Just Bead It! 💥 Discover the rapid optimization and scale-up of a one-pot Wittig olefination–Diels-Alder reaction sequence using an agitator bead mill, where the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, TU Wien @chemistry-tuw.bsky.social, joined forces with the WAB-GROUP...

Have you checked out the RSC Mechanochemistry Students’ Choice collection yet? 🎓✨ Read the Students’ Choice posts on the RSC Mechanochemistry blog: blogs.rsc.org/mr/ Discover the RSC Mechanochemistry research that inspired the discussion: pubs.rsc.org/mr/collectio...

The time has come where we celebrate our RSC Mechanochemistry outstanding reviewers of 2025. In this Editorial we show our appreciation to all our superb reviewers for their support in 2025. Read below to find out who were named Outstanding Reviewers. pubs.rsc.org/mr/article/3...

RSC Mechanochemistry issue 4 has been published! Read for free from the latest issue here: pubs.rsc.org/mr/issue

Congratulations to the Fluorine Circularity team, led by Professor Tetsuo Shibata, who received the Organic Chemistry Horizon Prize for pioneering mechanochemical and room-temp strategies to defluorinate and upcycle fluoropolymers + PFAS into valuable fluorochemicals www.rsc.org/standards-an...

Check out this review on mechanochemical synthesis of enzyme-embedded porous organic frameworks! Zhi-Wei Li, Guosheng Chen and colleagues present useful mechanochemical methods that facilitate access to multifunctional biocomposites. Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D4MR...

Want to know more about sonochemical reaction dynamics? Madeleine Bussemaker and team explore the effect of acoustic and external factors on sonoluminescence, sonochemiluminescence and dosimetry in this recent article 👇 doi.org/10.1039/D5MR...

From solids to ionic liquids — read about the scalable mechanochemical synthesis of ionic liquids for electrochemical applications in this recent article by de Oliveira, Torresi and team 👇 doi.org/10.1039/D6MR...

RSC Mechanochemistry has reached an important milestone – its first Journal Impact Factor of 3.3. The work we publish advances the impact of mechanochemistry from fundamental to applied innovations. Discover our range of metrics, which will continue to be updated ➡ www.rsc.org/publishing/j...

An efficient route to ethylenes💡 Using ball‑milling conditions, this study delivers a scalable McMurry reaction with up to 97% yield and strong functional group tolerance. Explore the research: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Catch up on this trending article by Guido Kickelbick 'Mechanochemical activation and sodium intercalation in the NaTi2(PO4)3 NASICON structure'. #Chemsky Read it for free here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Check out this trending review article 'Reassessing mechanochemical processes in polyatomic systems for smart fabrication of nanocomposites' by RSC Mechanochemistry Advisory board member Adam Michalchuk . Catch up on this paper for free here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Learn more about the exciting world of mechanochemistry from leaders in the field. This editorial collection illuminates all corners of mechanochemistry, bringing to you, current and ground breaking research in this ever developing field. pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

Check out this recent article by Hedong Zhang and coworkers to discover how diamond-like carbon surfaces affect the mechanochemical degradation of PFPE lubricants in heat-assisted magnetic recording 💎 Read for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5MR...

Check out the mechanochemical synthesis of calcium-based heavy Grignard reagents for the arylation of gem-difluorostyrenes in this recent article from RSC Mechanochemistry Editorial Board member Hajime Ito, Koji Kubota and team 👇 @hajito1.bsky.social Read for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D4MR...

Discover mechanocatalysis in a ball mill in this article by RSC Mechanochemistry Editorial Board member Lars Borchardt, Johanna Templ and team! This article presents a new approach to Mizoroki–Heck coupling of aryl iodides with olefins, catalysed by palladium milling balls 👇 doi.org/10.1039/D5MR...

A nanoparticle conjugation strategy to enhance piezoelectric property and mechanochemical reaction performance of protein-based materials is discussed in the final contribution to the Students’ Choice collection 🧑‍🎓💥 Find out more in the blog post: blogs.rsc.org/mr/2026/05/1...

This homogeneous, non-pyrophoric powder of Na/NaCl was prepared by ball-milling and used as a reductant in the mechanochemical synthesis of a magnesium(I) dimer! Check out the article by @kylegpearce.bsky.social and coworkers here 👉 doi.org/10.1039/D5MR...

Find out about the challenges of understanding kinetics of mechanochemical reactions in this article from RSC Mechanochemistry Editorial Board member Hajime Ito and team. This work develops a scaling theory to understand the effect of mechanical stress on ball milling👇 doi.org/10.1039/D4MR...

RSC Mechanochemistry issue 3 has been published! Read for free from the latest issue here: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

Check out the latest article by Dowdell and co-workers! Mechanochemical HCl salification enables rapid access to novel solid forms using stoichiometric acid, with 35/37Cl solid-state NMR probing chloride environments. Read the research for free here:

🚨 Photoluminescent silicon quantum dots are discussed in the latest contribution to the Students’ Choice series! 🚨 Read the blog post from Laura Calderone, Luca Viaggi and Lucia Tornincasa: blogs.rsc.org/mr/2026/04/3...

Read the work by Franziska Habermann and co‑workers on how LiCl and NaCl influence the thermal dehydrogenation behaviour of Ca(AlH₄)₂. 🌡️ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Jan-Hendrik Schöbel and colleagues at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung recently published in RSC Mechanochemistry, showing that drum‑mill mechanochemistry can enable scalable, solvent‑lean pharmaceutical co‑crystal synthesis. Read it for free, here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Discover this work on the amorphous-to-crystalline transformation of covalent organic frameworks using mechanochemistry by Xinle Li and coworkers! Access for free here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Check out this article from RSC Mechanochemistry Advisory Board member @fredlamaty.bsky.social and team. This work explores the formation of amide bonds using mechanochemistry and how to optimise the reaction using different optimisation techniques. Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5MR...

Did you know that preparing aspirin using mechanochemistry can improve its bioavailability? Nadeesh Adassooriya and colleagues explore this in their recently published RSC Mechanochemistry paper. Read it for free: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

A sustainable and potentially scalable alternative to the energy-intensive Acheson process is discussed in the RSC Mechanochemistry Students’ Choice collection 🧑‍🎓 Read the latest blog post by Elia Zoffoli, Martina Casalini, Cristina Bagnacavalli and Gian Maria Selleri👇 blogs.rsc.org/mr/2026/04/1...

🎓 Read the latest Students’ Choice blog post 🎓 Thomas Jia Hao Hu, Jacopo Suozzi, Marta Innocenzi and Giacomo Marchignoni discuss a solvent-free mechanochemical strategy for performing a Sonogashira cross-coupling. Find out more in their blog post: blogs.rsc.org/mr/2026/04/0...

Check out this free RSC webinar on ‘Applications of Mechanochemistry’ 👇 Wednesday 8th April 2026 - 4pm BST / 11am EDT 🗓️ Register here: rsc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Have you considered the importance of milling ball trajectories? RSC Mechanochemistry Editorial Board member, Lars Borchardt, and team establish that the trajectory of the milling ball is a critical parameter in mechanochemical reactivity. Read their study for free: doi.org/10.1039/D5MR...

We are excited to announce that Dr Ina Vollmer, Utrecht University, Netherlands, has joined the RSC Mechanochemistry Advisory Board! Read more about it in our blog post: blogs.rsc.org/mr/2026/03/2...

The RSC Mechanochemistry Students’ Choice collection continues! Luca Ragno, Wael M. Ragheb, Jawad Sattar and Alfusainey Jallow discuss a mechanochemical approach to prepare graphite oxide–lanthanide nanocomposites. Find out more in their blog post: blogs.rsc.org/mr/2026/03/2...

Announcing the RSC Applied symposium: Interfaces & polymers for a sustainable future! Join us to explore application‑focused materials research aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals, featuring advances in materials interfaces & polymers ➡️ rsc.li/appliedsymposium2026 #ChemSky

Kicking off the RSC Mechanochemistry Students’ Choice series, Eya Arfaoui, Mary Goffe and Chiara Pasolini discuss mechanochemical synthesis of MOFs, water pollution issues and why they find mechanochemistry so fascinating 🧑‍🎓 🎉 Find out more in their blog post: blogs.rsc.org/mr/2026/03/0...

Introducing the RSC Mechanochemistry Students’ Choice collection 🎓✨ Lucia Maini and mechanochemistry students (University of Bologna) will discuss their favourite articles from RSC Mechanochemistry in a series of blog posts. Read Lucia’s introduction to the collection: blogs.rsc.org/mr/2026/02/1...

You can still submit your manuscript to RSC Mechanochemistry's themed collection for @incomeofficial.bsky.social. We would love to see the exciting #mechanochemistry research that you presented at this meeting. Ready to submit? Submit your manuscript here: buff.ly/Axm8L6U

Join our @errantscience.com #RSCPoster live webinar & pick up some tips for designing your poster. 🎨 The webinar is sponsored by the School of Chemistry& Chemical Engineering @unisouthampton.bsky.social#RSCPoster 👉 Tune in on the day via the RSC LinkedIn (https://rsc.li/49HZJL7) page to take part! #ChemSky

Discover the relationships between milling input energy and chemical reactivity for mechanochemical activation of clays. You can read the RSC Mechanochemistry study by Alastair Marsh, Xinyuan Ke and co-workers for free:

George Weaver and colleagues at Loughborough University present a sustainable mechanochemical synthesis of functionalisable fluorinated scaffolds for drug discovery using green LAG. Read their RSC Mechanochemistry study for free:

Discover the mechanochemical synthesis of bent metallacycles and confinement catalysis in the solid-state. Read the RSC Mechanochemistry study by KaKing Yan and colleagues at ShanghaiTech University for free:

Paolo Pelagatti and co-workers at the University of Parma demonstrate how ball milling can shape coordination polymers You can read their RSC Mechanochemistry paper for free:

Tomislav Stolar, Franziska Emmerling and colleagues present a selective mechanochemical conversion of post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate waste into hcp and fcu UiO-66 metal–organic frameworks You can read it for free in RSC Mechanochemistry: buff.ly/WQ420wT

Ab initio force prediction for single molecule force spectroscopy made simple This study by Michael Walter and colleagues is now out in RSC Mechanochemistry and can be read for free:

Just published in RSC Mechanochemistry: Force-driven architectonics of inorganic nanomaterials: pathways to smart and functional interfaces Read this reviewer by Mohammed Ali Dheyab and colleagues for free:

Did you see Franziska Emmerling's Editor's pick? This collection contains some of her favourite RSC Mechanochemistry articles published to date. Read the collection for free: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

Check out the new Editors pick collection curated by RSC Mechanochemistry Associate Editor Evelina Colacino. The selected articles cover a diversity of transformations occurring under mechanical stress, confirming the broad spectrum of its application. pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

We are delighted to announce the newest member of the RSC Mechanochemistry Advisory Board Dr Matej Baláž! Read the interview here: blogs.rsc.org/mr/2025/11/2... Please join us in welcoming Matej!

@guidokickelbick.bsky.social and co-authors develop a green, mechanochemical route to intercalate Na & Li into NASICON-type titanium phosphates. High alkali content, no solvents, low energy input. A step toward sustainable energy storage! 👉 doi.org/10.1039/D5MR... #Mechanochemistry #EnergyStorage

🎉 Registration for #RSCPoster 2026 is now OPEN! Register now to secure your place and join us on 4 March 2026 at 12:00 GMT for a day of collaboration, discovery, and community. We can’t wait to see your posters and your science ➡️ https://rsc.li/3XGGvzS