Study of the role of each reagent in silver nanoplate reduction reveals that citrate is not the key component as previously thought

The Key to Nanoplate Production

Wonderlab Comic — Power Outage
Wonderlab is undergoing some scheduled maintenance and Sophie is sure she turned everything off

Rebuilding the Periodic Debate — Eric Scerri
The Periodic Debate has attracted many comments; we speak to Eric Scerri, one of the leading commenters

Places of Production of the Elements
Maps showing the location of the main producers of elements and the amounts produced

First Functional MOFs
Bifunctional metal–organic framework (MOF) regioisomers have been produced and reveal previously unrecognized importance

First Optical Metamaterial
The first metamaterial to display optical properties accross the visible region

Angewandte Author Profiles November
Michel R. Gagné, Andreas Kirschning, Fernando P. Cossio, and Jurriaan Huskens are interviewed this month

P4 Activation with Silylenes
Activation of white phosphorus with silylenes gives two unusual Si–P compounds that could be precursors for semiconducting materials

Gold Activators for Platinum Catalysts
A monolayer of platinum can be deposited on nanoscopic gold particles prisms to activate and enhance the catalytic properties of the platinum

Long Term Health Risks of Nanoparticles
New study shows we’ve been exposed to nanoparticles for longer that we thought and that size doesn't matter