Dr. S. Röhrs has worked as a scientist at the Musées de France, The British Museum, and is now at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Career: As A Chemist at a Museum
Analyzing Li–S Batteries in Operando Mode
A new technique for the study of lithium-sulfur batteries: UV/Vis spectroscopy in operando mode
Chrysotile
Chrysotile is often called white asbestos and belongs to the serpentine group of phyllosilicates; answer to Guess the Mineral (2)
Organosilicon Electrodes
Covalent Si–C grafting of a silatrane cage to a carbon-based interface gives a truly conjugated benzyl-type system
Catch Bullets with Foam
Studies reveal details about how foams stop fast bullets
Sodium: The Alternative Battery
MoS2/graphene composite is an excellent anode material for sodium-ion batteries and electrochemical capacitive storage systems
Dating by Electrode
Voltammetry of microparticles used to date archeological artifacts made of copper and bronze
New RSC President
Professor Dominic Tildesley is now president of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK
Mass Production of Synthetic Diamond
A new chemical vapor deposition system boosts single-crystal diamond production to 100 grams a day
Rip Carbon Nanotubes Open
Carbon nanotubes can be unzipped into graphene nanoribbons by breaking C=C bonds through high impact