Commission opens the way for some Member States to move forward on a unitary patent

Unitary Patent Protection in the EU

Hierarchical CaCO3 Structure
Templating with polypeptides produces near spherical calcium carbonate particles with porous, hierarchical structure

Uranium Cleans Up its Act
Water soluble bis(3-hydroxy-N-methylpyridin-2-one) ligands designed for extraction of uranyl cations

All that Glitters is Gold
Gold cyclization reaction provides important building blocks for pharmaceuticals

Single-Step Silica Grafting
A one-step grafting method can be used for the immobilization of enzymes onto a silica surface at room temperature

Iron for Cleaner Air
Removal of organic contaminants in air under ambient conditions achievable with partially dehydroxylated mesoporous iron oxide

Identification of Heavy-Metals in Wastewater
Colorimetric array based on sol-gel membrane identifies trace metal ions at wastewater discharge concentrations

C–C Bond Formation with Iron Nanoparticles
Paramagnetic magnetite nanoparticles used under heterogeneous ligand-free conditions for Sonogashira–Hagihara reaction

Happy Birthday Angewandte Chemie!
2011 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Angewandte Chemie International Edition

From Molecule to Object
Largest synthetic macromolecule with defined chemical structure, resembles a virus but is formed from a branched polymer