An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Angewandte Chemie 35/2011: In Your Brain
Active Nanotube Adsorption Sites Uncovered
New understanding of carbon catalyst surface could aid development of commercial catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons
Eliminating the Coffee Ring Effect
Simply changing particle shape can eliminate the ring-shaped stain that is left behind when drops of certain liquids dry
Atmospheric Hydrocarbon Levels Decreasing
Decrease in ethane and slowing of methane production linked to changes in energy use
Single Gene Could Increase Biofuel Production
The discovery of a single, key gene could lead to the streamlined production of cheaper biofuels
Gold Nanoparticles Boost Organic Solar Cell Efficiency
A 20 % improvement in the power conversion of organic solar cells can be achieved by incorporating gold nanoparticles
New Method for Antibody Synthesis
Synthetic antibodies can be built from readily available peptides thanks to new technique
Optimization of Sugar Recovery from Switchgrass
Extrusion combined with other pretreatment methods resulted in a combined sugar recovery of 88 %
New Boron Complexes with Unpredicted Reactivity
First boron-containing allenylidene-like complexes display reactivity not predicted by DFT calculations
Which Chemically Modified Graphene is Best?
Each production method results in different electrochemical behavior for graphenes but which is best for electrochemical devices?