When scurvy was identified as a form of malnutrition, an exciting race for the isolation, structure determination, and synthesis of vitamin C started

Vitamin C Deficiency – Part 2

Periodicity of Melting Points
The phenomenon of periodicity is particularly clear in the melting points of the elements

Behind the Scenes of the Wonderlab Cartoon
Interview with Sophie Lin, a chemist in Taiwan, who started drawing the Wonderlab Cartoon Series for ChemistryViews.org in 2010

Chemical Poems: Fluorine
Poems based on the natural properties of each of the elements of the periodic table

Batteries with Yolk-Shell Nanoparticles
Simple synthesis of hollow and yolk-shell iron oxide (FeOx) nanostructures sandwiched between few-layer graphene (FLG) sheets

Multiplex Detection of Ag and Mo Nanoparticles
Simultaneous monitoring of redox reactions of metal nanoparticles allows the multiplex detection of target analytes

X-Ray Diffraction of Nanocrystals
Numerical simulation to extract 3D data by combining diffraction patterns from dozens of nanocrystals for a given compound

The Early Career Series
ChemPlusChem features up and coming researchers whose focus is on multidisciplinary research centering on chemistry

Launch of the International Year of Crystallography
IUCr and UNESCO launched the International Year of Crystallography (IYCr) in Paris

80th Anniversary of Fritz Haber's Death
Fritz Haber, who received the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis of ammonia from its elements, died January 29, 1934