Hybrids of polyoxometalate clusters and carbon nanotubes can be used as cathodes in rechargeable lithium batteries

Hybrid Molecular Cluster Batteries

Maurizio Peruzzini New ICCOM Director
Maurizio Peruzzini is the new Director of the Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds (ICCOM), Florence, Italy

Crystallization of Energetic Materials
The explosive RDX can be produced more safely with new electrospray crystallization method that minimizes defects

Angewandte Chemie 12/2011: Worth Its Price
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Titania To Dye For
Tiny crystalline flowers of titania can catalytically break down toxic azo dyes in wastewater

Micro Devices for Nano Fibers
Microfluidic technologies used to produce fibers of coordination polymers more easily than conventional techniques

Tough Crystal Nut Cracked
Correct prediction of all three known crystal structures of a sulfonimide

Chemistry of Make Up
To produce the rainbow of colors on today's make up racks, chemists derive dyes from a variety of compounds

2010 Trends in Inorganic Chemistry
An overview of the latest trend report published annually in Nachrichten aus der Chemie, the GDCh magazine

Ambient CO2 Fixation
The ambient fixation of carbon dioxide can be achieved by converting it to cyclic carbonates with a ZnIIsalphen catalyst