Dr. Matthias Urmann, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, has been elected President of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)

New GDCh President

2018 ACS President
The new President of the American Chemical Society (ACS) is Professor Peter K. Dorhout, Kansas State University, Manhattan

Underwater Torch Made of Sparklers
How sparklers can burn under water

Corrosion Products in the Museum
Methods of detecting corrosion products to conserve collection items in museums and collections

High-Pressure Synthesis of Nanodiamond from Adamantane
Making diamond from its molecular analogue

Low-Valent Tin Azides
First examples of a class of tetracoordinate mixed-ligand tin azido complexes

Catalyst for N2-to-NH3 Thermal Conversion
Different catalytic mechanisms of the thermal conversion explored on an isolated Rh1Co3 cluster on CoO(011)

Key Intermediate in Water Oxidation Catalysis Characterized
Seven-coordinate Ru=O intermediate studied in situ

Sodium "Scooter" Delivers Telluride
Tuning the properties of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides

Driving Chemistry and Europe
Mobility that favors exchanges between researchers is extremely important for the scientific community