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Paula Diaconescu joins ICF as Associate Editor

We are delighted to announce that Professor Paula Diaconescu (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) has joined Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers as Associate Editor handling the peer-review of submissions to the journal.

Biography

Paula Diaconescu joined the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department of University of California, Los Angeles, in 2005, after spending two years as a postdoctoral fellow in the group of Professor Robert Grubbs at the California Institute of Technology. She obtained her PhD degree under the supervision of Professor Christopher Cummins at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working on arene-bridged complexes of uranium. Her earlier education was completed in Romania, where she obtained her BS from the University of Bucharest and worked on coordination complexes of transition metals and lanthanides at the University Politehnica of Bucharest. Besides awards received from UCLA, she received an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (2009), a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2014), and a Guggenheim Fellowship (2015).

ORCID: 0000-0003-2732-4155

 

Research Highlights

The Diaconescu research group is interested in various aspects of metal-ligand cooperation as stem from using ferrocene-based supporting ligands with applications ranging from small molecule activation to the formation of biodegradable polymers. Specific focuses of the group are redox switchable catalysis and biodegradable polymer synthesis.

Check some of her publications at Royal Society of Chemistry:

Zirconium complexes supported by a ferrocene-based ligand as redox switches for hydroamination reactions
Yi Shen, Scott M. Shepard, Christopher J. Reed and Paula L. Diaconescu
Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 5587-5590

Preparation of multiblock copolymers via step-wise addition of L-lactide and trimethylene carbonate
Mark Abubekerov, Junnian Wei, Kevin R. Swartz, Zhixin Xie, Qibing Pei and Paula L. Diaconescu
Chem. Sci., 2018,9, 2168-2178

Investigation of redox switchable titanium and zirconium catalysts for the ring opening polymerization of cyclic esters and epoxides
Miranda Y. Lowe, Sisheng Shu, Stephanie M. Quan and Paula L. Diaconescu
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 1798-1805

 

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Welcome to Issue 6 of Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers in 2019

The latest InorgChemFront issue is published online.

The front cover story, Facile preparation of radium-doped, functionalized nanoparticles as carriers for targeted alpha therapy is contributed by Falco Reissig, René Hübner, Jörg Steinbach, Hans-Jürgen Pietzsch and Constantin Mamat.

The inside cover features a story on Multivariate optimization of optical properties of CdSe quantum dots obtained by a facile one-pot aqueous synthesis by Isabelle Moraes Amorim Viegas, Beate Saegesser Santos, Adriana Fontes, Giovannia Araujo de Lima Pereira and Claudete Fernandes Pereira.

 

Following review article is included in current issue:

Status and prospects of SexSy cathodes for lithium/sodium storage
Qian-Ting Xu, Huai-Guo Xue and Sheng-Ping Guo
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 1326-1340
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QI00278B

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Hot articles in May 2019

Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers is delighted to share with you the HOT articles of May 2019!

You can access these publications for free till 31 July 2019 by logging into your free Royal Society of Chemistry publishing personal account (http://pubs.rsc.org).

Selective edge etching to improve the rate capability of Prussian blue analogues for sodium ion batteries
Youhuan Zhu, Bingxue Wang, Qingmeng Gan, Yanfang Wang, Zhengyu Wang, Jiwei Xie, Shuai Gu, Zhiqiang Li, Yingzhi Li, Zong-Wei Ji, Hua Cheng and Zhouguang Lu
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QI00090A

Facile and scalable preparation of 3D SnO2/holey graphene composite frameworks for stable lithium storage at a high mass loading level
Junfei Liang, Hongtao Sun, Yuqi Xu, Tengxiao Liu, Hua Wang, Hantao Liu and Lin Guo
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QI00294D

Highly enhanced thermoelectric properties of nanostructured Bi2S3 bulk materials via carrier modification and multi-scale phonon scattering
Yi Wu, Qing Lou, Yang Qiu, Jun Guo, Zhi-Yuan Mei, Xiao Xu, Jing Feng, Jiaqing He and Zhen-Hua Ge
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QI00213H

Decorating WSe2 nanosheets with ultrafine Ru nanoparticles for boosting electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution in alkaline electrolytes
Yuanmeng Zhao, Guixiang Mao, Chaozhang Huang, Ping Cai, Gongzhen Cheng and Wei Luo
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QI00293F

Design of three-dimensional hierarchical TiO2/SrTiO3 heterostructures towards selective CO2 photoreduction
Shuaiyu Jiang, Kun Zhao, Mohammad Al-Mamun, Yu Lin Zhong, Porun Liu, Huajie Yin, Lixue Jiang, Sean Lowe, Jian Qi, Ranbo Yu, Dan Wang and Huijun Zhao
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QI00350A

Engineering Cu2O/Cu@CoO hierarchical nanospheres: synergetic effect of fast charge transfer cores and active shells for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction
Xia Zhong, Yuan Zhang, Zhibin Geng, Fangbing Shi, Mengpei Jiang, Yu Sun, Xiaofeng Wu, Keke Huang and Shouhua Feng
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QI00400A

Near-zero thermal expansion coordinated with geometric flexibility and π⋯π interaction in anisotropic [Zn8(SiO4)(m-BDC)6]n
Zhanning Liu, Xingxing Jiang, Chiming Wang, Chenxi Liu, Zheshuai Lin, Jinxia Deng, Jun Chen and Xianran Xing
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QI00354A

A Li–urine battery based on organic/aqueous hybrid electrolytes
Yang Lv, Shuai Shi, Yahui Wang, Huiming Yin, Xun Hu, Pingli Wu, Guang-Gang Gao, Hong Liu and Xizheng Liu
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QI00291J

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Welcome to Issue 5 of Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers in 2019

The latest InorgChemFront issue is published online.

The front cover story, Two metal–organic zeolites for highly sensitive and selective sensing of Tb3+  is contributed by Meiling Li, Guojian Ren, Fuxiang Wang, Zhimeng Li, Weiting Yang, Dongxu Gu, Yinghui Wang, Guangshan Zhu and Qinhe Pan.

The inside cover features a story on Base induced C–CN bond cleavage at room temperature: a convenient method for the activation of acetonitrile by Xiaofeng Zhang, Zilong Zhang, Shiqun Xiang, Yingzu Zhu, Changneng Chen and Deguang Huang.

Following review article is included in current issue:

Recent insights into near-infrared light-responsive carbon dots for bioimaging and cancer phototherapy
Bo Zhou, Zhengxi Guo, Zhaoxing Lin, Lizheng Zhang, Bang-Ping Jiang and Xing-Can Shen
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 1116-1128
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QI00201D

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Welcome to Issue 4 of Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers in 2019

The latest InorgChemFront issue is published online.

 

The front cover story, Water-soluble Re6-clusters with aromatic phosphine ligands – from synthesis to potential biomedical applications  is contributed by Michael A. Shestopalov et al.

The inside cover features a story on Borax promotes the facile formation of hollow structure in Cu single crystalline nanoparticles for multifunctional electrocatalysis by Baorui Jia, Yongzhi Zhao, Zili Zhang, Luan Liu, Mingli Qin, Haoyang Wu, Ye Liu, Xuanhui Qu and Genggeng Qi.

 

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Outstanding Reviewers for Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers in 2018

We would like to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers in 2018, as selected by the editorial team, for their significant contribution to the journal. The reviewers have been chosen based on the number, timeliness and quality of the reports completed over the last 12 months.

We would like to say a big thank you to those individuals listed here as well as to all of the reviewers that have supported the journal. Each Outstanding Reviewer will receive a certificate to give recognition for their significant contribution.

Prof Dr Xian-He Bu, Nankai University, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2646-7974
Dr Rui Cao, Shaanxi Normal University, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1821-9583
Dr Kang Min Ok, Sogang University, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7195-9089
Dr Shengjie Peng, National University of Singapore, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6565-836X
Dr Jinkui Tang, Chang Chun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8600-7718
Dr, Pinxian Xi, Lanzhou University, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5064-5622
Professor Qiang Zhang, Tsinghua University, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3929-1541
Professor Qichun Zhang, Nanyang Technological University, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1854-8659
Prof Dr Chunyi Zhi, City University of Hong Kong, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6766-5953
Dr Xiaoxin Zou, Jilin University, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4143-9274

We would also like to thank the Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers board and the inorganic chemistry community for their continued support of the journal, as authors, reviewers and readers.

 

If you would like to become a reviewer for our journal, just email us (InorgChemFrontiersED@rsc.org) with details of your research interests and an up-to-date CV or résumé.  You can find more details in our author and reviewer resource centre

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Welcome to Issue 3 of Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers in 2019

The latest InorgChemFront issue is published online.

The front cover story, Scalable synthesis of one-dimensional Na2Li2Ti6O14 nanofibers as ultrahigh rate capability anodes for lithium-ion batteries is contributed by Chao Wang, Xing Xin, Miao Shu, Shuiping Huang, Yang Zhang and Xing Li.

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Hot articles in February 2019

Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers is delighted to share with you the HOT articles of February 2019!

You can access these publications for free till 30 April 2019 by logging into your free Royal Society of Chemistry publishing personal account (http://pubs.rsc.org).

MoS2-modified graphite felt as a high performance electrode material for zinc–polyiodide redox flow batteries
Jian Liu, Ting Ma, Meng Zhou, Shuang Liu, Jin Xiao, Zhanliang Tao and Jun Chen
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI01341A

In situ nitroso formation induced structural diversity of uranyl coordination polymers
Xiang-He Kong, Kong-Qiu Hu, Qun-Yan Wu, Lei Mei, Ji-Pan Yu, Zhi-Fang Chai, Chang-Ming Nie and Wei-Qun Shi
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI01394B

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Welcome to Issue 2 of Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers in 2019

The latest InorgChemFront issue is published online.

The front cover story, Fabrication of a 1D Mn3O4 nano-rod electrode for aqueous asymmetric supercapacitors and capacitive deionization is contributed by Hao Zhang, Dun Liu, Yuquan Wei, Aiyang Li, Bo Liu, Ying Yuan, Haichuan Zhang, Guanghe Li and Fang Zhang.

The inside cover features a story on A robust CdS/In2O3 hierarchical heterostructure derived from a metal–organic framework for efficient visible-light photocatalytic hydrogen productio  by Jia-Tong Ren, Kun Yuan, Ke Wu, Liang Zhou and Ya-Wen Zhang.

Following review article is included in current issue:

Recent progress in ligand-centered homogeneous electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction
Geng-Geng Luo, Hai-Lin Zhang, Yun-Wen Tao, Qiao-Yu Wu, Dan Tian and Qichun Zhang
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 343-354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI01220B

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Inorganic chemistry research for metal-organic frameworks

Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers strives to promote multi-disciplinary inorganic chemistry research at the interfaces of other areas, including research on metal-organic frameworks.

We are delighted to share with you a collection of articles from Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers to showcase the role of inorganic chemistry in the field of metal-organic frameworks.

You can read these articles for free till the end of February.


 Research articles

A ligand conformation preorganization approach to construct a copper–hexacarboxylate framework with a novel topology for selective gas adsorption
Yao Wang, Minghui He, Xiaoxia Gao, Xia Wang, Guohai Xu, Zhengyi Zhang and Yabing He
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI01225C

 

Metal–organic framework-derived shuttle-like V2O3/C for electrocatalytic N2 reduction under ambient conditions
Rong Zhang, Jingrui Han, Baozhan Zheng, Xifeng Shi, Abdullah M. Asiri and Xuping Sun
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI01145A

 

Two NbO-type MOFs based on linear and zigzag diisophthalate ligands: exploring the effect of ligand-originated MOF isomerization on gas adsorption properties
Yao Wang, Minghui He, Xiaoxia Gao, Yingying Zhang, Haoyan Zhong, Piao Long, Xia Wang and Yabing He
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 2811-2817
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00946E

 

Facile synthesis of Co3O4 nanosheets from MOF nanoplates for high performance anodes of lithium-ion batteries
Ang Li, Ming Zhong, Wei Shuang, Chaopeng Wang, Jian Liu, Ze Chang and Xian-He Bu
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 1602-1608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00196K

 

S,N-Containing Co-MOF derived Co9S8@S,N-doped carbon materials as efficient oxygen electrocatalysts and supercapacitor electrode materials
Shengwen Liu, Mingyu Tong, Guoqiang Liu, Xian Zhang, Zhaoming Wang, Guozhong Wang, Weiping Cai, Haimin Zhang and Huijun Zhao
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 491-498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6QI00403B

 

Construction of 3D homochiral metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) of Cd(II): selective CO2 adsorption and catalytic properties for the Knoevenagel and Henry reaction
Bharat Ugale, Sandeep Singh Dhankhar and C. M. Nagaraja
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 348-359
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6QI00506C

 

A metal–organic framework as a “turn on” fluorescent sensor for aluminum ions
Mei-Hui Yu, Tong-Liang Hu and Xian-He Bu
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 256-260
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6QI00362A

 

A comparative study of the effect of functional groups on C2H2 adsorption in NbO-type metal–organic frameworks
Fengli Chen, Dongjie Bai, Xia Wang and Yabing He
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 960-967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00063D

 

Synthesis of Fe/M (M = Mn, Co, Ni) bimetallic metal organic frameworks and their catalytic activity for phenol degradation under mild conditions
Qiao Sun, Min Liu, Keyan Li, Yitong Han, Yi Zuo, Fanfan Chai, Chunshan Song, Guoliang Zhang and Xinwen Guo
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 144-153
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6QI00441E

 

Evolution from linear tetranuclear clusters into one-dimensional chains of Dy(III) single-molecule magnets with an enhanced energy barrier
Rui-Ping Li, Qing-Yan Liu, Yu-Ling Wang, Cai-Ming Liu and Sui-Jun Liu
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 1149-1156
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00178A

 

Size effect of the active sites in UiO-66-supported nickel catalysts synthesized via atomic layer deposition for ethylene hydrogenation
Zhanyong Li, Aaron W. Peters, Jian Liu, Xuan Zhang, Neil M. Schweitzer, Joseph T. Hupp and Omar K. Farha
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 820-824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00056A

 

Fine-tuning the magnetocaloric effect and SMMs behaviors of coplanar RE4 complexes by β-diketonate coligands
Hong-Ling Gao, Ni-Ni Wang, Wen-Min Wang, Hai-Yun Shen, Xiao-Pu Zhou, Yi-Xin Chang, Ru-Xia Zhang and Jian-Zhong Cui
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 860-870
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00034K


 Review articles

New synthetic strategies to prepare metal–organic frameworks
Peng Li, Fang-Fang Cheng, Wei-Wei Xiong and Qichun Zhang
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 2693-2708
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00543E

 

Luminescent metal–organic frameworks as chemical sensors: common pitfalls and proposed best practices
Stavros A. Diamantis, Antigoni Margariti, Anastasia D. Pournara, Giannis S. Papaefstathiou, Manolis J. Manos and Theodore Lazarides
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 1493-1511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00090E

 

Metal–organic framework nanoparticles for magnetic resonance imaging
Michael Peller, Konstantin Böll, Andreas Zimpel and Stefan Wuttke
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 1760-1779
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00149A

 

Homochiral metal–organic frameworks as heterogeneous catalysts
Andreea Gheorghe, Martijn A. Tepaske and Stefania Tanase
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 1512-1523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00063H

 

Review of computer simulations on anti-cancer drug delivery in MOFs
Marianna Kotzabasaki and George E. Froudakis
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 1255-1272
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00645D

 

Electronic metal–organic framework sensors
Arunraj Chidambaram and Kyriakos C. Stylianou
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 979-998
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00815E

 

Liquid-free single-crystal to single-crystal transformations in coordination polymers
Wen-Wen He, Shun-Li Li and Ya-Qian Lan
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 279-300
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00724H

 

Coordination frameworks containing compounds as catalysts
Girijesh Kumar and Samar K. Das
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 202-233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6QI00358C

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