Did you present exciting new mechanochemistry research at the recent @incomeofficial.bsky.social conference? It is not too late to submit it to RSC Mechanochemistry and have it included in our themed collection. Submit your manuscript today: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rscmechanochem

Our Executive Editor Laura Fisher will be visiting IIT Jodhpur, BITS Pilani and NIPER Mohali between 17-21st November. If you're available, please register and attend! For more information, scan the QR code in the images below 👇

We are delighted to share that RSC Mechanochemistry Issue 6 has now been published. Featuring in this issue as part of our Moving Mechanochemistry Forward series is an overview of mechanochemical polymer synthesis and recycling by Advisory Board member Jeung Gon Kim 📢 buff.ly/plpIKZv

Mechanochemistry offers a sustainable approach to Sonogashira reactions. James Mack, James Batteas and colleagues have studied the catalyst evolution and reusability in this process. Find out more about in their RSC Mechanochemistry publication here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Explore benzyne formations and reactions with amines under solvent-free conditions in a mixer mill in the latest RSC Mechanochemistry article of Carsten Bolm and colleagues at RWTH Aachen. Discover it for free: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Did you know the milling atmosphere has a significant effect on the mechanochemical synthesis of Pd–Cu supported catalysts for the semihydrogenation of acetylene in equimolar ethylene mixtures? Ferdi Schüth and colleagues studied this in their RSC Mechanochemistry paper: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

🎉 RSC Mechanochemistry is now indexed in Web of Science! Discover our articles on mechanochemistry research in the database. 🌟 #Mechanochemistry #WoS

🎉 RSC Mechanochemistry is now indexed in Scopus! Discover our articles on mechanochemistry research in the database. 🌟 #Mechanochemistry #Scopus

⚙️ Mechanochemistry meets semiconductor science! This study models how precursors transform under non-equilibrium conditions—and demonstrates it with the mechanochemical synthesis of PbTe, a key IV–VI semiconductor. 🔗 buff.ly/lj1CHo0 #Mechanochemistry #PbTe #MaterialsScience #GreenChemistry

🧪 Plasmon-driven molecular jackhammers (MJHs) open and disassemble cell membranes mechanically—not via heat or ROS. A breakthrough in light-activated molecular machines for cancer therapy. C. Ayala-Orozco et al., Rice University 🔗 buff.ly/vqP4HoY #Mechanochemistry #Nanomedicine #MolecularMachines

🌏 Since launching in 2024, RSC Mechanochemistry has championed cutting-edge research on mechanical forces in chemistry in China. Thank you to our Chinese authors and readers for your vital contributions! Discover more: 🔗 buff.ly/KGVSasv #Mechanochemistry #Chemistry #ChineseScience

💥 McMurry reaction reimagined: solvent-free, scalable, and 97% efficient—mechanochemistry by B. Manji and co workers at IISER Kolkata leads the way. 🔗 buff.ly/nn5gJDo #Mechanochemistry #GreenSynthesis

🌿 Mechanochemistry-assisted aqueous two-phase extraction (MAATPE) enables high-efficiency, green isolation of juglone from Juglans mandshurica bark. By J. Xi and coworkers from Sichuan University. 🔗 buff.ly/PMJrVud #GreenChemistry #Mechanochemistry #NaturalProducts

Congrats Matthieu for securing à poster prize at the INCOME 2025 @incomeofficial.bsky.social 👏👏👏 U R the best 👌 sponsored by @rscmechanochem.rsc.org

Did you present some exciting new #mechanochemistry research at @incomeofficial.bsky.social but you are not sure where to publish it? RSC Mechanochemistry invites you to submit your manuscript to our #INCOME2025 themed collection! Find all information below. We look forward to your contribution!

🧪 PFPE lubricants under pressure: New study from H. Zhang and co workers at Nagoya University shows shear, not heat, drives breakdown in HAMR tech — molecular dynamics reveal hidden stress pathways. 📖 buff.ly/K7OARkE #Mechanochemistry #HAMR #MaterialsScience #OpenAccess

Ready to discover recent innovations in mechanochemistry? Why not start with some of the papers published by RSC Mechanochemistry's Advisory Board? You can read them all for free: blogs.rsc.org/mr/2025/07/1...

Still time to submit to our open call for a @jmaterchem.rsc.org C and @rscmechanochem.rsc.org themed collection on #mechanoluminescence 📢 guest edited by Robert Göstl, Wai-Yeung Wong and Xinxing Zhang More info here🔗https://blogs.rsc.org/jm/2025/06/10/open-call-for-submissions-mechanoluminescence/

What causes lubricants in hard disk drives (HDDs) to fail? H. Shekhar and co workers' ReaxFF study reveal how molecular conformation impacts PFPE degradation under shear. buff.ly/kwwSjsD #chemsky #mechanochemistry

Anthracene-maleimide mechanophores only light up under stress if in the right kind of polymer! buff.ly/LSDezUs @jaberrocal.bksy.social #chemsky #mechanochemistry

Check out this new article by Triller, Winkelmann, Schöbel, and Felderhoff on co-crystallization of ibuprofen: nicotinamide using an attritor mill: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A... #chemsky #mechanochemistry

Applications of #Mechanochemistry in macromolecular systems keep growing. Our @rscmechanochem.rsc.org editorial with @goestlich.bsky.social explores self-healing, optical force probes, mechanoresponsive biomolecules and biomedical applications. Check out doi.org/10.1039/D5MR... and submit your work!

Exciting news! A Conference Special Issue in @rscmechanochem.rsc.org will follow #INCOME2025 🎉 We warmly invite all conference attendees to submit their papers Submit your work by 31 Dec 2025 📝 Early submissions are encouraged! 👉 bit.ly/401sK0b #Mechanochemistry #RSC #SpecialIssue

Congrats to the ConForce-25 forcespectroscopy.in #posterprize winners Sanket Jugade and Bishakha Ray. Thank you @rscmechanochem.rsc.org for sponsoring the prize! I really enjoyed excellent Indian science, great discussions, food and the monsoon at Casuarina Resort in the Western Ghats close to Pune.

🎉 Today we reveal the 2025 RSC Prize winners! 🎉 Celebrating excellence across research, diversity, tech roles, apprentices and partnerships. Join us in congratulating the remarkable individuals and teams advancing chemistry for society. buff.ly/K2un4O1 #Chemistry #ChemSky

Announcing an open call for our Mechanoluminescence themed collection in Journal of Materials Chemistry C and RSC Mechanochemistry (@rscmechanochem.rsc.org‬), guest edited by Robert Göstl, Wai-Yeung Wong and Xinxing Zhang. Read more about the themed collection: blogs.rsc.org/jm/2025/06/1...

RSC Mechanochemistry was delighted to sponsor the recent Early Career Researchers Mechanochemistry Symposium in Birmingham, UK. Congratulations to the winners of the Dragon's Den-style competition! Find out more: blogs.rsc.org/mr/2025/06/0...

Interested in the latest research on mechanochemistry, but not sure where to start? We've got you covered! Discover what our Editorial Board members have published with us: blogs.rsc.org/mr/2025/05/2... All articles published in RSC Mechanochemistry are open access, so you can read them for free!

Need to do a Heck reaction but want it to be sustainable? Look no further. Lars Borchardt and colleagues demonstrate how mechanochemistry can achieve this in their latest RSC Mechanochemistry study! Read it for free: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...!

@newscientist.com have written an article about our Editor-in-Chief Tomislav Friscic's Lab! If you haven't read it already, you can check it out here bit.ly/3H6kHZg @uobchemistry.bsky.social

Make sure you give this RSC Mechanochemistry paper by @kylegpearce.bsky.social a read!

We are pleased to announce RSC Mechanochemistry issue 3 has now been published. Check it out here: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

Introducing Professor Guan-Wu Wang, University of Science and Technology China, China, as one of our Editorial Board Members for RSC Mechanochemistry. His research interests include mechanochemical organic synthesis and fullerene chemistry. Read more about it here: buff.ly/QvtBYEY

Introducing Professor Jeffrey Moore, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA, as one of our Editorial Board Members for RSC Mechanochemistry. Read more about his work here: buff.ly/U839O02

Introducing Professor Hajime Ito, Hokkaido University, Japan, as one of our Editorial Board Members and Associate Editors for RSC Mechanochemistry. His research focuses on the development of new organic synthesis methods. Check out the blog here:

Introducing Professor Evelina Colacino, University of Montpellier, France , as one of our Editorial Board Members and Associate Editors for RSC Mechanochemistry. Her research focuses on the development of eco-friendly mechanochemical processes. Read our blog here:https://buff.ly/7MKNXRq

Introducing Professor Lars Borchardt, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, as one of our Editorial Board Members for RSC Mechanochemistry. His interest lies in unravelling the underlying mechanistic principles governing mechanochemistry. Read our blog here: buff.ly/sfyYNXk

Introducing Professor Wilfred Tysoe, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA , as one of our Editorial Board Members for RSC Mechanochemistry. His work focuses on obtaining a detailed mechanistic understanding of processes occurring on surfaces. Read our blog post here: buff.ly/ecob8wz

Introducing Professor James Mack, University of Cincinnati, USA , as one of our Editorial Board Members for RSC Mechanochemistry. His work focuses on mechanochemistry to develop environmentally benign synthetic alternatives. Read our blog post here: buff.ly/iVeZVzL

Introducing Dr Franziska Emmerling, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Germany, as one of our Editorial Board Members and Associate Editors for RSC Mechanochemistry. Read our blog post here: blogs.rsc.org/mr/2023/09/1... franemmerling.bsky.social

Introducing Professor Kerstin Blank, Johannes Kepler University Linz, as one of our Editorial Board Members for RSC Mechanochemistry. Read our blog post here for more information on her research interests here: buff.ly/8YDIjFm

Our Co-Editor in Chief , Professor James Batteas is based at Texas A&M University. His work focuses on the bridge between chemistry and mechanics, where his lab conducts atomic-scale studies of friction and wear of materials. Check out our blog post here:

Our Co-Editor in Chief, Tomislav Friščić is a Professor at the University of Birmingham. His work focuses on solid state as a medium for safer, environmentally-friendly synthesis with mechanochemistry and photochemistry playing central roles. Read our blog post here: buff.ly/btrUdFy

Your favourite RSC Mechanochemistry cover from our first year comes from Shunsuke Tanaka's group and belongs to their paper titled “Wash-free” synthesis of cyclodextrin metal–organic frameworks. Read the publication behind the cover here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... Thanks to everyone who voted!

RSC Mechanochemistry launched its first issue in March 2024. To celebrate our anniversary, we want to take the opportunity to introduce you to our Editorial Board. Keep an eye out for our posts over the coming weeks

RSC Mechanochemistry was recently indexed in DOAJ!! 🎉 Discover RSC Mechanochemistry articles here 📢 rsc.li/RSCMechanochem

It is one year since RSC Mechanochemistry published its first issue. To celebrate this anniversary, we invite you to vote for your favourite cover image from our first year! Find out more here: blogs.rsc.org/mr/2025/03/2... Cast your vote here: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/5XFQD8/

RSC Mechanochemistry was delighted to sponsor three poster prizes at last week's Mechanics of Bond Breaking conference in Brussels. Congratulations to the winners: Davide Campagna, Regina Lennarz and Iryna Yakushko! Find out more here: blogs.rsc.org/mr/2025/03/1...

RSC Mechanochemistry is delighted to sponsor Mech’cheM 2025! The upcoming early registration and abstract submission deadline is approaching 16th of March. Register here: mechchem-2025.sciencesconf.org

Welcome to the RSC Mechanochemistry Bluesky account RSC Mechanochemistry is the first journal dedicated to mechanochemistry. Read our recent Editorial to find out how we hope to work with the mechanochemistry community to shape the field: Moving Mechanochemistry Forward pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...