Combining Förster resonance energy transfer with quantum dots has resulted in solar cells with exceptional efficiency

Improving the Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

New Smart Supramolecular Gels
New class of cholesterol-appended alkynylplatinum(II) complexes shows great versatility to respond to external stimuli

How Does Paper Age?
New spectrochemical analysis of naturally aged paper reveals normally unavailable information on the cellulose degradation by-products

Double-clicking on Nanoparticles
A click chemistry approach to consecutively functionalize nanoparticle surfaces by using the thiol-yne reaction

New Type of Water Splitting Catalyst
A modified, d0-type tantalum-oxynitride photocatalyst has been used to promote water splitting using only visible light

Easy Demetalation of Porphyrins
A simple, mild, methodology for the transformation of nickel porphyrins to the corresponding free-base porphyrins

Most Accessed Articles: May 2013
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for May 2013

Magnetic Protein Microcapsules for Targeted Delivery
Protein microcapsules with iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles embedded in the shells as potential drug-delivery carriers

Graphene Takes Charge – New Route to Functionalization
Integration of a cationic porphyrin into a graphene/block copolymer ensemble purely through electrostatic interactions

More Efficient Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Atomic layer deposition produces ultrathin blocking layers that significantly increase the overall efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)