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First precursor towards quantum dots that can be dispersed in water has been reported and its decomposition mechanism identified

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

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for January 2012

Hugh Aldersey-Williams' book, Periodic Tales – A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc, is reviewed by Matthias Driess

Self-assembling strategies and covalent capture employed to construct a robust, inexpensive, efficient artificial light-harvesting system

Library of potential low molecular weight hydrogelators synthesized; will guide production of novel inexpensive, easy to use water purification platforms

Axel Müller, University of Bayreuth, receives the Hermann-Staudinger Prize of the GDCh

Dramatic dye uptake by newly synthesized hydrogelator which will guide the production of novel inexpensive and easy to use water purification platforms