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Hear from our authors: Eddy Tysoe

05 Sep 2024
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RSC Mechanochemistry has published its first articles. To celebrate this, we asked the authors to discuss their work in some more detail.

 

In this edition, we hear from Eddy Tysoe about their study titled Modeling mechanochemistry: pressure dependence of Diels–Alder cycloaddition reaction kinetics.

 

Want to know more about their work? Read the full paper here!

Modeling mechanochemistry: pressure dependence of Diels–Alder cycloaddition reaction kinetics

Nicholas Hopper, François Sidoroff, Juliette Cayer-Barrioz, Denis Mazuyer, Bo Chen and Wilfred T. Tysoe

RSC Mechanochem. 2024, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/D4MR00063C

 

 

  RSC Mechanochemistry offers you an inclusive and dedicated home for the ideas, scientific language and approaches that cut across the many disciplines mechanochemistry touches. Here we are seeking to build knowledge, as well as foster innovation and discovery at this forefront of chemistry. Whether you are seeking to understand the fundamentals of mechanochemistry, or you are excited by its applications and potential, this journal is for you.

 

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Hear from our authors: Yu-Sheng Li

04 Sep 2024
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RSC Mechanochemistry has published its first articles. To celebrate this, we asked the authors to discuss their work in some more detail.

 

In this edition, we hear from Yu-Sheng Li about their study titled Elucidating tribochemical reaction mechanisms: insights into tribofilm formation from hydrocarbon adsorbates coupled with tribochemical substrate wear.

 

Want to know more about their work? Read the full paper here!

Elucidating tribochemical reaction mechanisms: insights into tribofilm formation from hydrocarbon adsorbates coupled with tribochemical substrate wear

Yu-Sheng Li, Fakhrul H. Bhuiyan, Jongcheol Lee, Ashlie Martini and Seong H. Kim

RSC Mechanochem. 2024, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/D3MR00036B

 

 

  RSC Mechanochemistry offers you an inclusive and dedicated home for the ideas, scientific language and approaches that cut across the many disciplines mechanochemistry touches. Here we are seeking to build knowledge, as well as foster innovation and discovery at this forefront of chemistry. Whether you are seeking to understand the fundamentals of mechanochemistry, or you are excited by its applications and potential, this journal is for you.

 

 

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Hear from our authors: Lars Borchardt

01 Aug 2024
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RSC Mechanochemistry has published its first articles. To celebrate this, we asked the authors to discuss their work in some more detail.

 

In this edition, we hear from Lars Borchardt about their study titled Polymer vessels in mechanochemical syntheses: assessing material performance.

 

“Optimize your mechanochemical reactions with our thorough evaluation of polymer vessel materials, focusing on durability and performance. These insights can help our mechanochemical community select the best materials for innovative and reliable mechanochemical applications.”

 

“Polymers have already shown promise as vessel materials in mechanochemical reactions. Our paper expands the current possibilities by offering in-depth insights into the properties and performance of a wide range of thermoplastic polymers. This work is meant to simplify the material choice to enable optimal conditions.”

 

“This paper highlights the versatility of polymers in mechanochemistry, showcasing their adaptability to diverse chemical and mechanical demands.”

 

“Our study offers essential insights into polymer vessel suitability, especially highlighting their potential for in-situ monitoring and temperature resistance in mechanochemical reactions.”

 

Want to know more about their work? Read the full paper here!

Polymer vessels in mechanochemical syntheses: assessing material performance

Marisol Fabienne Rappen, Lars Beissel, Jonathan Geisler, Simeon Theodor Tietmeyer, Sven Grätz and Lars Borchardt

RSC Mechanochem. 2024, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/D4MR00059E

 

 

RSC Mechanochemistry offers you an inclusive and dedicated home for the ideas, scientific language and approaches that cut across the many disciplines mechanochemistry touches. Here we are seeking to build knowledge, as well as foster innovation and discovery at this forefront of chemistry. Whether you are seeking to understand the fundamentals of mechanochemistry, or you are excited by its applications and potential, this journal is for you.

 

 

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Tianbao Ma joins the RSC Mechanochemistry Advisory Board

31 Jul 2024
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RSC Mechanochemistry is delighted to welcome Tianbao Ma (Tsinghua University, China) to its Advisory Board.

Read some of their recent publications:

 

Revealing the low-temperature friction behavior and mechanisms of hydrogenated amorphous carbon films with Al/Cr/Si doping

Quansheng Ma, Chengjun Huang, Wei Cai, Jiaxu Zhang, Weiqi Chen, Jie Jin, Yuan Xia, Yi Xu and Tianbao Ma

Tribol. Int. 2024, 198, 109911

 

Observing and Modeling the Wear Process of Heterogeneous Interface

Xin Tang, Aisheng Song, Haijun Wu, Kaili Feng, Tianmin Shao and Tianbao Ma

Nano Lett. 2024, 24, 6965-6973

 

Interfacial tribochemical kinetics: A new perspective on superlubricity of diamond-like carbon films

Weiqi Chen and Tianbao Ma

Sci. China Technol. Sci. 2024, 67, 2050-2052

 

 

RSC Mechanochemistry offers you an inclusive and dedicated home for the ideas, scientific language and approaches that cut across the many disciplines mechanochemistry touches. Here we are seeking to build knowledge, as well as foster innovation and discovery at this forefront of chemistry. Whether you are seeking to understand the fundamentals of mechanochemistry, or you are excited by its applications and potential, this journal is for you.

 

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Hear from our authors: Bernardo Castro Dominguez

25 Jul 2024
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RSC Mechanochemistry has published its first articles. To celebrate this, we asked the authors to discuss their work in some more detail.

 

In this edition, we hear from Bernardo Castro Dominguez about their study titled Mechanochemical extraction of edible proteins from moor grass.

 

Want to know more about their work? Read the full paper here!

Mechanochemical extraction of edible proteins from moor grass

Olusegun Abayomi Olalere, Fatma Guler, Christopher J. Chuck, Hannah S. Leese and Bernardo Castro-Dominguez

RSC Mechanochem. 2024, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/D4MR00016A

 

 

  RSC Mechanochemistry offers you an inclusive and dedicated home for the ideas, scientific language and approaches that cut across the many disciplines mechanochemistry touches. Here we are seeking to build knowledge, as well as foster innovation and discovery at this forefront of chemistry. Whether you are seeking to understand the fundamentals of mechanochemistry, or you are excited by its applications and potential, this journal is for you.

 

 

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Watch back: 2024 RSC Mechanochemistry Showcase webinar

04 Jul 2024
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Did you miss it?

Watch back the 2024 RSC Mechanochemistry Showcase any time via:

 

RSC Mechanochemistry is the first journal entirely dedicated to the study of mechanical forces in chemistry and the central role of mechanochemistry in many other disciplines.

Chaired by Editors-in-Chief James Batteas and Tomislav Friščić, our Showcase featured the RSC Mechanochemistry Editorial Board discussing their vision for the journal and board members showcasing selected articles from the research already published, including:

  • “What makes every work perfect is cooking and grinding”: the ancient roots of mechanochemistry, RSC Mechanochem., 2024, 1, 123-129, DOI: D3MR00035D
  • Total Mechano-synthesis of 2-Cyclopropyl-4-(4-Fluorophenyl) Quinoline-3-Acrylaldehyde—A Pivotal intermediate of Pitavastatin, RSC Mechanochem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript, DOI: D4MR00036F
  • Revealing the mechanism of reductive, mechanochemical Li recycling from LiFePO4, RSC Mechanochem., 2024, Advance Article, DOI: D4MR00014E
  • Diverse metastable diarylacetonitrile radicals generated by polymer mechanochemistry, RSC Mechanochem., 2024, 1, 181-188, DOI: D3MR00031A
  • Enhanced HP1α homodimer interaction via force-induced salt bridge formation: implications for chromatin crosslinking and phase separation, RSC Mechanochem., 2024, 1, 78-93, DOI: D3MR00011G

The event was first broadcast live on 11 July 2024 via RSC YouTube and LinkedIn.

Find out more about RSC Mechanochemistry on our journal website (rsc.li/RSCMechanochem), and stay up to date by signing up for our e-alerts now.

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Hear from our authors: Aabiskar Bhusal

19 Jun 2024
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RSC Mechanochemistry has published its first articles. To celebrate this, we asked the authors to discuss their work in some more detail.

 

In this edition, we hear from Aabiskar Bhusal about their study titled A hybrid density functional study on the mechanochemistry of silicon carbide nanotubes.

 

Want to know more about their work? Read the full paper here!

A hybrid density functional study on the mechanochemistry of silicon carbide nanotubes

Aabiskar Bhusal, Kapil Adhikari and Qian Sun

RSC Mechanochem. 2024, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/D4MR00043A

 

  RSC Mechanochemistry offers you an inclusive and dedicated home for the ideas, scientific language and approaches that cut across the many disciplines mechanochemistry touches. Here we are seeking to build knowledge, as well as foster innovation and discovery at this forefront of chemistry. Whether you are seeking to understand the fundamentals of mechanochemistry, or you are excited by its applications and potential, this journal is for you.

 

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    Hear from our authors: Kathleen Floyd

    18 Jun 2024
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    RSC Mechanochemistry has published its first articles. To celebrate this, we asked the authors to discuss their work in some more detail.

     

    In this edition, we hear from Kathleen Floyd about their study titled The role of the milling environment on the copper-catalysed mechanochemical synthesis of tolbutamide.

     

    Want to know more about their work? Read the full paper here!

    The role of the milling environment on the copper-catalysed mechanochemical synthesis of tolbutamide

    Kathleen Floyd, Lori Gonnet, Tomislav Friščić and James Batteas

    RSC Mechanochem. 2024, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/D4MR00031E

     

      RSC Mechanochemistry offers you an inclusive and dedicated home for the ideas, scientific language and approaches that cut across the many disciplines mechanochemistry touches. Here we are seeking to build knowledge, as well as foster innovation and discovery at this forefront of chemistry. Whether you are seeking to understand the fundamentals of mechanochemistry, or you are excited by its applications and potential, this journal is for you.

     

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    Toni Spilfogel and Joseph Marrett win RSC Mechanochemistry and RSC Sustainability poster prizes

    13 Jun 2024
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    RSC Mechanochemistry and RSC Sustainability were delighted to sponsor two Poster Prizes at the recent Birmingham Symposium on Mechanochemistry and Sustainability. Researchers from around the world came together during this symposium to present their latest research.

     

    RSC Mechanochemistry Assistant Editor Patrick de Jongh attended this event and presented the RSC-sponsored Poster Prizes to Toni Spilfogel and Joseph Marrett (University of Birmingham, UK). Congratulations to the prize winners!

     

    Left: John Warner, Patrick de Jongh, Toni Spilfogel and Thomas Auvray. Right: John Warner, Patrick de Jongh, Joseph Marrett and Thomas Auvray.

     

    RSC Mechanochemistry offers you an inclusive and dedicated home for the ideas, scientific language and approaches that cut across the many disciplines mechanochemistry touches. Here we are seeking to build knowledge, as well as foster innovation and discovery at this forefront of chemistry. Whether you are seeking to understand the fundamentals of mechanochemistry, or you are excited by its applications and potential, this journal is for you.

     

     

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    Introducing the second issue of RSC Mechanochemistry

    14 May 2024
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    We are delighted to present issue two of RSC Mechanochemistry, the first journal dedicated to this transformative field.

    Explore exciting new research and innovative applications across all areas of theoretical and experimental chemistry for free. RSC Mechanochemistry focuses on the publication of innovative research that advances the fundamental understanding and application of the use of mechanical force for driving and controlling chemical reactions and materials transformations in the gas, liquid, and solid states.

     

    “As part of a leading scientific society, publishing with RSC Mechanochemistry offers authors a global reach, as well as opportunities to engage with a myriad of interest groups to help foster connections and spread the word on their research. Our outstanding Associate Editors and Editorial Board provide an exceptional breath to the journal, so authors can be assured that their manuscripts are in the hands of leading experts who are dedicated to publishing their impactful science.”

    James Batteas, Co-Editor-in-Chief

    This journal will be a game-changer for mechanochemistry experts and novices alike – for the first time, authors in mechanochemistry will have the opportunity to publish their original and innovative mechanochemistry research in a dedicated journal, affiliated with a leading international chemistry publishing society.

     

    Our second issue includes:

     

    “Wash-free” synthesis of cyclodextrin metal–organic frameworks

    Shuhei Fujita, Kazunori Kadot, Atsushi Koike, Hiromasa Uchiyama, Yuichi Tozukab and Shunsuke Tanaka

    RSC Mechanochem., 2024, 1, 153-157
    DOI: 10.1039/D3MR00006K
    Mechanochemical indium(0)-mediated Barbier allylation of carbonyl compounds: unexpected immiscible water additive effect for hydrophobic reagents

    Nuri Kim, Eun Sul Go and Jeung Gon Kim

    RSC Mechanochem., 2024, 1, 158-161
    DOI: 10.1039/D4MR00005F
    Base-mediated trimerization of enones under solvent-free and ball-milling conditions

    Gang Shao, Pinhua Li, Zheng-Chun Yin, Jun-Shen Chen, Xu-Ling Xia and Guan-Wu Wang

    RSC Mechanochem., 2024, 1, 162-166
    DOI: 10.1039/D3MR00010A
    Unprecedented linear products by a mechanochemically activated Biginelli reaction using lawsone

    Christina L. Koumpoura, Laure Vendier, Christian Bijani, Anne Robert, Philippe Carbonnière, Jean-Marc Sotiropoulos and Michel Baltas

    RSC Mechanochem., 2024, 1, 167-175
    DOI: 10.1039/D3MR00032J
    Iron-free mechanochemical limonene inverse vulcanization

    Rima Tedjini, Raquel Viveiros, Teresa Casimiro and Vasco D. B. Bonifácio

    RSC Mechanochem., 2024, 1, 176-180
    DOI: 10.1039/D3MR00002H
    Diverse metastable diarylacetonitrile radicals generated by polymer mechanochemistry

    Takumi Yamamoto, Daisuke Aoki, Koichiro Mikami and Hideyuki Otsuka

    RSC Mechanochem., 2024,1, 181-188
    DOI: 10.1039/D3MR00031A
    Protecting-group-free mechanosynthesis of amides from hydroxycarboxylic acids: application to the synthesis of imatinib

    Tatsiana Nikonovich, Tatsiana Jarg, Jevgenija Martõnova, Artjom Kudrjašov, Danylo Merzhyievskyi, Marina Kudrjašova, Fabrice Gallou, Riina Aav and Dzmitry Kananovich

    RSC Mechanochem., 2024, 1, 189-195
    DOI: 10.1039/D4MR00006D
    Operando exploration of tribochemical decomposition in synthetic FeS2 thin film and mineral iron pyrite

    E. Muñoz-Cortés, J. Sánchez-Prieto, B. Zabala, C. Sanchez, E. Flores, A. Flores, E. Roman, J. R. Ares and R. Nevshupa

    RSC Mechanochem., 2024,1, 196-210
    DOI: 10.1039/D3MR00027C

     

    RSC Mechanochemistry offers you an inclusive and dedicated home for the ideas, scientific language and approaches that cut across the many disciplines mechanochemistry touches. Here we are seeking to build knowledge, as well as foster innovation and discovery at this forefront of chemistry. Whether you are seeking to understand the fundamentals of mechanochemistry, or you are excited by its applications and potential, this journal is for you.

     

     

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