Observing the chemical transformation of an individual molecule as it undergoes a complex reaction became possible

Watch Atoms Form a Bond

Making Colors from Black and White
Colorfast pigments made from amorphous arrays of silicon dioxide and carbon black

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

French Chemical Society National and Bi-national Awards
The winners of the annual national and bi-national prizes of the SCF include Klaus Müllen, Santiago Alvarez Reverter, and Samir Zard

Sulfate Aerosols Cool Climate Less Than Assumed
Life span of cloud-forming sulfate particles in the air is shorter than assumed due to a reaction pathway catalysed by mineral dust within clouds

New Stimuli Responsive Supramolecular Gels
Photoresponsive supramolecular gels that incorporate an azobenzene unit into peptide side chains are reported

Physical Chemistry Cartoon Competition – Closed
Student competition of the Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)

Stronger Metals through Narrow Grain Distribution
Narrowing the distribution of grain sizes in nickel-titanium thin films could make them stronger

Better Photocatalytic Properties for Semiconductor
A ZnO/TiO2 heterojunction semiconductor photocatalyst in which two reactive TiO2 {001} facets are untouched by the ZnO

Oxidizing Water with Superhalogens?
Superhalogens, inorganic entities with extraordinarily high electron affinities, could theoretically ionize water clusters