Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers Blog

The latest InorgChemFront issue is published online.

The front cover story, Selective and rapid detection of ascorbic acid by a cobalt oxyhydroxide-based two-photon fluorescent nano-platform, is contributed by Qingxin, Han, Huan Yang, Shuting Wen, Huie Jiang, Li Wang and Weisheng Liu.

The inside cover features a story on A nickel-based pectin coordination polymer as an oxygen reduction reaction catalyst for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells, by M. K. Kadirov, S. T. Minzanova, I. R. Nizameev, L. G. Mironova, I. F. Gilmutdinov, M. N. Khrizanforov, K. V. Kholin, A. R. Khamatgalimov, V. A. Semyonov, V. I. Morozov, D. M. Kadirov, A. R. Mukhametzyanov, Yu. H. Budnikova and O. G. Sinyashin.

Following review type article is included in current issue:

Exploration of photothermal sensors based on photothermally responsive materials: a brief review
Suying Xu, Xilin Bai and Leyu Wang
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 751-759
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00767A

A review of transition-metal boride/phosphide-based materials for catalytic hydrogen generation from hydrolysis of boron-hydrides
Hongming Sun, Jing Meng, Lifang Jiao, Fangyi Cheng and Jun Chen
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 760-772
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00044A

The latest InorgChemFront issue is published online. 

The front cover story, Formation of multi-shelled nickel-based sulfide hollow spheres for rechargeable alkaline batteries is contributed by Dongwei Li, Xiaoxian Zhao, Ranbo Yu, Bao Wang, Hao Wang and Dan Wang.

The inside cover features a story on Selective CO₂ adsorption in water-stable alkaline-earth based metal–organic frameworks by Yiwen Tang, Andreas Kourtellaris, Anastasios J. Tasiopoulos, Simon J. Teat, David Dubbeldam, Gadi Rothenberg and Stefania Tanase.

Following review type article is included in current issue:

A review of anion-regulated multi-anion transition metal compounds for oxygen evolution electrocatalysis
Hao-Fan Wang, Cheng Tang, Bo-Quan Li and Qiang Zhang
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 521-534
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00780A

We would like to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers in 2017, as selected by the editorial team, for their significant contribution to the journal. The reviewers have been chosen based on the number, timeliness and quality of the reports completed over the last 12 months.

We would like to say a big thank you to those individuals listed here as well as to all of the reviewers that have supported the journal. Each Outstanding Reviewer will receive a certificate to give recognition for their significant contribution.

Dr Kanishka Biswas, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, ORCID: 0000-0001-9119-2455

Dr Satoshi Horike, Kyoto University, ORCID: 0000-0001-8530-6364

Dr Ya-Qian Lan, Nanjing Normal University, ORCID: 0000-0002-2140-7980

Dr Gao-Ren Li, Sun Yat-Sen University, ORCID: 0000-0002-9222-7274

Dr David Lou, Nanyang Technological University

Dr Wei Luo, Wuhan University, ORCID: 0000-0002-7807-1373

Dr Jinkui Tang, Chang Chun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ORCID: 0000-0002-8600-7718

Professor Jiaguo Yu, Wuhan University of Technology, ORCID: 0000-0002-0612-8633

Professor Dr Qiang Zhang, Tsinghua University, ORCID: 0000-0002-3929-1541

Professor Dr Tierui Zhang, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ORCID: 0000-0002-7948-9413

We would also like to thank the Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers board and the inorganic chemistry community for their continued support of the journal, as authors, reviewers and readers.

If you would like to become a reviewer for our journal, just email us with details of your research interests and an up-to-date CV or résumé.  You can find more details in our author and reviewer resource centre.

The latest InorgChemFront issue is published online. 

The front cover story, An in situ study on the solid state decomposition of ammonia borane: unmitigated by-product suppression by a naturally abundant layered clay mineral is contributed by Binayak Roy, Joydev Manna, Urbi Pal, Animesh Hajari, Ankita Bishnoi and Pratibha Sharma.

Following review type article is included in current issue:

Liquid-free single-crystal to single-crystal transformations in coordination polymers
Wen-Wen He, Shun-Li Li and Ya-Qian Lan
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 279-300
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00724H

The latest InorgChemFront issue is published online. 

The front cover story,  Metal (M = Co, Ni) phosphate based materials for high-performance supercapacitors  is contributed by Xinran Li, Xiao Xiao, Qing Li, Jilei Wei, Huaiguo Xue and Huan Pang .

We are proud to announce that Clarivate Analytics names 24 Board members of Frontiers journals as Highly Cited Researchers for 2017, ranking them among the top 1% most cited for their subject field and publication year. Congratulations!

Those recognized represent the Editorial Board and Advisory Board of Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Organic Chemistry Frontiers and the new journal Materials Chemistry Frontiers.

The board members are:

Click here for the full listing from Clarivate Analytics.

The latest InorgChemFront issue is published online. 

The front cover story, Yb³⁺-Concentration dependent upconversion luminescence and temperature sensing behavior in Yb³⁺/Er³⁺ codoped Gd₂MoO₆ nanocrystals prepared by a facile citric-assisted sol–gel method is contributed by Peng Du, Xiaoyong Huang and Jae Su Yu.

Following review type articles are included in current issue:

Marriage of phthalocyanine chemistry with lanthanides: a single-ion magnet with a blocking temperature up to 25 K
Jun-Long Zhang
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 1950-1952
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00502D

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

Advances, challenges and promises of carbon dots
Jin Gao, Mengmeng Zhu, Hui Huang, Yang Liu and Zhenhui Kang
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 1963-1986
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00614D

Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers is delighted to welcome Professor Stefanie Dehnen of Philipps University of Marburg to the Editorial Board of the journal!

Stefanie Dehnen obtained her diploma in 1993 and her doctoral degree in 1996 from the University of Karlsruhe (KIT) under the supervision of Dieter Fenske on experimental and theoretical investigations of copper sulfide and selenide clusters. After a postdoctoral stay with Reinhart Ahlrichs (1997) she completed her Habilitation in Inorganic Chemistry in 2004. In the same year she was awarded the Wöhler Young Scientists Award from the German Chemical Society (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, GDCh). In 2005, she received a Heisenberg Grant from German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) and the State-of-Baden-Württemberg Teaching Award. Since 2006 she has been Full Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Philipps University of Marburg. In 2006, she also became Director and from 2012-2014, she was Executive Director of the Scientific Center of Materials Science at Philipps-Universität Marburg. She is currently an elected member of the Board of the Division for Inorganic Chemistry (Wöhler-Vereinigung für Anorganische Chemie) at GDCh, elected member and spokesperson of the Review Board (Fachkollegium) for Molecular Chemistry at DFG, and Editorial Board or Editorial Advisory Board Member of several scientific journals. As from 2016, she has been a full member of Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanity (Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen) and a full member of Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz).

Her current research interests comprise synthesis, formation mechanisms, stability, reactivity, and physical properties of compounds with binary and ternary chalcogenidometalate anions, organotetrel chalcogenide compounds, binary Zintl anions and ternary intermetalloid clusters.

Check some of her recent publications

	Syntheses and properties of selenido mercurates with [HgSe2]2– anions in diverse chemical environments Inorg. Chem. Front. 2017, 4, 336–342. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6QI00481D
	Between Localization and Delocalization: Ru(cod)2+ Units in the Zintl Clusters [Bi9{Ru(cod)}2]3– and [Tl2Bi6{Ru(cod)}]2– Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 13253–13258. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201707632
	(Ge4Bi14)4−: A Case of Element Segregation on the Molecular Level Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 3098–3102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201611422
	Synthesis, structure and thermolysis of oxazagermines and oxazasilines New J. Chem. 2017, 41, 4990–4997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7NJ00894E

Learn more about Professor Dehnen, please visit her personal webpage.

The latest InorgChemFront issue is published online.

The front cover story, Construction of lanthanide single-molecule magnets with the “magnetic motif” [Dy(MQ)₄]⁻ is contributed by Deng-Ping Lyu, Jie-Yu Zheng, Quan-Wen Li, Jun-Liang Liu, Yan-Cong Chen, Jian-Hua Jia and Ming-Liang Tong.

Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers is delighted to share with you the HOT article of October 2017!

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Bond dissociation energy controlled σ-bond metathesis in alkaline-earth-metal hydride catalyzed dehydrocoupling of amines and boranes: a theoretical study
Dongdong Xu, Chunhui Shan, Yingzi Li, Xiaotian Qi, Xiaoling Luo, Ruopeng Bai and Yu Lan
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2017, Advance Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00459A