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An international high quality journal for multi-disciplinary research on all aspects of materials chemistry.

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👉Don't miss the inside front cover article

𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐊𝐔𝐒𝐓-𝟏 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐮 𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬

by Alberto Escarpa 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QM00461F
December 3, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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👉Check out issue 24 of MCF! You can read the outside front cover article

𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫–𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬

by Emma V. Puttock 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QM00572H
December 3, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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📢Issue 23 is released! Read cover article for free:

𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐩𝐜𝐮-𝐛 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤: 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 by Zhenxia Chen 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

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🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QM00561B
November 19, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Welcom to Issue 21! You can read the cover article for free now.

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐩𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐞𝐜𝐨-𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲 by Xianyin Dai 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QM00579E
October 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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📢Check out issue 20 of MCF, read the cover article:

𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐥𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲𝐥-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐭-𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐥𝐬

by Masaki Shimizu 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QM00538H
October 9, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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📢 Welcome to the latest issue of Materials Chemistry Frontiers - in this issue read the cover article:

𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬

by Gaku Fukuhara, Yusuke Ishigaki 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Welcome to Issue 18! Please read the cover article:

New 𝘱-azaquinodimethane core based narrow-gap non-ring fused organic acceptor by Gregory C. Welch 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

#Free_to_read
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September 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Welcome to Issue 17! Please read the cover article:

Rational design of lead-free CsCu₂I₃@g-C₃N₄ composite for efficient energy storage and sustainable catalysis by Kalyanjyoti Deori et al.

#Free_to_read
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August 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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🌊 An in situ synthesized manganese ferrite@4-hydroxy mandelic acid composite for removal of lead ions and Congo red

⚡ 99.5% lead removed
⚡ 93.9% Congo red removed
⚡ Eco-friendly & affordable solution

Cool step toward cleaner water 💧

doi.org/10.1039/D5QM00437C
#CleanWater #Nanotech #Sustainability
August 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Welcome to Issue 16! Please read the cover article:

Underpotentially-deposited silver substrates reverse the odd–even interfacial properties of CF3-terminated SAMs by T. Randall Lee g 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

#Free_to_read
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August 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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📢 Check out cover article of issue 14

👉 Pyrazine-Based Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D4QM01100G
July 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Inside cover of Issue 13 presents

Restricting intramolecular motion converts non-fluorescent semicroconaine dyes into turn-on aggregation-induced emission probes by Peter Sebej 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

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June 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Welcome to Issue 13! Please read the cover article:

Enhancing pancreatic cancer ablation efficiency: bipolar IRE with conductive MOF by Qiyu Zhao, Jie Lin, Aiguo Wu, Tianan Jiang 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

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June 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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📢Check out the cover of issue 11 and research behind it!

👉Machine-learning enables #nitrogen reduction reaction on transition metal doped C3B by controlling the charge states

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June 3, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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📢Welcome join our CCS-RSC Young Chemist webinar at 7am (UK time) on May 30, 2025

Meet with Nicola Gasparini, Early career advisory board member of Materials Chemistry Frontiers, and other young scientists! #Chemsky #MCF

👉Register the webinar here: rsc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 23, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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📢Check out the back #cover of Materials Chemistry Frontiers Issue 09, from Anasuya Bandyopadhyay et al.

👉Synthesis of Schiff base crosslinked polyaniline #hydrogels with enhanced #electrochemical performance for #supercapacitor applications
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May 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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🔊Issue 08 of Materials Chemistry Frontiers is online now!

👇Welcome check out the front cover and #research behind it

Supercritical CO2-induced plastic deformation on two-dimensional SrZrO3 for its #multiferroic performance

#Chemsky #MCF_Cover

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April 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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🔊Our themed collection on “Room-temperature #phosphorescence” is calling for papers now! The themed collection is guest edited by Prof. Zhen Li, Prof. Zhongfu An and Prof. Xiang Ma.

⏰Submission deadline: 31 July 2025

👉Check out how to submit here: www.rsc.org/journals-boo...

#Chemsky #Materials
April 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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🔊Check out the front cover of Materials Chemistry Frontiers issue 07!

👉Synthesis and luminescence of Al based double perovskite quantum dots
#Chemsky #Materials #MCF_cover
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March 31, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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🔊Issue 07 of Materials Chemistry Frontiers is now online!

👉Check out the inside front cover from Gen-ichi Konishi et al. at Institute of Science Tokyo
#Chemsky #Materials #MCF_cover

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March 31, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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#Research article by Zhongyi Liu, Jinpeng Li et al. from Zhengzhou University
Ultra-long organic RTP host–guest doped systems based on pure 4-(1H-imidazole-1-yl)methyl benzoate as versatile hosts
#phosphorescence #chemsky #MCFresearch
March 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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📢Be sure to check out this #research article by Shinji Ando et al.
👉Prolonged irradiation-induced delayed #luminescence of PMMA-dispersed #imide compounds containing ether- and thioether-bridged cores
#chemsky #photoluminescence #phosphorescence #MCFresearch
March 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM