The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for February 2012

Most Accessed Articles: February 2012

Achiral Europium, Chiral Sense
An achiral europium complex can detect chirality in solution by virtue of induced circularly polarized luminescence

Nickel Inversion
Functionalized arenes can be made using a nickel-catalyzed [4+2] cycloaddition of electron-deficient dienes and alkynes

BASF Strengthens Lithium-ion Battery Sector
BASF licenses lithium iron phosphate technology

Repeated Stress Causes Cognitive Impairment
New insights in mechanism of brain damage caused by repeated stress and how to prevent this

Linde's Position in China Strengthened
Linde to supply air gases to Chinese chemicals producer Dahua Group in Dalian

Two Quantum Chemists Win Sanibel Symposium Awards
Sanibel Symposium organizers and the International Journal of Quantum Chemistry award two young quantum chemists

Asian Super Grid for Renewable Energies
DESERTEC Foundation and the Japan Renewable Energy Foundation (JREF) sign memorandum of understanding

Cooperation for New Hybrid Materials
Merck and the University of Erlangen cooperate in the field of new hybrid materials for more energy-efficient processes

Rapid Self-healing Hydrogels
Permanently cross-linked hydrogels engineered to exhibit self-healing in an aqueous environment, promising for wound closure of gastric mucosa