Iron(III)-containing ionic liquid as an active catalyst for the glycolysis of PET under microwave irradiation

Ionic Liquids for the Degradation of Plastic Bottles

BASF’s US$10 bn Investment in China
BASF to build engineering plastics and thermoplastic polyurethanes plants at its new Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China

An Ultrasensitive Graphene Bolometer
Detector for electromagnetic radiation uses a graphene aerogel film as the active material

Point-of-Care Detection for Diabetes
Gold electrode detects both insulin and glucose in microliter biological samples

RNA Nanotubes Synthesized
Nanotubes made from RNA strands designed and characterized

Self-Assembly of Rodlike π-Conjugated Molecules
Diacetylene-bridged phenylvinylene oligomers have solvent-dependent self-assembly behavior

Bacterium with Fully Synthetic Genome Created
Escherichia coli can live with less redundancy in the genome

Fluorescent Dipoles with Simple Structures
Diaminodicyanoquinones are fluorescent dyes with high dipole moments

Change in Catalyst Support Can Switch Reactivity
Rhodium nanoparticle catalysts for carbon dioxide hydrogenation can produce either methane or CO

Improved Juice Concentration
Ice waste from cryoconcentration processes can still be useful