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Fullerenes: past, present and future

08 Aug 2016

Special issue by Royal Society Publishing

Royal Society Publishing has recently published a special issue of Philosophical Transactions A entitled “Fullerenes: past, present and future, celebrating the 30th anniversary of Buckminsterfullerene“.

The discovery of C60 and the subsequent evolution of fullerene physics and chemistry can be seen as the culmination of a series of parallel research strands pursued by Harry Kroto through numerous collaborations with colleagues and co-workers.

This themed issue originates from the 2-day symposium held on 15–16 July 2015, organized by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and the Royal Society. The majority of the reviews and reports of original research were provided by scientists who gave presentations at the July 2015 meeting and the other contributions were produced by friends and co-workers of Harry.

This issue is free to access until the end of September:

Introduction:

Fullerenes: past, present and future, celebrating the 30th anniversary of Buckminsterfullerene
Anthony J. Stace, Paul O’Brien

Dedication:

Professor Sir Harry Kroto (1939–2016)
Dave Garner

Articles:

– Pathway to the identification of C₆₀⁺ in diffuse interstellar clouds
John P. Maier, Ewen K. Campbell

– Fullerene ion chemistry: a journey of discovery and achievement
Diethard K. Böhme

– Super-atom molecular orbital excited states of fullerenes
J. Olof Johansson, Elvira Bohl, Eleanor E. B. Campbell

– Another big discovery—metallofullerenes
Hisanori Shinohara

– Fullerene and nanotube growth: new insights using first principles and molecular dynamics
Rodolfo Cruz-Silva, Takumi Araki, Takuya Hayashi, Humberto Terrones, Mauricio Terrones, Morinobu Endo

– Unconventional high-T_c superconductivity in fullerides
Yasuhiro Takabayashi, Kosmas Prassides

– The influence hydrogen atom addition has on charge switching during motion of the metal atom in endohedral Ca@C₆₀H₄ isomers
G. Raggi, E. Besley, A. J. Stace

– Ab initio infrared vibrational modes for neutral and charged small fullerenes (C₂₀, C₂₄, C₂₆, C₂₈, C₃₀ and C₆₀)
Jean-Joseph Adjizian, Alexis Vlandas, Jeremy Rio, Jean-Christophe Charlier, Chris P. Ewels

– The Stone–Wales transformation: from fullerenes to graphite, from radiation damage to heat capacity
M. I. Heggie, G. L. Haffenden, C. D. Latham, T. Trevethan

– Two-dimensional inorganic analogues of graphene: transition metal dichalcogenides
Manoj K. Jana, C. N. R. Rao

We hope you enjoy reading this collection.

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2016 ChemComm Emerging Investigators issue – now published

12 Jul 2016

We are delighted to announce the publication of the 2016 ChemComm Emerging Investigators issue.

Now on its sixth year, this annual special issue showcases internationally recognised, up-and-coming scientists who are making outstanding contributions to their respective fields.

This year’s issue includes a selection of Feature articles and Communications, as well as a Profile of this year’s contributors, with interesting photos to spotlight our authors at work or at play – look out for a cool plasma ball, white-water rafting, a cute canine friend, and loads of lovely shots in the great outdoors!

You can also take a look at our previous Emerging Investigator issues in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Read our Emerging Investigators 2016 collection today

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ChemComm – top 3 most cited journal in general chemistry

15 Jun 2016

Researchers around the world cited ChemComm articles 175,661 times last year, making us the third most cited general chemistry journal, according to the latest citation data released by Thomson Reuters in its 2015 Journal Citation Reports®.

With our Impact Factor riding high at 6.567 and our Immediacy Index at its highest-ever at 1.713, not only are your findings published rapidly in ChemComm, they’re also read and cited quickly by more and more researchers across all chemical science disciplines around the world – proof that we continue to publish urgent, high quality work on the very hottest topics.

A massive thank you to everyone – our authors, referees, readers, Associate Editors, and Editorial and Advisory Board members – for contributing to the journal’s continued success.
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With more than 175,000 cites under our belt, we can’t help but think this an apt and fitting way of celebrating our 175 years in the service of the chemical science community as the oldest chemical society in the world.

Submit your next urgent Communication to ChemComm, and quickly see the impact of your work across the breadth of the chemical sciences.

Top cited ChemComm articles:

Feature articles

C–H nitrogenation and oxygenation by ruthenium catalysis
Vedhagiri S. Thirunavukkarasu, Sergei I. Kozhushkov and Lutz Ackermann
Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 29-39
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC47028H, Feature Article

Intriguing mechanistic labyrinths in gold(I) catalysis
Carla Obradors and Antonio M. Echavarren
Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 16-28
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC45518A, Feature Article

Engineering ultrasmall water-soluble gold and silver nanoclusters for biomedical applications
Zhentao Luo, Kaiyuan Zheng and Jianping Xie
Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 5143-5155
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC47512C, Feature Article
From themed collection 2014 Emerging Investigators

Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes and graphene composite structures for energy and catalytic applications
Won Jun Lee, Uday Narayan Maiti, Ju Min Lee, Joonwon Lim, Tae Hee Han and Sang Ouk Kim
Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 6818-6830
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC00146J, Feature Article

Pillararene-based supramolecular polymers: from molecular recognition to polymeric aggregates
Chunju Li
Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 12420-12433
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC03170A, Feature Article
From themed collection Polymer Self-Assembly

Single-molecule magnet engineering: building-block approaches
Kasper S. Pedersen, Jesper Bendix and Rodolphe Clérac
Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 4396-4415
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC00339J, Feature Article

Communications

Bay-linked perylene bisimides as promising non-fullerene acceptors for organic solar cells
Wei Jiang, Long Ye, Xiangguang Li, Chengyi Xiao, Fang Tan, Wenchao Zhao, Jianhui Hou and Zhaohui Wang
Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 1024-1026
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC47204C, Communication

A p-type Ti(IV)-based metal–organic framework with visible-light photo-response
Junkuo Gao, Jianwei Miao, Pei-Zhou Li, Wen Yuan Teng, Ling Yang, Yanli Zhao, Bin Liu and Qichun Zhang
Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 3786-3788
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49440C, Communication

An achievement of over 12 percent efficiency in an organic dye-sensitized solar cell
Kenji Kakiage, Yohei Aoyama, Toru Yano, Takahiro Otsuka, Toru Kyomen, Masafumi Unno and Minoru Hanaya
Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 6379-6381
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC02192D, Communication

Metal-free nitro-carbocyclization of activated alkenes: a direct approach to synthesize oxindoles by cascade C–N and C–C bond formation
Tao Shen, Yizhi Yuan and Ning Jiao
Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 554-556
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC47336H, Communication

Revealing the metal-like behavior of iodine: an iodide-catalysed radical oxidative alkenylation
Shan Tang, Yong Wu, Wenqing Liao, Ruopeng Bai, Chao Liu and Aiwen Lei
Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 4496-4499
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC00644E, Communication

From assembled metal–organic framework nanoparticles to hierarchically porous carbon for electrochemical energy storage
Arlin Jose Amali, Jian-Ke Sun and Qiang Xu
Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 1519-1522
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC48112C, Communication

Read more about the Royal Society of Chemistry’s journals 2015 impact factors

*The Impact Factor provides an indication of the average number of citations per paper. Produced annually, Impact Factors are calculated by dividing the number of citations in a year, by the number of citeable articles published in the preceding two years. The journal Immediacy Index indicates how quickly articles in a journal are cited, and is calculated by dividing the number of citations to articles published in a given year by the number of articles published in that year. Data based on 2015 Journal Citation Reports^®, (Thomson Reuters, 2016).

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Véronique Gouverneur – our new ChemComm Chair

03 Feb 2016

ChemComm is delighted to announce Professor Véronique Gouverneur as its new Editorial Board Chair.

Professor Véronique Gouverneur (and friend!)

Véronique Gouverneur, who is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, leads a dynamic research group and holds a tutorial fellowship in organic chemistry at Merton College Oxford. She has been internationally recognised for her outstanding and original work in fluorine chemistry, and has recently been awarded the Tetrahedron Chair for 2016. She was also the Blaise Pascal Chair from 2012 to 2014, and is currently holding a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2013-2018).

Her research aims to develop new approaches to address long-standing problems in the synthesis of fluorinated analogues of natural products, pharmaceutical drugs and molecular [18F] labelled probes for PET imaging.

Véronique takes on the role from Professor Richard R. Schrock, our previous Chair, to whom we remain extremely grateful for his vision and leadership for ChemComm, throughout a period of exceptional development and continued success for the journal. As he now passes the baton, we look forward to working with Véronique towards an even more exciting and dynamic future for ChemComm.

A very warm welcome to Véronique from all of us here at ChemComm!

Read some of Véronique’s recent publications in ChemComm and other Royal Society of Chemistry journals:

Synthesis and characterization of a novel N–F reagent derived from the ethano-Tröger’s base: ¹J_FN coupling constants as a signature for the N–F bond
Raul Pereira, Jamie Wolstenhulme, Graham Sandford, Timothy D. W. Claridge, Véronique Gouverneur and Ján Cvengroš
Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 1606-1609
DOI: 10.1039/C5CC08375C, Communication

Methylation followed by fluorination of the ethano-Tröger’s base affords a novel N–F reagent more reactive than Selectfluor bis(tetrafluoroborate). This study provides ¹J_FN coupling constants to characterize the N–F group.
Asymmetric ¹⁸F-fluorination for applications in positron emission tomography
Faye Buckingham and Véronique Gouverneur
Chem. Sci., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5SC04229A, Minireview
Open Access

Coordination diversity in hydrogen-bonded homoleptic fluoride–alcohol complexes modulates reactivity
Keary M. Engle, Lukas Pfeifer, George W. Pidgeon, Guy T. Giuffredi, Amber L. Thompson, Robert S. Paton, John M. Brown and Véronique Gouverneur
Chem. Sci., 2015,6, 5293-5302
DOI: 10.1039/C5SC01812A, Edge Article
Open Access

A dual radiolabelling approach for tracking metal complexes: investigating the speciation of copper bis(thiosemicarbazonates) in vitro and in vivo
Rebekka Hueting, Veerle Kersemans, Matthew Tredwell, Bart Cornelissen, Martin Christlieb, Antony D. Gee, Jan Passchier, Sean C. Smart, Véronique Gouverneur, Ruth J. Muschel and Jonathan R. Dilworth
Metallomics, 2015,7, 795-804
DOI: 10.1039/C4MT00330F, Paper

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Journal lectureships 2016 – nominations open!

15 Dec 2015

We are pleased to welcome nominations for the 2016 lectureships for ChemComm, Chem Soc Rev, and Chemical Science – the Royal Society of Chemistry’s flagship general chemistry journals.

All nominations must be received by Friday, 15 January 2016.

Nominations are open for the following journal lectureships – only one entry needed per nominee, as each nomination will be considered for all three competitions as appropriate.

ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship
• Recognises emerging scientists in the early stages of their independent academic career
• Eligible nominees should have completed their PhD on or after the 15th September 2007, and should also have published as least one article in ChemComm during the course of their independent career

Chem Soc Rev Emerging Investigator Lectureship
• Recognises emerging scientists who have made significant contributions to their research field
• Eligible nominees should have completed their PhD on or after the 15th September 2007

Chemical Science Lectureship
• Recognises sustained excellence in research by a mid-career scientist within the chemical sciences.
Previous recipients of this lectureship include Kevan Shokat (UC San Francisco; 2013), Gregory Fu (Caltech; 2014) and Yamuna Krishnan (University of Chicago; 2015).

Lectureship details
• Recipients of these lectureships will each be invited to present a lecture at three different locations over a 12-month period, with at least one of these events taking place at an international conference. Note: As part of this series of winners’ lectures, the Chemical Science Lectureship recipient will be invited to give a plenary lecture at a relevant ISACS (International Symposia on Advancing the Chemical Sciences) meeting.
• Each recipient will receive a contribution of £1500 towards travel and accommodation costs for their lectures, as well as a certificate.
• Recipients will be asked to contribute a review article for the specific journal awarding their lectureship.

How to nominate
Self-nomination is not permitted. Nominators must send the following to the editorial team via chemcomm-rsc@rsc.org by Friday, 15 January 2016. Each nomination will be considered for all appropriate lectureships.
• Recommendation letter, including the name, contact details and website URL of the nominee.
• A one-page CV for the nominee, including their date of birth, summary of education, career and key achievements, a list of up to five of their top independent publications, total numbers of publications and patents, and other indicators of esteem (and evidence of independence for nominees eligible for the emerging investigator lectureships).
• A copy of the candidate’s best publication to date (as judged by the nominator).
• Two supporting letters of recommendation from two independent referees. These should not be someone from the same institution or the candidate’s post doc or PhD supervisor.

The nominator and independent referees should comment on the candidate’s presenting skills.

Incomplete nominations or those not adhering to the above requirements will not be considered, and nominees will not be contacted regarding any missing or incorrect documents.

Selection procedure
• The editorial team will screen each nomination for eligibility and draw up a shortlist of candidates based on the nomination documents provided.
• Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide a brief supporting statement summarising their key achievements, highlighting the impact of their work and justifying why they deserve the specific lectureship for which they have been entered.
• Recipients of each lectureship will then be selected and endorsed by a joint selection panel composed of members of each journal’s Editorial Board. Winners of the lectureships will be announced in spring 2016.

NB: Please note that members of the selection panel from the ChemComm, Chem Soc Rev and Chemical Science Editorial Boards are not eligible to nominate, provide references for or be nominated for these lectureships.

For any queries, please contact the editorial team at chemcomm-rsc@rsc.org.

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In celebration of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

27 Oct 2015

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was jointly awarded to Tomas Lindahl, former director of Cancer Research UK’s Clare Hall Laboratories, Paul Modrich from Duke University in the US and Aziz Sancar from the University of North Carolina in the US for their “mechanistic studies of DNA repair”.

nobel laureates
Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar © Inserm-P. Latron, Mary Schwalm/AP/Press Association, Max Englund/UNC School of Medicine.

Tomas Lindahl’s research pieced together a molecular image of how base excision repairs DNA when a base of a nucleotide is damaged and subsequently managed to recreate the human repair process in vitro. The mechanism known as nucleotide excision repair, which excises damage from UV and carcinogenic substances, was then mapped by Aziz Sancar – the molecular details of this process changed the entire research field. Paul Modrich also studied the human version of the repair system. His work focused on DNA mismatch repair, a natural process which corrects mismatches that occur when DNA is copied during cell division.

The research carried out by the three 2015 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry has not only revolutionised our knowledge of how we function but also lead to the development of life – saving treatments. To celebrate these remarkable achievements, we are delighted to present a collection of recent Chemical Communications, Chemical Science and Chemical Society Reviews articles on DNA repair, FREE to read until 1 December 2015!

We invite you to submit your best research related to DNA repair mechanisms to Chemical Communications, Chemical Science and Chemical Society Reviews!

Reviews

Finding needles in a basestack: recognition of mismatched base pairs in DNA by small molecules
Anton Granzhan, Naoko Kotera and Marie-Paule Teulade-Fichou
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 43, 3630-3665
DOI: 10.1039/C3CS60455

The chemical biology of sirtuins
Bing Chen, Wenwen Zang, Juan Wang, Yajun Huang, Yanhua He, Lingling Yan, Jiajia Liu and Weiping Zheng
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2015, 44, 5246-5264
DOI: 10.1039/C4CS00373J

Luminescent oligonucleotide-based detection of enzymes involved with DNA repair
Chung-Hang Leung, Hai-Jing Zhong, Hong-Zhang He, Lihua Lu, Daniel Shiu-Hin Chan and Dik-Lung Ma
Chem. Sci., 2013, 4, 3781-3795
DOI: 10.1039/C3SC51228B

Research articles

A label-free and sensitive fluorescent method for the detection of uracil-DNA glycosylase activity
Jing Tao, Panshu Song, Yusuke Sato, Seiichi Nishizawa, Norio Teramae, Aijun Tong and Yu Xiang
Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 929-932
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC06170E

DNA-mediated supercharged fluorescent protein/graphene oxide interaction for label-free fluorescence assay of base excision repair enzyme activity
Zhen Wang, Yong Li, Lijun Li, Daiqi Li, Yan Huang, Zhou Nie and Shouzhuo Yao
Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 13373-13376
DOI: 10.1039/C5CC04759E

A fluorescent G-quadruplex probe for the assay of base excision repair enzyme activity
Chang Yeol Lee, Ki Soo Park and Hyun Gyu Park
Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 13744-13747
DOI: 10.1039/C5CC05010C

A chemical probe targets DNA 5-formylcytosine sites and inhibits TDG excision, polymerases bypass, and gene expression
Liang Xu, Ying-Chu Chen, Satoshi Nakajima, Jenny Chong, Lanfeng Wang, Li Lan, Chao Zhang and Dong Wang
Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 567-574
DOI: 10.1039/C3SC51849C

Sensitive detection of polynucleotide kinase using rolling circle amplification-induced chemiluminescence
Wei Tang, Guichi Zhu and Chun-yang Zhang
Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 4733-4735
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC00256C

Rescuing DNA repair activity by rewiring the H-atom transfer pathway in the radical SAM enzyme, spore photoproduct lyase
Alhosna Benjdia, Korbinian Heil, Andreas Winkler, Thomas Carell and Ilme Schlichting
Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 14201-14204
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC05158K

Expanding DNAzyme functionality through enzyme cascades with applications in single nucleotide repair and tunable DNA-directedassembly of nanomaterials
Yu Xiang, Zidong Wang, Hang Xing and Yi Lu
Chem. Sci., 2013, 4, 398-404
DOI: 10.1039/C2SC20763J

Detection of base excision repair enzyme activity using a luminescent G-quadruplex selective switch-on probe
Ka-Ho Leung, Hong-Zhang He, Victor Pui-Yan Ma, Hai-Jing Zhong, Daniel Shiu-Hin Chan, Jun Zhou, Jean-Louis Mergny, Chung-Hang Leung and Dik-Lung Ma
Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 5630-5632
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC41129J

Endonuclease IV discriminates mismatches next to the apurinic/apyrimidinic site in DNA strands: constructing DNA sensing platforms with extremely high selectivity
Xianjin Xiao, Yang Liu and Meiping Zhao
Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 2819-2821
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC40902C

Also of interest: Find out more about the three Chemistry Nobel Laureates and their research.

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Announcing the ChemComm Emerging Investigator Issue 2016

18 Sep 2015

We are delighted to announce the forthcoming 2016 ChemComm Emerging Investigators issue. This special issue, now in its sixth year, will showcase the high quality research being carried out by international researchers in the early stages of their independent careers.

If you are interested in submitting to the issue please contact the ChemComm Editorial Office in the first instance. Please note that authors must not have featured in a previous ChemComm Emerging Investigators issue. The deadline for submission is 18 January 2016.

This annual issue is dedicated to profiling the very best research from scientists in the early stages of their independent careers from across the chemical sciences. We hope to feature principal investigators whose work has the potential to influence future directions in science or result in new and exciting developments.

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Browse the 2015 Emerging Investigators issue

Find out more about the winners of the recent ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship – awarded annually to exceptional scientists in the early stage of their independent career

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ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship 2015: Winners and lectures announced

04 Sep 2015

On behalf of the ChemComm Editorial Board, we are delighted to announce the winners of the 2015 ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship: Deanna D’Alessandro (synthetic inorganic chemistry and molecular materials), University of Sydney, Australia, and Yong Sheng Zhao (organic nanophotonic materials), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Congratulations to Deanna and Yong Sheng!

Yong Sheng Zhao

Yong Sheng kicked off his Lectureship tour at the Asian Pacific Conference on Chemistry of Materials (APCCOM) 2015 on 20 August, followed by a presentation at the 6th International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology (ChinaNANO 2015) on 04 September, both events located in Beijing. His tour will culminate at the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2nd Asian-European Symposium on Organic Optoelectronics on 27-29 October 2015 in Edinburgh, where he will be awarded with his official Lectureship certificate.

Deanna D'Alessandro

Deanna will deliver her inaugural ChemComm EMI Lecture at a symposium on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis, Properties and Applications at Pacifichem 2015 in Hawaii this December. Further details of her Lectureship tour, including additional lecture locations, will be announced in due course.

This annual lectureship recognises an emerging scientist in the early stages of their independent academic career. For information on previous winners see our website.

Also of interest: You can now read the 2015 ChemComm Emerging Investigators Issue which highlights research from outstanding up-and-coming scientists. There is a mix of Feature articles and Communications, as well as a Profile of this year’s contributors, with cool photos to spotlight our authors at work or at play – look out for the famed Faraday Loving Cup, some serious curling, the Great Wall of China, and once again, as last year, a pumpkin is involved! You can also take a look at our previous Emerging Investigator issues in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.

Yong Sheng Zhao presents his first ChemComm EMI Lecture at the APCCOM 2015 in Beijing

Soon to come: We will soon be launching our forthcoming 2016 ChemComm Emerging Investigators issue – watch this space for more details.

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ChemComm Impact Factor – 6.834 and still rising

26 Jun 2015

We are pleased to announce that ChemComm’s latest Impact Factor has once again risen this year, reaching an all-time-high of 6.834, according to the 2014 Journal Citation Reports®.

We are truly grateful to everyone who has contributed to the journal’s continuing success – our authors, referees, readers, Associate Editors, and Editorial and Advisory Boards. Because of you, ChemComm has continued to move from strength to strength as the largest publisher of high quality communications across the chemical sciences, providing fast publication times while delivering great author service.

We invite you to submit your next urgent Communication to ChemComm.

Top cited ChemComm articles:

Feature articles

MOFs for CO2 capture and separation from flue gas mixtures: the effect of multifunctional sites on their adsorption capacity and selectivity
Zhijuan Zhang, Yonggang Zhao, Qihan Gong, Zhong Li and Jing Li
Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 653-661
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC35561B, Feature Article
From themed collection Metal-organic frameworks

Exploration of the medical periodic table: towards new targets
Nicolas P. E. Barry and Peter J. Sadler
Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 5106-5131
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC41143E, Feature Article
From themed collection Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry

Magnetically retrievable catalysts for organic synthesis
R. B. Nasir Baig and Rajender S. Varma
Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 752-770
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC35663E, Feature Article

Communications

Hierarchical NiCo2O4@MnO2 core–shell heterostructured nanowire arrays on Ni foam as high-performance supercapacitor electrodes
Le Yu, Genqiang Zhang, Changzhou Yuan and Xiong Wen (David) Lou
Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 137-139
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC37117K, Communication

Synthesis of MoS2 nanosheet–graphene nanosheet hybrid materials for stable lithium storage
Xiaosi Zhou, Li-Jun Wan and Yu-Guo Guo
Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 1838-1840
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC38780A, Communication

Carbon-dot-based ratiometric fluorescent sensor for detecting hydrogen sulfide in aqueous media and inside live cells
Changmin Yu, Xizhen Li, Fang Zeng, Fangyuan Zheng and Shuizhu Wu
Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 403-405
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC37329G, Communication

Flexible, low-temperature, solution processed ZnO-based perovskite solid state solar cells
Mulmudi Hemant Kumar, Natalia Yantara, Sabba Dharani, Michael Graetzel, Subodh Mhaisalkar, Pablo P. Boix and Nripan Mathews
Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 11089-11091
DOI: 10.1039/C3CC46534A, Communication

Read more Impact Factor highlights for the Royal Society of Chemistry’s leading journals, including Chemical Science and Chemical Society Reviews.

Find out how other RSC journals are ranked in the latest Impact Factor release

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Feihe Huang wins Cram Lehn Pedersen Prize 2015

23 Jun 2015

Congratulations to Prof Feihe Huang from the State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering at Zhejiang University, China, winner of the 2014 Cram Lehn Pedersen Prize in Supramolecular Chemistry.

The prize, sponsored by ChemComm, is organised by the committee of the International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry and is awarded each year to a young supramolecular chemist.

The Cram Lehn Pedersen Prize is named in honour of the winners of the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and recognises significant original and independent work in supramolecular chemistry. Previous winners include Oren Schermann, Tomoki Ogoshi, and Jonathan Nitschke.

Feihe will receive £2000, free registration for the ISMSC meeting in Strasbourg, France, and the opportunity to give a lecture at the ISMSC. He is also giving two additional lectures as part of his prize in Germany, at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces and the Free University of Berlin.

Dr May Copsey, Executive Editor of the journal, will be also attending this conference to personally award Feihe with the lectureship. She hopes to meet many ChemComm readers and authors there. Please do let her know if you will be there too!

“Professor Feihe Huang follows in the tradition of other winners and is an excellent supramolecular scientist. He has published over 100 articles as an independent researcher, in top tear journals such as ChemComm,” says Professor Roger Harrison, Associate Professor at Brigham Young University and Secretary of the ISMSC International Scientific Committee. He adds, “He has set himself apart from other chemists by investigating supramolecular polymers and learning how to control their properties.”

Find out more about Feihe Huang by reading his recent research in ChemComm:

Prof Feihe Huang, Winner of the Cram Lehn Pedersen Prize 2015

A water-soluble biphen[3]arene: synthesis, host–guest complexation, and application in controllable self-assembly and controlled release
Jiong Zhou, Guocan Yu, Li Shao, Bin Hua and Feihe Huang
Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 4188-4191
DOI: 10.1039/C5CC00225G, Communication

Reversible formation of a poly[3]rotaxane based on photo dimerization of an anthracene-capped [3]rotaxane
Peifa Wei, Xuzhou Yan and Feihe Huang
Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 14105-14108
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC07044E, Communication

A CO2-responsive pillar[5]arene: synthesis and self-assembly in water
Kecheng Jie, Yong Yao, Xiaodong Chi and Feihe Huang
Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 5503-5505
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC01704H, Communication

Host–guest complexation induced emission: a pillar[6]arene-based complex with intense fluorescence in dilute solution
Pi Wang, Xuzhou Yan and Feihe Huang
Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 5017-5019
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC01560F, Communication

We invite you to submit your next communication article to ChemComm!

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