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Nucleation & Crystallography Themed Issue

04 Apr 2014

This year is the international year of crystallography so guest editors David Amabilino and Xavier Obradors from the Institute of Material Science of Barcelona, introduce the ‘Nucleation and Crystallisation’ themed issue of Chemical Society Reviews.

It is over a hundred years since the thermodynamic principles of nucleation were established. The formation of crystals can be spectacular, but the mechanisms of their nucleation and growth are not fully understood. Control over crystallisation can be achieved, but there are still a number of outstanding fundamental questions that remain unanswered.

With different backgrounds, yet a common passion for nucleation and crystallisation, our guest editors put together a collection of view-points of crystallisation from across different areas of chemistry. From crystal crops in Mexico to pulsed lasers and crystallisation techniques involving light, this stimulating collection fuses together the great advances made over the years in the different disciplines of chemistry.

The Nucleation and Crystallisation themed issue is now available online. To access the full editorial for free, click the link below:
Nucleation & crystallisation
David B. Amabilino and Xavier Obradors
DOI: 10.1039/C4CS90015D

If this fascinating area of chemistry inspires you, why not attend the upcoming discussion in Leeds?
Nucleation – A Transition State to the Directed Assembly of Materials

Faraday Discussion
30 March – 1 April 2015, Leeds MET, UK
http://rsc.li/nucleation-fd2015

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Chem Soc Rev now features Altmetrics

10 Dec 2013

We are pleased to announce the inclusion of Altmetrics on Chem Soc Rev.

With a constantly changing publishing landscape and changes to the way people use scientific literature, altmetrics is a measure that can monitor the level of conversation and interest in a particular piece of research at the article level. Thus altmetrics provides an additional modern metric for our authors to measure the impact of their work, rather than rely solely on citations and impact factor.

To view altmetrics on Chem Soc Rev articles, use the Metrics tab as pictured below on the article landing page.

A press release from Altmetrics is available on our website.

What do you think? We are interested to hear your feedback on this new development and how you are utilising these new types of metrics. Please leave your comments below.

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Metrics for characterising N-heterocyclic carbenes

26 Jul 2013

The chemistry of stable carbene molecules has been of interest to me for many years, from an undergraduate lecture on organometallic chemistry to recent research on diamond chemistry and surface modification.

Unlike their unstable counter-parts, the stable versions have controllable and versatile chemistry. This has led to the creation of hundreds of these stable carbenes for various applications. The overwhelming literature on the topic makes it difficult to compare carbene chemistry, introduce oneself to the field, or pick suitable carbenes for any given application.

Recently, navigating the literature has been made easier for one class of carbenes – the N-heterocyclic carbenes. David J. Nelson¹ and Steven P. Nolan have written a HOT review in Chemical Society Reviews which categorizes N-heterocyclic carbenes based on their steric and electronic properties.

They do so with the aid of chemical ‘metrics’, deriving from NMR, IR, electrochemical and computational data. Each metric enables different features of carbene chemistry to be probed. For example, parameters derived from IR data are used to quantify the extent of d to π* backbonding between the carbene and a metal centre. In this manner, the results of over 300 N-heterocyclic carbenes have been filtered by the authors to further a comprehensive understanding of N-heterocyclic carbene chemistry.

This review is valuable to the newcomer and experienced carbene chemist, alike. It lays the framework for a more systematic approach to carbene chemistry, in which the molecules are tailored for specific organometallic, catalytic, and surface chemistry.

1. No relation to the author of the blog

Read this Chem Soc Rev Review article in full:
Quantifying and understanding the electronic properties of N-heterocyclic carbenes
David J. Nelson and Steven P. Nolan
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3CS60146C

Geoff Nelson is a new guest web-writer for Chemical Science. He currently works as a post-doctoral research associate in Dr David Payne’s research group in the Department of Materials at Imperial College, London. Geoff’s current research concerns the synthesis and characterization of post-transition metal oxides for use in the energy sector. His other research interests include carbon-based materials, biophysical chemistry, electrochemistry, and surface science.

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Chem Soc Rev Impact Factor an impressive 24.8

19 Jun 2013

Thomson Reuters have just released their latest citation data and Chemical Society Reviews’ (Chem Soc Rev) Impact Factor remains high at 24.892. The journal also sees it’s Immediacy Index rise this year from 5 to almost 8. These impressive figures rank Chem Soc Rev as the #2 review journal within general chemistry.

With a truly international authorship publishing accessible and reader-friendly articles, Chem Soc Rev really is the home of high impact reviews from across the chemical sciences. You can read our most highly cited review articles listed below.

Thank you to all who have contributed to the journal’s success so far – our authors, referees, readers and Editorial and Advisory Boards – we are very grateful for your support.

Find out how other Royal Society of Chemistry journals are ranked in the latest Impact Factor release

Top cited Chem Soc Rev reviews:

Reviews

The chemistry of graphene oxide
Author(s): Daniel R. Dreyer, Sungjin Park, Christopher W. Bielawski and Rodney S. Ruoff

Lanthanide luminescence for functional materials and bio-sciences
Author(s): Svetlana V. Eliseeva and Jean-Claude G. Bünzli

Graphene-based composites
Author(s): Xiao Huang, Xiaoying Qi, Freddy Boey and Hua Zhang

Graphene-based materials in electrochemistry
Author(s): Da Chen, Longhua Tang and Jinghong Li

Towards mild metal-catalyzed C–H bond activation
Author(s): Joanna Wencel-Delord, Thomas Dröge, Fan Liu and Frank Glorius

Thiol-click chemistry: a multifaceted toolbox for small molecule and polymer synthesis
Author(s): Charles E. Hoyle, Andrew B. Lowe and Christopher N. Bowman

Fluorescent and colorimetric probes for detection of thiols
Author(s): Xiaoqiang Chen, Ying Zhou, Xiaojun Peng and Juyoung Yoon

Aggregation-induced emission
Author(s): Yuning Hong, Jacky W. Y. Lam and Ben Zhong Tang

Tutorial Reviews

Copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) and beyond: new reactivity of copper(I) acetylides
Author(s):Jason E. Hein and Valery V. Fokin

Cu-free click cycloaddition reactions in chemical biology
Author(s): John C. Jewett and Carolyn R. Bertozzi

*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. Data based on 2012 Journal Citation Reports^®, (Thomson Reuters, 2013).

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Huw Davies appointed as Chem Soc Rev Associate Editor

29 May 2013

We are very pleased to appoint Professor Huw Davies as a new Associate Editor for Chem Soc Rev. Huw has been involved with the journal in various capacities since 2004 and will now be handling submissions in the areas of organic chemistry and catalysis.

Huw is the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Chemistry at Emory University in Atlanta, USA. Work within the Davies group at Emory draws upon an established knowledge of asymmetric synthesis and catalysis to discover and develop novel methodologies, with the ultimate goal of defining enabling technologies for the chemical community. In 2007, Huw became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Chem Soc Rev now has four Associate Editors handling submissions to the journal:

David Amabilino (ICMAB) – supramolecular chemistry, macrocycles, self-assembly, chirality and stereochemistry

Huw Davies (Emory University) – organic chemistry and catalysis

Douglas Stephan (University of Toronto) – inorganic chemistry

Zhong-Qun Tian (Xiamen University) – physical chemistry

Read more about Huw’s research in his recent articles:

Rhodium-catalyzed enantioselective cyclopropanation of electron-deficient alkenes
Hengbin Wang, David M. Guptill, Adrian Varela-Alvarez, Djamaladdin G. Musaev and Huw M. L. Davies
Chem. Sci., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3SC50425E, Edge Article

Convenient method for the functionalization of the 4- and 6-positions of the androgen skeleton
Daniel Morton, Allison R. Dick, Debashis Ghosh and Huw M. L. Davies
Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 5838-5840
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC31973J, Communication

Guiding principles for site selective and stereoselective intermolecular C–H functionalization by donor/acceptor rhodium carbenes
Huw M. L. Davies and Daniel Morton
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2011,40, 1857-1869
DOI: 10.1039/C0CS00217H, Tutorial Review
From themed collection C–H Functionalisation in organic synthesis

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Carbohydrate chemistry themed issue

08 May 2013

We are delighted to present Chem Soc Rev‘s themed issue on Carbohydrate chemistry – now available online.

Guest editors Injae Shin and Kwan Soo Kim, both from Yonsei University in Seoul, introduce the issue in their Editorial.

This issue contains an excellent collection of Review Articles and Tutorial Reviews which highlights recent advances in glycochemistry and chemical glycobiology, including:

Review Articles

Chemical approaches to study O-GlcNAcylation
Partha S. Banerjee, Gerald W. Hart and Jin Won Cho
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 4345-4357
DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35412H

Glyconanotechnology
Niels C. Reichardt, Manuel Martín-Lomas and Soledad Penadés
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 4358-4376
DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35427F

The development of synthetic antitumour vaccines from mucin glycopeptide antigens
Nikola Gaidzik, Ulrika Westerlind and Horst Kunz
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 4421-4442
DOI: 10.1039/C3CS35470A

Glycopolymer probes of signal transduction
Laura L. Kiessling and Joseph C. Grim
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 4476-4491
DOI: 10.1039/C3CS60097A

Tutorial Reviews

Chemical probing of glycans in cells and organisms
Sara H. Rouhanifard, Lars Ulrik Nordstrøm, Tianqing Zheng and Peng Wu
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 4284-4296
DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35416K

Fluoro-C-glycosides and fluoro-carbasugars, hydrolytically stable and synthetically challenging glycomimetics
Eric Leclerc, Xavier Pannecoucke, Mélanie Ethève-Quelquejeu and Matthieu Sollogoub
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 4270-4283
DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35403A

Browse all the reviews from this themed issue online – Carbohydrate chemistry

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Chem Soc Rev Editorial Board: Exciting Changes

22 Apr 2013

Phil Gale

After 3 years, Professor Dirk Guldi has retired from his position as Chair of the Chem Soc Rev Editorial Board. We would like to sincerely thank Dirk for his dedication and hard work, and we wish him the very best for his new role as Associate Editor for Nanoscale – we are pleased he will be staying within the ‘RSC family’!

We are delighted to announce that Professor Philip A. Gale has been appointed as the new Editorial Board Chair. Phil has been on the Chem Soc Rev Editorial Board since 2005, acting as both a Commissioning Editor and most recently as Associate Editor for supramolecular chemistry.

Phil is the Head of Chemistry at the University of Southampton, UK and his research interests focus on the supramolecular chemistry of anionic species and in particular the molecular recognition, sensing and lipid bilayer transport of anionic species.

David Amabilino

We are also pleased to appoint Professor David Amabilino as a new Associate Editor. David has been on the Editorial Board for over 3 years and will now be handling submissions in the areas of supramolecular chemistry, macrocyclic chemistry, self-assembly, chirality and stereochemistry.

David is Research Professor and Vice-Director at the Materials Science Institute of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Spain. He directs a dedicated group of young researchers from different cultural and scientific backgrounds working on key problems in stereochemistry, self-assembly on and off surfaces, and molecular (nano)materials.

Chem Soc Rev now has three Associate Editors handling submissions to the journal:

David Amabilino (ICMAB) – supramolecular chemistry, macrocycles, self-assembly, chirality and stereochemistry
Douglas Stephan (University of Toronto) – Inorganic chemistry
Zhong-Qun Tian (Xiamen University) – Physical chemistry

You can read more about Phil and David’s research in their recent articles:

Anion receptor chemistry
Marco Wenzel, Jennifer R. Hiscock and Philip A. Gale
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012,41, 480-520
DOI: 10.1039/C1CS15257B, Critical Review

Small neutral molecular carriers for selective carboxylate transport
Cally J. E. Haynes, Stuart N. Berry, Joachim Garric, Julie Herniman, Jennifer R. Hiscock, Isabelle L. Kirby, Mark E. Light, Gregory Perkes and Philip A. Gale
Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 246-248
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC37468D, Communication

Chloride, carboxylate and carbonate transport by ortho-phenylenediamine-based bisureas
Philip A. Gale et. al.
Chem. Sci., 2013,4, 103-117
DOI: 10.1039/C2SC21112B, Edge Article

Twists and turns in the hierarchical self-assembly pathways of a non-amphiphilic chiral supramolecular material
Ion Danila, Flavia Pop, Carlos Escudero, Lise N. Feldborg, Josep Puigmartí-Luis, François Riobé, Narcis Avarvari and David B. Amabilino
Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 4552-4554
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC30789H, Communication

Self-assembly of supramolecular wires and cross-junctions and efficient electron tunnelling across them
Josep Puigmartí-Luis, Andrea Minoia, Shengbin Lei, Victor Geskin, Bing Li, Roberto Lazzaroni, Steven De Feyter and David B. Amabilino
Chem. Sci., 2011,2, 1945-1951
DOI: 10.1039/C1SC00330E, Edge Article

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20 Years of Mesoporous Materials

18 Apr 2013

We are delighted to present this themed issue of Chem Soc Rev which celebrates 20 years of mesoporous materials.

Guest editors Bénédicte Lebeau, Anne Galarneau and Mika Linden introduce the issue in their Editorial and Charles T. Kresge and Wieslaw J. Roth discuss their contribution to this exciting field in their Highlight article:

Highlight
The discovery of mesoporous molecular sieves from the twenty year perspective
Charles T. Kresge and Wieslaw J. Roth
DOI: 10.1039/C3CS60016E

This bumper issue contains a great collection of Review Articles and Tutorial Reviews which give an excellent overview of the last 20 years since the discovery of mesoporous materials, here is just a selection:

Reviews

Hierarchical porous materials: catalytic applications
Christopher M. A. Parlett , Karen Wilson and Adam F. Lee
DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35378D

Synthesis of mesoporous silica nanoparticles
Si-Han Wu, Chung-Yuan Mou and Hong-Ping Lin
DOI: 10.1039/C3CS35405A

Tutorial Reviews

Mesoporosity – a new dimension for zeolites
Karin Möller and Thomas Bein
DOI: 10.1039/C3CS35488A

Anionic surfactant templated mesoporous silicas (AMSs)
Lu Han and Shunai Che
DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35297D

Formation of mesostructured thin films at the air–liquid interface
Karen J. Edler and Bin Yang
DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35300H

You can browse all the reviews from this themed issue online – Mesoporous Materials

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Chemistry of functional nanomaterials themed issue

22 Mar 2013

Chem Soc Rev is pleased to present an exciting themed issue on the Chemistry of functional nanomaterials.

This issue was Guest Edited by Yadong Yin (University of California, Riverside) and Dmitri Talapin (University of Chicago). Take a look at their editorial which introduces the issue:

The chemistry of functional nanomaterials
Yadong Yin and Dmitri Talapin
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 2484-2487

The issues contains a collection of 21 Review Articles and Tutorials which showcase some of the prominent research into functional nanomaterials in recent years, here are just a few of those featured:

Tutorials
DNA nanostructure meets nanofabrication
Guomei Zhang, Sumedh P. Surwade, Feng Zhou and Haitao Liu
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 2488-2496

Biomolecular specificity controlled nanomaterial synthesis
Chin-Yi Chiu, Lingyan Ruan and Yu Huang
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 2512-2527

Bottom-up assembly of photonic crystals
Georg von Freymann, Vladimir Kitaev, Bettina V. Lotsch and Geoffrey A. Ozin
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 2528-2554

Review Articles
Gold nanorods and their plasmonic properties
Huanjun Chen, Lei Shao, Qian Li and Jianfang Wang
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 2679-2724

From the bottom up: dimensional control and characterization in molecular monolayers
Shelley A. Claridge, Wei-Ssu Liao, John C. Thomas, Yuxi Zhao, Huan H. Cao, Sarawut Cheunkar, Andrew C. Serino, Anne M. Andrews and Paul S. Weiss
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 2725-2745

You can browse all the reviews from this themed issue online – Chemistry of functional nanomaterials

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Xile Hu wins Chem Soc Rev Emerging Investigator Lectureship 2013

21 Mar 2013

On behalf of the Chem Soc Rev Editorial Board, I am delighted to announce that Professor Xile Hu from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, has been chosen as the winner of the 2013 Chem Soc Rev Emerging Investigator Lectureship.

This annual award recognises an emerging scientist who has made a significant contribution to their research field. The Editorial Board commended Professor Hu’s research in the field of catalysis, particularly his development of catalysts, composed of earth-abundant elements, which are used in sustainable chemical synthesis and for efficient chemical energy storage. With his research group, he has developed base metal catalysts for organic synthesis, bio-mimetic synthetic compounds for [Fe]-hydrogenase, and non-precious and scalable electrocatalysts for H₂ production from water.

On winning the Lectureship, Professor Hu says, “It was a nice surprise for me to learn that I was selected for this award, because I know there are many other equally deserving candidates. I want to thank the Editorial Board members and the staff of Chem Soc Rev for their interest in my group’s research and their support for my career. The credit is really due to my co-workers who have exercised tremendous creativity, persistence, and work ethic to push our research endeavors forward. On their behalf, I am thrilled and honoured to accept this award.”

Professor Hu will present his award lecture at an international conference later in the year– keep an eye on this blog for more details.

You can find out more about Professor Hu’s exciting research by reading his recent articles on Chem Soc Rev, Chemical Science and ChemComm:

Organic molecules as mediators and catalysts for photocatalytic and electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction
Yeonji Oh and Xile Hu
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 2253-2261
From themed issue on Solar fuels

Fe, Co, and Ni ions promote the catalytic activity of amorphous molybdenum sulfide films for hydrogen evolution
Daniel Merki, Heron Vrubel, Lorenzo Rovelli, Stéphane Fierro and Xile Hu
Chem. Sci., 2012, 3, 2515-2525

Hydrogen evolution across nano-Schottky junctions at carbon supported MoS₂ catalysts in biphasic liquid systems
Peiyu Ge, Micheál D. Scanlon, Pekka Peljo, Xiaojun Bian, Heron Vubrel, Arlene O’Neill, Jonathan N. Coleman, Marco Cantoni, Xile Hu, Kyösti Kontturi, BaoHong Liu and Hubert H. Girault
Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 6484-6486

Nickel-catalyzed cross coupling of non-activated alkyl halides: a mechanistic perspective
Xile Hu
Chem. Sci., 2011, 2, 1867-1886

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