Nanosheets of boron carbon nitride have large capacity for lithium ions and could be used as "green" electrodes in rechargeable batteries

More Power Between the Sheets

Science Award Electrochemistry for N. Yabuuchi
Naoaki Yabuuchi, Japan, awarded €50,000 prize by Volkswagen and BASF for his new Na-ion battery electrode materials

Bright White MOFs
Combining a blue-emitting ligand with red- and green-emitting dopants gives a metal–organic framework (MOF) that emits white light

Angewandte Chemie 43/2012: From Red to Green
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Achim Müller Receives €1.2 Million Grant
Achim Müller, University of Bielefeld, Germany, has received the highest scientific award of the European Union

Young Chemists at EuCheMS Chemistry Congress in Prague
Not only renowned scientists, but a lot of young chemists from different countries gave talks at the EuCheMS Congress in Prague

Scratching the Surface of Gold Nanocatalysts
In situ aberration-corrected electron microscopy aids the investigation of deactivation of catalytic gold nanoparticles

NMR Experiments Assisting in Drug Design
A simple experiment combines modern NMR techniques with applications in drug design

Measuring Nanoprinting
Researchers analyzed the chemical composition and structures of nanostructured surfaces

Enzyme in a Bed of Graphene
A graphene–phospholipid nanocomposite acts as a biosensor when it is loaded with a redox-active enzyme