The first metamaterial to display optical properties accross the visible region

First Optical Metamaterial

Breathing Benzene
Derivative current-density maps reveal how so-called breathing modes in the benzene ring cause aromaticity and antiaromaticity to ebb and flow

Angewandte Author Profiles November
Michel R. Gagné, Andreas Kirschning, Fernando P. Cossio, and Jurriaan Huskens are interviewed this month

Light Vortex
Simply stirring a gelled solution of dye can result in circularly polarized luminescence

Switching On And Off the Chemical Light
Hindered photochromic benzo- and naphtho[1,3]oxazines can switch rapidly between colorless and colored forms under ultraviolet irradiation

On Being — A Scientist's Exploration of the Great Questions of Existence
Peter Atkins' new book, On Being, exploring the great questions of existence is reviewed by Uwe Meierhenrich

New Rules for Reaction Dynamics
The Polanyi rules which describe the partitioning of energy in reaction barriers have been shown to neglect long-range steric forces

New Guest-Accepting Organic Crystals
Organic alloys with guest-acceptor capabilities could allow crystal properties to be tuned by doping or mixing

Angewandte Chemie 44/2011: A Combination Made in Heaven
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Is Universal, Simple Melting Point Prediction Possible?
Prediction of the melting point of ionic liquids could allow structural refinement before the first synthesis