The 2012 ACS National Awards are presented at the 243rd ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA

An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Preparation of alkyl-modified silicon nanosheets by hydrosilylation of layered polysilane (Si6H6)

New intermolecular heterobimetallic system for photocatalytic water reduction presented - significant improvement of performance of catalyst system

New approach to noncovalent andcoordination driven self-assembly will facilitate the generation of multicomponent, ultimately functional systems

Book looking at the activity, stability, and deactivation of homogeneous catalysts is reviewed by G. Britovsek, Imperial College London

Impressions from the Chemiedozententagung, the meeting of young chemistry professors, in Freiburg, Germany

Ways to improve relaxivity, and therefore contrast, in magnetic resonance (MR) images are reviewed

Coordination polymers and metal organic frameworks: terminology and nomenclature guidelines

A simple photo-irradiation process could generate stable aqueous dispersions of conductive graphene sheets in larger quantities