The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for January 2012
![Most Accessed Articles: January 2012](https://www.chemistryviews.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/common/images/thumbnails/source/135a9d77e21.jpg)
Most Accessed Articles: January 2012
![New Method for Cleaning Catalysts](https://www.chemistryviews.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/common/images/thumbnails/source/13576cf930a.jpg)
New Method for Cleaning Catalysts
New and simple procedure for cleaning nanoparticles removes organic contaminants without affecting size, shape, or structure
![Stable Iron Nanoparticles as Contrast Agents](https://www.chemistryviews.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/common/images/thumbnails/source/13538345aee.jpg)
Stable Iron Nanoparticles as Contrast Agents
Iron nanoparticles with an iron oxide shell resist oxidation and maintain magnetic properties needed for biomedical applications
![Mapping Hidden Nanostructures](https://www.chemistryviews.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/common/images/thumbnails/source/13586515115a.jpg)
Mapping Hidden Nanostructures
New method to map nanostructures within materials may lead to biological imaging of the internal organization of cells
![Angewandte Chemie 8/2012: Hard and Soft](https://www.chemistryviews.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/common/images/thumbnails/source/1358121d416.jpg)
Angewandte Chemie 8/2012: Hard and Soft
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
![Heterogeneous Catalysis Using MOFs](https://www.chemistryviews.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/common/images/thumbnails/source/13533b0af7d.jpg)
Heterogeneous Catalysis Using MOFs
Incorporating highly active Pd nanoparticles in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) gives heterogeneous catalyst for Heck reactions
![The 2012 Top 10 Emerging Technologies](https://www.chemistryviews.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/common/images/thumbnails/source/1357bde35df.jpg)
The 2012 Top 10 Emerging Technologies
Top 10 most important technologies that will impact on the state of the world in the near future
![Alfred Oberholz (1952 – 2012)](https://www.chemistryviews.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/common/images/thumbnails/source/1357b1ff54b.jpg)
Alfred Oberholz (1952 – 2012)
Alfred Oberholz, former Chairman of DECHEMA and Member of the Board of Evonik AG, has passed away
!["Unseen" Electrical Discharges](https://www.chemistryviews.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/common/images/thumbnails/source/13566c61f0f.jpg)
"Unseen" Electrical Discharges
Microwave-induced arcing in metal-solution mixtures may be more frequent than previously assumed
![Nanolamps Light up Cells with a Click](https://www.chemistryviews.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/common/images/thumbnails/source/135384cd816.jpg)
Nanolamps Light up Cells with a Click
Nanolamps for live cell imaging made by "clicking" DNA onto the surface of upconverting nanoparticles