An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Angewandte Chemie 24/2011: Rapid Acquisition Yet High Quality
Making Plastic From Coffee
Renewable starting materials based on quinic acid from coffee beans can be used to synthesize polycarbonates
Chemistry of a Hangover — Alcohol and its Consequences Part 2
How can a tiny molecule like ethanol be at the root of so much human misery? Klaus Roth looks at how ethanol is metabolized
Wonderlab Comic — Alcohol Lamp
It's Gin-Jo's birthday in the Wonderlab and Sophie has arranged a little surprise
Ionic Radii of the Elements
Ionic radii vary with coordination number, spin state, and other parameters but periodic trends can be recognized
Women in Chemistry — Interview with Polly Arnold
Polly Arnold, University of Edinburgh, UK, already was identified as a rising star when presented a prize by his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh
Angewandte Author Profiles June
José L. Alonso, Jin-Quan Yu, Guy Bertrand, and Kenichiro Itami, are interviewed this month
Antireflection Coatings
Hierarchically mesostructured silica nanoparticles act as superhydrophilic and Vis/NIR antireflection coatings
New Catalyst for Photodegradation of Pollutants
Non-conventional synthesis of series of titania/silica composites carried out in supercritical carbon dioxide
Near-Infrared Iridium Luminescence
New iridium complexes with C^C^N tridentate ligands show luminescence at longer wavelengths than previous Ir complexes