On this week's front cover is a paper by Víctor M. Jiménez-Pérez and coauthors: "BOSCHIBAs as a fluorescent dye of silk fibroin with mechano- and thermoresistive properties: ultrasound synthesis, photophysical characterization, X-ray analysis, and molecular docking." doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪On this week's inside front cover is an article "On the magnetic criteria of aromaticity in topologically spherical molecules: theoretical tools for the magnetic response of giant fullerenes C240 and C540," by Riccardo Zanasi & co.: doi.org/10.1039/D6NJ...

🧪On this week's front cover is a paper by Tatiana Renata Gomes Simões and co-workers entitled, "Hybrid azine–oxamic acid molecular design: synthesis, structure, and supramolecular implications." Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪On the front cover of this week's issue: γ-Graphyne-modulated g-C3N4 nanostructures for boosted photocatalytic ammonia production, by Xiaoqing Ma, Mauricio A. Melo, and coauthors. doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪On this week's front cover: a Communication by David C. Magri and coauthors - A fluorescent naphthalenediimide AND logic gate: a Pourbaix sensor for two protons and one electron: doi.org/10.1039/D6NJ...

Featured on this week's front cover is an article on the 'Complexation of uranium(vi) with glyphosate in acidic to basic aqueous solutions,' by Qiang Li and coworkers. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

Congratulations to Marco Sá and Catarina Alves for winning the @daltontrans.rsc.org & @newjchem.rsc.org prizes at the 15th Inorganic & Bioinorganic Chemistry Conference (ICiCC) in Lisbon earlier this month!

🧪On this week's front cover: Degradation of perfluorooctanoic acid using zero-valent iron coated with carboxymethyl-β-cyclodextrin polymer, by Miroslav Černík, Mietek Jaroniec, Stanisław Wacławek & coworkers: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪On this week's outside front cover: Dipicolinic acid modified carbon nitride for photocatalytic degradation of acid violet 7 dye and charge storage application, by Suresh S. Umare and coworkers: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪On this week's outside front cover is a paper by Bolin Chetia and coauthors: Zinc ferrite as a sustainable and robust catalyst for Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction: an experimental and theoretical analysis - doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

Now open for submissions: Advanced Materials/Biomaterials and their Applications. Guest edited by Deepak Chopra, Anik Sen, Nishant Nai, and Ranjit Biswas. Submissions open until 30 September 2026. www.rsc.org/publishing/j...

🧪On this week's outside front cover: Ce-accelerated spontaneous redox synthesis of NiFe-based electrocatalysts for efficient oxygen evolution reaction, by In-Kyoung Ahn. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D6NJ...

🧪On this week's inside front cover: Photocatalytic activation of indole alkanols for intramolecular cyclization toward furoindolines, by Lanxiang Liu, Bei Zhou, Jun Lin, and coauthors. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪On the cover of this week's issue: Ring-opening polymerization and epimerization of l-lactide catalyzed by indium(iii) acetate: synthesis, characterization, and computational validation, by José E. Báez & co. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪On this week's inside front cover: Synthesis and crystal structure of a [2+4]-type organic cage based on calix[4]arene, by Manabu Yamada and coauthors. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪On this week's inside front cover is a paper by Ennio Zangrando, Ria Sanyal & co: "Supramolecular networks of picrate derivatives with tunable hydrogen-bonding densities for selective bacterial killing." Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪On this week's inside front cover: "Illuminating weak bonds: non-classical C–H⋯Br hydrogen bonding and bright emission in a BODIPY fluorophore," by Karrar Al-Ameed and coauthors. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪Now online: From fluorine chemistry to noncovalent interactions - a cross-journal collection in @pccp.rsc.org , @crystengcomm.rsc.org and NJC celebrating the 70th birthday of Prof. Giuseppe Resnati. doi.org/10.1039/D5CP...

🧪On this week's inside front cover: "Tunable Cu–Ni phosphine–thiolate complexes as water-compatible catalysts for base-free click chemistry," by Subrato Bhattacharya and coauthors. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪On this week's outside front cover is an article by Cui Jiehu on "Enhanced flame retardancy in epoxy resins by ZnAl-LDH/ammonium polyphosphate synergism: impact of alkali source variation." Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪On this week's outside front cover is an Open Access article by Kamya Jasuja & Raj Kumar Das on the "Enhanced photocatalytic activity of g-C3N4 modified BiOBr for the degradation of reactive blue 19 under visible light" - read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪This week's inside front cover features A theoretical study of the anharmonic effect on the important combustion reaction mechanism of NH3/PODE1 mixed fuels, by Li Yao and co. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪On this week's outside front cover is an article by Ling Liang, Fanggui Ye and coworkers entitled 'Design of a hollow GOx@Cu2+–PA integrated nanozyme for self-cascading colorimetric sensing of glucose' - doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪On this week's inside front cover: a Communication on 1,10-Pyrene-monoimides: a new class of electron acceptors and excimer-forming fluorescent dyes, by Julia A. Schneider and coauthors: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪Featured on this week's outside front cover is a paper by Pramod S. Patil and coauthors: Rapid synthesis of cobalt phosphate microplates for supercapacitors - doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪On this week's inside front cover: a Communication on 1,10-Pyrene-monoimides: a new class of electron acceptors and excimer-forming fluorescent dyes, by Julia A. Schneider and coauthors: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪Featured on this week's outside front cover is a paper by Pramod S. Patil and coauthors: Rapid synthesis of cobalt phosphate microplates for supercapacitors - doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪Featured on the cover of the first issue of our 50th anniversary volume is a paper by Tianchi Li, Weifang Zheng & co: Impact of various reductants on Pu(iii) stability in the organic phase and its distribution ratio in a biphasic system: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪Featured on the cover of the first issue of our 50th anniversary volume is a paper by Tianchi Li, Weifang Zheng & co: Impact of various reductants on Pu(iii) stability in the organic phase and its distribution ratio in a biphasic system: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪On the Inside Front Cover of this week's NJC, an Open Access paper on the 'Novel synthesis and SPR characterization of gold nanoparticles' by Vian Mahmood Saleh & co. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪On this week's Outside Front Cover of NJC is a paper by Kuldeep Kumar and P. Arun entitled 'Predicted behavior of a proposed novel hexa-structured layered Sb2S3: potential optoelectronic applications in the GHz range.' Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪On the most recent front cover of NJC is a Communication by José A. L. da Silva and co-authors entitled 'Efficient direct phosphorylation of ribonucleosides by slightly soluble nickel phosphate mineral arupite, using wet/dry cycles' doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

On this week's cover: Development of real-time monitoring system for water based on chemiluminescence using chemiluminophore and photosensitizer for singlet oxygen generation, by Yousuke Ooyama and coauthors. Read it here: DOI doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ... 🧪

On this week's front cover🧪: a paper by Jun Young Lee & Jeong Hoon Park entitled 'I-124 Labeled Rhein-coated gold nanoparticles for targeted breast cancer.' Read it here: DOI doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

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On the most recent front cover🧪is an Open Access article by Toshiyuki Moriuchi and coauthors: Catalytic dehydroxylative homo-coupling reaction of alcohols by using iron/l-ascorbic acid system. Read it here: DOI doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

On this week's front cover🧪: First-principles exploration of truxene–BODIPY architectures as alternative non-fullerene acceptors in organic photovoltaics, by Banashmita Barman and Dhruba Jyoti Kalita. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

On the most recent front cover🧪: an Open Access article by David Morales-Morales & co: Theophylline-based NHC–Ir(i) complexes bearing fluorinated benzyl groups as potential anticancer agents. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

On this week's front cover🧪: Synthesis and photochromic modulation of aromaticity in dinaphthylethene derivatives, by Lin Ding, Ruiji Li, and coauthors. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪On this week's front cover: Bio-based edible packages from cassava (Manihot esculenta) peel starch incorporating amla (Phyllanthus emblica) pomace microparticles for palmyrah fruit leather, by Danushika C. Manatunga & co. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

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To celebrate the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry, we’ve curated a collection of impactful articles from across RSC journals on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) 🏆 #chemsky Free to read until the end of November: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

🧪 On this week's cover: a paper by Koyeli Mapa, Chinna Ayya Swamy P, and coworkers: meso-Substituted BODIPY rotors as lipid droplet probes for cell-type differentiation. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

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🧪 This week's featured cover article is 'Triarylmethane dye ethynologue with a fused julolidine motif as a compact dye in the near infrared range' by Shigeyuki Yamada and coworkers. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪 This week's featured cover article is 'Triarylmethane dye ethynologue with a fused julolidine motif as a compact dye in the near infrared range' by Shigeyuki Yamada and coworkers. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪 On this week's front cover: Synthesis, characterization, computational and DNA interaction studies of mono- and dinuclear Ru(ii) complexes containing terpyridine and p-cymene ligands, by Anwesha Mohanty and Srikanta Patra. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪The outside front cover of this week's issue features an Open Access article by Jonathan S. Lindsey & co. entitled Synthesis of compact water-soluble bioconjugatable porphyrins for life sciences applications - read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

On this week's front cover🧪 - Controlled Ni-doped cobalt ferrite nanoparticles: a green and sustainable heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of 5-substituted 1H-tetrazoles via a [3+2] cycloaddition reaction, by Bolin Chetia & co. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

On this week's front cover🧪 - Thermal stability analysis of organic laser dye 4,4′-bis[(N-carbazole)styryl]-biphenyl, by Guangling Bian, Ling Song, and coworkers. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...