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Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers is delighted to share with you the HOT articles from 2015. The papers are recommended by our referees for the high novelty and significance of reported studies.

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Cation reduction and comproportionation as novel strategies to produce high voltage, halide free, carborane based electrolytes for rechargeable Mg batteries

Scott. G. McArthur, Linxiao Geng, Juchen Guo and Vincent Lavallo

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 1101-1104
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00171D

Tuning oxygen-sensing behaviour of a porous coordination framework by a guest fluorophore
Rui-Biao Lin, Hao-Long Zhou, Chun-Ting He, Jie-Peng Zhang and Xiao-Ming Chen

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 1085-1090
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00157A

Oxygen activation by copper camphor complexes

Alexandra P. S. Roseiro, Pedro Adão, Adelino M. Galvão, João Costa Pessoa, Ana M. Botelho do Rego and M. Fernanda N. N. Carvalho

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 1019-1028
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00064E

Multichromophoric di-anchoring sensitizers incorporating a ruthenium complex and an organic triphenyl amine dye for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells

Pei-Yang Su, Jun-Min Liu, Xue-Lian Lin, Yi-Fan Chen, Yong- Shen, Li-Min Xiao, Dai-Bin Kuang and Cheng-Yong Su

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 1040-1044
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00095E

Stable iso-bacteriochlorin mimics from porpholactone: effect of a β-oxazolone moiety on the frontier π-molecular orbitals

Yi Yu, Taniyuki Furuyama, Juan Tang, Zhuo-Yan Wu, Jia-Zhen Chen, Nagao Kobayashi and Jun-Long Zhang

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 671-677
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00054H

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Tuning oxygen-sensing behaviour of a porous coordination framework by a guest fluorophore
Rui-Biao Lin, Hao-Long Zhou, Chun-Ting He, Jie-Peng Zhang and Xiao-Ming Chen
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 1085-1090
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00157A

Cation reduction and comproportionation as novel strategies to produce high voltage, halide free, carborane based electrolytes for rechargeable Mg batteries
Scott. G. McArthur, Linxiao Geng, Juchen Guo and Vincent Lavallo
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 1101-1104
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00171D

Microstructure construction and composition modification of CeO₂ macrospheres with superior performance
Shuaiyu Jiang, Xiaodan Yang, Jun Chen, Xianran Xing, Lianzhou Wang and Ranbo Yu
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00140D

A surfactant-thermal method to prepare crystalline thioantimonate for high-performance lithium-ion batteries
Lina Nie, Yu Zhang, Wei-Wei Xiong, Teik-Thye Lim, Rong Xu, Qingyu Yan and Qichun Zhang
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00194C, Research Article

Cu/TiO₂ octahedral-shell photocatalysts derived from metal–organic framework@semiconductor hybrid structures
Rui Li, Sikai Wu, Xueying Wan, Hangxun Xu and Yujie Xiong
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00205B

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Graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide hybrids with spin crossover iron(III) complexes
Yusuke Murashima, Mohammad Razaul Karim, Naoto Saigo, Hiroshi Takehira, Ryo Ohtani, Masaaki Nakamura, Michio Koinuma, Leonard F. Lindoy, Keita Kuroiwa and Shinya Hayami
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 886-892
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00097A, Research Article

Molecular spin qubits based on lanthanide ions encapsulated in cubic polyoxopalladates: design criteria to enhance quantum coherence
José J. Baldoví, Lorena E. Rosaleny, Vasanth Ramachandran, Jonathan Christian, Naresh S. Dalal, Juan M. Clemente-Juan, Peng Yang, Ulrich Kortz, Alejandro Gaita-Ariño and Eugenio Coronado
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 893-897
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00142K, Research Article

A soil/Vulcan XC-72 hybrid as a highly-effective catalytic cathode for rechargeable Li–O2 batteries
Xiaofei Hu, Xiaorui Fu and Jun Chen
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 1006-1010
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00149H, Research Article

Oxygen activation by copper camphor complexes
Alexandra P. S. Roseiro, Pedro Adão, Adelino M. Galvão, João Costa Pessoa, Ana M. Botelho do Rego and M. Fernanda N. N. Carvalho
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 1019-1028
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00064E, Research Article

Multichromophoric di-anchoring sensitizers incorporating a ruthenium complex and an organic triphenyl amine dye for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells
Pei-Yang Su, Jun-Min Liu, Xue-Lian Lin, Yi-Fan Chen, Yong- Shen, Li-Min Xiao, Dai-Bin Kuang and Cheng-Yong Su
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 1040-1044
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00095E, Research Article

Ultra-rapid microwave synthesis of Li3−x−yMxN (M = Co, Ni and Cu) nitridometallates
Nuria Tapia-Ruiz, Josefa Vidal Laveda, Ronald I. Smith, Serena A. Corr and Duncan H. Gregory
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 1045-1050
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00145E, Research Article

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A soil/Vulcan XC-72 hybrid as a highly-effective catalytic cathode for rechargeable Li–O₂ batteries

Xiaofei Hu, Xiaorui Fu and Jun Chen

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 1006-1010
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00149H, Research Article

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Facile fabrication of InSe nanosheets: towards efficient visible-light-driven H2 production by coupling with P25
Ding Wei, Lihua Yao, Song Yang, Jufang Hu, Minhua Cao and Changwen Hu
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 657-661
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00075K, Research Article

Iron(II) complexes of 4-sulfanyl-, 4-sulfinyl- and 4-sulfonyl-2,6-dipyrazolylpyridine ligands. A subtle interplay between spin-crossover and crystallographic phase changes
Laurence J. Kershaw Cook, Rafal Kulmaczewski, Simon A. Barrett and Malcolm A. Halcrow
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 662-670
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00083A, Research Article

Stable iso-bacteriochlorin mimics from porpholactone: effect of a β-oxazolone moiety on the frontier π-molecular orbitals
Yi Yu, Taniyuki Furuyama, Juan Tang, Zhuo-Yan Wu, Jia-Zhen Chen, Nagao Kobayashi and Jun-Long Zhang
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 671-677
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00054H, Research Article

DNA/protein binding, DNA cleavage, cytotoxicity, superoxide radical scavenging and molecular docking studies of copper(II) complexes containing N-benzyl-N′-aryl-N′′-benzoylguanidine ligands
Kumaramangalam Jeyalakshmi, Yuvaraj Arun, Nattamai S. P. Bhuvanesh, Paramasivan Thirumalai Perumal, Anandaram Sreekanth and Ramasamy Karvembu
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 780-798
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00234B, Research Article

DFT and TD-DFT studies of electronic structures and one-electron excitation states of a cyanide-bridged molecular square complex
Yasutaka Kitagawa, Mizuki Asaoka, Koji Miyagi, Toru Matsui, Masayuki Nihei, Hiroshi Oshio, Mitsutaka Okumura and Masayoshi Nakano
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 771-779
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00091B, Research Article

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Hierarchical nanoarray materials for advanced nickel–zinc batteries
Zhiyi Lu, Xiaochao Wu, Xiaodong Lei, Yaping Li and Xiaoming Sun
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 184-187
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00143E

An outstanding second-harmonic generation material BiB2O4F: exploiting the electron-withdrawing ability of fluorine
Rihong Cong, Ying Wang, Lei Kang, Zhengyang Zhou, Zheshuai Lin and Tao Yang
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 170-176
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00192C, Research Article

Porous ZnCo2O4 nanoparticles derived from a new mixed-metal organic framework for supercapacitors
Siru Chen, Ming Xue, Yanqiang Li, Ying Pan, Liangkui Zhu, Daliang Zhang, Qianrong Fang and Shilun Qiu
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 177-183
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00167B, Research Article

Organic melt, electride, and CVD induced in situ deposition of luminescent lanthanide imidazolate MOFs on nanostructured alumina
Larissa Valerie Meyer, Joachim Vogt, Helmut Schäfer, Martin Steinhart, Rolf Böttcher, Andreas Pöppl, Marit Mai, Claus Feldmann and Klaus Müller-Buschbaum
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 237-245
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00184B, Research Article

Macroscopic polarity control with alkali metal cation size and coordination environment in a series of tin iodates
Yeong Hun Kim, T. Thao Tran, P. Shiv Halasyamani and Kang Min Ok
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 361-368
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00243A, Research Article

Guest dependent reversible single-crystal to single-crystal structural transformation in a flexible Gd(III)-coordination polymer
Tapan K. Pal, Dinesh De, Subhadip Neogi and Parimal K. Bharadwaj
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 395-402
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00193A, Research Article

Synthesis, structure, and alkyne insertion of a mixed-sandwich zirconacarborane alkyl
Dongmei Liu, Zaozao Qiu and Zuowei Xie
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 467-472
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00244J, Research Article

Control of pore distribution of porous carbons derived from Mg2+ porous coordination polymers
Yu-ichi Fujiwara, Satoshi Horike, Kanokwan Kongpatpanich, Takashi Sugiyama, Norio Tobori, Hirotomo Nishihara and Susumu Kitagawa
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 473-476
DOI: 10.1039/C5QI00019J, Research Article

Positioning of the HKUST-1 metal–organic framework (Cu3(BTC)2) through conversion from insoluble Cu-based precursors
Takashi Toyao, Kang Liang, Kenji Okada, Raffaele Ricco, Mark J. Styles, Yasuaki Tokudome, Yu Horiuchi, Anita J. Hill, Masahide Takahashi, Masaya Matsuoka and Paolo Falcaro
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 434-441
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00215F, Research Article

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A metal–organic framework as a highly efficient and reusable catalyst for the solvent-free 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of organic azides to alkynes
Peng Li, Sridhar Regati, Huicai Huang, Hadi D. Arman, John C.-G. Zhao and Banglin Chen
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 42-46
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00148F, Research Article

Transesterification of dimethyl carbonate with phenol to diphenyl carbonate over hexagonal Mg(OH)2 nanoflakes
Qiang Wang, Chunhong Li, Ming Guo, Shengjun Luo and Changwen Hu
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 47-54
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00113C, Research Article

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Zirconium trisulfide ultrathin nanosheets as efficient catalysts for water oxidation in both alkaline and neutral solutions
Junfeng Xie, Ruoxing Wang, Jian Bao, Xiaodong Zhang, Hao Zhang, Shuang Li and Yi Xie
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00127C, Research Article

Molecular recognition of Ca2+ cations by internal and external receptors/interfaces in a spherical porous molybdenum-oxide capsule: unusual coordination scenarios
Mirta Rubčić, Vladimir S. Korenev, Liviu Toma, Hartmut Bögge, Vladimir P. Fedin and Achim Müller
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 740-744
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00131A, Research Article

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Enhancement of photovoltaic efficiency by insertion of a polyoxometalate layer at the anode of an organic solar cell
M. Alaaeddine, Q. Zhu, D. Fichou, G. Izzet, J. E. Rault, N. Barrett, A. Proust and L. Tortech
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00093E, Research Article

A biomimetic photoelectrochemical device from a molecular heterometallic sodium–manganese water splitting catalyst
C. R. Raymond Gan, Zhaolin Liu, Shi-Qiang Bai, Siok Wei Tay, Xiaoming Ge, Ji-En Wu and T. S. Andy Hor
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00081A, Research Article

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