Popular science publications (brochures)

Here you will find our brochures aimed at the interested public and further down this page our scientific publications.

All printed brochures still available can be ordered from the GDCh shop.

A magazine of the German Chemical Society
Published in August 2020; Download PDF (3.1 MB)

A magazine of the German Chemical Society
Published in March 2019; Download PDF (3.1 MB)

GDCh brochure for the Year of the Periodic Table, published in June 2019
with contributions from 43 authors on 43 elements (160 pages)
Download PDF (6.4 MB)

Brochure of the Wolfgang Johannes Hönle Foundation for Art and Chemistry
Published in November 2019, Download PDF (3.2 MB)

A magazine of the German Chemical Society
Published in August 2015; Download PDF (4.7 MB)

A magazine of the German Chemical Society
Published in September 2014; Download PDF (9.2 MB)

Here you will find our scientific publications. These include, for example, so-called white papers, which summarise the results of international symposia or other scientific events.

White Paper "Chemistry for Sustainable Food: Challenges and Perspectives" featuring contributions and findings from the ninth Chemical Sciences and Society Symposium (CS3) 2023

Published in April 2024, Download PDF (3.5 MB)

White Paper "Science to enable sustainable plastics" with contributions and findings from the eighth Chemical Sciences and Society Symposium (CS3) 2019

Published in June 2020, Download PDF (3 MB)

A contribution to the discussion by Reinhard Zellner for science, politics and society. Offprint of the article from Nachrichten aus der Chemie

Published in May 2019; Download PDF (1.9 MB)

White paper "Solar energy and photonics for a sustainable future" with contributions and findings from the seventh Chemical Sciences and Society Symposium (CS3) 2017: Solar Energy for a Sustainable Future

Published in March 2018, Download PDF (650 KB)

White Paper "Chemistry and Water: Challenges and Solutions in a Changing World" featuring contributions and findings from the sixth Chemical Sciences and Society Symposium (CS3) 2015: Chemistry and Water

Published in March 2016; Download PDF (970 KB)

The results of the study “Chemistry and Energy in School Laboratories” are documented in this brochure. Publisher: Agnes Pockels School Laboratory.

The publication was supported by the GDCh; published in January 2015; Download PDF (3.8 MB)

Brochure containing contributions on the subject of energy storage; published by DBG, DECHEMA, DGM, DGMK, DPG, GDCh and VCI.

Published in November 2013; Download PDF (5.2 MB)

White paper containing contributions and results from the second Chemical Sciences and Society Symposium (CS3) 2010: Sustainable Materials Summit

Published in March 2011; Download PDF (598 KB)

Carbon dioxide CO₂ – Facets of a Molecule
Published in December 2010; Download PDF (5 MB)

Published in September 2010; Download PDF (3.7 MB)

White paper with contributions and results from the first Chemical Sciences and Society Symposium (CS3) 2009
Published in February 2010; Download PDF (305 KB)