Artificial muscle contracts and expands with changes in humidity

Homogeneous, redox-switchable, N-heterocyclic carbene/ferrocenyl-based catalysts for ring-closing metathesis reactions

A mass production technique for reducing brilliant white titanium dioxide to black for applications in solar energy conversion has been devised

True light-induced bistabiltiy in a spin-crossover molecular solid as a prototype for cooperative molecular switching

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

New cathode material for sodium-ion batteries—a low-cost alternative to lithium—approaches the theoretical capacity for Na batteries

A supramolecular cubooctahedron packed with 240 boron atoms has been synthesized using coordination-driven assembly

Martyn Poliakoff, UK, and freelance filmmaker Brady Haran discuss how YouTube can be used to inspire the next generation of chemists

A new series of ruthenium complexes that act as histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors show promise as anticancer agents

Luminescent heteronuclear lanthanide coordination polymers can be used to produce light with tunable color and brightness