Not all biofuels are created equal. A look at the milage, potential greenhous gas reduction, and fuel blends of different biofuels
Biofuels Compared
Angewandte Author Profiles January
Hansjörg Grützmacher, Aiwen Lei, Nicolai Cramer, and Herbert Mayr are interviewed this month
Better Biomass
Energy and cost of torrefied biomass analyzed
Design Effective Figures for Scientific Publications
A brief guide to designing effective figures for the scientific paper created by University of Washington scientists
Strontiumtetrazolate – Molecule of the Week
More environmental friendly, less soot and poisonous components producting fireworks
New Year’s Greetings from GDCh President
Professor B. Albert, the new GDCh (German Chemical Society) president, introduces herself to the membership
US Investigates Beneficial Uses of CO2
Overview on US department of Energy's R&D program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through beneficial uses of carbon dioxide
Green Polymerization
Ring-opening polymerization of DL-lactide in supercritical CO2 can be carried out at much lower temperature than conventional reaction
Surfactant Catalysts
Surfactant containing the organocatalyst proline, forms nanomicelles spontaneously and catalyzes aldol reactions of substrates in water
Ionic Liquids Give Catalyst the Edge
Ionic liquids induce morphological changes in a heterogeneous catalyst and give it well-defined edges