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16th International Meeting on Boron Chemistry (IMEBORON XVI) 9-13 July 2017, Hong Kong

02 Mar 2017

The 16th International Meeting on Boron Chemistry (IMEBORON XVI) will be held during 9-13 July, 2017 in Hong Kong. This meeting will provide an international forum for presentation and discussion, among both professionals and students alike, of new findings in all aspects of boron chemistry: including inorganic and cluster boron chemistry, organic and bioorganic boron chemistry, boron in materials and boron in medicine. The meeting aims to strengthen and broaden interactions and collaborative research among researchers worldwide.

The 5-day event will include plenary, keynote, and invited lectures, as well as oral and poster presentations. The meeting is also accompanied with social activities like receptions, conference banquet and guided tours to allow participants to experience the unique fusion of East and West culture of the vibrant cosmopolitan city at the heart of South-East Asia.

Abstract submission ends: 22 March 2017

Early bird registration ends: 31 March 2017

Conference Chair: Prof. Zuowei Xie
Email: imeboron16@cuhk.edu.hk
Website: www.imeboron16.org

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Outstanding Reviewers for Dalton Transactions in 2016

24 Feb 2017

By Aliya Anwar.

Following the success of Peer Review Week in September 2016 (dedicated to reviewer recognition) during which we published a list of our top reviewers, we are delighted to announce that we will continue to recognise the contribution that our reviewers make to the journal by announcing our Outstanding Reviewers each year.

We would like to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Dalton Transactions in 2016, 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.

Marius Andruh, University of Bucharest
Peter Budzelaar, University of Manitoba
Malcolm Halcrow, University of Leeds
Atsushi Kobayashi, Hokkaido University
George Kostakis, University of Sussex
Dong-Sheng Li, China Three Gorges University
Chengyu Mao, University of California at Riverside
Dawid Pinkowicz, Jagiellonian University
Di Sun, Shandong University

We would also like to thank the Dalton Transactions board and the Inorganic 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 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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First uranium–rhodium bond shows that shorter is not stronger

22 Feb 2017

By Aliya Anwar.

Written by Aurora Walshe for Chemistry World

Researchers in the UK have made the first two uranium–rhodium complexes and found their uranium–rhodium bonds to be among the shortest heterometallic uranium bonds ever reported.¹

Source: © Royal Society of Chemistry The uranium–rhodium distances in these two complexes are among the shortest between f-elements and transition metals reported to date

Building on their recent success forming uranium complexes with nickel, palladium and platinum,² Polly Arnold’s group at the University of Edinburgh used a carefully designed bidentate phosphinoaryloxide ligand (Ar^PO^–) to create two distinct uranium–rhodium complexes: a tetrametallic dimer, [I₂U(OAr^P)₂RhI]₂, and a monomeric complex with three phosphinoaryloxide ligands and a bridging iodide. Although the two uranium–rhodium bonds are of similar length (2.760Å in the dimeric complex and 2.763Å in the monomeric one), electrochemical studies show that the bond stabilities are very different.

Interested? The full story can be read in Chemistry World.

The original article can be read below and is free to access until 30^th March 2017:

Uranium rhodium bonding in heterometallic complexes
J. A. Hlina, J. A. L. Wells, J. R. Pankhurst, Jason B. Love and P. L. Arnold
Dalton Trans., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6DT04570G

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Call for papers: 2017 themed issue

09 Feb 2017

By Michelle Canning.

We are delighted to announce a new Dalton Transactions themed issue to be published in 2017:

Frontiers in Radionuclide Imaging and Therapy, “A chemical journey from naturally radioactive elements to targeted theranostic agents” Guest Editors: Professors Angela Casini (Cardiff University), João D. G. Correia (Universidade de Lisboa) and Chris Orvig (University of British Columbia). Deadline: 19^th May 2017

Does your research fit into this subject area? If so, we would welcome your contribution. For further details on issue scope and on how to submit, see below:

How to submit

All types of manuscript – communications, full papers, frontiers and perspectives, will be considered for publication. The manuscript should be prepared according to our article guidelines and submitted via our online system.

All manuscripts will be subject to normal peer review and inclusion in the themed issue will be at the discretion of the Guest Editors. Please indicate in your submission the themed issue you would like to be considered for.

Issue scope

This special issue of Dalton Transactions will highlight emerging trends in the use of radionuclides, namely radiometals, for molecular imaging and systemic radiotherapy. It intends to cover all aspects of the use of radionuclides in biomedical/clinical applications, including:

Updates on the chemistry of d- (e.g. Tc and Re) and f-elements, namely actinides and lanthanides (e.g. Lu and Ho), and their applications in molecular imaging and targeted radionuclide therapy. Metal-based complexes such as those with Ru, Ir or Au may also be included as targeted chemical probes for imaging in biological systems (e.g. cells).
Multimodal imaging agents with at least one modality being radioactive (e.g. PET- or SPECT-MRI probes; Pet- or SPECT- optical imaging, etc.).
Radiometal-containing nanoparticles for application in cancer theranostics; image-guided drug delivery in vivo.
Production and application of alpha emitters (e.g. ²¹²Pb, ²¹³Bi, ²²³Ra or ²¹¹At); new trends and applications.
Isotopes that are only beginning to become available (by generators, rather than made in cyclotrons or nuclear reactors), such as ⁶⁸Ga or ²¹³Bi (for alpha therapy).
Use of “new” or “so far neglected” radioisotopes of the f elements (Lanthanides) for medicinal applications.

Considering the multidisciplinary nature of the topics mentioned, contributions from frontier subjects are welcome. As regards the clinical applications of the above mentioned molecular compounds and nanoparticles, translational aspects should also be addressed in this special issue in addition to chemical design. Thus, contributions related to pharmacological and clinical studies are also welcome.

Interested in submitting a paper? Please contact us (Dalton-RSC@rsc.org) for more information.

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Most Cited Research of 2016

03 Feb 2017

By Dr Mike Andrews.

Here are some of the most cited papers and communications published Dalton Transactions in 2016. The articles involve s-, p-, d-, and f-block chemistry and represent a broad range of subject areas, covering coordination and organometallic chemistry, solid state and materials research, and photochemistry. With authors in ten different countries and six papers arising from international collaborations, the work highlights what has been making an impact in the world of inorganic chemistry in the last year.

Graphical abstract: Front cover

A chiral lanthanide metal-organic framework for selective sensing of Fe(III) ions

Xiao-Lin Zhao, Dan Tian, Qiang Gao, Hong-Wei Sun, Jian Xu, and Xian-He Bu
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 1040-1046
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03283K

An unprecedented “strongly” self-catenated MOF containing inclined catenated honeycomb-like units

Ju-Meng Hu, Vladislav A. Blatov, Baoyi Yu, Kristof Van Hecke and Guang-Hua Cui

Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 2426-2429
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT04679C

Compositional dependence of anomalous thermal expansion in perovskite-like ABX₃ formates

Ines E. Collings, Joshua A. Hill, Andrew B. Cairns, Richard I. Cooper, Amber L. Thompson, Julia E. Parker, Chiu C. Tang and Andrew L. Goodwin

Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 4169-4178
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03263F

Controllable one-pot synthesis of a nest-like Bi₂WO₆/BiVO₄ composite with enhanced photocatalytic antifouling performance under visible light irradiation

Peng Ju, Yi Wang, Yan Sun and Dun Zhang

Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 4588-4602
DOI: 10.1039/C6DT00118A

Experimental and theoretical studies of structural phase transition in a novel polar perovskite-like [C₂H₅NH₃][Na_0.5Fe_0.5(HCOO)₃] formate

Maciej Ptak, Mirosław Mączka, Anna Gągor, Adam Sieradzki, Alessandro Stroppa, Domenico Di Sante, Juan Manuel Perez-Mato and Lucyna Macalik

Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 2574-2583
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT04536C

Magnetic nanoscale metal organic frameworks for potential targeted anticancer drug delivery, imaging and as an MRI contrast agent

Angshuman Ray Chowdhuri, Dipsikha Bhattacharya and Sumanta Kumar Sahu

Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 2963-2973
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03736K

Rare earth anthracenedicarboxylate metal–organic frameworks: slow relaxation of magnetization of Nd³⁺, Gd³⁺, Dy³⁺, Er³⁺ and Yb³⁺ based materials

Antonio J. Calahorro, Itziar Oyarzabal, Belén Fernández, José M. Seco, Tian Tian, David Fairen-Jimenez, Enrique Colacio and Antonio Rodríguez-Diéguez

Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 591-598
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03946K

The cation-dependent structural phase transition and dielectric response in a family of cyano-bridged perovskite-like coordination polymers

Wei-Jian Xu, Shao-Li Chen, Zhi-Tao Hu, Rui-Biao Lin, Yu-Jun Su, Wei-Xiong Zhang and Xiao-Ming Chen

Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 4224-4229
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03481G

Unprecedented flexibility of the 1,1′-bis(o-carborane) ligand: catalytically-active species stabilised by B-agostic B–H⇀Ru interactions

Laura E. Riley, Antony P. Y. Chan, James Taylor, Wing Y. Man, David Ellis, Georgina M. Rosair, Alan J. Welch and Igor B. Sivaev

Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 1127-1137
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03417E

Zirconium-catalyzed intermolecular hydrophosphination using a chiral, air-stable primary phosphine

Christine A. Bange, Michael B. Ghebreab, Arne Ficks, Neil T. Mucha, Lee Higham and Rory Waterman

Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 1863-1867
DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03544A

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Welcoming our newest Editorial Board member: Marinella Mazzanti

01 Feb 2017

By Aliya Anwar.

Welcome to Professor Marinella Mazzanti who joins us as Editorial Board member for Dalton Transactions. Professor Mazzanti is currently the Head and founder of the Group of Coordination Chemistry at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland.

Her research interests include: Lanthanides and Actinides Coordination Chemistry; Lanthanides and Actinides Supramolecular Chemistry; Redox Reactivity of Low Valent f Elements; Gadolinium Based MRI Contrast Agents; Lanthanide Based Luminescent Architectures; Single Molecule Magnets; Small Molecule Activation.

Professor Mazzanti has also participated in more than 30 invited seminars at International conferences and Universities in Europe and the USA.

Below is a selection of articles Professor Mazzanti has published with us:

CS₂ activation at uranium(III) siloxide ate complexes: the effect of a Lewis acidic site
Clément Camp, Oliver Cooper, Julie Andrez, Jacques Pécaut and Marinella Mazzanti
Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 2650-2656
DOI: 10.1039/C4DT02585G, Paper
From themed collection Dalton Discussion 14: Advancing the chemistry of the f-elements

Crystal structure diversity in the bis[hydrotris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)borate]iodouranium(III) complex: from neutral to cationic forms
Maria Augusta Antunes, Isabel C. Santos, Hélène Bolvin, Laura C. J. Pereira, Marinella Mazzanti, Joaquim Marçalo and Manuel Almeida
Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 8861-8867
DOI: 10.1039/C3DT50753J, Paper

Optimizing the relaxivity of Gd(III) complexes appended to InP/ZnS quantum dots by linker tuning
Graeme J. Stasiuk, Sudarsan Tamang, Daniel Imbert, Christelle Gateau, Peter Reiss, Pascal Fries and Marinella Mazzanti
Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 8197-8200
DOI: 10.1039/C3DT50774B, Communication

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Welcoming our new Associate Editor: Wolfgang Tremel

01 Feb 2017

By Aliya Anwar.

Dalton Transactions would like to welcome Professor Wolfgang Tremel who joins us as our newest Associate Editor. Wolfgang is currently a full Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Germany. His research interests include: Inorganic materials chemistry, Surface and interface chemistry, Biomineralization, Nanoparticles for applications in drug delivery, in vivo sensing and catalysis, Energy processes (thermoelectric, photonics, phononics, light harvesting).

Professor Tremel is ‘looking forward to collaborating and contributing to a further success of the journal’.

A small selection of articles published by Professor Tremel are below:

Biogenic synthesis of palladium nanoparticles using Pulicaria glutinosa extract and their catalytic activity towards the Suzuki coupling reaction
Mujeeb Khan, Merajuddin Khan, Mufsir Kuniyil, Syed Farooq Adil, Abdulrahman Al-Warthan, Hamad Z. Alkhathlan, Wolfgang Tremel, Muhammad Nawaz Tahir and Mohammed Rafiq H. Siddiqui
Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 9026-9031
DOI: 10.1039/C3DT53554A, Paper

Hybrid chalcogenide nanoparticles: 2D-WS₂ nanocrystals inside nested WS₂ fullerenes
Faegheh Hoshyargar, Tomas P. Corrales, Robert Branscheid, Ute Kolb, Michael Kappl, Martin Panthöfer and Wolfgang Tremel
Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 14568-14575
DOI: 10.1039/C3DT51537K, Paper

Thermoelectric properties of spark-plasma sintered nanoparticular FeSb₂ prepared via a solution chemistry approach
Gregor Kieslich, Christina S. Birkel, Igor Veremchuk, Yuri Grin and Wolfgang Tremel
Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 558-562
DOI: 10.1039/C3DT51535D, Paper

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Major society chemistry publishers jointly commit to integration with ORCID

13 Dec 2016

By Aliya Anwar.

ORCID provides an identifier for individuals to use with their name as they engage in research, scholarship and innovation activities, ensuring authors gain full credit for their work.

Today, we signed their open letter, along with ACS Publications, committing to unambiguous identification of all authors that publish in our journals.

The official press release can be read here.

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Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Dalton Poster Symposium 2017

16 Nov 2016

By Aliya Anwar.

The RSC Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Dalton Poster Symposium provides an opportunity for talented young inorganic chemists (PhDs and postdocs) to present their work to their peers and senior representatives from industry and academia. The symposium, funded by the Geoffrey Wilkinson Foundation, is free to attend for successful applicants and we will cover up to £150 travel expenses. On the day there will be talks from Royal Society of Chemistry prize/award winners and there is also the opportunity to win significant prizes including bursaries to attend an international conference.

The event will take place in Burlington House, London on the 27^th March 2017.

The deadline for poster abstracts is the 13^th January 2017.

Further information about the symposium and how to submit an abstract can be found here.

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Inorganic Chemistry Symposium

03 Nov 2016

By Aliya Anwar.

24th October: Inorganic Chenmistry Symposium at Kyushu University hosted by Professor Yoshio Hisaeda

Our flagship inorganic chemistry journal Dalton Transactions was proud to co-present the Inorganic Chemistry Symposium which took place on the 24^th October in Fukuoka, Japan. The symposium was co-presented with Kyushu University, Osaka University and the Tokyo Institute of Technology. It was also supported by Chemical Science, ChemComm, Chemical Society Reviews, and Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers.

Amongst those speaking at the symposium were Dalton Transactions Executive editor, Dr Andrew Shore (Royal Society of Chemistry, UK) who gave a talk on: Publishing your research in high impact journals and Dalton Editorial board member: Professor Polly Arnold (University of Edinburgh, UK) whose talk was on: Architectural control of f-block organometallics for small molecule activation. The full list of speakers can be found here.

26th October: Osaka University, symposium hosted by Professor Shinobu Itoh (Front row, far right: Dalton Transactions Executive Editor, Andrew Shore. Second row, second left: RSC Japan representative Hiromitsu Urakami)

The symposium brought together leading international scientists, delivering lectures which covered the broad scope of Dalton Transactions, from inorganic, organometallic, bioinorganic chemistry to photochemistry and inorganic materials.

28th October: Symposium hosted by Professor Osamu Ishitani

With three locations combined (Fukuoka, Osaka and Tokyo), there were over 260 attendees with 3 international speakers from the UK, China and US. The Royal Society of Chemistry also had one representative speaker and there were 19 Japanese speakers from 10 difference institutions.

Further information about the symposium including a full list of speakers can be found on the website.

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16th International Meeting on Boron Chemistry (IMEBORON XVI) 9-13 July 2017, Hong Kong

Outstanding Reviewers for Dalton Transactions in 2016

First uranium–rhodium bond shows that shorter is not stronger

Call for papers: 2017 themed issue

Most Cited Research of 2016

Welcoming our newest Editorial Board member: Marinella Mazzanti

Welcoming our new Associate Editor: Wolfgang Tremel

Major society chemistry publishers jointly commit to integration with ORCID

Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Dalton Poster Symposium 2017

Inorganic Chemistry Symposium

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