An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Angewandte Chemie 9/2012: Sunny Outlook
Palmy Conditions on the Route to Esters
A heterogeneous porous Sr–MgO nanocomposite catalyst allows for the mild transesterification of palm oil to methanol
Most Accessed Articles: January 2012
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for January 2012
Periodic Tales
Hugh Aldersey-Williams' book, Periodic Tales – A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc, is reviewed by Matthias Driess
Efficient Artificial Light-harvesting System
Self-assembling strategies and covalent capture employed to construct a robust, inexpensive, efficient artificial light-harvesting system
Semiconductor Tin-film Solar Cell Absorber
Synchroton-based characterization techniques to illuminate properties of compound semiconductor thin-film solar cell absorbers reviewed
New Method for Cleaning Catalysts
New and simple procedure for cleaning nanoparticles removes organic contaminants without affecting size, shape, or structure
Stable Iron Nanoparticles as Contrast Agents
Iron nanoparticles with an iron oxide shell resist oxidation and maintain magnetic properties needed for biomedical applications
Bert Meijer To Give TCR Lecture
Bert Meijer, Eindhoven University of Technology, will give The Chemical Record Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan
What, Another Nobel Prize in Chemistry to a Nonchemist?
Roald Hoffmann discusses the purpose of the Nobel Prizes and why areas like biochemistry should be recognized