"Jamming " soft matter leads to switching between solid and liquid behaviour – and a number of possible applications

Solid Fluids

Talking in Poster Sessions: After the Icebreaker (2)
How to keep your poster viewers interested in your work once you've enganged them in a conversation

Behind the Science: Non-Invasive Probing of Nanoparticle Electrostatics
Dr. Lawrence, ChemElectroChem, talks to Professor Compton, Oxford University, UK, about his recent article

Guess the Chemist (35)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

The Smallest Marches to a Different Tune
Fundamental change in the nature of chemical bonding upon isotopic substitution

Bernhard Brutschy (1946 – 2014)
Bernhard Brutschy, Professor Emeritus, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, passed away on October 14

Ekkehard Winterfeldt (1932 – 2014)
Ekkehard Winterfeldt, former President of the GDCh (German Chemical Society), passed away on October 11

Computational Organic Chemistry
J. E. Hums, Germany, reviews the book "Computational Organic Chemistry" by Steven M. Bachrach

Reiner Sustmann (1939 – 2014)
Reiner Sustmann, Professor Emeritus, University of Essen, Germany, passed away last week

Career: As a Chemist in An Editorial Office
Dr. Richard Threlfall talks about how he came to work in an editorial office and why diplomacy is an important skill for his work