The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Metal-organic frameworks, molecular...
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi for the development of metal-organic…
View ArticleTin years of Periodic Graphics – in C&EN
In December 2014, C&EN published the first edition of Periodic Graphics: A look at some of the molecules behind the traditional scents…
View ArticleThe 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Quantum dots, tiny particles with big colours
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded jointly to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov for the…
View ArticleHow did ammonite fossils form?
If you’ve ever gone combing beaches for ammonite fossils, you might have wondered about the processes which produced them. They can come…
View ArticleA Basic Guide to How LED Lights Work
Christmas isn’t far off now, and whether you’re celebrating it or not, you may well have started seeing Christmas lights starting to…
View ArticleWhy Lithium-Ion Batteries Catch Fire – in C&EN
In this month’s Periodic Graphics in C&EN, we’re looking at the chemistry behind the recent news stories of lithium-ion batteries in some…
View ArticleRealTimeChem Week: Developing Advanced Lithium Ion Batteries
This week (31 Oct – 6 Nov) is #RealTimeChem Week – if you’re a tweeting chemist or chemistry enthusiast, you’ll probably know…
View ArticleThe Nobel Prize Medals (and How to Make Them Disappear)
Next week, the winners of this year’s batch of Nobel Prizes will be announced. Every winner receives a Nobel Prize medal, featuring…
View ArticleA Guide to Acids, Acid Strength, and Concentration
Even if you’re not a chemist, you’ll doubtless remember learning about acids back in school. They’re routinely described as strong or weak,…
View ArticleCapturing Neon in a Metal-Organic Framework
Here’s the latest graphic from Chemunicate (the Compound Interest side project that works with chemistry researchers and institutions to highlight their research…
View ArticleCommon Polyatomic Ions: Names, Formulae, and Charges
Know your sulfates from your sulfites, and your chlorates from your perchlorates? This graphic gives a helping hand with remembering the names,…
View ArticleThe Chemistry of Limescale
Limescale is a substance you’ve undoubtedly encountered, be it clogging up your kettle, or building up on your bathroom surfaces. But how…
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