ChemComm Journal

We recently caught up with Elena Pazos Chantrero to discuss her recent feature article, "Luminescent lanthanide metallopeptides for biomolecule sensing and cellular imaging", and reflect on the 60th anniversary of the journal! Q - Could you provide a brief summary of your recent?ChemComm?publication? A - In our feature article, we aimed to cover the use of lanthanide metallopeptides for biomolecule sensing and cellular imaging. To introduce the topic to non-experts, we summarized the main spectroscopic properties of luminescent lanthanide complexes and the requirements for lanthanide ion coordination with peptide ligands. Q - How would you describe the peer review process and interaction with the editorial team at?ChemComm? A - I think the peer review process is fast and highly efficient. The editorial team at ChemComm is excellent at identifying experts to review articles, despite the broad fields of chemistry covered by the journal. Read the full interview on our blog ?? https://lnkd.in/eYAHW28T And be sure to read Elena's #OpenAccess Feature article here ?? https://lnkd.in/esPX6j3p

Congratulations to Karina Nakashima from the University of Strasbourg and the University of Cambridge for winning the Early Career Poster Award! The #LatinXChem24 team congratulates Karina for this remarkable achievement. Karina has won a ￡250 cash prize sponsored by Chemical Communications. https://lnkd.in/dXc99fCS

ChemComm Issue 95 is now published online! Check out this selection of cover articles featured in this latest issue "An ionic liquid containing arsonium cation" by Hiroaki IMOTO & colleagues from Kyoto Institute of Technology ?? https://lnkd.in/evHh2-WW "Asymmetric cyclopropanation?via?an electro-organocatalytic cascade" by Maksim O?eka & colleagues from TalTech – Tallinn University of Technology ?? https://lnkd.in/eeRYrZcd "Body temperature protein X-ray crystallography at 37 °C: a rhenium protein complex seeking a physiological condition structure" by Francois Jacobs, John Helliwell and Alice Brink ?? https://lnkd.in/eX9mYWAR

Royal Society of Chemistry is delighted to share with you our latest cross-journal collection on nucleic acid chemistry, celebrating Christian Leumann's retirement?? This cross-journal collection, guest edited by?Dr Eugen Stulz and?Dr Marcel Hollenstein, features reviews and research in?New Journal of Chemistry,?Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry,?RSC Advances,?RSC Chemical Biology?and?RSC Medicinal Chemistry highlighting the most recent and significant contributions to nucleic acid chemistry to honour Christian Leumann's outstanding contributions in this area.?? Please join us in celebrating Christian's lasting impact on our scientific community and wish him well with his retirement?? Read full collection here?? https://lnkd.in/gpPr9Uu8 #RSCChemBio #RSCMedChem Organic #RSCOrg#RSCOrg

?Nanoscale Horizons Emerging Investigators Series: sharing research from the brightest minds in nanoscience ? Dr Pengzhan Sun investigated the catalytic selectivity of nanorippled graphene, showing that it exhibits high selectivity towards different reactions involving hydrogen. Nanoscale Horizons has been finding out what fascinates him about this field of research: https://lnkd.in/dgvGGu7c

Wrapping up the final day of the ChemComm 60-year celebration series at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science. We are deeply grateful to our vibrant community in the East for making this event so enriching—full of learning, knowledge exchange, meaningful connections, and more. A perfect ending to a memorable journey!” Ajit Kumar S. | Richard Kelly | Aparna Ganguly | Aayushi Arora | ChemComm Journal | Sandeep Verma | Suhrit Ghosh | Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science | Shweta Bhagat | #ChemComm60 #ChemistryCommunity #RSCIndia #ScienceInIndia

Don't miss our interview with Mine Ince from Tarsus University about her recent article, "Asymmetric phthalocyanine-based hole-transporting materials: evaluating the role of heterocyclic units and PMMA additive", included in our 60th anniversary collection. Read the full interview on our blog ?? https://lnkd.in/eeG--uSY Read Prof Ince's article here ?? https://lnkd.in/eK9VB2rF Q - Could you provide a brief summary of your recent?ChemComm?publication? A - In my recent ChemComm publication, I focused on the preparation of hole-transporting materials (HTMs) and their application in perovskite solar cells. The study highlights how these newly developed HTMs improve the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells, contributing to advancements in the field of solar energy conversion.?

I am thrilled to share the first paper of my PhD project on super-resolution imaging with a cucurbituril-encapsulated fluorophore in ChemComm Journal with Jimmy Maillard and advised by Alexandre Fürstenberg. We demonstrated that CB[7], a unique and fascinating supramolecular cage, can be utilized as an additive in super-resolution microscopy to enhance localization precision in water. Red-emitting dyes, such as ATTO655, are typically quenched by water. However, encapsulating these dyes with CB[7] effectively removes water from around the dye, leading to an increase in both quantum yield and lifetime compared to pure water. Check out the paper here : https://lnkd.in/d3vgyGDS !

Issue 94 of ChemComm is now online! Check out the latest selection of covers featured on the journal, including two covers helping to mark our 60th Anniversary! ???? "Diamidocarbene-derived palladium and nickel–sulfur clusters" by Minji Lee, Hyunju Noh and Youngsuk Kim from Pusan National University ?? https://lnkd.in/ewyj_zcT "Underwater superoleophobic and magnetic hydrogel for cascade chemical reactions" by Hrisikesh Sarma, Subhankar Mandal, Saurav Kumar and Uttam Manna from Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati ?? https://lnkd.in/eZaMsUvd "Chemical oxidation of a double-twisted nanographene" by Zhiyu Zhang, Yoshifumi Hashikawa and Chaolumen from Inner Mongolia University and Kyoto University ?? https://lnkd.in/e2WrmNWz "Upcycling of waste polyesters for the development of a circular economy" by Huaiyuan Zhao, Yingdan Ye, Yibin Zhang, Lei Yang, Weichen Du, Songlin Wang and Zhaoyin Hou from Zhejiang University ?? https://lnkd.in/er6Ti9Xp

?? New publication ?? In our recent article in ChemComm Journal, we introduce a highly modular approach for synthesizing catechol-containing triblock polymers that form strong and wet adhesives! Inspired by the incredible adhesive systems of marine organisms such as mussels and sandcastle worms, catechol chemistry has unlocked countless material innovations that mimic the function of natural adhesive proteins. But difficulty in tuning the content and placement of catechol groups in polymeric systems remained a challenge limiting their effectiveness and tunability. Our triblock polycatechol (tbPC), synthesized via ring opening and thiol-ene click chemistry, offer precise placement and content of catechol groups. The result? Cross-linkable polymers that gel rapidly and achieve robust adhesion across diverse surfaces! What’s more, by leveraging Dopamine as an abundant and functional monomer, we’ve simplified the synthesis to make it scalable and adaptable to pre-defined block copolymer sequences and sizes while eliminating unwanted reactivity of catechol during synthesis. Curious about how we achieved this breakthrough? Dive into the full details of our work here: https://lnkd.in/gqBM3xxT Thanks to former and current members of the Srivastava Lab in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at UCLA for their collaborative efforts, which made this work possible! #NSFFunded #UnderwaterAdhesion #MusselAdhesion #BioinspiredMaterials #Catechol #Hydrogels #Coating #SoftAdhesives #SurfaceCoatings #GlueProteins #DOPA #Dopamine #NaturalGlue? Group website: https://lnkd.in/gcUGvUvW