New method allows preparation of single-walled carbon nanotubes during less than 15 s

Simple and Fast Manufacture of Nanotube Films

3D Pictures of Nanomaterials
New method for revealing a 3D picture of the structure inside a material down to nanometer resolution

Gold Nanoparticles Remove Organic Compounds from Water
Water purification from an environmental perspective by using an Au poly(dimethylsiloxane)PDMS nanocomposite in the form of a foam

Angewandte Chemie 22/2011 – Many Faces of Radicals
An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Quality of Dutch Chemical Research
Evaluation of quality of science performed within the Chemistry Departments at Dutch universities in the period 2001–2009

Nature Synthesizes Nanoparticles
Silver nanoparticles, considered a potenial environmental hazard, may not all be man-made

Spectroscopically Enhancing Nanopillars
Bunches of nanopillars formed on gold-coated gallium nitride could improve the detection of biomolecules at low concentration

Bee Venom Helps Detect Explosives
Bee venom helps researchers create detector sensitive enough to detect a single molecule of an explosive such as TNT

Chiral Control Condundrum
Important development in the preparation of functional mesostructures with controlled chirality made by European research team

Angewandte Author Profiles May
Kilian Muñiz, Anthony K. Cheetham, Luis M. Liz-Marzán, and Helmuth Möhwald, are interviewed this month