An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 42/2011: High Throughput and Efficiency

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

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

Fertilizer Help Spread Deadly Bacteria In Groundwater
High phosphate levels allow a deadly strain of Escherichia coli to pass through soil

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

New Sensor for Folic Acid and Antineoplastic Folates
Receptor cheaply and quickly sensing folate anions in water could help determine the anticancer role of folic acid

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

Driess Receives 2011 WACKER Silicone Award
Matthias Driess, Technical University of Berlin, has won the 2011 WACKER Silicon Award

Ionically Ideal
Metals dissolved in ionic liquids display the full range of solution behavior from classical non-polar solutions to thermodynamically ideal

One Room – 63 Different Dust Particles
Trapping and characterization of 63 different dust particles has allowed US researchers to build a dust library for health and environmental research