RSC Mechanochemistry Blog

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.

Explore the full collection!

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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Celebrating one year of RSC Mechanochemistry!

It has now been one year since RSC Mechanochemistry accepted its first article! To mark the occasion, we have been reflecting on some of the key milestones and excellent articles that have been published so far in our journal.

Looking back at some of our popular articles

We have published almost 100 articles over the past year! Have a visit of some of our most popular articles from 2024.

Mechanochemistry enabled highly efficient solvent-free deoxygenation of phosphine oxides in air

Kinetics of primary mechanochemical covalent-bond-forming reactions

Protecting-group-free mechanosynthesis of amides from hydroxycarboxylic acids: application to the synthesis of imatinib

In situ investigation of controlled polymorphism in mechanochemistry at elevated temperature

Synthesis of short DNA and RNA fragments by resonant acoustic mixing (RAM)

Moving Mechanochemistry Forward

Have you seen our latest editorial?

Moving mechanochemistry forward is the first in a new editorial series in RSC Mechanochemistry.

This editorial highlights the challenges faced in the field of mechanochemistry, and possible future developments in the field. The editorial series invites the community to contribute to, and outline topics and hopefully lay out challenges, which will enable us as a community to come together to move mechanochemistry forward.

Keep an eye out for this series and new editorials which will be published throughout 2025!

Authored by our Editorial Board members, James Batteas, Kerstin Blank, Evelina Colacino, Franziska Emmerling, Tomislav Friscic, James Mack, Jeffrey Moore, Maria Elena Rivas Velazco and Wilfred Tysoe.

Welcoming our inaugural Advisory Board

We introduced our inaugural Advisory Board comprised of 34 internationally renowned researchers working across the field of mechanochemistry.

Find out more about our Advisory Board members and their current research interests in our blog series.

Watch back: 2024 RSC Mechanochemistry Showcase webinar

Did you miss our RSC Mechanochemistry Showcase Webinar in 2024?

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.

Watch back the 2024 RSC Mechanochemistry Showcase any time via:

• our Youtube channel here
• on WeChat here.

Community Highlights

Our Executive Editor, Laura Fisher and joint Editors-in-Chief, Tomislav Frisic and James Batteas were featured earlier this year in Cosmos Science Magazine! The article titled “The daily GRIND” explores how mechanochemistry is changing science and industry, offering exciting solutions for sustainable material processing.

Have a read here!

Meet our authors

Our authors have provided some excellent interviews in which they discuss their articles and wider research. Explore the “Hear from our authors” series to find out more and submit your next piece of work to RSC Mechanochemistry to receive additional promotion for your research.

Latest journal news

RSC Mechanochemistry is now indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)! This is a mark of quality and trust, and it is the first step on our journey to ensure your research in the journal is as discoverable as possible.

Keep an eye on our journal webpage and sign up for our e-alerts to stay up-to-date with the latest journal news.

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