Model system delivers vital clues on the aging processes of elastic polymers: Relaxation leads to lower elasticity

Losing Elasticity with Age

Angewandte Author Profiles March
Raymond Ziessel, Didier Astruc, Steven P. Nolan, and Ben L. Feringa, are interviewed this month

Small Molecules for Organic Solar Cells
Non-fullerene-based small molecules shown to be efficient electron acceptors for photovoltaic devices

Commemorating Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff
March 1st is the 100th anniversary of the death of Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, discoverer of osmotic pressure and stereochemistry

Spectroscopy of Stable C7H7+
Benzylium and tropylium cations have been trapped and identified in neon matrices

Prevent Poisoning of Catalysts
Determination of the exact chemical nature of sulfur absorbed onto Pt nanoparticles could help prevent poisoning of catalysts

Angewandte Chemie 10/2011: Good Taste
An overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie

Tuneable Hollows
Hollow polyurethane microspheres with a single hole of controllable size can host nanospheres and other particles

Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystals
Combining the properties of graphene oxide and liquid crystals opens door to new materials

Switching Qubits with a Terahertz Source?
Rotational transitions induced in molecules on a chip could have important applications in quantum computing