This week's inside front cover: work by Sabina Jaros, Bożena Michniak-Kohn & co presenting a chia seed-based film doped with a therapeutic gold 1D coordination polymer exhibiting antimicrobial activity. Take a look⬇️ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍 University of Wroclaw, Rutgers University 🧪

🔓On our front cover is #OpenAccess work by Andreas Schnepf and colleagues on the synthesis and luminescence properties of a water and air stable red-luminescent gold–tellurolate cluster with an excellent quantum yield, read more here👀 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍 @unituebingen.bsky.social 🧪

Issue 6 is out now‼️ pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

Be sure to read the article behind our back cover: Fused pyrazolo[3,4-d] pyrimidine nitrogen-rich salts with balanced energetic performance by Srinivas Dharavath and colleagues👏 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍IIT, Kanpur 🧪

🔓This week's inside front cover features an #OpenAccess Frontier article by Petr Štěpnička which reviews the chemistry of isocyanide-functionalised phosphines, check it out👀 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍 @charlesuni.cuni.cz 🧪

🔓On the front cover is an #OpenAccess Perspective by Satoru Tsushima & Koichiro Takao discussing the interaction of actinide elements with biomolecules, particularly amino acids, peptides, and proteins! Read it here⬇️ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍 @hzdr.bsky.social and Institute of Science Tokyo 🧪

Issue 5 is now ready to read👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

Don't miss recent work by Somnath Maji and colleagues on the synthesis of methyl-substituted benzimidazole-based mononuclear Cu(II) complexes and the evaluation of DNA cleavage and ROS-induced apoptosis, as seen on the back cover of issue 4👏 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍IIT, Hyderabad 🧪

🔓On the inside front cover of issue 4 is #OpenAccess work by Arun-Libertsen Lawzer & co on their work to synthesise the simplest arsadiyne, HC3As, via photolysis of propynylarsine isolated in solid argon - take a look👀 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍Polish Academy of Sciences 🧪

This week's front cover features work by Chen-Wei Liu and colleagues on the direct synthesis and neutron diffraction characterization of dianionic dithiophosphonates, read it here👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍National Dong Hwa University (NDHU) 🧪

Issue 4 is now online! Take a look at all our articles👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

Voting is still open for our 2025 Dalton Transactions' Community Cover Artwork Choice Award📢 Step 1: View all our 2025 covers: blogs.rsc.org/dt/2025/12/09/dalton-transactions-cover-gallery-2025/ Step 2: Vote here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... Voting ends 6 February 23:59 GMT⏰ 🧪

🔓Our inside front cover features #OpenAccess work by Fathima Thanha Thazhe Namboorikandy & Parameswaran Pattiyil on cationic beryllium–group 13 heterobimetallic dimetallocenes with a donor–acceptor bond, check it out👀 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍National Institute of Technology Calicut 🧪

🔓On the front cover: #OpenAccess work by Ravinder Pawar & co on how coordination influences the electronic effects of o‑silaborane cage and comparing intramolecular Lewis pair frustration control with o‑carborane, read here⬇️ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍National Institute of Technology Warangal 🧪

Issue 3 is online! Read it here👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

Vote now for the 2025 Dalton Transactions' Community Cover Artwork Choice Award👇 View all our 2025 covers: blogs.rsc.org/dt/2025/12/09/dalton-transactions-cover-gallery-2025/ Vote here: forms.office.com/e/bS19GG9sEb Voting ends 6th February 23:59 GMT⏰ #chemsky 🧪

This week's back cover showcases a HOT Perspective review by Kundu Subrata & co. reviewing recent advances in non-precious metal catalysts for anion exchange membrane water electrolysis. Read it here! 👀🔥 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5DT... 📍 CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI) 🧪

Congratulations to the Poster Awardees at the Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Symposium: 🏅 Dalton Transactions 1st: Courtney Harris Runners-up: Charlea Berry, Fiona Macallister 🏅 Nanoscale 1st: Tiago Linares Runners-up: Dario Olric, Alexandra Biliama @daltontrans.rsc.org @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org

Take a look at the article behind this week's inside front cover by Lígia C. Gomes-da-Silva, Andreia Valente & co. in which they report lysosome-targeted Ru(II)–cyclopentadienyl organometallic anticancer complexes👇 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5DT... 📍 University of Lisbon; University of Coimbra 🧪

🔓The front cover features an #OpenAccess article by Briana Schrage & co describing the optimization and quantification of silver(II) for mediated electrochemical oxidation applications. Read more👀⬇️ 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5DT... 📍Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Issue 2 is now online. Check it out! 👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

Our inside front cover features work by Muhammad U. Anwar, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Jeremy Rawson & co investigating the magneto-structural correlations in nickel and copper complexes of a new multidentate ligand, take a look⬇️ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍University of Nizwa & @uwindsor.bsky.social 🧪

On the front cover is a Frontier article by Urszula Komarnicka & co discussing the potential of the lanthanide inorganic compounds with phosphorus-based ligands in next-generation therapeutics, read it here👀 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍University of Wroclaw & Colorado State University 🧪

Our first issue of 2026 is now online! Read it here👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

Happy New Year from the Dalton Transactions Editorial Office! Read our blog post on the journal's highlights from 2025, including: our new Associate Editor, the 2024 outstanding paper award winners and our ongoing themed collections👇 blogs.rsc.org/dt/2026/01/0... 🧪

Happy New Year from the Dalton Transactions Editorial Office🥳 May the year ahead be productive and full of discovery!

Really pleased to see this work from my PhD in the Stasch group is (finally!) out in one of my favourite journals, @daltontrans.rsc.org! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Congratulations to our poster prize winners at the 2025 RAMSE Symposium👇 🏅"Innovative Catalysis & Reaction Mechanisms" category winner: Ms. Arunima Mukherjee 🏅"Small Molecule Activation" category winner: Mr. Thillai Natarajan 🏅"Sustainable Energy Materials" category winner: Ms. Kumari Keshar

This week's back cover features work by Somnath Maji and colleagues where they explored the DNA-binding ability of two mononuclear homoleptic Cu(II) complexes and evaluated their cytotoxicity in breast cancer cell lines, read it here👀 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍IIT Hyderabad 🧪

Take a look at the work behind this week's inside front cover by Diksha Malik and Srinivasan Natarajan - they prepared new transition metal substituted milarite silicates with potential towards new coloured compounds, white light emission and OER properties⬇️ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍IISc 🧪

On the front cover is work by Dillip Kumar Chand & co where they studied the ability of a series of isomeric double-cavity discrete coordination cages with Pd3L4 formulation for encapsulating a pyrazine N,N′-dioxide guest, check it out👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍IIT Madras 🧪

Our final issue of the year is now online! Read it here👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

Super proud of this little study! Light activated H2 reductive elimination in a Niobium-iridium hydrido cluster. It was a fun 2 year stay in the Camp Lab, now onto (very) different things! Thanks for having me! @clementcamp.bsky.social @daltontrans.rsc.org pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Today is a special day in #Lyon: the Fête des Lumières! ✨ To celebrate this iconic festival of lights, we’re excited to share our latest article exploring how light can drive chemistry in niobium–iridium complexes. Just published in @daltontrans.rsc.org — take a look! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Issue 47 is out now! Read it here👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

🔓This week's inside front cover features #OpenAccess work by @chinrajsiva.bsky.social & @chemrmitra.bsky.social which demonstrates the potential of bulky di(1-adamantyl)(aryl)phosphine ligands in Pd-catalysed C–C bond formation, read it here⬇️ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍IIT Goa 🧪

🔓On the front cover is #OpenAccess work by Srećko Kirin and colleagues on the induction of helical chirality in tetrahedral transition metal complexes with non-bridging monodentate oxazolines, take a look👀 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍 @institutrb.bsky.social 🧪

Pleased to share our recent work on phosphine ligand development has been published in @daltontrans.rsc.org (pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...) and Inside Front Cover art too (pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...); Grateful to my PI @chemrmitra.bsky.social, and Indian Institute of Technology Goa.

Issue 46 is now online! Read it here👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

There has been so much fantastic bioinorganic chemistry research presented as part of the #ChemSciSymposium. If you'd like to discover more state-of-the-art research in this area, do make sure to check out our spotlight collection with @daltontrans.rsc.org: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

Want to learn the best practices for producing reliable and high-quality photophysical data ❓ Check out our latest Tutorial Review by Vinh Q. Dang and Thomas S. Teets from @uh.edu 👀 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... Read more about the authors in our blog post: blogs.rsc.org/dt/2025/11/1... #chemsky 🧪

Our back cover features work by Sumanta Kumar Padhi & co on the synthesis of a new Co(ii) dimer catalyst for selective electrochemical CO2 reduction to CO by metal–ligand cooperativity. Find out more👀 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 🧪

Be sure to read recent work by Kazuhiko Maeda & co exploring zinc-based mixed-anion catalysts for photochemical reduction of carbon dioxide, as part of our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection⬇️ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍Institute of Science Tokyo 🧪

🔓Discover recent #OpenAccess work by Hans-Conrad zur Loye & co on the synthesis of a series of rare-earth-based multi-anion chalcogenide iodides using the flux-assisted boron–chalcogen mixture method - included in our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection👀 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍 @sc.edu 🧪

🔓Our front cover is an #OpenAccess Perspective by Scott Dalgarno & Euan Brechin reviewing the syntheses, structures and magnetic properties of a family of bisTBC[4]-supported polymetallic clusters, read it here⬇️ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍@heriotwattuni.bsky.social, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social 🧪

Issue 45 is now online and ready to read👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

Next up in our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection: work by Sanmitra Barman, Soumik Siddhanta, Biswarup Chakraborty & co on the evolution of Mn–Bi2O3 from the Mn-doped Bi3O4Br electro(pre)catalyst during the oxygen evolution reaction! Find out more, here👀 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍IIT, Delhi🧪

🔓Don't miss recent #OpenAccess research by Simon Clarke & co reporting the first known oxytelluride to undergo reversible lithium intercalation - as seen in our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection💡 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍 @ox.ac.uk 🧪

Featured in our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection: 🔓 #OpenAccess work by @oxchemmike.bsky.social and colleagues reporting the synthesis of iridium-containing oxyhydride phases via a reductive topochemical anion exchange. Read more here👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍 @ox.ac.uk 🧪

Take a look at work by Jing Xie, Min Zhang & co on the synthesis of the first case of a salt-inclusion compound in lead oxyhalides via a high-temperature solution method. This is featured in our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection👏 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... 📍Xinjiang University 🧪