Nanoparticles stabilized by a cationic polymer can be dispersed in wide range of solvents and ionic liquids leading to good catalytic activity

Stabilized Metal Nanoparticles for Selective Hydrogenation

Angewandte Chemie 32/2012: Networking
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Cancer Test on Paper
A simple paper-based array can be used for electrochemical cancer screening according to Chinese researchers

Making Cisplatin Nanoparticles
Self-assembling cholesterol-succinic acid-cisplatinum II-based nanoparticles display high antitumor activity and reduce nephrotoxicity

Organic Compounds Suitable For Printable Electronics
Synthesis and optoelectronic properties of thiazolothiazole derivatives for use in organic field-effect transistors are described

BASF and Sinopec Explore Building iso-Nonanol Plant
BASF and Sinopec further strengthen their cooperation

Access to Cannabinoids
Simple and compact synthesis of a tricyclic resorcinol could provide route to novel analogs of conformationally restricted cannabinoids

New Term of Office for H. Schwarz
Professor Helmut Schwarz, TU Berlin, Germany, elected to another five-year term as President of the Humboldt Foundation

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Origin of Compensation in Heterogenous Catalysis
Entropic origin of compensation in heterogeneous catalysis revealed by in situ surface coverage analysis of RuO2-catalysed HCl oxidation