Professor Michael Franz Lappert, University of Sussex, UK, passed away last week

Michael Franz Lappert (1928 – 2014)

From Stench to Resource
Production of sulfur and hydrogen: splitting hydrogen sulfide with solar energy

Can DFT Calculations Describe Ethylene Polymerization?
Ethylene polymerization over the Phillips CrOx/SiO2 catalyst

Vitamin C Deficiency – Part 4
How much vitamin C do we need in our modern food?

Crystallography Without Crystals
Fluctuation X-ray scattering allows the determination of the structure of proteins in solution

Behind the Science: Stereoselective N–H Insertion-Arylation Reactions of Nitrodiazoesters
Dr. R. Threlfall talks to Professor A. Mattson about her article on stereoselective N–H insertion-arylation reactions of nitrodiazoesters

Chemical Poems: Calcium
Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table

The Last Alchemist in Paris
Henning Hopf, Germany, reviews the book "The Last Alchemist in Paris & Other Curious Tales from Chemistry" by Lars Öhrström

Chemist's Three-Part Logical Thinking
First photo-ionic version of a triode – made up of the active components anthracene unit, amine group, crown ether – synthesized

Guess the Chemist (28)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?