🧪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...

Issue 31 is now online 🧪 - on the cover, a Communication by Mrigendra Dubey & co, entitled 'Colour-tuneable hydrophobic carbon dot aggregates for LEDs applications' read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

On the cover of our most recent issue: Supramolecular biosourced hydrogelator: a green tool for tailoring the pore size of mesostructured silica for enzyme immobilization, by Christine Gérardin-Charbonnier, Jean-Luc Blin & co: doi.org/10.1039/D4NJ... 🧪

Issue 28 is here! 👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/... 🔓The cover features #OpenAccess work by Gregory C Welch & co on tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane: leveraging historical & emerging work to identify alternatives for organic electronic applications⬇️🔥 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ... 📍 @ucalgary.bsky.social‬

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Now Online! Our themed issue on Mesostructured Materials 🧪, guest edited by Peter Hesemann and Bao-Lian Su, showcasing the diverse range of topics discussed at IMMS12, including oxides, mixed oxides, MOFs, carbons, and biomaterials: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

'Visible light assisted oxidation of organic compounds by iridium(III)dipyrrinato complexes' by Ita Gupta and coworkers is featured on the Inside Front Cover of this week's issue - read it now: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ... 🧪

On the Outside Front Cover of this week's issue is an article by Yosuke Matsuo et al. entitled 'Conformationally flexible ellagitannins: conformational analysis of davidiin and punicafolin by DFT-based 1 H– 1 H coupling constant calculations' - doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ... 🧪

On the cover of this week's issue: Logic gate copolymers of cinchona alkaloid-ferrocene derivatives, by Nicola’ Agius and David C. Magri - DOI: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ... 🧪

On the cover of this week's issue is a Perspective by Claudia Iriarte-Mesa and Freddy Kleitz: Tailored mesoporous silica nanoparticles for overcoming gastrointestinal barriers: a perspective on advanced strategies for oral delivery. Read it now: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ... 🧪

We're very pleased to announce that our that award for Outstanding Paper 2024 goes to 'In situ exsolved CoFe alloys over perovskite toward enhanced ammonia synthesis', by Yufeng Du, Xiang Su, Xin Wang, Lingting Ye and Kui Xie: doi.org/10.1039/D4NJ... 🧪 #ChemSky

Issue 20 is now online! Check out the cover article: How molecular spacers enhance the bonding strength of trimeric Janus-like rosettes through secondary interactions, by André Nicolai Petelski & co: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ... 🧪

Check out our latest cover article 🧪, A hinge motif unveils the cryptic structural determinants of selective inhibitors towards PI3Kα and VPS34 by Huibin Wang, Shuyang Shi, Baichun Hu and Na Duan: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

Check out the latest cover, A molecular electron density theory investigation of the mechanism of intramolecular [3+2] cycloaddition (32CA) with the participation of nitrile N-oxide and ethene molecular segments by Mohamed Chellegui & Co-workers: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...

🧪 Check out the latest cover article: Long-term stability of Ag NPs in a room temperature cured SiO2–ZrO2 crosslinking hybrid robust coating towards enhanced weather resistance properties and its antibacterial applications by Srikrishna Manna & Co-workers doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...