Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers Blog

The latest InorgChemFront issue is published online.

The front cover story, Fabrication of a 1D Mn₃O₄ nano-rod electrode for aqueous asymmetric supercapacitors and capacitive deionization is contributed by Hao Zhang, Dun Liu, Yuquan Wei, Aiyang Li, Bo Liu, Ying Yuan, Haichuan Zhang, Guanghe Li and Fang Zhang.

The inside cover features a story on A robust CdS/In₂O₃ hierarchical heterostructure derived from a metal–organic framework for efficient visible-light photocatalytic hydrogen productio  by Jia-Tong Ren, Kun Yuan, Ke Wu, Liang Zhou and Ya-Wen Zhang.

Following review article is included in current issue:

Recent progress in ligand-centered homogeneous electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction
Geng-Geng Luo, Hai-Lin Zhang, Yun-Wen Tao, Qiao-Yu Wu, Dan Tian and Qichun Zhang
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 343-354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI01220B

The latest InorgChemFront issue 1 is published online.

The front cover story, From ZIF nanoparticles to hierarchically porous carbon: toward very high surface area and high-performance supercapacitor electrode materials, is contributed by Fangfang Wang, Liangkui Zhu, Ying Pan, Zhan Li, Pingping Yang, Mingqiu Song, Zhuangzhuang Gao, Qianrong Fang, Ming Xue and Shilun Qiu.

The inside cover features a story on Dinuclear lanthanide–lithium complexes based on fluorinated β-diketonate with acetal group: magnetism and effect of crystal packing on mechanoluminescence, by Denis N. Bazhin, Yulia S. Kudyakova, Artem S. Bogomyakov, Pavel A. Slepukhin, Grigory A. Kim, Yanina V. Burgart and Victor I. Saloutin.

 

Following review article is included in current issue:

Ultrafast synthesis of zeolites: breakthrough, progress and perspective
Zhendong Liu, Jie Zhu, Toru Wakihara and Tatsuya Okubo
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 14-31
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00939B

We are proud to announce that 14 of Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers Board members are recognized in Clarivate Analytics list of Highly Cited Researchers for 2018, ranking them among the top 1% most cited for their subject field and publication year.

The board members are:

Song Gao, South China University of Technology, China
Jun Chen, Nankai University, China
Yi Lu, University of Illinois, USA
Nanfeng Zheng, Xiamen University, China

Xile Hu, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Mercouri Kanatzidis, Northwestern University, USA
Yadong Li, Tsinghua University, China
Wenbin Lin, University of Chicago, USA
Yi Xie, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Hong-Cai Joe Zhou, Texas A&M University, USA
Xiao-ming Chen, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Qichun Zhang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Yi Cui, Stanford University, USA
Christopher J Chang, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Chunhua Yan, Peking University, China

Below are a few of our picks from their publications in Frontiers Journals. Access is free to all these highlighted papers until 31 Jan 2019!

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., 2014,1, 751-756
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4QI00127C

A flexible metal–organic framework with adaptive pores for high column-capacity gas chromatographic separation
Chun-Ting He, Zi-Ming Ye, Yan-Tong Xu, Yi Xie, Xin-Lu Lian, Jie-Peng Zhang and Xiao-Ming Chen
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 2777-2783
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00684A

Rapid, green and inexpensive synthesis of high quality UiO-66 amino-functionalized materials with exceptional capability for removal of hexavalent chromium from industrial waste
Sofia Rapti, Anastasia Pournara, Debajit Sarma, Ioannis T. Papadas, Gerasimos S. Armatas, Youssef S. Hassan, Mohamed H. Alkordi, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis and Manolis J. Manos
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2016,3, 635-644
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5QI00303B

Recent developments of iron pincer complexes for catalytic applications
Gerald Bauer and Xile Hu
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2016,3, 741-765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5QI00262A

Recent progress in crystalline metal chalcogenides as efficient photocatalysts for organic pollutant degradation
Lina Nie and Qichun Zhang
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 1953-1962
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00651A

High-performance rechargeable aqueous Zn-ion batteries with a poly(benzoquinonyl sulfide) cathode
Gulbahar Dawut, Yong Lu, Licheng Miao and Jun Chen
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 1391-1396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00197A

Compound Q is finally deciphered
Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran and Yi Lu
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 824-826
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5QI00117J

Dramatic impact of the lattice solvent on the dynamic magnetic relaxation of dinuclear dysprosium single-molecule magnets
Wan-Ying Zhang, Yi-Quan Zhang, Shang-Da Jiang, Wen-Bin Sun, Hong-Feng Li, Bing-Wu Wang, Peng Chen, Peng-Fei Yan and Song Gao
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 1575-1586
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00266E

A single palladium site catalyst as a bridge for converting homogeneous to heterogeneous in dimerization of terminal aryl acetylenes
Chao Zhao, Haizhu Yu, Jing Wang, Wei Che, Zhijun Li, Tao Yao, Wensheng Yan, Min Chen, Jian Yang, Shiqiang Wei, Yuen Wu and Yadong Li
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 1317-1322
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QM00095F

Pyrolysis of metal–organic frameworks to hierarchical porous Cu/Zn-nanoparticle@carbon materials for efficient CO₂ hydrogenation
Jingzheng Zhang, Bing An, Yahui Hong, Yaping Meng, Xuefu Hu, Cheng Wang, Jingdong Lin, Wenbin Lin and Yong Wang
Mater. Chem. Front., 2017,1, 2405-2409
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00328E

Cost-effective synthesis and solution processing of porous polymer networks through methanesulfonic acid-mediated aldol triple condensation
Zi-Hao Guo, Chenxu Wang, Qiang Zhang, Sai Che, Hong-Cai Zhou and Lei Fang
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 396-401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00485K

The latest InorgChemFront issue 12 is published online.

The front cover story, Rapid fabrication of SnO₂ nanoparticle photocatalyst: computational understanding and photocatalytic degradation of organic dye is contributed by Yuanyuan Li, Qimei Yang, Zhongming Wang, Guoyu Wang, Bin Zhang, Qian Zhang and Dingfeng Yang.

The inside cover features a story on Heteroleptic β-diketonate Ln(III) complexes decorated with pyridyl substituted pyridazine ligands: synthesis, structure and luminescence properties by Viktoria V. Khistiaeva, Alexey S. Melnikov, Sofia O. Slavova, Vladimir V. Sizov, Galina L. Starova, Igor O. Koshevoy and Elena V. Grachova

The latest InorgChemFront issue 11 is published online.

The front cover story, Achieving photocatalytic hydrogen production from alkaline solution upon a designed mesoporous TiO₂–Ni hybrid employing commonly used paper as a sacrificial electron donor, is contributed by Yi Wei, Jinyan Xiong, Weijie Li, Ravichandran H. Kollarigowda and Gang Cheng.

The inside cover features a story on Unveiling controlled breaking of the mirror symmetry of Eu(fod)₃ with α-/β-pinene and BINAP by circularly polarised luminescence (CPL), CPL excitation, and ¹⁹F-/³¹P{¹H}-NMR spectra and Mulliken charges by Abd Jalil Jalilah, Fumio Asanoma and Michiya Fujiki.

Following review article is included in current issue:

New synthetic strategies to prepare metal–organic frameworks
Peng Li, Fang-Fang Cheng, Wei-Wei Xiong and Qichun Zhang
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5,2693-2708
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00543E

The latest InorgChemFront issue 10 is published online.

The front cover story, Efficient elimination of U(VI) by polyethyleneimine-decorated fly ash, is contributed  by Hongwei Pang, Shuyi Huang, Yihan Wu, Dongxu Yang, Xiangxue Wang, Shujun Yu, Zhongshan Chen, Ahmed Alsaedi, Tasawar Hayat and Xiangke Wang.

The inside cover features a story on Solvent-induced framework-interpenetration isomers of Cu MOFs for efficient light hydrocarbon separation by Yutong Wang, Weidong Fan, Xia Wang, Yinfeng Han, Liangliang Zhang, Di Liu, Fangna Dai and Daofeng Sun.

Following review article is included in current issue:

Recent advances in inorganic material thermoelectrics
Pan Ren, Yamei Liu, Jian He, Tu Lv, Junling Gao and Guiying Xu
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 2380-2398
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00366A

The latest InorgChemFront issue 9 is published online.

The front cover story, Surprising formation of quasi-stable Tc(VI) in high ionic strength alkaline media, is contributed  by Sayandev Chatterjee, Gabriel B. Hall, Isaac E. Johnson, Yingge Du, Eric D. Walter, Nancy M. Washton and Tatiana G. Levitskaia.

Following review type article is included in current issue:

An overview on Pd-based electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction
Shreya Sarkar and Sebastian C. Peter
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 2060-2080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00042E

The latest InorgChemFront issue 8 is published online.

The front cover story, Ba2ZnSc(BO3)3 and Ba4Zn5Sc2(BO3)8: first examples of borates in the Zn–Sc–B–O system featuring special structure configurations,is contributed by Yanna Chen, Min Zhang, Cong Hu, Zhihua Yang and Shilie Pan.

The inside cover features a story on Controlled flexibility of porous coordination polymers by shifting the position of the –CH3 group around coordination sites and their highly efficient gas separation, by Jingui Duan, Qiang Zhang, Suna Wang, Bihang Zhou, Jiajia Sun and Wanqin Jin.

Following review type article is included in current issue:

Crystal chemistry and thermoelectric transport of layered AM2X2 compounds
Wanyue Peng, Sevan Chanakian and Alexandra Zevalkink
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 1744-1759
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00813A

Metal–organic framework nanoparticles for magnetic resonance imaging
Michael Peller, Konstantin Böll, Andreas Zimpel and Stefan Wuttke
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 1760-1779
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00149A

The latest InorgChemFront issue is published online.

The front cover story, Thin-walled hollow Au–Cu nanostructures with high efficiency in electrochemical reduction of CO₂ to CO is contributed by Jun-Hao Zhou, Da-Wei Lan, Sheng-Song Yang, Yu Guo, Kun Yuan, Lin-Xiu Dai and Ya-Wen Zhang.

Following review type article is included in current issue:

Identifying the high activity of the basal plane in 1T′-phase MoS₂ towards electrochemical hydrogen evolution
Yanmei Shi and Bin Zhang
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 1490-1492
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00317C

Luminescent metal–organic frameworks as chemical sensors: common pitfalls and proposed best practices
Stavros A. Diamantis, Antigoni Margariti, Anastasia D. Pournara, Giannis S. Papaefstathiou, Manolis J. Manos and Theodore Lazarides
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 1493-1511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00090E

Homochiral metal–organic frameworks as heterogeneous catalysts
Andreea Gheorghe, Martijn A. Tepaske and Stefania Tanase
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 1512-1523
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00063H

The latest InorgChemFront issue is published online.

The front cover story, Pb[NC₅H₃(CO₂)₂]: a white light emitting single component coordination polymer revealing high quantum efficiency and thermal stability is contributed by Hai-Xin Qi, Hongil Jo and Kang Min Ok.

Following review type article is included in current issue:

Defect-mediated electron–hole separation in semiconductor photocatalysis
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 1240-1254 
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00122G

Review of computer simulations on anti-cancer drug delivery in MOFs
Marianna Kotzabasaki and George E. Froudakis
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 1255-1272 
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