Happy holidays from everyone in the ChemComm Editorial Office! Thank you to all our authors, reviewers, editors and readers for your support throughout 2025 and we look forward to continuing to publish your wonderful research in 2026!

Check out this article featured #OnTheCover of Issue 100, ChemComm's final issue of 2025. "Size-selective formation of metallonanobelts via tethering-template-directed self-assembly" Read the article here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... Access the full issue here: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

Featured #OnTheCover of issue 99 of ChemComm! "Adaptive crystals of homothiacalix[4]arene capable of molecular recognition, with preferential uptake of benzene over cyclohexane" by Renny Maria Losus, Sem Bleus, Volodymyr Bon, Stefan Kaskel, Wim Dehaen and Liliana Dobrzańska buff.ly/6RK5KgY

💮Prize Winners Congrats to Takuya Sakurai from Keio U, Nijito Mukai from U Osaka and Taihei Inari from Hiroshima U who win our oral and poster prizes for their excellent presentations at the 52nd Symposium on Main Group Element Chemistry🎉👏👏 @chemicalscience.rsc.org @chemcomm.rsc.org #有機典型元素化学討論会

Very happy to be a part of this: we report a chain-length–dependent switch in Ru-catalyzed cross-metathesis of alkenyl phosphates, supported by DFT analysis. Congrats to first author Apicha! Read more here: @rsc.org @chemcomm.rsc.org @tudresden.bsky.social doi.org/10.1039/D5CC...

#OnTheBackCover of issue 98 of ChemComm... "π-Extended cis- and trans-bis(tetracyanobutadiene) Cu-porphyrins with unusual multiredox behavior" by Reena Jangra, Amir Sohel Bulbul and Muniappan Sankar Read the full communication here 👉 buff.ly/QDhBMnh

Be sure to read "Design and synthesis of ternary multi-component crystals by sublimation" by Matthew C. Scheepers and Delia A. Haynes, as featured on the back cover of issue 98! Read the full #OpenAccess communication here 👉 buff.ly/GoZynaJ

#OnTheCover of issue 98! "Pd-catalyzed acceptorless dehydrogenative aromatization of cyclohexyl rings via benzylic C–H bond activation" by Qing Yu, Takafumi Yatabe, Takehiro Matsuyama and Kazuya Yamaguchi Read the full article here, free to access for 6 weeks! 👉 buff.ly/Ot0u6kw

Don't miss "Non-oxidative coupling of methane via selective passivized catalysis" by Jacob C. Robinson, Jiaping Weng, Tobias K. Misicko, Natalie Remedies, Daniela S. Mainardia and Yang Xiao As featured #OnTheCover of issue 97! Read the full Feature article here 👉 buff.ly/1ndO9bG

Featured #OnTheCover of issue 97! "Directing the glow: 3D feeder geometries to enhance planar bipolar electrochemiluminescence" by Oisín Foley Doyle, Gordon G. Wallace, Zhilian Yue, Jun Chen, Stephen Beirne and Robert J. Forster Read the #OpenAccess article here 👉 buff.ly/z5Uip8K

Our latest paper from @benedekstdlr.bsky.social using metal-metal cooperation to access silane complexes is now out in @chemcomm.rsc.org here is the link pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Be sure to read "Temperature-jump QCL spectroscopy of peptide dynamics: expanding spectral accessibility by dual-combs" by Lorenz Mattes, Manuel Oestringer, Paul Stritt, Raphael Horvath, Andreas Hugi and Karin Hauser Featured #OnTheCover of issue 96 👉 buff.ly/24Q8EHv

#OnTheCover of issue 96 of ChemComm! "Structural remodelling of the 2OG oxygenase Rv3406 enables sulfur-scavenging in Mycobacterium tuberculosis" by Vicky Tzu-Jung Juan, Christopher J. Squire, Evelyn Yu-Wen Huang, Ivanhoe K. H. Leung and co! Read it here 👉 buff.ly/8IHnsrJ

Check out "Effect of auxiliary ligand in nickel-based metal organic frameworks towards oxygen evolution electrocatalysis" by Prasita Mazumder, Subrata Kundu, & co! Featured as one of the #ChemCommCovers in issue 95 Read the full communication here 👉 buff.ly/BI7xV53

On the back cover of issue 95! "DFT-guided additive design for BaTiO3-based MLCCs exhibiting excellent insulation reliability" by Gi Joo Bang, Hyo-Ki Hong, Seong Hun Kim, Juhun Park, Kang-Sahn Kim and Giwoong Ha Read the full communication here 👉 buff.ly/7j0T5fZ

Don't miss "Engineering guidelines for CRISPR diagnostics" by Alexandre S. Avaro and Juan G. Santiago Featured as one of the #ChemCommCovers in issue 95! Read the full Feature article here 👉 buff.ly/3AqLVz4

Featured #OnTheCover of issue 95 of ChemComm... "Concerted galvanic replacement reactions towards trimetallic Cu–Ag–Pd nanostructures for glycerol electrocatalysis" by Eddy Zakharia, Yaovi Holade & co! Read the #OpenAccess communication here 👉 buff.ly/RCdw6yI

Be sure to read "Dynamic activation of alcohols by an electrophilic phosphinine" by Richard Kopp, Massimo Rigo, Lucie Groth, Nathan Coles, Samuel Neale, Samantha Frank, Mortiz Ernst, Manuela Weber and Christian Müller. As featured #OnTheCover of issue 94 👉 buff.ly/PaRYZvy

#OnTheCover of issue 94! "Metal-dependant structural families of aminomethylphosphonic acid assemblies differentiated by ion mobility mass spectrometry and density functional theory" by Olivia Rusli, Nicole J. Rijs, & co! Read the #OpenAccess article here 👉 buff.ly/pVUBebM

Featured #OnTheCover of issue 93... "Stirring chemical reaction landscapes through strong light–matter interactions" by Jaibir Singh, Pallavi Garg, Jyoti Lather and Jino George Read the #OpenAccess Feature article here 👉 buff.ly/ftqVgGp

"A chiroptical switcher: helical inversion of twisted porphyrin macrocycle synergistically controlled by combined stimuli of solvent and pressure" by Tomoyuki Hamachi, Tomokazu Kinoshita, Kouta Tanabe, Naoyuki Hisano, Takeharu Haino and Gaku Fukuhara Out now in issue 93 👉 buff.ly/FKo6uwC

Professor Sandeep Verma of @chemcomm.rsc.org is presenting in our late morning session of this year's #ChemSciSymposium, covering the fabrication of chips that can be used for multicell tracking and other topics aligned to the development of assays.

Don't miss "Enhancing deep chemical reaction prediction with advanced chirality and fragment representation" by Fabrizio Mastrolorito, Fulvio Ciriaco, Orazio Nicolotti and Francesca Grisoni As featured #OnTheCover of issue 93! Read the #OpenAccess article here 👉 buff.ly/ID2PlQ8

Featured #OnTheCover of issue 93! "Photo-driven decarboxylation for sustainable biofuel production: a review on harnessing the potential of fatty acid decarboxylases" by Ao Xia, Qiang Liao, & co. Read the full Feature article here 👉 buff.ly/YiLStzs Free to access for 6 weeks!

ChemComm’s new 5-page limit is here! We’re giving authors more space for statements and references, while preserving the concise and accessible nature of our Communications. Read our updated guidelines: www.rsc.org/publishing/p...

Congratulation to Prasenjit and Matthias for adding gold in our azadistibiridine and study the unusual stepwise dyotropic rearrangement! Now published in @chemcomm.rsc.org Thanks @tonifrontera.bsky.social for the fruitful collaboration. #Antimony #Smallrings pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Be sure to read "An activity-based probe library for identifying promiscuous amide hydrolases" by Chathuri J. Kombala, Kristoffer R. Brandvold, Sankarganesh Krishnamoorthy & co. Featured on the back cover of issue 91! Read the #OpenAccess article here 👉 buff.ly/RIOdIol

Out now on the cover of issue 91 of ChemComm! "When MOFs met SALI: solvent-assisted ligand incorporation in metal–organic frameworks for catalysis and beyond" by Marzena Pander, Emilian Stachura, Magdalena Kozieł-Szymańska and Wojciech Bury Read the full article here 👉 buff.ly/QqDXmfw

Don't miss "From non-innocent ionic liquids to reactive agents in the synthesis of chalcogenido metalate compounds" by Gina Stuhrmann, Bastian Weinert and Stefanie Dehnen Featured on the back cover of issue 90 of ChemComm! Read the #OpenAccess Feature article here 👉 buff.ly/w7KvTrP

On the cover of issue 90! "A diazadiphospholenium cation featuring a reactive P=P bond: synthesis and reversible main-group bond activation" by Jan Wieneke, Francesco Cirigliano and Marcel Schorpp Read the full communication here 👉 buff.ly/0RPO1NM

Check out "The direct photochemical cross-esterification of alcohols via site-selective C–H bromination" by Atsuya Miyamoto, Hiroyoshi Takamura, Isao Kadota and Kenta Tanaka, as featured on the back cover of issue 89! buff.ly/i8APwUi

Don't miss "In situ constructing a polyaniline layer on a Pt surface enhances the oxygen reduction activity and stability of Pt for fuel cells" by Anyu Li, Yuzhe Liu, Zhen Zhang, Hong Chen, He Qi, Zhenbo Wang and Xulei Sui Featured #OnTheCover of issue 89 👉 buff.ly/iW2IkCG

Be sure to read "An activity-based probe library for identifying promiscuous amide hydrolases" by Sankar Krishnamoorthy & co! 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... This is Sankar's first independent article in ChemComm

Don't miss "Recent developments in the use of fluorinated esters as activated intermediates in organic synthesis" by Daniel E. Bonn and William D. G. Brittain Featured on the back cover of issue 88 of ChemComm! buff.ly/DHGa2yI

Be sure to read "β-Carboxyphospholes via carboxylative desilylation: luminophores with a versatile connectivity attached" by Katharina Eichhorn, Clemens Bruhn and Rudolf Pietschnig Featured #OnTheCover of issue 88 of ChemComm buff.ly/6zGNtGb

Featured #OnTheCover of issue 88! "Glass-like thermal transport in polycrystalline perovskite lithium-ion conductor Li3/8Sr7/16Hf1/4Ta3/4O3" by Yitian Wang, Qianru Jia, Shuchen Li, Li Shi, Yutao Li and Xi Chen Read the full communication here 👉 buff.ly/G30Msbb

Check out "Cobaltaelectro-catalyzed C–H acyloxylation of aromatic and vinylic amide derivatives at room temperature" by Ruzal Sitdikov, Pavlo Nikolaienko, Luca Meyer and Oscar Verho Read the #OpenAccess communication here 👉 buff.ly/Yr3T905

Don't miss "Precise Heteroatoms Engineering for Iodine Capture Promotion in Porous Organic Cages" by Chao Liu & co! This is Chao Liu's first independent article published in ChemComm! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

New on @chemcomm.rsc.org #Nora Non adiabatic dynamics with quantum derived #Joyce force field applied to biomimetic photo-switches. @ctm-itodys.bsky.social @upcite.bsky.social pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Don't miss "Photocurable polymer-based tubular micromotors: advancing toward life science applications" by Saki Batori and Teruyuki Komatsu Featured #OnTheCover of issue 87 Read the #OpenAccess feature article here 👉 buff.ly/Y9sEigw

Featured #OnTheCover of issue 87! "Exploration of electrochemical hydrogen pumping with ultralow feed concentration down to 1 ppm" by Mostafijur R. Shakil, Aashish Dumre, Nabin Subedi, Yixin Liu, Shan Hu and Shuang Gu Read the full communication here 👉 buff.ly/y0NAFvU

New paper out in @chemcomm.rsc.org! “Tuneable emission from disordered to ordered aggregates in substituted 9,10-dihydroanthracene polymers” pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/cc/d5cc04688b This work is part of the AIE collection celebrating 25 years since BZ Tang’s seminal 2001 paper.

Happy to share that our Feature Article has just been accepted in @chemcomm.rsc.org !🎉 We explore Type I photoreactivity in cyclometalated Ir/Ru complexes. Proud to be corresponding author 💡 @joseruizlab.bsky.social @Marchanlab pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

New paper at @chemcomm.rsc.org with @lsalassa.bsky.social and I14 at @diamondlightsource.bsky.social X-ray spectromicroscopy shows that conjugating flavins to PtIV prodrugs improve greatly activation efficiency, even at much lower irradiation dose! @dipcehu.bsky.social doi.org/10.1039/D5CC...

Don't miss "In operando assessment of H2O2 production by a multicopper oxidase under direct electron transfer with a gold electrode" by Panpan Wang, Vânia Brissos, Lígia O. Martins, Wolfgang Schuhmann and Felipe Conzuelo Featured #OnTheCover of issue 85 Read it here 👉 buff.ly/xE6vRCi

Don't miss "A streamlined steric-shielding approach toward efficient narrowband (FWHM ∼ 18 nm) ultra-violet emitters for OLEDs" by Rajendra Kumar Konidena & co. This is Rajendra's first independent article published in ChemComm! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Featured #OnTheCover of issue 85 of ChemComm! "Capturing the short-lived excited singlet state in crystals of a TADF silver(i) complex" by Piotr Łaski, Jakub Drapała, Radosław Kamiński, Krzysztof Durka, Dariusz Szarejko, Robert Henning and Katarzyna N. Jarzembska Read it here 👉 buff.ly/j7lo5nx

We're delighted to share the success of Hongbing Wang's (Chengdu University) first article as an independent researcher, published in ChemComm! "Surface acidity as the decisive descriptor for hydroxyl-mediated hydrogen spillover in hydrogen isotope exchange" pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Learn more about transdermal drug delivery with this new Feature article by Fahmida Habib Nabila, Muhammad Moniruzzaman and Masahiro Goto, featured on the cover of issue 84! "Ionic liquid-based transdermal drug delivery systems for biopharmaceuticals" Read it here 👉 buff.ly/rzaZDUc

From the cover of issue 84! "Remodelling of tricyclic carbon frameworks with a norbornene scaffold" by Akihiro Yoshitani, Tomonari Sasage, Ranmaru Kato, Takahiro Suzuki, Kazutada Ikeuchi and Keiji Tanino Read the full Communication here 👉 buff.ly/qyuVFMF