Graphene as an aerobic oxidation carbocatalyst derived from natural resources

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for March 2013

Ta₃N₅ has been found to act as a photocatalyst for water oxidation under visible light

Silicon nanowires can be doped with surprisingly high amounts of aluminium during their growth

Cristina Nevado, Zurich, and Clément Mazet, Genève, have been awarded the Werner Prize of the Swiss Chemical Society

Basic alkali–metal salts improve a catalyst for steam reforming of methanol

The conversion of thiophene into butane is greatly improved on few layers of MoS₂

This video introduces the InChI standard - the International Chemical Identifier - to represent chemical structures

Iridium centers coordinated by phosphinooxazoline denrimers enantioselectively hydrogenate benzodiazepines

Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Technical University Munich, Germany, explains how his institution is preparing to attract the best talent