🔔Welcome to Issue 14! Please read the Outside Front Cover article: Selective adsorption and separation of pyridine and picoline using hybrid[3]arene-based nonporous adaptive crystals by Jiong Zhou 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. #Free_to_read 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/d6qm...

🔔 Hot article by Ye Wan, Wei Sun 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. SiCl₄-Modified layered double hydroxides for boosting CO selectivity in CO₂ hydrogenation: increasing selectivity from 20% to nearly 100% 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/d6qm... #CO2Conversion #Catalysis #LDH #CarbonUtilization #EnergyMaterials #SustainableChemistry

🔔 Research article by Hideharu Mori 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Self-healing hybrids via dual noncovalent networks using urethane/imidazole–zinc functionalized silsesquioxane nanoparticles 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/d6qm... #SelfHealing #SmartMaterials #Nanocomposites #PolymerScience #MaterialsChemistry #FunctionalMaterials

🔔 Hot article by Haifeng Dong 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Inorganic nanomedicines responsive to the tumor microenvironment: design strategies and functional integration 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/d6qm... #Nanomedicine #CancerResearch #Theranostics #DrugDelivery #Biomaterials #TME

🔔 Themed Collection FOCUS: Perovskite Materials and Devices #Free_to_read 🔗 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

🔔 Issue 02 Outside Back Cover: pH-stabilized polydiacetylenes achieved through sodium dodecyl benzenesulfonate doping: application in dopamine sensing by Mainak Banerjee, Amrita Chatterjee 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QM... #Polydiacetylene #Sensors #Dopamine #Biosensors

🔔 Focus: Lithium-ion batteries #Free_to_read until 31 July 2026 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

🚀 Materials Chemistry Frontiers reaches an Impact Factor of 8.1 Ranked Q1 in two JCR categories, reflecting the journal’s growing impact. Thanks to our authors, reviewers and readers for your continued support. 🔗 Explore more for MCF: www.rsc.org/publishing/j...

🎊Welcome Professor Jongwoo Lim to MCF as an Associate Editor Jongwoo Lim is an Associate Professor at Seoul National University. His research focuses on materials for energy conversion and storage, including energy transport and interfacial processes. Please join us in welcoming professor Lim!

🔔 New highlight in FOCUS: Young Investigator Honorees of the ACS Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) Division "Programmable folding kinetics in single-composition hydrogel actuators via UV-induced microphase separation" by Jinhye Bae 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. #Free_to_read doi.org/10.1039/D6QM...

🔔 FOCUS: Solid-state batteries (SSBs) #Free_to_read Free to read until 20 July 2026 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

🔔 FOCUS: Perovskite Materials and Devices "Toroidal ferroelectric cobalt-doped barium titanates as efficient energy conversion materials for solar cells and photocatalysis" by Duraisamy Kumaresan 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. doi.org/10.1039/D5QM... 🔗 Explore more in the themed collection: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

🔔Welcome to Issue 12! Please read the Outside Front Cover article: From lab to tap: 2D material innovations in detection and elimination of waterborne pathogens by Jai Prakash 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. #Free_to_read 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QM...

🔔 The 40th anniversary of College of Chemistry &Environmental Engineering of Shenzhen University "Tunable exchange bias in Hofmann MOF-derived α-Fe₂O₃/Pt magnetic composites" by Yu-Jia Zeng 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D6QM... 🔗 Explore more in the themed collection: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

🔔 New highlight in Emerging Investigator Series 2024–2025 "A rigid phenyl-based covalently interlocked macrocycle with inherent porosity" by Sven M. Elbert, Michael Mastalerz, Junzhi Liu 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D6QM... 🔗 Explore more in the themed collection: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

🔔 Hot article by Xiaoguang Wang 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Recent advances in polymer-modified poly(lactic acid) for tissue engineering applications 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QM... #StructureProperty #Degradation #MechanicalProperties #SurfaceEngineering

🔔Welcome to Issue 11! Please read the Outside Front Cover article: Amino acid-derived Cu(II)-coordinated supramolecular hydrogel with tunable mechanics, self-healing, and underwater adhesion by Sanjib Banerjee 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. #Free_to_read 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QM...

🔔 Review article by Pengchao Zhang, Wojciech Kujawski 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Recent advances in thin-film nanocomposite membranes for efficient pervaporation desalination 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D6QM... #MaterChemFront #Desalination #Membranes #Water #MaterialsScience

🔔 New highlight in Bioinspired material chemistry frontiers "Hydrogel ionic sensory systems" by Shuyun Zhuo, Mingjie Liu 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. #Free_to_read doi.org/10.1039/D6QM... 🔗 Explore more in the themed collection: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

🔔Welcome to Issue 10! Please read the Outside Front Cover article: Facile synthesis of tunable zinc–adenine frameworks for aptamer-based biological applications by Hang Thu Ta 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. #Free_to_read 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D6QM...

🔔 Review article by Yong Liang, Huawen Hu 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Interfacing chemistry and materials for heavy metal ion sensing: mechanistic foundations and adaptive design strategies 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D6QM... #MaterChemFront #Sensing #EnvironmentalScience #MaterialsChemistry

Peer review drives materials innovation ⚙️ We’re proud to honour the 2025 Outstanding Peer Reviewers for Materials Chemistry Frontiers— www.rsc.org/standards-an... 👏 Thank you for your essential work. #PeerReview #MaterialsChemistry #AcademicPublishing

🔔 Hot article by Linfeng Chen, Fan Xia 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Photoisomerizable molecule-grafted nanofluidic channels: strategies, mechanisms and applications 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D6QM... #MaterChemFront #Nanofluidics #Nanochannels #Photoresponsive #MolecularSwitches

🔔 Research article by Jiyun Hu, Tao Liu 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. One-pot postsynthetic linkage modification of imine covalent organic frameworks via iminium activation @hujiyun.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D6QM... #MaterChemFront #COFs #MaterialsChemistry

New research by Ksenia Chaykun, Benny Febriansyah, Zexiang Shen 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Photoinduced electron transfer enables reversible fluorescence enhancement in solid‑state viologen hybrids. 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QM... #MaterChemFront #Photophysics #Luminescence

Check out Abhi's beautiful cover for @materchemfront.rsc.org (pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @st-andrewschem.bsky.social @standrewsosc.bsky.social

🎵From the "bright side of the road" to the "dark end of the street"🎵 Our latest paper is out: Double-decker Pt complexes spanning green OLEDs & NIR emission. Great collab. with Fernando Dias, Piotr Pander & Lucy Weatherill. @durham.ac.uk @csicaragon.bsky.social @unizar.es @materchemfront.rsc.org

Full plenary speaker line-up announced!!👇 Meet our plenary speakers and submit an oral abstract for your chance to join them in London this November to explore and celebrate the theme of the 2026 Horizons symposium: (Nano)catalysis. www.rsc.org/events/find-...

Welcome to Issue 5! Please read the cover article: Electrochemical QCM-D for insights into organic mixed ionic–electronic conductors and transistors (OECTs) by Liubov Bakhchova 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. #OrganicElectronics #Electrochemistry #OECT #Free_to_read 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QM...

Welcome to Issue 4! Please read the cover article: Spatiotemporal identification of therapeutic markers 𝘷𝘪𝘢 dual-targeted #SERS bioprobes for assessing breast cancer progression by Xiaoxia Wu, Dong Xu, Aiguo Wu, Jie Lin 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. #Free_to_read #BreastCancer #CancerDiagnostics doi.org/10.1039/D5QM...

Congratulations 🎊 to Karthik and Abhi for their paper accepted in @materchemfront.rsc.org (doi.org/10.1039/D5QM...), reporting an unusual RTP material. ⚗️🧪 @standrewsosc.bsky.social @standrewschem.bsky.social

We are delighted to announce the Best @materchemfront.rsc.org Covers of 2025! Read below the scientific papers behind each winning piece. Front cover Issue 21 doi.org/10.1039/D5QM... Front cover Issue 23 doi.org/10.1039/D5QM... Front cover Issue 04 doi.org/10.1039/D4QM...

🎉 2025 Most-Popular Articles in Materials Chemistry Frontiers To celebrate the Lunar New Year, we’re highlighting a curated selection of 2025’s most popular papers. blogs.rsc.org/qm/2026/02/1... 🆓 Free to read until 20 March. #InorganicChemistry #MaterialsChemistry #RSC

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Recent research by Qun Xu's team. #ZhengzhouUniversity Fabrication of magnetic-proton dual-functional CaZrO₃ via supercritical CO₂ (SC CO₂)-modulated dynamic defect equilibrium and multiscale lattice strain engineering was achieved. doi.org/10.1039/D5QM00753D

Recent research by Aiguo Wu 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. Authors develop a dual-targeted SERS platform enabling single-cell–resolution detection of PD-L1 and HER2 in breast cancer with a detection limit of 2 cells mL⁻¹. doi.org/10.1039/D5QM00808E

Issue 1 of Materials Chemistry Frontiers is available now! Check out the full issue if you are interested: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

Review article by Tian Xia's team. #HeilongjiangUniversity Authors summarize a series of layered perovskite oxides (LnBaCo₂O₅⁺ᵟ) demonstrating attractive oxygen reduction, oxygen evolution, and hydrogen evolution electrolysis activities. doi.org/10.1039/D5QM00518C

Research article by Mengmeng Han 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. #HenanAcademyofSciences Organic photovoltaic materials were employed as photocatalysts, and Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) was introduced to induce efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. doi.org/10.1039/D5QM00715A

Research by Zhen Li's team. #WuhanUniversity Authors achieve high-temperature afterglow and acid/base-responsive behavior by combining RTP units with phenolic hydroxyl groups to enable strong hydrogen bonding and active-hydrogen reactivity in crystals. doi.org/10.1039/D5QM00700C

Research article by Bingbing Tian's team. #ShenzhenUniversity This study investigates the effects of incorporating LiGaO₂ (LGO) into LLZTO to enhance grain-boundary bonding, reduce activation energy, and suppress lithium dendrite growth. doi.org/10.1039/D5QM00736D

Recent review by Dae Woo Kim's team. #YonseiUniversity Authors review state-of-the-art MOF synthesis and integration strategies for MEAs, highlighting scalability and interfacial engineering challenges. doi.org/10.1039/D5QM00789E

Gwenaëlle Rousse's team report three new phases – Li₂Mn₂W₂O₉, Li₂Fe₂W₂O₉ and Li₂Co₂W₂O₉ – synthesized via ceramic and carbothermal reduction methods. #CollègedeFrance doi.org/10.1039/D5QM00678C

Research by Ganna Gryn'ova's team. #UniversityofBern Authors introduce deCOFpose, an algorithm that systematically fragments COFs into chemically intuitive building blocks for fragment-based structure–property analysis, demonstrated for band gaps. doi.org/10.1039/D5QM00727E

#OpenAccess article by Surendra Babu Manabolu Surya's team. #GITAM Authors report a palladium nanoparticle-functionalized β-ketoenamine-linked covalent organic framework (Pd@TAPT-COF) that enables efficient room-temperature hydrogen sensing. doi.org/10.1039/D5QM00681C

Research by Ferry Iskandar 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. The oxidation degree of graphene was tuned by varying the electrolyte concentration during the electrochemical exfoliation process, and its impact on the performance of NCA/graphene cathodes was evaluated. doi.org/10.1039/D5QM00564G

Research article by Yongjae Lee's team. #YonseiUniversity Authors present a combined experimental and theoretical investigation of the pressure response of the chlorine-based two-dimensional perovskite (PMA)₂PbCl₄. doi.org/10.1039/D5QM00719D

Review by Zhenyu Yang's team. #SunYat-senUniversity This review examines the evolution of surface functionalization strategies, encompassing both conventional passivation methods and innovative ligand architectures, for the property manipulation of Si/Ge NCs. doi.org/10.1039/D5QM00646E

Recent review by Hongmin Chen's team. #XiamenUniversity This review summarized the mechanisms of phosphorescent radiative transitions, including key factors such as molecular orbital arrangements, spin–orbit coupling, and intermolecular interactions. doi.org/10.1039/D5QM00659G

HOT review by Jianshi Du's team. This review summarizes recent advances in the use of #INMs for #lymphatic disease management, including X-ray and photoacoustic imaging, high-resolution fluorescence tracking, and controlled drug delivery. doi.org/10.1039/D5QM00647C