Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals

Composite materials with unique optical properties can be used for high-information-density anti-counterfeiting labels

Hierarchical assembly of bacterial ice nucleators based on tyrosine interactions and electrostatic interactions

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Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

New protocol can be used for the late-stage functionalization of complex, drug-like molecules under mild conditions

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First lanthanide N₂ photoswitch shows isomerization between side-on and end-on coordination

Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

1,4,2-Diazasilole containing a low-valent silicon atom displays characteristics of both a mesoionic silylene and a silylone