Self organization of inorganic surfactants with head groups containing paramagnetic Dy3+ ions is controlled by magnetic interactions

Surfactants with Magnetic Heads

Dan Shechtman: Succeeding in Science
Nobel Laureate Dan Shechtman talks about the reason why quasicrystals weren't discovered earlier and his unerring belief in his experiments

New Evidence for CO and PF3 Analogy
Dianion (PF3)3 2− is the first example for an all-pseudo-π* 2π-aromatic system

Home-Spun Fibers
Electrospun hierarchical CaCo2O4 nanofibers are promising materials for lithium-ion batteries

120th Birthday: Sir Christopher Ingold
120th Birthday of Sir Chistopher Ingold, one of the chief pioneers of physical-organic chemistry

Scientists (of the World) Behave!
Katharina Al-Shamery discusses ethics with regards to scientific publishing

More Transparency
Optically transparent water oxidation catalyst made from copper nanowires

New Low-Cost Catalyst for Fuel Cells
Titanium nitride nanoparticles grown on nitrogen-doped graphene sheets are better than Pt-based catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

Electrochemistry as a Sizing Technique
An electrochemical technique can be used to derive the size distribution of organic nanoparticles

Let's Trist Again
Magnetic switching by using light might lead to a new type of computer storage medium based on an octahedral iron salt