Understanding the origin of poor performance of silicon nanowires leads to improved efficiency of solar energy conversion

Improving Silicon Nanowires-Based Solar Cells

Angewandte Author Profiles February
Axel Schulz, Annie Powell, Takeshi Kawase, and Nobuharu Iwasawa, are interviewed this month

Detecting Microorganisms
New method for separation of microorganisms uses microscale electrokinetic technique

DNA Labeling for hmC Detection
A new analytical method for the detection of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (hmC) residues, present in mammalian DNA, is reported

How Safe Is Nano?
Nanotoxicology: An interdisciplinary challenge

Angewandte Chemie 5/2011: Building Bridges
An overview of the lastest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Dyes: A Light Guide
Holes that are too small to transmit light, can be encouraged to do so with dyes and photon-plasmon coupling

Reactor Cleans Wastewater and Itself
A self-cleaning membrane reactor for industrial wastewater treatment decomposes organic foulants and stops pores from getting blocked

Peter Vollhardt: In Pursuit of a Parking Space
Peter Vollhardt on exciting chemistry, why he's no longer allowed in the lab, and quality versus quantity

Protein-Based Probes for Tumor Imaging
Self-assembly nature of ferritin allows creation of protein-based fluorescent probes for detection of tumor marker, MMP