New collector technology consisting of water-repelling nanoparticles recovers almost 100 % of minerals in waste rock

New Technology for Recovering Minerals

Carrier Systems for CO
Polymers that release CO upon irradiation could see use as treatment for cancer or inflammation

Plutonium to Americium: Dramatic Changes
Borate complexes of plutonium and americium display different bonding, unlike their halide or triflate counterparts

Promising H2 Storage Gels
Promising new class of hydrogen storage materials meets the US Department of Energy’s 2015 targets

Angewandte Chemie 38/2011: Systematic Crystallization
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Redox-Active Inorganic Chemical Cells
Cells made from polyoxometalate clusters include redox activity and can be nested within one another for stepwise reactions

Angewandte Author Profiles September
Ralph Weissleder, Paul Floreancig, Jürgen O. Metzger, and Masayuki Inoue, are interviewed this month

Awakening of a Sleeping Beauty in Organometallic Chemistry
A convenient synthesis of cyclopentadienylgallium opens the door for GaCp to become a versatile reagent in organometallic chemistry

Rapid Charging of Lithium Ion Batteries
Batteries could get a boost from discovery that increases power and energy density while dramatically reducing charge time

First CO2 in Ionic Liquid Microemulsion
The first report of a CO2-in-ionic liquid microemulsion is easily tunable and has many potential applications