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Our latest themed collection on Inorganic Nanomaterials is now open to submissions🚨

The deadline to submit is 19 January 2026⏰

Find out more about the collection and how to submit, here:
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#OpenCall #chemsky 🧪
🔓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👀

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📍 @institutrb.bsky.social 🧪
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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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.
[Di(1-adamantyl)](aryl)phosphine ligands: synthesis, palladium complexation, and catalytic activity
P(1-Ad)2 (Ad = adamantyl) moiety-substituted quinoline, naphthyl, and isoquinoline ligands were synthesized to make Pd(ii) complexes with κ2-P^N/P^C coordination. Pd-based catalytic activity towards M...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Issue 46 is now online! Read it here👇

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November 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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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:

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November 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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 👀
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#chemsky 🧪
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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👀

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📍Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 🧪
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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⬇️

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📍Institute of Science Tokyo 🧪
Zinc-based mixed-anion catalysts for photochemical reduction of carbon dioxide
The catalytic reduction of CO2 into value-added chemicals has become important in recent years, and a catalyst that is efficient, nontoxic, and inexpensive is highly demanded. In particular, room…
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November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🔓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👀

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📍 @sc.edu 🧪
Synthesis of a series of rare-earth-based multi-anion chalcogenide iodides RE3Si2SexS8−xI (RE = La, Ce, Pr, and Nd) using the flux-assisted boron–chalcogen mixture method
Single crystals and polycrystalline powders of rare earth mixed chalcogenide iodides La3Si2Se1.21S6.79I, Ce3Si2Se1.39S6.61I, Pr3Si2Se1.22S6.78I, and Nd3Si2Se1.18S6.82I were prepared using the…
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November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🔓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⬇️

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📍@heriotwattuni.bsky.social, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social 🧪
November 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Issue 45 is now online and ready to read👇

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November 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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👀

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📍IIT, Delhi🧪
Evolution of Mn–Bi2O3 from the Mn-doped Bi3O4Br electro(pre)catalyst during the oxygen evolution reaction
Mn-doped Bi3O4Br has been synthesized using a solvothermal route. The undoped Bi3O4Br and Mn–Bi3O4Br materials possess orthorhombic unit cells with two distinct Bi sites forming a layered atomic…
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November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🔓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💡

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📍 @ox.ac.uk 🧪
Chemical and electrochemical lithiation of van der Waals oxytelluride V2Te2O
Reversible lithium intercalation into the van der Waals phase V2Te2O, forming new phases LixV2Te2O with x approaching 2, is reported using both chemical and electrochemical methods. The progress of…
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November 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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👇

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📍 @ox.ac.uk 🧪
Structure and magnetism of LaxSr2−xCo0.5Ir0.5O4−yHy (0 < x < 1) iridium-containing oxyhydride phases
Ruddlesden-Popper oxide phases in the LaxSr2−xCo0.5Ir0.5O4 (0 < x < 1) solid solution can be converted to the corresponding LaxSr2−xCo0.5Ir0.5O4−yHy oxyhydride phases, by topochemical reaction with…
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November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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👏

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📍Xinjiang University 🧪
3Pb8O7I2·2CsI: the salt-inclusion strategy enriches the structural chemistry in lead oxyhalides
The design and synthesis of new mid-infrared functional crystals with novel structures and excellent properties is a hot topic in the materials science research field. Different from the traditional…
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November 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Check out this Perspective by Yuuki Kitagawa & co discussing the characteristic luminescence properties of Eu3+ in mixed-anion compounds, featured in our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection👇

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📍National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology 🧪
A brief review of characteristic luminescence properties of Eu3+ in mixed-anion compounds
Trivalent europium (Eu3+) ions show red luminescence with sharp spectral lines owing to the intraconfigurational 4f–4f transitions. Because of their characteristic luminescence properties, various…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🔓Be sure to read #OpenAccess Frontier by Ulrich Aschauer & Houria Kabbour on spintro-catalysis and the potential mixed-anion spinels, as seen in our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection👇

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📍 @unisalzburg.bsky.social, @univ-nantes.fr 🧪
When catalysis meets spintronic: the emergence of spintro-catalysis and the potential of mixed-anion spinels
The emerging field of spintro-catalysis, at the interface of catalysis and spintronics, offers a compelling strategy to overcome long-standing limitations in catalytic reactions involving…
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November 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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🧩 New in @daltontrans.rsc.org!
We report photochromic macrocyclic Y(III) and Dy(III) complexes that switch between merocyanine and spiropyran form. Structural and theoretical studies reveal how these complexes could lead to photoswitchable single-molecule magnets!
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November 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
We are delighted to share our latest spotlight collection: Mixed-Anion Compounds👀

Guest Edited by Maarit Karppinen, Simon Clarke & Teruki Motohashi this collection highlights the recent advances in the area of mixed-anion compounds.

Read the collection here👇
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#Chemsky🧪
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🔓Read recent #OpenAccess work by Hendrik G. Visser & co on synthesising dinuclear bis(diphenylphosphino)amine Au(I) complexes and the ligand and counter-ion effects on their photoluminescence, featured on this week's inside front cover⬇️

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📍University of the Free State 🧪
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🔓On the front cover is #OpenAccess work by Jonathan D. Burns & co investigating the conversion of alpha-zirconium phosphate to the alkali metal-phases and the subsequent ion exchange behaviour with La3+ and Cr3+, take a look👀

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📍University of Alabama at Birmingham 🧪
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Issue 44 is online! Read it here👇

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November 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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SC-SC reactivity to obtain a gold(I)-NH3 complex (and H/D exchange in crystallo with D2O) using our cavity-shaped phosphine is out now in @daltontrans.rsc.org! Great collaborative work with @wellerchemyork.bsky.social & @camposgroup.bsky.social. Special thanks to Chloe

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Single-crystal to single-crystal synthesis of a gold(I)-ammonia complex and H/D exchange in crystallo with D2O
Single-crystal to single-crystal solid/gas reactivity of [LAu(C2H4/CO)][BArF4] [L = tris-2-(4,4′-di-tert-butylbiphenyl)phosphine] with NH3 or 15NH3 gives the ammonia complexes [LAu(NH3/15NH3)][BArF4]....
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November 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🔓The front cover of issue 43 is #OpenAccess work by Yasushi Sekine & co from Waseda University on porous silica materials derived from cage-siloxane for the stabilisation of dispersed Au(0) nanoparticles, take a look👀

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November 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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🚨We are delighted to share our latest themed collection: MOFs in Asia

Guest Edited by Hoi Ri Moon, Sarah S Park and Jihye Park, this collection showcases recent advances & innovative research in the field of MOFs across Asia.

Read the full collection here👇
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#chemsky 🧪
October 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Our inside front cover features work by Saroj Samal & co exploring effects of variation of halide ions and hydrogen bonding interaction on structural distortion and photoluminescence of Bi-based 0D organic–inorganic metal halides, check it out👀

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📍NIT Rourkela 🧪
October 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM