We asked you about your favourite RSC Mechanochemistry journal cover and you did not let us down.
Our winning cover comes from Shunsuke Tanaka’s group at Kansai University and belongs to their paper titled “Wash-free” synthesis of cyclodextrin metal–organic frameworks.
Read the publication behind the cover here.
Thanks to everyone who voted!
One year ago, RSC Mechanochemistry published its very first issue. In this first year, we’ve seen some stunning cover images on our issues. As we celebrate the one-year anniversary of our first issue, we welcome you to vote for your favourite cover image.
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| In situ investigation of controlled polymorphism in mechanochemistry at elevated temperature | Halogen-bonded cocrystals via resonant acoustic mixing | Visualization of mechanochemical polymer-chain scission in double-network elastomers using a radical-transfer-type fluorescent molecular probe |
| Kevin Linberg, Philipp C. Sander, Franziska Emmerling and Adam A. L. Michalchuk | Alireza Nari, Jeffrey S. Ovens and David L. Bryce | Takumi Yamamoto, Akira Takahashi and Hideyuki Otsuka |
| RSC Mechanochem., 2024,1, 43-49 | RSC Mechanochem., 2024,1, 50-62 | RSC Mechanochem., 2024,1, 63-68 |
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| Base-mediated trimerization of enones under solvent-free and ball-milling conditions | “Wash-free” synthesis of cyclodextrin metal–organic frameworks | Unprecedented linear products by a mechanochemically activated Biginelli reaction using lawsone |
| Gang Shao, Pinhua Li, Zheng-Chun Yin, Jun-Shen Chen, Xu-Ling Xia and Guan-Wu Wang | Shuhei Fujita, Kazunori Kadota, Atsushi Koike, Hiromasa Uchiyama, Yuichi Tozuka and Shunsuke Tanaka | Christina L. Koumpoura, Laure Vendier, Christian Bijani, Anne Robert, Philippe Carbonnière, Jean-Marc Sotiropoulos and Michel Baltas |
| RSC Mechanochem., 2024,1, 162-166 | RSC Mechanochem., 2024,1, 153-157 | RSC Mechanochem., 2024,1, 167-175 |
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| Mechanochemical synthesis of Zn-bionanohybrids: size effect at the nanoscale to improve their enzyme-like activity | Mechanochemical synthesis of β-cyclodextrin urea derivatives under reactive CO2 atmosphere by Staudinger aza-Wittig reaction | Elucidating tribochemical reaction mechanisms: insights into tribofilm formation from hydrocarbon adsorbates coupled with tribochemical substrate wear |
| Carla Garcia-Sanz, Laura Guijarro, Mirosława Pawlyta and Jose M. Palomo | Sawssen Nasri, Maxime Lestoquoy, Anne Ponchel, Eric Monflier and Stéphane Menuel | Yu-Sheng Li, Fakhrul H. Bhuiyan, Jongcheol Lee, Ashlie Martini and Seong H. Kim |
| RSC Mechanochem., 2024,1, 219-227 | RSC Mechanochem., 2024,1, 228-234 | RSC Mechanochem., 2024,1, 328-341 |
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| Solvent-free mechanochemical synthesis of azo dyes | Exploring polymorphism, stoichiometric diversity and simultaneous existence of salt and cocrystal during cocrystallization using mechanochemistry | |
| Lin Zhang, Qinglang Song, Yanxian Wang, Rui Chen, Yu Xia, Bin Wang, Weiwei Jin, Shaofeng Wu, Ziren Chen, Azhar Iqbal, Chenjiang Liu and Yonghong Zhang | Diptajyoti Gogoi, Kalyan J. Kalita, Nishant Biswakarma, Mihails Arhangelskis, Ramesh Ch Deka and Ranjit Thakuria | |
| RSC Mechanochem., 2024,1, 447-451 | RSC Mechanochem., 2024,1, 452-464 |
RSC Mechanochemistry was delighted to sponsor three poster prizes at the recent Mechanics of Bond Breaking: from Single Molecules to Polymer Networks conference in Brussels. The event, which brought together researchers from across polymer chemistry, soft matter science and mechanochemistry, saw leaders in the field of covalent adaptable networks and vitrimers, facture behaviour, mechanochemistry, polymer networks, self-healing materials, single molecule force spectroscopy and supramolecular materials share their latest research in this area
RSC Mechanochemistry sponsored three poster prizes, which the judges awarded to:
David Capagna (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany) – Post-fabrication reconfiguration of functional crosslinking segments in polymer gels
Regina Lennarz (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany) – MUPSI: a method for uniaxial pressure simulations on molecular systems
Iryna Yakushko (University of Lyon, France) – Reversible mechanochemistry: polarimetry study of polymers containing chiral molecules
Congratulations to all winners!
From left to right: Cristian Clasen (organiser), Patrick de Jongh (Assistant Editor, RSC Mechanochemistry), Iryna Yakuskho, Regina Lennarz, Davide Capagna and Charles-André Fustin (organiser)
Welcome to the 2024 HOT article round up!
This is our first full year for the 2024 RSC Mechanochemistry HOT Article Collection to showcase all of the articles selected by our reviewers and handling editors as HOT in 2024.
We hope you enjoy reading and as always, all of our articles are open access so you can easily share your favourites online and with your colleagues.
Visualization of mechanochemical polymer-chain scission in double-network elastomers using a radical-transfer-type fluorescent molecular probe
Takumi Yamamoto, Akira Takahashi and Hideyuki Otsuka
RSC Mechanochem., 2024,1, 63-68
DOI: 10.1039/D3MR00016H
Ball-milling for efficient synthesis of pyridine-containing iron(ii) photosensitizers
Enita Rastoder, Thierry Michel, Frédéric Lamaty and Xavier Bantreil
RSC Mechanochem., 2024,1, 116-122
DOI: 10.1039/D3MR00033H
Mechanically induced self-propagating reactions (MSRs) to instantly prepare binary metal chalcogenides: assessing the influence of particle size, bulk modulus, reagents melting temperature difference and thermodynamic constants on the ignition time
Matej Baláž, Róbert Džunda, Radovan Bureš, Tibor Sopčák and Tamás Csanádi
RSC Mechanochem., 2024,1, 94-105
DOI: 10.1039/D3MR00001J
Mechanochemical synthesis of zinc-doped hydroxyapatite for tunable micronutrient release
Mohamed Ammar, Ricardo Bortoletto-Santos, Caue Ribeiro, Lihua Zhang and Jonas Baltrusaitis
RSC Mechanochem., 2024,1, 263-278
DOI: 10.1039/D3MR00012E
Revealing the mechanism of reductive, mechanochemical Li recycling from LiFePO4
David Geiß, Oleksandr Dolotko, Sylvio Indris, Christian Neemann, Andrei Bologa, Thomas Bergfeldt, Michael Knapp and Helmut Ehrenberg
RSC Mechanochem., 2024,1, 349-360
DOI: 10.1039/D4MR00014E
Total mechano-synthesis of 2-cyclopropyl-4-(4-fluorophenyl)quinoline-3-acrylaldehyde—a pivotal intermediate of pitavastatin
Jingbo Yu, Yanhua Zhang, Zehao Zheng and Weike Su
RSC Mechanochem., 2024,1, 367-374
DOI: 10.1039/D4MR00036F
Rapid and efficient mechanosynthesis of alkali and alkaline earth molybdates
Andres Lara-Contreras, Patrick Julien, Jennifer Scott and Emily C. Corcoran
RSC Mechanochem., 2024,1, 477-485
DOI: 10.1039/D4MR00042K
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