Esther Johnston @estherjohnston.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Here's another cover artwork shout-out from me! This cover is a photograph of a handmade paper collage representing an ion mobility drift tube, made by a PhD student. So creative and different than usual digital images! Story from the artist here: www.linkedin.com/posts/cara-j... 110
Esther Johnston @estherjohnston.bsky.social · 19/06/2026This cover gets one of my personal shout-outs for creative cover design. Did you know it's an intentional homage to a Spiderman meme? 020
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 02/06/2026"Advanced functional porous materials for photocatalytic H2O2 production" by Sujit Ghosh et al. doi.org/10.1039/D6SC... 021
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 02/06/2026"Superprotonic conductivity in crystalline and amorphous framework materials under anhydrous conditions" by Nattapol Ma. doi.org/10.1039/D6SC... 121
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 02/06/2026"Recent progress on Ni-catalysed alkyl-alkyl cross-coupling enabled by asymmetric hydrofunctionalization of alkenes" by Yulong Li, Qiong Yu, and Wei Shu et al. doi.org/10.1039/D6SC... 121
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 02/06/2026"Fluorinated carbohydrate-based vaccines" by Ryan Gilmour et al. doi.org/10.1039/D6SC... 111
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 02/06/2026🤠 ChemSci Review Round-up! Browse the new Reviews in Chemical Science this week. * Fluorinated carbohydrate-based vaccines * Ni-catalysed alkyl-alkyl cross-coupling * Superprotonic conductivity in framework materials * Functional porous materials for photocatalytic H2O2 production 121
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 27/05/2026📢 We are excited to announce this year’s Chemical Science symposium on the topic of digital chemistry in the age of AI and machine learning! Find out more at rsc.li/chemscisymp2026 The symposium will be held in London, UK on the 29th and 30th of October 2026 in person only. #ChemSciSymposium 2810
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 21/04/2026"High energy density quasi-solid-state lithium batteries using in situ polymerized gel electrolytes" by Yunhua Xu et al. doi.org/10.1039/D6SC... 101
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 21/04/2026"Black-box data: a new paradigm for biomedicine in the AI era" by Luca Naef and Michael Bronstein. doi.org/10.1039/D6SC... 101
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 21/04/2026"Organic Supramolecular Assemblage Confined Photoluminescence" by Hengzhi Zhang and Yu Liu. doi.org/10.1039/D5SC... *From our themed collection on Photoluminescent Organic Materials: pubs.rsc.org/en/jour... 101
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 21/04/2026"Atomic-level engineering of single-atom catalysts for selective C–C coupling in CO2 hydrogenation to ethanol" by Shengjie Bai and Ya Liu et al. doi.org/10.1039/D6SC... *From our themed collection on Solar Fuels for a Sustainable Future: pubs.rsc.org/en/jour... 101
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 21/04/2026🤠 ChemSci Review Round-up! Browse the new Reviews in Chemical Science this week. *SACs for C-C coupling (CO2 to EtOH) *photoluminescent supramolecular assemblies *black box data in AI for biomedicine *polymerised gel electrolytes for quasi-solid-state batteries 111
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 17/04/2026"Ammonia monooxygenase: a work in progress" by Kyle Lancaster et al. doi.org/10.1039/D6SC... 021
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 14/04/2026"Decoding the tactics for coacervate pedestrian crossing the phospholipid membrane" by Yan Qiao et al. doi.org/10.1039/D6SC... 111
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 14/04/2026"Recent advances on low-temperature ceramic fuel cells: Material design and applications" by Yu Shen and Tianmin He et al. doi.org/10.1039/D6SC... 101
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 14/04/2026"Porous organic polymers based on carbon-carbon coupling reaction: synthesis and applications" by Dongtao Liu and Guangshan Zhu et al. doi.org/10.1039/D6SC... 101
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 14/04/2026🤠 ChemSci Review Round-up! Browse the new Reviews in Chemical Science this week. *porous organic polymers *ceramic fuel cells *coacervates crossing the phospholipid membrane *ammonia monooxygenase And read all our recent Reviews and Perspectives here: pubs.rsc.org/en/jour... 111
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 23/03/2026"Delicate Molecular Design, Self-Assembly and Functional Applications of Chiral Cyclophanes" by Lijin Xu and Guanghui Ouyang et al. doi.org/10.1039/D5SC... 101
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 23/03/2026"Spinel integrated layered oxide cathodes for sodium-ion batteries: suppressing phase transitions, enhancing air stability, and accelerating Na+ transport" by Yan-Jiang Li, Yan-Fang Zhu and Yao Xiao et al. doi.org/10.1039/D6SC... 101
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 23/03/2026"Why and when does lattice oxygen participate in oxygen evolution?" by Arun Karmakar, Asha Satheesan and Subrata Kundu. doi.org/10.1039/D6SC... 101
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 23/03/2026"Dynamic covalent organic frameworks" by Ling Zhang and Florian Auras. doi.org/10.1039/D5SC... 101
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 23/03/2026"From light loss to light harvesting: anti-reflective coatings bridging optics, materials, and performance in perovskite solar cells" by Giulia Grancini et al. doi.org/10.1039/D5SC... 101
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 23/03/2026🤠 ChemSci Review Round-up! Browse the new Reviews in Chemical Science this week. *anti-reflective coatings for perovskite solar cells *dynamic COFs *the role of lattice oxygen in the OER *spinel integrated layered oxide cathodes for sodium-ion batteries *chiral cyclophanes 111
Esther Johnston @estherjohnston.bsky.social · 23/03/2026I'm attending #MATSUS2026 on behalf of @chemicalscience.rsc.org. A great keynote talk on upconversion and downconversion in modified and extended acenes from our Associate Editor Dirk Guldi, who also mentioned our energy conversion collection at the end of his keynote talk! 131
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 10/03/2026"Recent advances in small-molecule fluorescent probes for simultaneous dual detection of HClO/ClO− and analytes/microenvironment" by Yongqing Zhou and Juyoung Yoon et al. pubs.rsc.org/doi/D5S... #fluorescence #probes 111
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 10/03/2026"Architecting NIR-II metal supramolecular dyes - Illuminating the path to precision medicine" by Xiaoxing Xiong, Youjia Tang, and Yao Sun et al. pubs.rsc.org/doi/D6S... #dye #supramolecular 111
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 10/03/2026"Controlling the fate of two triplet states: solid-state annihilator design for photon upconversion" by Jussi Isokuortti and Lea Nienhaus. pubs.rsc.org/doi/D6S... #photon #upconversion 121
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 10/03/2026"Deep excitation afterglow luminescent probes for biomedical applications" by Yuxia Liu, Pu Chen, Jonathan Sessler, Bo Tang, Tony D. James and Guang Chen et al. pubs.rsc.org/doi/D5S... #luminescence #imaging 121
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 10/03/2026🤠 ChemSci Review Round-up! Browse the new Reviews in Chemical Science this week. Lots of #analyticalchemistry this week! *afterglow luminescent probes *metal supramolecular dyes *solid-state annihilators for photon upconversion *fluorescent probes for dual detection of HClO/ClO− and analytes 132
Esther Johnston @estherjohnston.bsky.social · 27/02/2026New Reviews in Chemical Science this week! 👇 * Perovskite nanocrystals * Flexoelectric catalysis * Tandem photovoltaics * Thermoelectric materials * Synthesis of higher order stereocenters. 041
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 24/02/2026🤠 ChemSci Review Round-up! Browse the new Reviews in Chemical Science this week. And read all our recent Reviews and Perspectives here: pubs.rsc.org/en/jour... 102
Esther Johnston @estherjohnston.bsky.social · 13/02/2026A personal shout-out from me for this excellent cover image! I love that it represents the first author of the paper with his large and loving family. 😍 doi.org/10.1039/D5SC... 052
Esther Johnston @estherjohnston.bsky.social · 13/02/2026See the most impactful papers in Chemical Science in your topic area from last year in our subject-specific collections below! 👇 030
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 16/01/2026Our new Reflections series celebrates our 15th anniversary and some of the earliest manuscripts published in Chemical Science, with leading authors giving a perspective on how the field has changed in the years since. Explore the Reflection pieces, for free, here: rsc.li/ChemSciReflec... 031
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 15/01/2026This week's Chemical Science Pick of the Week #ChemSciPicks is from Professor Amy C. Rosenzweig (Northwestern University): "Simultaneous occupancy of CuC and CuD in the ammonia monooxygenase active site" Read for free at: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC... 143
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 04/01/2026🎄On the 11th day of Christmas, Hai-Yan Hu, Yan-Fang Zhu, and Yao Zhao et al. gave to us, a paper on sodium! “Periodic Law-Guided Design of Highly Stable O3-Type Layered Oxide Cathodes for Practical Sodium-Ion Batteries” Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC... 122
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 03/01/2026🎄On the 10th day of Christmas, Erwin Reisner et al. gave to us, a paper on gases and light! “Adapting gas fermenting bacteria for light-driven domino valorization of CO2” Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC... 283
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 02/01/2026HNY from Chemical Science! We wish you all a successful and peaceful 2026! Thank you to all of our readers, authors, and reviewers for making 2025 a huge success! We were delighted by the excellent papers in our 15th anniversary collections and we're excited for 2026! #ChemSky #HNY #2026 1122
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 02/01/2026🎄On the 9th day of Christmas, Yoichi Kobayashi et al. gave to us, a paper on fluorine! “Photocatalytic defluorination of perfluoroalkyl substances by surface-engineered ZnO nanocrystals” Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC... 142
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 01/01/2026🎄On the 8th day of Christmas, Kazunari Domen et al. gave to us, a paper on oxygen! “Z-scheme overall water splitting on photocatalyst sheet mediated by carbon nanotubes using oxysulfide photocatalyst responsive to long wavelengths” Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC... 043
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 31/12/2025🎄On the 7th day of Christmas, Anindita Das et al. gave to us, a paper on N! “Crystallization-driven 2D assemblies from a phenothiazine-conjugated poly(l-lactide): redox-responsive tunable emission, white-light harvesting and surface-enabled NP decoration” Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC... 022
Reposted by Esther JohnstonSven T. Stripp @stripplab.bsky.social · 30/12/2025 Structural & electronic modulations of copper enzyme lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase upon chitin binding (via @chemicalscience.rsc.org) doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...doi.orgStructural and electronic modulations of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (LPMO) upon chitin binding: insights from X-ray spectroscopyLytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) play a critical role in the depolymerization of recalcitrant polysaccharides, such as chitin, making them of interest in biotechnological applications. Thes... 062
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 30/12/2025🎄On the 6th day of Christmas, Vivek Polshettiwar et al. gave to us, a paper on carbon! “Synthesis of Synergistic Catalysts: Integrating Defects, SMSI, and Plasmonic Effects for Enhanced Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction” Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC... Featured in: rsc.li/chemsci-commu... 023
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 29/12/2025🎄On the 5th day of Christmas, R. Graham Cooks et al. gave to us, a paper on boron! “Accelerated Click Reactions using Boronic Acids for Heterocyclic Synthesis in Microdroplets” Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC... Featured in: rsc.li/chemsci-commu... 092
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 28/12/2025🎄On the 4th day of Christmas, Andrès Reyes et al. gave to us, a paper on beryllium! “Watch out electrons!: Positron Binding Redefines Chemical Bonding in Be2” Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC... Featured in: rsc.li/chemsci-commu... 062
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 27/12/2025🎄 On the 3rd day of Christmas, Jin Han and Ya You et al. gave to us, a paper on lithium! “Stabilizing electrode-electrolyte interface for high-voltage Li||LiCoO2 cells by dual electrolyte additives” Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC... Featured in: rsc.li/sc-15li25 042
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 26/12/2025🎄 On the 2nd day of Christmas, Yanhua Li and Na Li et al. gave to us, a paper on gases! “Gas-mediated cancer therapy: advances in delivery strategies and therapeutic mechanisms” Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC... Featured in: rsc.li/chemsci-commu... 021
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 25/12/2025Stay tuned over the 12 days of Christmas for more holiday-themed article picks from our 15th anniversary collections! 🎄 rsc.li/chemsci-commu... and rsc.li/sc-15li25 021
Reposted by Esther JohnstonChemical Science @chemicalscience.rsc.org · 25/12/2025Merry Xmas from @chemicalscience.rsc.org🎄On the 1st day of Christmas, Yangfan Lu and Hongwen Huang et al. gave to us, a paper on hydrogen! “Understanding the strain effect in alkaline hydrogen oxidation reaction over well-defined Ru surfaces: insights into catalyst design” doi.org/10.1039/D5SC... 121