Green chemistry ‘upcycling’ trick is solvent-free, one-step and converts plastic bags into highly valuable carbon nanotubes and carbon spheres

Barbara Albert, Techincal University Darmstadt, Germany, takes over the presidency of the GDCh from January 2012

Michael Dröscher, GDCh President, introduces the theme of the Wissenschaftsforum and the GDCh study “Perspectives in Chemistry”

Ferdi Schüth, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Germany, talks about his work on catalysts for alternative fuels

Peter Atkins, author of many chemistry textbooks, talks about the importance of illustrations in chemistry

Emily Carter, Princeton University, USA, discusses her work on using quantum mechanics to solve the World's energy problems

Richard Zare, Stanford University, USA, discusses his editorial on why the West should help China develop its science

Timothy Long, VirginiaTech, USA, talks about new charged polymers for biomedical applications

Laurence A. Nafie, Syracuse University, USA, talks about his book "Vibrational Optical Activity: Principles and Applications"

Team Steam, winners of the TUM DeSal Challenge, talk about their tube-within-a-tube design