Quantum dots employed to increase solar cell efficiency from the current limit of 30 % to more than 60 %.

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Angew. Chem. 27/2010: Communication Matters
Overview on the current issue of the Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Long Fuse
George Whitesides describes how dots of salt can be used to transmit information for times electronics or batteries fail.

Self-Assembling Devices
Design strategy with side-chain incompatibility provides promise for the realization of much greater photoconducting output.

Georg Schwedt Awarded Prize
GDCh award prizes to authors who communicate an understanding of chemistry to the general public.

Graphene Sandwiches
A bottom-up strategy was used for the large-scale production of 2D graphene-based nanosheets that have a sandwichlike structure.

G. Ozin Wins Prize
Wiley-VCH author Professor Geoffrey Ozin wins the Premier's Discovery Award in Natural Sciences and Engineering.

Angew. Chem. 26/2010: Nobel Issue
Overview on the current issue of the Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Layered Footballs
A new variant of fullerenes has been made: a two-dimensional fullerene with layers that acts like a metal

Bayer Foundation
EUR 200,000 available to support ambitious projects in science, engineering, medicine and teacher training in scientific subjects.