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Picture Competition – A Year in the Lab: The Chemist’s View

Gold Nanostandard from Vitamin P
Biofriendly approach for the synthesis of differently shaped gold nanostructures

Magnetic Catalytic Recycling
A magnetic can be used to recycle catalytic nanoparticles that could be used for an important and widely used set of reactions

Most Accessed Articles: March 2013
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for March 2013

Stöber Method for Polymer Coating Core-Shell Nanoparticles
Modified emulsion polymerization gives excellent control of the shape and thickness of shells of core-shell nanoparticles

Catalyst Atoms in Nanowires
Silicon nanowires can be doped with surprisingly high amounts of aluminium during their growth

Surface-assisted Synthesis of Large Macrocycles
Hexagonal macrocycles with a diameter of 21.3 Å can be synthesized on a Cu(111) surface to produce hexagonal arrays of "nanotroughs"

Salted Catalysts for Chemical Energy Storage
Basic alkali–metal salts improve a catalyst for steam reforming of methanol

Nanoensemble for Anion Sensing
Au nanoparticles decorated with calix[4]pyrroles sense fluoride anions with high selectivity and efficacy in organic media

Multifunctional Nanofibers
Novel preparation of nanofibers with TiO2 provides promise for various applications