ChemistryViews introduces interesting women throughout the International Year of Chemistry

Women in Chemistry — IYC Interview Series

Angewandte Author Profiles January
Hansjörg Grützmacher, Aiwen Lei, Nicolai Cramer, and Herbert Mayr are interviewed this month

Fluorescence-Enhanced Detection of Nucleic Acids
Zeolitic imidazolate framework nanoparticles; very effective fluorescent sensing platform for detection of nucleic acid sequences

New IUPAC President
Professor Kazuyuki Tatsumi, Nagoya University, Japan, takes over the role of President of IUPAC

Citations And Ethics
Jan Reedijk discusses how citation metrics are pushing editors, referees, and authors into strategic and sometimes unethical behavior

Design Effective Figures for Scientific Publications
A brief guide to designing effective figures for the scientific paper created by University of Washington scientists

Strontiumtetrazolate – Molecule of the Week
More environmental friendly, less soot and poisonous components producting fireworks

New Year’s Greetings from GDCh President
Professor B. Albert, the new GDCh (German Chemical Society) president, introduces herself to the membership

Sound Approach to Copper Hydride
Sonochemical approach reduces a copper(II) solution in the first example of metal hydride formation using ultrasound

Guess the Chemist (1)
Can you guess the famous chemist from the description?