The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for November 2013

Christian Amatore, France, was elected as Foreign Member to the Chinese Academy of Sciences

A new nanoparticle-based device can be used to monitor the quality of blood for transfusions

Effective January 1, Dr. T. Geelhaar, Professors R. Gani, J. John, and R. Riccio will become presidents of their respective societies

The IYCr 2014 highlights the continuing importance of crystallography

Raman and AFM study of covalent chemical functionalization of bilayer graphene by aryl diazonium salts

Flame-annealed Sn-doped hematite show enhanced water splitting compared to classic furnace annealing preparation methods

Alois Fürstner discusses how public perception of chemistry and lack of financial resources threaten basic research

Mechanical degradation of Li-ion batteries reduced by using Fe3O4 nanoparticle anodes with a continuous and flexible carbon shell

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