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RSC Applied - Interfaces, Polymers @rscapplied.rsc.org · 15d

We're delighted to introduce two of our new RSC Applied Interfaces Early Career Advisory Board members to you, Amit Kumar Mandal (@akm84.bsky.social) and Lucien Weiss (@weisslab.bsky.social). Read our blog for more info on these researchers working on biointerfaces: blogs.rsc.org/lf/2025/09/2...

Photo of RSC Applied Interfaces Early Career Advisory Board member Amit Kumar Mandal.

Photo of RSC Applied Interfaces Early Career Advisory Board member Lucien Weiss.

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RSC Applied - Interfaces, Polymers @rscapplied.rsc.org · Sep 10

🎉 We’re excited to announce the inaugural Early Career Advisory Board for RSC Applied Interfaces!
See the full lineup of this new Board on our website: www.rsc.org/publishing/j...
🌟 Stay tuned—new member introductions coming soon!

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Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · Sep 2

The research brings into question previous assumptions that isomeric variations have little impact on energetic parameters.

Stereochemical editing used to tune explosive power of cage-like energetic materials

Stereoisomers found to exhibit substantial differences in density, stability and detonation performance

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · Aug 8

We are pleased to announce an open call for papers for our upcoming collection on Materials Advances in Additive Manufacturing, guest edited by @vincenzotaresco.bsky.social, Yinfeng He, @k-ehrmann.bsky.social & Belén Begines.
Find out how to submit here: www.rsc.org/publishing/j...

Promotional slide of 'Materials Advances in Additive Manufacturing: from Processing to Applications' Materials Advances themed collection with photos of Guest Editors and submission deadline (15 Dec 2025).

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RSC Applied - Interfaces, Polymers @rscapplied.rsc.org · Jul 16

📢 Hear from our RSC Applied Interfaces authors Marcella Salvatore, Francesco Reda, Fabio Borbone and Stefano Luigi Oscurato!

Learn more about their paper on multilevel azopolymer patterning from digital holographic lithography in our latest author blog!
blogs.rsc.org/lf/202...

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Zifei Lu @zifeilu.bsky.social · Jun 26

A friend 3D-printed the crystal structure of a chiral cage that I made during my PhD out for me 🥰！Love how the ⚽ fullerene hangs out in it 😆

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Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · Jun 25

🎉 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

Congratulations banner from the Royal Society of Chemistry featuring a medallion with symbolic icons representing various scientific elements and achievements, surrounded by a stardust background with the text "#RSCPrizes".

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · May 21

Materials Advances is pleased to announce an open call for papers for our upcoming collection on Supramolecular Peptide & Protein Systems, guest edited by @dani-deshpet.bsky.social, Ana Garcia, Veronica Dodero, Ivan Sasselli and Jacek Wychowaniec.
Learn more here: blogs.rsc.org/jm/2025/05/0...

Promotional slide of 'Supramolecular Peptide and Protein Systems' Materials Advances themed collection with photos of Guest Editors and submission deadline (30 Nov 2025).

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Zifei Lu @zifeilu.bsky.social · May 15

It was super fun to write about - my PhD supervisor was always a big fan of the Hammett equation 😄 it's so cool to see how the authors could link it to computational chemistry calculations.

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Zifei Lu @zifeilu.bsky.social · May 15

My second @chemistryworld.com story is online 🥰 !
Really enjoyed delving into the realm of computational chemistry 💻 and working on this piece! With amazing help from the authors Pedro Salvador and Gerard Comas-Vilà, external expert @ampendas.bsky.social, and editor @jennifernewton.bsky.social.

Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · May 15

By linking electronic structure to inductive and resonance effects, a new framework can help quantify inductive and resonance effects exerted by substituents in aromatic systems, letting chemists more accurately predict Hammett parameters. #ChemSky

Bridging the gap between Hammett parameters and the electronic structure of aromatic systems

Occupation of effective atomic orbitals used to quantify and predict Hammett parameters

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Peter Wich - Wichlab @peterwich.bsky.social · May 1

Great to be in London for the #RSC Applied Polymers @rscapplied.rsc.org board meeting at Burlington House @rsc.org. Productive planning, brilliant team, and a bit of scientific history - yes, that’s Yuri Oganessian’s signature under his Element 118!
#AppliedPolymers #RSCJournals #Polymers #Materials

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RSC Applied - Interfaces, Polymers @rscapplied.rsc.org · Apr 3

🎉 RSC Applied Polymers is now indexed in Scopus! Discover our articles on applied polymer science research in the database. 🌟

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RSC Applied - Interfaces, Polymers @rscapplied.rsc.org · Apr 2

🎉 RSC Applied Interfaces is now indexed in Scopus! Discover our articles on applied interfacial research in the database 🌞

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Zifei Lu @zifeilu.bsky.social · Mar 25

Really enjoyed attending this event 🌞👩‍🔬, which fostered discussions on gender equality and diversity within the scientific community, while celebrating the great science being done at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social , by its alumni, and beyond.

RSC Applied - Interfaces, Polymers @rscapplied.rsc.org · Mar 25

🌟 Our journal staff recently represented the @rsc.org at the volunteer-run 'Celebrating Women in Chemistry Conference and Careers Event' @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, held in honour of International Women’s Day 👩‍🔬 . Read more about this inspirational event here: blogs.rsc.org/lf/2025/03/2...

Group photo of the Women in STEM Group at the University of Nottingham.

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Nanoscale Journals @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org · Mar 19

Read our newest Nanoscale Advances themed collection on carbon nanomaterials for smart applications! pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
All papers are open access 🔓 and free to read.
Read the accompanying blog here: blogs.rsc.org/nr/2025/03/1...

Promo slide for Nanoscale Advances themed collection 'Carbon nanomaterials for smart applications' guest edited by Yeye Wen, Zhenyuan Xia and Muqiang Jian.

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Kerstin Neuhaus @microtopico.bsky.social · Mar 11

🚨 New publication: my group is giving a perspective on using #AFM -based methods for analysis of grain boundaries for ceramics in electrochemical cells. We cover oxygen-ion, proton and lithium-ion conductors 🧪🧑‍🔬🔬🔋

pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

#ChemSky #battchat
@rscapplied.rsc.org
@fz-juelich.de

Promoting combined AFM-electrochemistry techniques for analysis of charge transport at grain boundaries of ceramic components in electrochemical cells ... - RSC Applied Interfaces (RSC Publishing) DO...

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RSC Applied - Interfaces, Polymers @rscapplied.rsc.org · Mar 11

📢 Exciting news! RSC Applied Polymers is now indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (doaj.org) 🎉

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Zifei Lu @zifeilu.bsky.social · Mar 10

I have really been enjoying coordinating the author videos and blogs for RSC Applied Interfaces 😄

RSC Applied - Interfaces, Polymers @rscapplied.rsc.org · Mar 10

💡 We're looking forward to sharing our amazing author videos 📽️ and blogs with #chemsky. Here are the video playlists (and a screenshot from one of the videos) as a sneak peek!
RSC Applied Polymers: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
RSC Applied Interfaces: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Screenshot from an RSC Applied Interfaces author video.

Zifei Lu @zifeilu.bsky.social · Mar 7

Been having a lovely time so far meeting people! ☺️

Zifei Lu @zifeilu.bsky.social · Mar 6

Really looking forward to attending this Women in STEM 👩‍🔬event at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social tomorrow 😊 !
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Thanks to the organisers Women in STEM UoN (linktr.ee/WiSTEM_UoN) for the invitation!

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Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · Feb 27

Follow all your favorite @rsc.org journals now on Bluesky! Let the posting begin! 🥳🧪 #chemsky go.bsky.app/QAaTTZ3

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Dr Stephen Hendry @drstephenhendry.bsky.social · Feb 14

📢 UK Chemical Sciences Undergraduates

The @rsc.org need your voice

How does your socioeconomic background affect your career retention & progression ?

Open to

⭐️All nationalities & backgrounds in the UK
⭐️Distance learners, apprentices & work-based learner

survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90795993/...

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Zifei Lu @zifeilu.bsky.social · Feb 19

I used an Amazon voucher that I got for a PhD talk prize to get it's predecessor Tw-Eat Together -- which was a very practical (and tasty) book 😆! Can recommend!

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Zifei Lu @zifeilu.bsky.social · Feb 10

Really enjoyed writing my first Chemistry World story on this great Green Chemistry paper! It's exciting to see the progress researchers are making in developing sustainable polymers for real-world applications -- they are definitely on the right track!

Chemistry World @chemistryworld.com · Feb 10

Seed oil from Brassica Carinata, a crop that can be grown on unused land as a winter cover crop. Researchers from the University of Florida used it to make polymers that biodegrade in a useful way.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/seed-oi...

Seed oil-based polymer should survive a day in the rain but degrade within years in the sea

Researchers create polyesteramides from brassylic acid and explore their potential as a replacement for polyethylene

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Sascha Feldmann @feldmannlab.bsky.social · Nov 20

Results from another nice little collaboration with the amazing
@labheinze.bsky.social l out now in Chemical Science
@roysocchem.bsky.social
Spectroscopy of spin-flip emitters is fun! Read more on what Winald and Antti found out #open-access here pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
#ChemSky

Bridge editing of spin-flip emitters gives insight into excited state energies and dynamics

Six-coordinate chromium(iii) complexes with high spin-flip (SF) photoluminescence quantum yields and lifetimes (molecular rubies) have attracted huge interest in the past years due to their applicabil...

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