The Hanuš Medal of the Czech Chemical Society was awarded to Oldřich Pytela, Czech Republic, and Otto Wolfbeis, Germany

Hanuš Medal Awarded

Crab Shells for Batteries
Successful use of crab shell nanochannel templates to construct hollow nanofiber electrodes for lithium ion batteries

Fast Pollutant Degradation by Nanosheets
Graphene-like ultrathin sheets of MoO3 are highly efficient photocatalysts

Drinking Water from the Sea
Electrochemically mediated seawater desalination in microfluidic systems

Improving the Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Combining Förster resonance energy transfer with quantum dots has resulted in solar cells with exceptional efficiency

Wearable Electronics
Highly conductive textiles and paper with aluminum

New Smart Supramolecular Gels
New class of cholesterol-appended alkynylplatinum(II) complexes shows great versatility to respond to external stimuli

Experiment!: Planning, Implementing and Interpreting
Book said to allow getting new research done that you can publish, quicker and smarter. … it's a clearly written, intelligent guide

Most Accessed Articles: May 2013
The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for May 2013

Science on the Market: What Does Competition Do to Research?
Michael Hampe, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, argues that scientists should not oversell their work in the pursuit of competitive funding