chemistry kits to two million students in the developing world launched

Wonderlab Comic — Open
In every lab there are three cursed objects that should never be opened — Wonderlab is no different ...

Google Water
Google PageRank has been adapted to help chemists understand complex systems such as water's hydrogen-bonding network

Editor-in-Chief of ChemViews Awarded
Vera Köster, Wiley-VCH, is awarded for the planning, development, and running of the ChemistryViews website

Inkjet Printing of Single-Crystal Films
Drop-on-demand, non-vacuum and room-temperature printing process of patterned single-crystal semiconductor films

Guess the Chemist (3)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

Towards Water-Soluble Quantum Dots
First precursor towards quantum dots that can be dispersed in water has been reported and its decomposition mechanism identified

A Brighter, Whiter Light
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that are stable and emit bright white light have been developed by researchers in Korea

Angewandte Chemie 9/2012: Sunny Outlook
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie