Simple method to improve the high-rate capability of TiO2 nanotube arrays for use in lithium-ion batteries

Improved Nanotubes for Microbatteries

Quantum Confinement Damages DVD Players
The origin of damage to nanofilms in DVD players is revealed to be quantum confinement of electrons

Who's Next? 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Make your predictions for the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry here

Polymer Science Awards Bestowed
Hideyuki Otsuka and Kazushi Kinbara, both Japan, have been awarded the Society of Polymer Science Japan Wiley Award

Glycosilated Dendrimers Protect the Gut
A glycosilated polypropyletherimine dendrimer defends gut wall’s integrity during infectious inflammatory diarrhea

Angewandte Chemie 38/2012: Only the Finest
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

New Treatment for Stroke?
Ceria nanoparticles could lessen the damage from ischemic strokes

Emulsified Ionic Liquids
Chemists in China have emulsified two immiscible ionic liquids and used the mixture as a solvent for making porous nanorods

Imaging Nanoparticles’ Electrocatalysis
Electrocatalytic activity of single nanoparticles measured using a plasmonic-based electrochemical current imaging method

Angewandte Chemie 37/2012: Samarium and Beyond
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie