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To celebrate the Year of the Horse, we are delighted to highlight some of the most popular articles published in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers.

We hope you enjoy reading these articles and wish you a happy and prosperous year of the Horse.

		MOF nanozymes: active sites and sensing applications Ziyan Zhang, Yujie Li, Zhishuang Yuan, Lingxia Wu, Jiping Ma, Weiqiang Tan, Yingjie Sun, Guangyao Zhang and Huining Chai Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 400–429 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI02555E
		A review on framework (MOF/COF/POP)-based materials for efficient conversion of CO₂ to bio-active oxazolidinones Pooja Rani, Rajesh Das and C. M. Nagaraja Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 430–478 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI02101K
		Recent advances in inorganic oxide semiconductor-based S-scheme heterojunctions for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution Ikram Ullah, Muhammad Amin, Pei Zhao, Ning Qin and An-Wu Xu Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 1329–1348 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI02797C
		Anticancer iridium(III) cyclopentadienyl complexes Pavel Štarha Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 897–954 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI02472A
		Toward highly durable aqueous zinc ion batteries: a review of MOFs/MOF-derived cathode materials Yi Liu, Xiang Wu and Yoshio Bando Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 3959–3980 https://doi.org/10.1039/D5QI00555H
		Enhanced interfacial polarization loss induced by hollow engineering of hollow alloyed CoFe-ZIF nanocages/carbon nanofibers for efficient microwave absorption Dan Wu, Congmin Fan, Wusi Luo, Yingzhi Jin, Qinchuan He and Yiqun Wang Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 3083–3097 https://doi.org/10.1039/D5QI00118H
		P vacancy-induced electron redistribution and phase reconstruction of CoFeP for overall water splitting at industrial-level current density Xueling Wei, Yang Jiao, Xiangyu Zou, Yuchen Guo, Wenhu Li and Taotao Ai Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 2678–2690 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI03351E
		Mechanistic insights into MnOx-cocatalyzed piezophotocatalytic dye degradation over S-scheme MnOx/BiFeO3 heterojunctions Yuxing Chu, Yekang Zheng, Jiating Xu, Ruoyu Dong, Feng Zhu, Kaiqi Wang, Ying Wu and Yiming He Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 6825–6836 https://doi.org/10.1039/D5QI01226K
		Non-conjugated polymer regulated photoelectrochemical water oxidation Jiao-Nan Yuan, Xian Yan, Bing-Xiong Zheng, Jia-Qi Chen and Fang-Xing Xiao Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 1553–1567 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI02694B
		‘Kick-in the head’: high-performance and air-stable mononuclear DyIII single-molecule magnets with pseudo-D6h symmetry from a [1 + 1] Schiff-base macrocycle approach Alexandros S. Armenis, Arpan Mondal, Sean R. Giblin, Dimitris I. Alexandropoulos, Jinkui Tang, Richard A. Layfield and Theocharis C. Stamatatos Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 1214–1224 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI02756F

We are delighted to highlight the following highly cited research articles published in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers since 2023. We hope you enjoy reading them.

	P vacancy-induced electron redistribution and phase reconstruction of CoFeP for overall water splitting at industrial-level current density   Xueling Wei, Yang Jiao, Xiangyu Zou, Yuchen Guo, Wenhu Li and Taotao Ai   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025,12, 2678-2690 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI03351E
	Enhanced interfacial polarization loss induced by hollow engineering of hollow alloyed CoFe-ZIF nanocages/carbon nanofibers for efficient microwave absorption Dan Wu, Congmin Fan, Wusi Luo, Yingzhi Jin, Qinchuan He and Yiqun Wang   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025,12, 3083-3097 https://doi.org/10.1039/D5QI00118H
	Achieving ultra-trace analysis and multi-light driven photodegradation toward phenolic derivatives via a bifunctional catalyst derived from a Cu(i)-complex-modified polyoxometalate Shuang Li, Bingqian Wang, Guocheng Liu, Xiaohui Li, Chang Sun, Zhong Zhang and Xiuli Wang   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 1561-1572 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI02513F
	PEO/Li1.25Al0.25Zr1.75(PO4)3 composite solid electrolytes for high-rate and ultra-stable all-solid-state lithium metal batteries with impregnated cathode modification Yongquan Zhang, Hongchang Gao, Jingshun Wang, Qingguo Chi, Tiandong Zhang, Changhai Zhang, Yu Feng, Yue Zhang, Dianxue Cao and Kai Zhu   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 1289-1300 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI02407E
	Achieving ultrasensitive temperature sensing through non-thermally coupled energy levels to overcome energy gap constraints   Guotao Xiang, Yuanyuan Yi, Zhiyu Yang, Yongjie Wang, Lu Yao, Sha Jiang, Xianju Zhou, Li Li, Xiaojun Wang and Jiahua Zhang   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 1522-1530 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI02625F
	Photoredox catalysis enabled by atomically precise metal nanoclusters Junyi Zhang, Linjian Zhan, Boyuan Ning, Yunhui He, Guangcan Xiao, Zhixin Chen and Fang-Xing Xiao   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 6970-6980 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI01826E
	Low-content Ru–Pt supported on oxygen vacancy enriched black TiO2 with strong electronic interactions as efficient hydrogen generation electrocatalysts Yuanzong Shen, Weichen Li, Wenna Wang, Liantao Xin, Weiping Xiao, Guangrui Xu, Dehong Chen,d Lei Wang, Fusheng Liu and Zexing Wu   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 5508-5516 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI00919C
	Highly efficient and stable oxygen evolution from seawater enabled by a hierarchical NiMoSx microcolumn@NiFe-layered double hydroxide nanosheet array Longcheng Zhang, Ling Li, Jie Liang, Xiaoya Fan, Xun He, Jie Chen, Jun Li, Zixiao Li, Zhengwei Cai, Shengjun Sun, Dongdong Zheng, Yongsong Luo, Hong Yan, Qian Liu, Abdulmohsen Ali Alshehri, Xiaodong Guo, Xuping Sun and Binwu Ying   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 2766-2775 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI00341H
	Hierarchical porous NiFe-P@NC as an efficient electrocatalyst for alkaline hydrogen production and seawater electrolysis at high current density Zhi Chen, Qichang Li, Huimin Xiang, Yue Wang, Pengfei Yang, Chunlong Dai, Huadong Zhang, Weiping Xiao, Zexing Wu and Lei Wang   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 1493-1500 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2QI02703H
	P-doped hard carbon microspheres for sodium-ion battery anodes with superior rate and cyclic performance Sheng Wu, Handong Peng, Le Huang, Yongsi Liu, Yanxue Wu, Lei Liu, Wei Ai and Zhipeng Sun   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 5908-5916 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI01296D
	Electron-rich biochar enhanced Z-scheme heterojunctioned bismuth tungstate/bismuth oxyiodide removing tetracycline Fuyan Kang, Xiaona Jiang, Yao Wang, Juanna Ren, Ben Bin Xu, Guoyang Gao, Zhanhua Huang and Zhanhu Guo   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 6045-6057 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI01283B
	Ce-doped MoS2−x nanoflower arrays for electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia Yaojing Luo, Kai Chen, Guohui Wang, Guike Zhang, Nana Zhang and Ke Chu   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 1543-1551 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2QI01798A

We are delighted to highlight the following highly cited review articles published in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers since 2023. We hope you enjoy reading them.

	MOF nanozymes: active sites and sensing applications Ziyan Zhang, Yujie Li, Zhishuang Yuan, Lingxia Wu, Jiping Ma, Weiqiang Tan, Yingjie Sun, Guangyao Zhang and Huining Chai   Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025,12, 400-429 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI02555E
	Porphyrin-based MOFs for photocatalysis in water: advancements in solar fuels generation and pollutants degradation Fangbing Liu, Irene Rincón, Herme G. Baldoví, Amarajothi Dhakshinamoorthy, Patricia Horcajada, Sara Rojas, Sergio Navalón and Alexandra Fateeva Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 2212-2245 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI01996A
	Recent progress on modulating luminescence thermal quenching properties of Bi3+-activated phosphors Xiang Lv, Ran Xiao, Jianxia Liu, Chunwei Yang, Yanmei Xin and Ning Guo Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 1668-1682 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI02588H
	Recent advancements in graphitic carbon nitride based direct Z- and S-scheme heterostructures for photocatalytic H2O2 production Subrat Kumar Sahoo, Lopamudra Acharya, Lijarani Biswal, Priyanka Priyadarshinia and Kulamani Parida Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 4914-4973 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI00950A
	Rational design of local microenvironment for electrocatalytic water splitting Xiang Li, Wangchuan Zhu, Yanqun Zhang, Yueyue Zhao, Danjun Wang, Yanzhong Zhen, Feng Fu and Chunming Yang Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 4080-4106 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI00854E
	Magneto-chiral dichroism of chiral lanthanide complexes Fabrice Pointillart, Matteo Atzori and Cyrille Train Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 1313-1321 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI02510A
	Research progress of MXenes and layered double hydroxides for supercapacitors Zhongtai Lin, Xue Li, Hao Zhang, Ben Bin Xu, Priyanka Wasnik, Handong Li, Man Vir Singh, Yong Ma, Tingxi Li and Zhanhu Guo Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 4358-4392 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI00819C
	Recent progress and strategies on the design of catalysts for electrochemical ammonia synthesis from nitrate reduction Wei Song, Luchao Yue, Xiaoya Fan, Yongsong Luo, Binwu Ying, Shengjun Sun, Dongdong Zheng, Qian Liu, Mohamed S. Hamdye and Xuping Sun Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 3489-3514 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI00554B
	Mechanisms of Mg carbonates precipitation and implications for CO2 capture and utilization/storage Hellen S. Santos, Hoang Nguyen, Fabricio Venâncio, Durgaprasad Ramteke, Ron Zevenhovenc and Paivo Kinnunen Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 2507-2546 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2QI02482A
	Recent progress in polyoxometalate–viologen photochromic hybrids: structural design, photochromic mechanism, and applications Li Li, Yang-Tao Yu, Yang Hua, Xiao-Nan Li and Hong Zhang Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 1965-1985 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI00040K

To celebrate the Year of the Snake, we are delighted to highlight some of the most popular articles published in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers by corresponding authors based in countries celebrating the Chinese New Year.

We hope you enjoy reading these articles and wish you a happy and prosperous year of the Snake.

	Achieving ultra-trace analysis and multi-light driven photodegradation toward phenolic derivatives via a bifunctional catalyst derived from a Cu(I)-complex-modified polyoxometalate Shuang Li, Bingqian Wang, Guocheng Liu, Xiaohui Li, Chang Sun, Zhong Zhang and Xiuli Wang Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 1561-1572 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI02513F
	PEO/Li1.25Al0.25Zr1.75(PO4)3 composite solid electrolytes for high-rate and ultra-stable all-solid-state lithium metal batteries with impregnated cathode modification Yongquan Zhang, Hongchang Gao, Jingshun Wang, Qingguo Chi, Tiandong Zhang, Changhai Zhang, Yu Feng, Yue Zhang, Dianxue Cao and Kai Zhu Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 1289-1300 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI02407E
	Low-content Ru–Pt supported on oxygen vacancy enriched black TiO2 with strong electronic interactions as efficient hydrogen generation electrocatalysts Yuanzong Shen, Weichen Li, Wenna Wang, Liantao Xin, Weiping Xiao, Guangrui Xu, Dehong Chen, Lei Wang, Fusheng Liu and Zexing Wu Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 5508-5516 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI00919C
	Hierarchical mesoporous N-doped carbon as an efficient ORR/OER bifunctional electrocatalyst for rechargeable zinc–air battery Ping Li, Jinghong Wen, Yang Xiang, Meiqi Li, Yunxiu Zhao, Suna Wang, Jianmin Dou, Yunwu Li, Huiyan Ma and Liqiang Xu Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 5345-5358 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI00637B
	A chelating coordination modulation method for the synthesis of Ti-MOF single crystals Hui-Zi Li, Shangda Li, Fei Wang and Jian Zhang Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 2876-2883 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI00436A
	Optimized arrangement of non-π-conjugated PO3NH3 units leads to enhanced ultraviolet optical nonlinearity in NaPO3NH3 Lingli Wu, Haotian Tian, Chensheng Lin, Xin Zhao, Huixin Fan, Pengxiang Dong, Shunda Yang, Ning Ye and Min Luo Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 1145-1152 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI02465B
	Recent progress on modulating luminescence thermal quenching properties of Bi3+-activated phosphors Xiang Lv, Ran Xiao, Jianxia Liu, Chunwei Yang, Yanmei Xin and Ning Guo Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 1668-1682 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI02588H
	Covalent organic framework based photocatalysts for efficient visible-light driven hydrogen peroxide production Ke-Hui Xie, Guang-Bo Wang, Fei Zhao, Miao-Can Wang, Hao-Yu Zhang, Hao-Ran Ma, Zi-Zheng Chen, Lin Jiang, Yan Geng and Yu-Bin Dong Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 1322-1338 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI02391E
	Rational design of local microenvironment for electrocatalytic water splitting Xiang Li, Wangchuan Zhu, Yanqun Zhang, Yueyue Zhao, Danjun Wang, Yanzhong Zhen, Feng Fu and Chunming Yang Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 4080-4106 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4QI00854E
	Advancing biomedical applications of polyoxometalate-based metal–organic frameworks: from design to therapeutic potential Lijin Wang, Pengyu Dai, Hongli Ma, Tiedong Sun and Jinsong Peng Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024,11, 1339-1365 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI02414H

Molecular magnetism is a diverse field within chemistry with strong links to other disciplines across physical sciences. Current research focuses on magnetic memory and quantum information processing but also extends to medical diagnostics and catalysis. Here we highlight some of the exciting research on this topic that was recently published in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. Hope you find them enjoyable to read.

	Low-coordinate bis(imidazolin-2-iminato) dysprosium(III) single-molecule magnets Rong Sun, Chen Wang, Bing-Wu Wang, Zhe-Ming Wang, Yao-Feng Chen, Matthias Tamm and Song Gao Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 485-492 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2QI02180C
	Single-ion magnetism behaviors in lanthanide(III) based coordination frameworks Qingyun Wan, Masanori Wakizaka and Masahiro Yamashita Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 5212-5224 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI00925D
	Actinide-based single-molecule magnets: alone or in a group? Ming Liu, Xiao-Han Peng, Fu-Sheng Guo and Ming-Liang Tong Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 3742-3755 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI00523B
	The importance of second sphere interactions on single molecule magnet performance Brodie E. Matheson, Tyson N. Dais, Marryllyn E. Donaldson, Gareth J. Rowlands and Paul G. Plieger Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 6427-6439 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI01634J
	From unprecedented 2,2′-bisimidazole-bridged rare earth organometallics to magnetic hysteresis in the dysprosium congener Florian Benner and Selvan Demir Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023,10, 4981-4992 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QI00546A

We welcome you to submit your next paper to Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers and contribute to the advancement of this fascinating field.

We are delighted to announce the establishment of our inaugural Early Career Advisory Board at Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. This initiative aims to provide a direct channel for engaging with early-career researchers, supporting their professional development, and infusing our journal with fresh innovative perspectives from the younger generation.

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Single-molecule magnets (SMMs) are molecules that show slow magnetic relaxation, originating from a bistable magnetic ground state with a thermal barrier to spin relaxation (U_eff). Remarkably, SMM can exhibit open magnetic hysteresis loops which correspond to retaining magnetic memory just like tiny bar magnets can. This property renders SMMs exciting for potential applications in high-density information storage, magnetic refrigeration, quantum computing and spintronics. Over the last years, the SMM field exploited mononuclear dysprosium metallocenium cations as spin carriers, where the well-defined coordination sphere imposed by cyclopentadienyl ligands strongly amplifies the easy axis of the dysprosium(III) ion. To date, synthetically accessible single-ion magnets operate at best slightly above the boiling temperature of liquid nitrogen (77 K).   Consequently, it was realized that lanthanide ions must be strongly coupled to one another to increase operating temperatures, ideally towards room temperature. To this end, the nature of the bridging ligand is vital and the exploration of new organic bridging ligands along with their utility in coupling lanthanide metallocene fragments is crucial. That knowledge will aid to devise design principles of SMMs with amplified magnetic coupling between lanthanide metallocene moieties.

Recently, the group of Selvan Demir at Michigan State University implemented the bridging ligand 2,2′-bisimidazole for the first time into rare earth and magnetochemistry, where this tetranitrogen ligand connects two metallocenium units (Figure 1). The synthesized series consists of three compounds comprising the diamagnetic yttrium, the paramagnetic gadolinium (isotropic) and paramagnetic dysprosium (anisotropic) ions. Excitingly, the dinuclear dysprosium complex features SMM behavior and on the timescale of magnetic hysteresis measurements, open hysteresis loops of up to 5 K. The half-filled f-electron valence shell for trivalent gadolinium ions allows quantification of the magnetic exchange coupling since the orbital singlet affords magnetic behavior that is free of complications arising from spin-orbit coupling. Thus, dc magnetic susceptibility measurements on the respective gadolinium complex revealed weak antiferromagnetic interaction between the metal ions. Due to its comparable ionic size, the yttrium analog served as a diamagnetic surrogate to the lanthanides, enabling the in-depth investigation of the electronic structure of these complexes via spectroscopic methods and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. In this way, absorption spectra were related to the underlying electronic structure of these complexes, revealing prevalent excitations from the predominantly ligand-based frontier orbitals into metal-based higher-lying orbitals. This provided also profound insight into the redox (in)activity of the bisimidazole bridge, which, in contrast to its annulated 2,2′-bisbenzimidazole analog, showed no reactivity towards reductants or oxidants. This was primarily ascribed to the title compounds lacking accessible ligand-based low-lying π* orbitals, unlike the opposite observation for the respective bisbenzimidazole counterparts. In sum, the fact that the bisimidazole ligand retains and enhances the single-ion anisotropy of the dysprosium ions while providing a wealth of substitution sites for future chemical modification renders this ligand system highly promising for the construction of higher nuclearity systems.

Figure 1. A: Schematic view of the bisimidazole-bridged rare earth metallocene complexes. B: Structure of the complexes as determined through single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. C: Plot of the bisimidazole-centered highest occupied molecular orbital of the yttrium complex.

Figure 2. A: Absorption spectra of the rare earth complexes in the ultraviolet/visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum. B: Dynamic magnetic measurement revealed slow magnetic relaxation and single-molecule magnet behavior for the dysprosium complex.

Corresponding Author:

Selvan Demir is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Michigan State University. She received a Dr. rer. nat. in Chemistry from the University of Cologne researching on scandium solid state chemistry with Prof. Gerd Meyer and scandium organometallic chemistry with Prof. William J. Evans at the University of California, Irvine. Subsequently, she was a Postdoctoral Scholar, where she conducted research on lanthanide-based single-molecule magnets and porous aromatic frameworks with Prof. Jeffrey R. Long at the University of California, Berkeley. Simultaneously, she explored the transuranics with Dr. David K. Shuh at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Afterwards, she took up a junior professorship of inorganic chemistry at the University of Göttingen. Since 2019, she researches with her group at Michigan State University, on various areas surrounding the chemistry of the rare earth elements and actinides. Her research program has a strong emphasis on organometallic chemistry, small molecule activation, organic radicals, single-molecule magnets, qubits, bismuth chemistry, dibenzocyclooctatetraene chemistry, and lanthanide/actinide separations.