Machine learning model uses the results of failed syntheses to predict more successful methods

Using Failures to Predict Success

Graphene – From Fundamental Research to Applications
Meeting in Italy illustrated the diverse world of graphene and 2D materials

Synthesis of Chiral Silicon Molecules
Chiral silacyclopentanes can be synthesized in enantioselective β-elimination reactions

Guess the Chemist (53)
Can you guess the famous scientist from the description?

Chemistry Drives Innovation
Entrepreneurship in chemical training and importance of start-ups for innovation

Sir Harold Walter Kroto (1939 – 2016)
Chemistry Nobel Laureate and co-discoverer of fullerenes passed away

Bismuth Phosphors in Every Color
Making phosphors with bismuth instead of rare earth elements produces purer, brighter colors

Hybrid Material Removes Arsenic from Water
Iron oxide nanoparticles in MOF host show excellent affinity towards As(III) and As(V) species

Werner Prize 2016
Nanomaterials researcher Maksym Kovalenko honored by Swiss Chemical Society

Beyond the Rainbow Colors
Semiconducting ternary nanocrystals expand the range of accessible light energy of solar cells