Engineers Analyzed Batteries from Tesla and China’s Leading EV Manufacturer
The Tesla 4680 cell and the BYD Blade cell use two "highly innovative" but "fundamentally different" design approaches
Biomass-Balanced Polyethersulfone (PESU)
BASF's Ultrason® E 2010 BMB replaces fossil feedstocks with renewable alternatives, cutting its product carbon footprint
Most Accessed Articles: February 2025
Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals
Enhanced Battery Modeling: Improving Charge and Lifetime Predictions
Limei Jin and Christoph Scheurer discuss their advanced method to enhance electrochemical impedance spectroscopy to improve the accuracy of estimating battery charge levels and aging over time
Chemical Solution for the Einstein Project
A molecule that self-assembles on a surface into complex, non-repeating patterns
Call for Nominations: Prize for Ludic Sciences 2025
Recognition of a scientific work resulting from research carried out not with a view to a specific application, but out of sheer curiosity
Angewandte Chemie 7/2025: Activation
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Bio-Gel That Heals Bone Fractures
By functionalizing polyetheretherketone with thrombin and a bio-gel, scientists have developed a bioactive implant surface that supports bone repair
Zinc on a Cotton Cloth for High‐Performance Zn‐Ion Batteries
Facile method to fabricate flexible Zn anode via electroplating developed
Copper(I) Iodine Cluster Shows Unique Photoluminescence Properties
Material acts as a promising X-ray scintillator and was used for high-resolution imaging
Angewandte Chemie 6/2025: High Throughput
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
65th Birthday: Markus Antonietti
German chemist focusing on materials chemistry for sustainability
Long Life Li-O2 Batteries
Novel bifunctional soluble catalyst of 1,3-dimethylimidazole iodide (DMII) is proposed for high-performance Li-O2 batteries
Chemical Solution to the CO2 Problem
Omar Yaghi discusses COF-999's CO₂-adsorbing ability, its climate change potential, his research in reticular chemistry, and chemistry's role in addressing societal challenges like water scarcity
Selective Halide Transport Across Molecular Nanographene
Selective halide ion permeation through benzene-sized defect in nanographene bilayer
Most Accessed Articles: December 2024
Highlights from Chemistry Europe, ACES, and GDCh journals
Cellulose Aerogel as Core Material for Vacuum Insulation
An advancement in thermal insulation: vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) with a bioaerogel core
High Performance in Frosty Conditions
Materials with negative thermal expansion as electrodes for lithium-ion batteries
From Inspiration to Discovery: Small Ligand Alloying for Multifunctional Magnetic Materials
How alloying different ligands within a unique FeII-WIV framework leads to tunable magnetic and optical properties