China Homecoming– As funding grows, more Chinese chemists who have studied abroad are returning home to become professors

INVESTING Graduate student Zepeng Yang at work in You’s laboratory at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry. Credit: Shuli You/ Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i23/China-Homecoming.html

Fluoride’s Unexpected Role In Photocatalysis-Materials: Acid’s surface residue, not just the catalyst, should get credit

Using HF in TiO2 synthesis (left) changes the crystals’ morphologies and facets relative to an HF-free method (right), as seen in these TEM images, and may unexpectedly alter the crystals’ catalytic properties. Credit: ACS Catal read all at http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i21/Fluorides-Unexpected-Role-Photocatalysis.html