An overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie 33/2011: Caught on Gold

Angewandte Author Profiles August
Stefan Bräse, Younan Xia, Sjoerd Harder, and Stefan Hecht, are interviewed this month

Bacteria Damage Pipelines
Effects of ethanol-loving bacteria on fatigue cracking of pipeline steel

Direct Conversion of Bio-Ethanol to Isobutene
A new catalyst for converting ethanol made from biomass gives a renewable path to fuel additives, rubber and solvents

Wonderlab Comic — Gloves
Gin-Jo and Sophie discover the importance of wearing — and removing — gloves

Everybody – Many – 60 – 15 – 4
German selection process for the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) from the North Rhine-Westphalian point of view and its success

Antifouling Membranes
Facile approach for constructing tunable hydrophilic or amphiphilic antifouling membrane surfaces for wastewater treatment

Solar Cell Production in 2010
Worldwide production of solar cells and their countries of origin

Mobility of Metals in Soil
New method to precisely and simultaneously quantify metals in soils and to describe their reactivity at short- and long-term

Simple and Efficient Water Oxidation
Simple and commercially available iridium precursors are tested for their ability to promote water oxidation