An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 43/2011: Happy Birthday, Fritz!

Ozone Layer Discovered on Venus
Venus’ newly discovered ozone layer may help in the search for life on other planets

Converting CO2 with Less Energy
Adding an ionic liquid to electrochemical cell lowers the energy needed to convert CO2 into renewable feedstock

Computer Model for More Effective Anesthetics
Understanding of pain-blocking mechanism of anesthetics from new computer model will lead to safer and more effective anesthetics

KCS-Wiley Young Chemist Award 2011
Korean Chemical Society-Wiley Young Chemist Award presented to Wonjong Kim and Moonhyun Oh

Angewandte Chemie 42/2011: High Throughput and Efficiency
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

75th Birthday: Gerhard Ertl
Gerhard Ertl, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, celebrates his 75th birthday

Effect of the Damping Function in DFT-D
Damping function shows closer connection to reality than traditional zero damping method in density functional theory (DFT) calculations

Folding Solution
First experiments to hint at the mechanism of hydration of hydrophobic polymers could lead to understanding of protein folding

Angewandte Author Profiles October
Michael Krische, Hans-Joachim Freund, Jun Okuda, and Eric Kool are interviewed this month