One-dimensional assembly of gold nanoparticles (see picture) is achieved by a sphere-to-cylinder transformation of polymer shells
Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles
Self-Inflicted Asymmetry
Crystallization-induced asymmetric synthesis of nonracemic platinum(IV) polysulfide tris(chelate) complexes
Hydrogen Generation with Visible Light
Iridium complexes coordinated to coumarin dyes perform well in directing sunlight energy for producing hydrogen from water
Single-Crystal Manganese Sulfide Microboxes
MnS microboxes, which act as an anode material for lithium ion batteries, are synthesized by simple H2S gas sulfidation approach
Angewandte Chemie 31/2012: A Bright Image
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Summer Reading
Editors recommend chemistry and science related books fun to read during this summer
MOFs in the Making
A general method for the fabrication of MOF membranes allows the fabrication of a membrane with a high gas separation factor
Angewandte Author Profiles July 2012
K. Anker Jorgensen, D. Stalke, A. Osuka, N. Mizuno, A. Ajayaghosh, M. Jansen, D. A. Leigh, B. M. Trost, and others are interviewed this month
Calculating Crystals
Mathematics of materials emerges from information entropy; could lead to nimbler way to predict crystal structures from chemical formula
Angewandte Chemie 30/2012: No Longer in Its Infancy
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie