Overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 4/2011: Women in Chemistry

Language Skills Important in Graduate Recruitment
Europe-wide survey among employers shows that for graduate recruitment soft skills are as valued as sector-specific and computer skills

BELLA: Batteries and Electrochemistry Laboratory
The Karlsruhe Institut of Technology (KIT) and the BASF SE will in the future develop new battery materials together at the KIT

Converting Wasted Heat Into Electricity
Nanostructured material exhibits high thermoelectric figure of merit that is expected to convert 14 % of heat waste to electricity

Hydrogenase Cofactor Simply Synthesized
New route to hydrogenase cofactor azadithiolate provides a simple way to make model enzymes for H2 fuel production

U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center
U.S. and Chinese partners will work in the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center to develop and test clean coal technologies

Making Fuel Cells Durable with Pt Nanostars
Starlike, platinum-based nanowire crystals could provide more stable cathodes for fuel cell applications

Replacing Batteries with T-Shirts
A micro-supercapacitor that can be woven like a thread could lead to clothing that creates and stores energy

Superconductivity Induced by Light
Non-superconducting material transformed into a superconductor material by using laser-light pulses

Angewandte Chemie 3/2011 – Natural Inspiration
Overview of the current issue of Angewandte Chemie International Edition