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Delighted that our article on degradable polymer prodrugs for the subcutaneous delivery of anticancer drugs has been selected and included in Most Popular Polymers Collection 2025 @chemicalscience.rsc.org !
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Delighted that our article on SC administration of degradable polymer prodrugs for anticancer therapy, led by Dr Lea Guerassimoff, is part of this special issue in @chemicalscience.rsc.org

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February 18, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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This week's Chemical Science Pick of the Week is "Why is a Dicationic Digallene so Reactive towards Activation of Strong Covalent Bonds? Scope and Mechanistic Investigations" by Ingo Krossing et al. (Universität Freiburg, Germany).

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February 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Wohooo our Phosphonium Fullerides paper turned out to be one of the most popular Chemical Science content from last year 🥳

Thanks to everyone supporting our research and if you haven’t read it yet - this is your sign to catch up! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

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February 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Super happy to find our article on the ferredoxin:hydrogenase electron transfer complex among Chemical Science's "Most Popular" in BIC! @chemicalscience.rsc.org
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February 17, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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#research #organickasynteza #fluor

Photochemical Cu(III)-mediated trifluoromethylation of (hetero)arenes and biomolecules
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February 17, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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Cool paper from the Scheidt Lab (Northwestern) and the Gutierrez Lab (UCLA) on 3-azetidones from amino esters with photochem - neat products from simple starting materials - good scope too #ChemSky @chemicalscience.rsc.org
Photochemical cyclization of α-amino esters to access 3-azetidinones
A light-driven cyclization of readily available α-amino esters to 3-azetidinones has been developed. This method leverages chromophore activation with the acyl imidazole to generate the triplet diradi...
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February 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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We would like to wish you a very prosperous and productive Year of the Horse! To celebrate the Lunar New Year, we are delighted to present a special collection of our popular recent articles, highlighting the work of authors from across China.

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February 17, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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🔥 New and HOT in Chemical Science!

“Resolving sequential electron–proton transfer kinetics for electrochemical CO2 reduction at the Cu(100)/H2O interface via a quantum-classical framework” by Yun Yang and Gang Fu from Xiamen University.

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An illustration of a catalytic reaction at a surface. At the bottom, rows of gold-colored spheres represent a metal catalyst. Above the surface, red-and-white molecular models depict water molecules and hydroxyl or oxygen-containing intermediates. Blue and red arrows indicate electron (e⁻) transfer and proton (H⁺) transfer pathways. Three overlapping potential energy curves-black (U₀), blue (U₁), and red (U₂)-rise upward behind the molecules, representing different energy states during the reaction process.
February 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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Check out our subject-specific collections of our most popular Chemical Science content published in 2025! These collections highlight some of the exceptional research published in Chemical Science and they are free to read.

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February 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Our research on fluorescent digermanium- and diboron-doped hexacene derivatives is now published in Chemical Science (pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...)! Heechan and the Romero-Nieto Group unveil Ge-B exchange as a method to obtain boron-doped extended acenes! #maingroup @chemicalscience.rsc.org
February 15, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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Check out this cool new paper by Martin Winkler et al. who investigate the slow maturation of [FeFe]-hydrogenase DdH. Turns out that exchanging certain peptide motives allows for significant faster H-cluster insertion! @chemicalscience.rsc.org
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February 15, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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💡 Only two more weeks left to nominate for the 2026 Chemical Science Lectureship! Open to leading researchers who have made a significant contribution to AI, ML, or automation in chemistry in the past 5 years.

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February 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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📢 NEW #ChemSciCovers

'“DIVE” into hydrogen storage materials discovery with AI agents' by Hao Li , Shin-ichi Orimo, Di Zhang et al.

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February 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Don't miss Yoshimasa Wada et al's recent article

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'Zincafluorene complex with an empty C–Zn π orbital that captures visible light'

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February 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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📢 NEW #ChemSciCovers

'A donor–acceptor photosensitizer-catalyst dyad for light-driven nicotinamide hydrogenation' by Birgit Esser, Benjamin Dietzek-Ivanšić et al.

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Esser Research Group Uni Ulm

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February 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Ryosuke’s paper was featured on the cover of the latest issue of @chemicalscience.rsc.org! With the support of his loving family, he is spreading the wings of a once-bent kite and sending it soaring into the sky💫 Congrats, Ryosuke!!
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February 11, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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Successful and fruitful collaboration between Aix-Marseille university (ISM2/FCM) and Paris-Saclay university (ICMMO - UMR 8182) published @chemicalscience.rsc.org
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[1H]/[2H] discriminated bianthryl atropisotopomers: enantiospecific syntheses from BINOL and direct multi-spectroscopic analyses of their isotopic chirality
The synthesis of two [1H]/[2H] discriminated bianthryl atropisotopomers (i.e., isotopically chiral atropisomers, vide infra) with ≥97% enantiomeric excess (ee) from the atropisomers of commercial (aS)...
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February 13, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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Issue 6 is here! #ChemSciCovers

Our front cover this week features Aiko Fukazawa et al 🤩

'Modular synthesis of benzothiophene-fused pentalenes reveals substituent-dependent antiaromaticity'

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February 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Excited to share that our recent paper, "Enhanced MOF performance in chromium(VI) removal from water using tailored MOF–polymer composites", published @chemicalscience.rsc.org, has been selected for "the 2025 Most Popular Porous Materials Articles Collection"🎉

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Enhanced MOF performance in chromium(VI) removal from water using tailored MOF-polymer composites
Functionalizing the internal and external surfaces of MOFs with polymers allows for tailor-made improvements in their performance for chemical separations. In this work, various MOF/polymer composites...
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February 13, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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Thank you to @chemicalscience.rsc.org for featuring @lucalaraia.bsky.social's and my work, “Unifying principles for the design and evaluation of natural product-inspired compound collections” (doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...), in their 2025 most popular organic synthesis articles collection!
February 12, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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Here comes e-Diazo / e-Cyclopropanation ⚡️
Can diazo chemistry finally scale if diazo never accumulates?
Electro-generate, consume immediately.
Gram-scale cyclopropanes, safer by design!
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February 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Our new work in @chemicalscience.rsc.org! Glad to be part of this amazing project! 🎉🎉
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✨NEW in Chemical Science!

"Luminescent core-isolated solvent-free liquids as a soft material platform for optical gas sensing" by Shinsuke Ishihara and Takashi Nakanishi et al. Takashi Nakanishi

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A scientific promotional image showing a platinum porphyrin–based chemical structure on the left, with long alkyl chains substituents. At the top center, a photograph shows a dark red viscous liquid being poured from a spoon into a dish. At the top right, two fluorescence images compare a bright red emission under nitrogen (N₂) with a dimmer signal in air, labeled “Quenching.” At the bottom right, a Stern-Volmer plot displays a linear signal increase in a graph with oxygen concentration from 0% to 100%. At the lower center, a yellow box lists features of the optical oxygen sensing: sensitivity, linearity, photostability, and ratiometry.
February 11, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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Exciting new research from Tomoya Kawase, Haruro Ishitani and Shu Kobayashi! 🔥

"Bead Mill-Driven Acceleration in Catalytic Methanolysis Reaction of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Toward Low-Energy Chemical Recycling of Polymers"

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A schematic diagram shows a continuous bead‑milling setup for processing PET. PET flakes are fed into a vessel containing zirconia beads, where milling breaks the material into micronized particles; a pump circulates the slurry between the bead mill and a receiver at 100 mL/min through a 90‑µm slit. Photos below the diagram show the starting PET beverage‑bottle flakes and the resulting fine PET powder collected after 16 hours of milling at 3500 rpm.
February 12, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Did you hear? Nominations for the 2026 Chemical Science Lectureship in digital chemistry are open! 🎉
See rsc.li/chemsci-lectureship26 for details.
February 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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🔥 New and HOT in Chemical Science!

“Unveiling structural forms of Ru in WOx-template catalysts for efficient acidic PEM water electrolysis” by Xiaoman Xiong, Ding Zhou, Na Yao, et al. from Wuhan Textile University, China.

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Graphical abstract for “Unveiling structural forms of Ru in WOx-template catalysts for efficient acidic PEM water electrolysis” by Xiaoman Xiong, Ding Zhou, Na Yao, et al. from Wuhan Textile University, China.
February 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM