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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 23/09/2026

#OnTheCover of issue 74! "Memristive electron transport of anhydrous {Mo154}-ring polyoxometalate in nanojunctions" by Yuma Kondo, Takuya Matsumoto & co. Read the #OpenAccess communication here 👉 pubs.rsc.org/cc/article/d...

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Hakan Bildirir @bildirirh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our recent work related to use of porous polymers as macrophotoinitiators and nanofillers for formation and physical tuning of thermosets was published in @chemcomm.rsc.org by @rsc.org The project #MacroPiN is funded by European Commission - MSCA PF @ec.europa.eu Link: doi.org/10.1039/d6cc...

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LabLichtenberg @lablichtenberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Happy to have our contribution on anionic #bismuth #amides highlighted on the front cover of @chemcomm.rsc.org! Cover art design by first author Sangeetha - well done!

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Nanoscale Journals @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org · 17/09/2026

We are excited to announce changes to our editorial board structure for Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale, and Nanoscale Advances. Find out more about the changes being implemented in the portfolio in our recent editorial: doi.org/10.1039/d6nh...

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 11/09/2026

#OnTheCover of issue 70! "11,11′-Biindeno[2,1-a]azulenylidenes: potassium tert-butoxide-promoted homocoupling of 11H-indeno[2,1-a]azulenes and their optical properties" by Taku Shoji & co. Read the #OpenAccess communication here 👉 pubs.rsc.org/cc/article/d...

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 14/08/2026

Featured #OnTheCover of issue 63... "Supramolecular polymers based on molecular recognition of bisporphyrin clefts" by Takeharu Haino, Naoyuki Hisano and Takehiro Hirao Read the #OpenAccess review here 👉 pubs.rsc.org/cc/article/d...

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 12/08/2026

We're pleased to welcome Professor Thomas J. Meade (Northwestern University) to the ChemComm Associate Editor team! His expertise spans bioinorganic coordination chemistry, bioanalytical chemistry, molecular imaging, transcription factor inhibitors, and biosensors for DNA and protein detection.

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Saadiyah Liakhat Ali @saadiyah-ali.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I am absolutely delighted to share that my first paper as a first author has now been published in @chemcomm.rsc.org by the @rsc.org! Read the work here: doi.org/10.1039/d6cc...

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 07/08/2026

Nominations are now open for the ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship, recognising an outstanding independent early-career researcher who is advancing the chemical sciences through their exceptional research. Anyone can nominate – make yours today www.rsc.org/standards-an...

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 05/08/2026

Don't miss "Toluene formation via acetylene-propyne cyclotrimerization on Ag(111)" by Nipun T. S. K. Dewage, Santu Biswas, E. Charles H. Sykes, Matthew M. Montemore and Dennis Meier As featured #OnTheCover of issue 60 Read the #OpenAccess communication here 👉 pubs.rsc.org/cc/article/6...

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 05/08/2026

Featured #OnTheCover of issue 60! "Switchable glycan probe enables pH-dependent activity modulation of UDP-glucose: glycoprotein glucosyltransferase through a responsive aglycone" by Mitsuaki Hirose, Kiichiro Totani & co. Read it here 👉 pubs.rsc.org/cc/article/6...

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 17/07/2026

Congratulations again to Xiongyi! Find out more about his 2025 @chemcomm.rsc.org Emerging Investigator Lectureship award here: www.rsc.org/standards-an...

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Saurabh Chitnis and Xiongyi Huang

Joint winners 2025: For substantial contributions to the chemical sciences in the early stages of their careers

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 11/06/2026

In case you missed it, be sure to read "Cold plasma deposited thin-film nanocomposites for heterogeneous thermocatalysis – concepts and progress" by Jacek Tyczkowski and Hanna Kierzkowska-Pawlak, illustrated by this wonderful author-supplied image!

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 13/05/2026

Members of several @rsc.org Editorial teams including @chemcomm.rsc.org will be attending #x2026 in Toronto this month. You can find us at Booth 1014 between 24-26 May - do come and say hello to discuss publishing, share feedback, or learn more about our journals and books.

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Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🚀 Our team's latest: "A Dual-Metal Strategy for N-Heterocycle Coordination Using Nickel and Aluminum” Now out in @chemcomm.rsc.org Work done by PhD student, Gabe! 💪 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

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Chung-Wei Kung @cwkung.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Our master student Ya-Mei's work shows that charged ligands coordinated on luminescent 2D Zr-MOF sheets can "concentrate" ionic species with opposite charge and effectively boost the ion-sensing performance. It is just out in Chem. Commun.! @chemcomm.rsc.org doi.org/10.1039/D6CC...

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 26/02/2026

We’re delighted to be able to announce Keary Engle (Scripps Research) and Garret Miyake (Colorado State University) as the joint winners of the 2025 #ChemSocRev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship! @nsfsuprcat.bsky.social blogs.rsc.org/cs/2026/02/2...

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 23/02/2026

Don't miss our recent themed collection on Advances in Computational Protein Design, Structural Biology, and Drug Discovery, guest edited by Aditya K. Padhi, Timir Tripathi and Seetharaman Jayaraman.

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 20/02/2026

Huge congratulations to Saurabh Chitnis @sschitnis.bsky.social (University of Victoria) and Xiongyi Huang (Johns Hopkins University), who we are delighted to name as the joint winners of the 2025 ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship!

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Nanoscale Journals @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org · 18/02/2026

Sirshendu Pathak (IISc, Bengaluru, India) - Chemical Communications Best Poster Award Soumya Ranjan Panda (IISER Bhopal, India) - Chemical Communications Best Poster Award Chemical Science ChemComm

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 15/02/2026

Be sure to read "Protein–DNA interactions in disease and drug discovery" by Richa Mishra and Shandar Ahmad Featured on the back cover of issue 12! Read the full Feature Article here 👉 buff.ly/ihS0kC2

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 14/02/2026

Don't miss "Enzyme- and photo-gated polymerization using readily available enzyme-responsive fluorescent dyes" by Kanta Ogura, Masahiko Nakamoto and Michiya Matsusaki Featured #OnTheCover of issue 12 Read it here 👉 buff.ly/3AlJD0Z

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 13/02/2026

#OnTheCover of issue 12... "Design, synthesis and biological activity of potential retrometabolic polymyxins via thiol–ene chemistry" by Catherine Smith, Margaret A. Brimble, Paul W. R. Harris & co! Read the full communication here 👉 buff.ly/gEMYGwK

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 12/02/2026

Featured on the back cover of issue 11! "Ratiometric hydrostatic pressure sensing in water via dual emissions of a water-soluble donor–acceptor–donor triad" by Tomoyuki Hamachi, Kotaro Matsumoto, Youhei Takeda and Gaku Fukuhara Read it here 👉 buff.ly/S7l59BY

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 11/02/2026

Don't miss "Unconventional magnetism and residual entropy in La7Os3O18" by Ashley T. Brennan, Maximilian T. Pelly, Alexandra S. Gibbs and Andreas W. Rost As featured #OnTheCover of issue 11! Read it here 👉 buff.ly/dn7vDGt

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 10/02/2026

We’re excited to welcome Ellen Matson to the ChemComm Associate Editor team! A leader in inorganic & materials chemistry, Ellen’s work spans interfacial reactivity and electronic structure in energy storage and conversion. #InorganicChemistry #MaterialsChemistry #Electrochemistry #SustainableEnergy

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Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

🔥Excited to share our latest: "From Borane to Metal-Bound Boraindene: A Cascade of Bond Breaking and Making at Rhodium” Now out in @chemcomm.rsc.org - a collab. w/ @davidjn.bsky.social! Work done by MSc student, Emily Addison! 💪 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

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Antonio Monari @antoniomonari.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Discover how antibiotics are internalized in #ESKAPE resistant bacterium A. baumanni thorugh an external transmembrane porin #MD #compchem on Chem.Comm. @chemcomm.rsc.org @upcite.bsky.social @ctm-itodys.bsky.social with @barbault.bsky.social #openaccess pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

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Stuart Batten @sbattenresearch.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Congratulations to Jess Algar on receiving the @chemcomm.rsc.org Poster Prize at #Supramol26. #ozchem

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 05/02/2026

Don't miss "Supramolecular self-assembled peptide scaffolds for fluorescence enhancement and delayed emission" by Sowbhick Patra and Goutam Ghosh As featured on the back cover of issue 9! Read the full Feature article here 👉 buff.ly/tCiCqtd

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 05/02/2026

Featured #OnTheBackCover of issue 9! "Aryldiazonium ion-initiated C–N bond cleavage for regioselective ring-opening of N-sulfonylazetidines with thiol nucleophiles" by Peng-Fei Wang, Qiang-Qiang Li, Hao Liu and Pei-Jun Yang Read the full communication here 👉 buff.ly/ui5kefu

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 04/02/2026

Check out "Tuning SF6 affinity via tailoring pore environments in metal–organic frameworks" by Jackson Geary, Caith E. McKeown, Nickolas Gantzler, N. Scott Bobbitt and Dorina F. Sava Gallis As featured #OnTheCover of issue 9 Read it here 👉 buff.ly/Oeztlai

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 04/02/2026

Don't miss "Cold argon plasmas for non-enzymatic digestion of macromolecules" by Daniel McGill, Daniel Simon, Siva Ramadurai, Felicia Green and Zoltan Takats Featured #OnTheCover of issue 9 Read the full communication here 👉 buff.ly/yrKB99b

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 01/02/2026

Be sure to read "Novel Ru(II)-photo-antibiotics for the development of infection-resistant mask coatings" by Arif Ali Mandal, Saurav Kumar, Srijan Singh, Apurba Mandal, Samya Banerjee and Prodyut Dhar Featured #OnTheCover of issue 8 Read it here 👉 buff.ly/THfgWYT

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 31/01/2026

Featured on the back cover of the latest issue! "Lightning-driven plasma bubbles provide prebiotic synthesis and biogeochemical cycling" by Dingwei Gan, Tianqi Zhang, Jianxi Ying, Renwu Zhou and colleagues! Read the full communication here 👉 buff.ly/JchvA0u

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 30/01/2026

Don't miss "Dynamic regulation of nucleic acid replication beyond the Watson–Crick base-pairing rule" by Shuntaro Takahashi, Lutan Liu and Naoki Sugimoto Featured #OnTheCover of issue 8 Read the #OpenAccess Feature article here 👉 buff.ly/JKNecYw

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 29/01/2026

Featured on the back cover of issue 7! "Luminescent array sensors for pathogen identification using AIE-active cationic iridium complexes" by Sonali Bera, Aryan Gautam, Gaurank Pal and Puja Prasad Read the full communication here 👉 buff.ly/FML3qOl

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 29/01/2026

Check out "A folded mechanochromic organic fluorophore based on thianthrene-fused coumarin" by Masafumi Ueda, Asuka Uehara, Kazuteru Usui and Masashi Hasegawa As featured on the back cover of issue 7! Read the #OpenAccess communication here 👉 buff.ly/zkaOhwA

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 28/01/2026

Check out "Accessing zinc(i) via reductive elimination of cyclopentadienes" by Benjamin Pitz, Sergi Danés, Bernd Morgenstern and André Schäfer Featured #OnTheCover of issue 7! Read the #OpenAccess communication here 👉 buff.ly/gZW5D2p

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 28/01/2026

Featured #OnTheCover of issue 7! "Total synthesis of mono-rhamnolipids using organophotoacid-catalyzed glycosylation and their antibacterial activity" by Kohei Higashiyama, Kanae Hosomi, Kazuki Senoo, Chigusa Hayashi, Masayuki Igarashi, Daisuke Takahashi and Kazunobu Toshima 👉 buff.ly/Ux5MMH1

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Matthew Gibson @labgibson.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Our latest work is online @chemcomm.rsc.org @uommib.bsky.social . This feature article covers progress we (+ others) in polymer-tethered glycosylated nanoparticles as tools for glycoscience. This spans synthetic rationale and opportunities for deployment. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

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Polymer-tethered glycosylated gold nanoparticles as versatile tools for bio-sensing

Glycans direct many biological recognition and signalling processes, spanning basic cell biology to diagnostics and therapy. Multivalent presentation of glycans is well established to increase avidity...

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 23/01/2026

#OnTheCover of issue 6! "Red-fluorescence under UV and green-SHG under NIR dual-mode emission in a yellow crystal of a 1,2,5-thiadiazole derivative" by Ryo Nakamura, Akiko Hori, & colleagues Read the #OpenAccess article here 👉 buff.ly/rQgKvy4

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 22/01/2026

Don't miss "Probing layered Y(TM)B4 (TM = Cr, Mo and W) borides as efficient hydrogen evolution reaction electrocatalysts" by MD Ali Hossain, Lesly Delgado, Rutva Joshi, Sylvie Rangan and Georgiy Akopov Featured #OnTheCover of issue 5! Read the Open Access article here 👉 buff.ly/0sqLG2Q

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 21/01/2026

Featured #OnTheCover of issue 5! "Recent advances in nanophotosensitizers for overcoming tumor hypoxia in photodynamic therapy" by Dongjie Li, Sa Wang, Chuang Zhang, Yueyun Fan, Fang Fang, Menglin Li and Jinfeng Zhang Read the full Highlight article here 👉 buff.ly/fkXTORj

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 17/01/2026

Featured #OnTheBackCover of the latest issue of ChemComm... "Pressure-triggered simultaneous amplification of aggregation and fluorescence in a chromophoric soft tripod" by Tomoyuji Hamachi, Iori Okamura, Yuto Ohmura, Ichiro Hisaki and Gaku Fukuhara Read it here 👉 buff.ly/on5EfCV

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 16/01/2026

Don't miss this #OpenAccess communication, featured #OnTheCover of issue 4 of ChemComm! "Enzyme cascade reactions encapsulated in a liposome compartment with size-limited molecular transport" by Shiwei Zhang, Peng Lin, Futa Komatsubara, Eiji Nakata and Takashi Morii buff.ly/IXhsErr

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Rafał Szabla @rafal-szabla.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Nonenzymatic self-replication of nucleic acids is driven by helicity type A! The unique structure of RNA is predisposed to nonenzymatic copying, and DNA can be copied on an RNA template. Is this why nature chose RNA? Great work by Barbara, from my group! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

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A-type helicity controls efficient nonenzymatic template copying of nucleic acids

We performed classical molecular dynamics simulations for DNA self-replication on an RNA template with phosphoroimidazole activation. We demonstrate that the RNA template imposes A-type helicity on th...

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 16/01/2026

#OnTheCover of issue 4! "A benign and scalable reverse water–gas shift reaction in EMIM acetate with Ru-PNP catalysts" by Perla Haidée García-Ríos, Sakhitha Koranchalil, Martin Nielsen and Anders Riisager. Read the full communication here, free for 6 weeks! 👉 buff.ly/IgxuoQ5

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ChemComm @chemcomm.rsc.org · 15/01/2026

Featured on the back cover of issue 3... "Electrocatalytic water oxidation with a tris-chelating bipyridine/bis-pyrimidinethiolate Co(iii) complex covalently immobilized onto MoS2 nanosheets" by Michail P. Minadakis, Nikos Tagmatarchis, & colleagues Read it here 🔓👉 buff.ly/KHuAgPb

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