Welcome to Issue 7 of Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers in 2015

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The latest Inorg ChemFront issue is published online.

The cover story, Prediction of the quantized axis of rare-earth ions: the electrostatic model with displaced point charges is contributed by Shang-Da Jiang and Si-Xue Qin.

Following review article is included in the current issue:

Sorption of radionuclides from aqueous systems onto graphene oxide-based materials: a review
Shujun Yu, Xiangxue Wang, Xiaoli Tan and Xiangke Wang
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015, 2, 593-612
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00221K


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Open for submissions: 2015 Emerging Investigators Themed Collection

We are pleased to announce the inaugural Emerging Investigators themed collection of Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers.

Emerging Investigators themed collection

Deadlines for submissions: 31 October 2015

This special collection is dedicated to researchers who are in the early stages of their independent academic career.

A broad range of subjects will be covered — studies falling into the scope of the journal are all welcome, especially interdisciplinary researches between inorganic chemistry and relevant areas, such as nano science, materials, energy, biochemistry, etc.

Research Articles and Reviews are considered for publication —. If you are interested in contributing a Review, please contact the Editorial Office for further information.

This Emerging Investigators collection will be a web-based thematic issue — Articles will be published in the most recent regular issue to enable timely distribution of the work; in the meanwhile, papers are being assembled as a web theme on the journal homepage to highlight their contribution to the special topic.

We hope this themed collection will feature many up-and-coming, early-career scientists whose work has the potential to influence future directions in science or result in new and exciting developments.

If you are interested in contributing to the themed collection, please mention the intention in “Comments to Editors” upon online submission.


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the 17th International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC17)

Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers is proud to sponsor the 17th International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC17) together with Dalton Transactions, Chemical Science and Metallomics.

ICBIC17 is to be held from 20th to 24th July in Beijing China. Conference this year is hosted by the Chinese Chemical Society together with National Natural Science Foundation of China and is organized by Beihang University. Under the subject of “Biological Inorganic Chemistry: Interdiscipline and Cooperation”, this conference will cover newly attained research achievements in the realm for the past few years.

Professor Yi Lu, the Editorial Board member of ICF, Professor Christopher Chang and Professor Chi-Ming Che who both serve in the ICF Advisory Board, will give keynote lectures at the conference.

In addition, Dr. Wenjun Liu, Deputy Editor of the journal, will be also attending this conference and she hopes to meet many ICF authors and readers there. Please do let her know if you will be there.

More information about the ICBIC17, please visit http://icbic17.org/index.asp.

We look forward to meeting you in Beijing!


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Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers Awards at the International Symposium of Energy Conversion and Storage

ICF warmly congratulates the Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers Award winners,

  • Professor Shou-Hua Feng (Jilin University, China) and Professor Pei-Dong Yang (UC Berkeley, US), winners of Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers Award for Distinguished Scientist;
  • Professor Yi Cui (Stanford University, US) and Professor Zhi-Yong Tang (National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China), winners of Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers Award for Outstanding Young Scientist;

These awards, co-sponsored by Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers and Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, were announced at the International Symposium of Energy Conversion and Storage on 31st May in Beijing, China. The distinction is proudly owned by the preeminent scientists in recognition of their significant contribution to the field of inorganic chemistry.

Award winners and RSC staffs (From left to right: Wenjun Liu, Zhiyong Tang, Yi Cui, Peidong Yang, Shouhua Feng and Sarah Thomas)

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Welcome to Issue 6 of Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers in 2015

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The latest Inorg Chem Front issue is published online.

The cover story, Transforming metal–organic frameworks into functional materials is contributed by Ricardo F. Mendes and Filipe A. Almeida Paz.


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Recent Hot InorgChemFront Articles

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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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Top 10 most-read Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers articles – Q1 2015

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This month sees the following articles in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers that are in the top 10 most accessed from January to March:

Study of single and double chain surfactant–cobalt(III) complexes and their hydrophobicity, micelle formation, interaction with serum albumins and antibacterial activities
Selvakumar Veeralakshmi, Selvan Nehru, Sankaralingam Arunachalam, Ponnuchamy Kumar and Munisamy Govindaraju
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 393-404
DOI: 10.1039/c4qi00018h

Visible-light radical reaction designed by Ru- and Ir-based photoredox catalysis
Takashi Koike and Munetaka Akita
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 562-576
DOI: 10.1039/c4qi00053f

Organic–inorganic halide perovskite based solar cells – revolutionary progress in photovoltaics
Xiangye Liu, Wei Zhao, Houlei Cui, Yi’an Xie, Yaoming Wang, Tao Xu and Fuqiang Huang
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 315-335
DOI: 10.1039/c4qi00163j

Routes to tin chalcogenide materials as thin films or nanoparticles: a potentially important class of semiconductor for sustainable solar energy conversion
David J. Lewis, Punarja Kevin, Osman Bakr, Christopher A. Muryn, Mohammad Azad Malik and Paul O’Brien
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 577-598
DOI: 10.1039/c4qi00059e

Topology analysis of metal–organic frameworks based on metal–organic polyhedra as secondary or tertiary building units
Dongwook Kim, Xinfang Liu and Myoung Soo Lah
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 336-360
DOI: 10.1039/c4qi00236a

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

Magnetic clusters based on octacyanidometallates
Dawid Pinkowicz, Robert Podgajny, Beata Nowicka, Szymon Chorazy, Mateusz Reczyński and Barbara Sieklucka
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 10-27
DOI: 10.1039/c4qi00189c

Metal phosphonate hybrid materials: from densely layered to hierarchically nanoporous structures
Yun-Pei Zhu, Tian-Yi Ma, Ya-Lu Liu, Tie-Zhen Ren and Zhong-Yong Yuan
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 360-383
DOI: 10.1039/c4qi00011k

Rational construction of metal–organic frameworks for heterogeneous catalysis
Sha Ou and Chuan-De Wu
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 721-734
DOI: 10.1039/c4qi00111g

Explosive Werner-type cobalt(III) complexes
Raik Deblitz, Cristian G. Hrib, Steffen Blaurock, Peter G. Jones, Georg Plenikowski and Frank T. Edelmann
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 621-640
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00094C


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Welcome to Issue 5 of Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers in 2015

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The latest Inorg ChemFront issue is published online.

The cover story, Positioning of the HKUST-1 metal–organic framework (Cu3(BTC)2) through conversion from insoluble Cu-based precursors is contributed Paolo Falcaro and his colleagues.

The inside cover this month features an article on Removal of CO2 from CH4 and CO2 capture in the presence of H2O vapour in NOTT-401 by Hugo A. Lara-García, Maximiliano R. Gonzalez, Juan H. González-Estefan, Pedro Sánchez-Camacho, Enrique Lima and Ilich A. Ibarra.

Following review article is also included in the current issue:

Graphene and graphene oxide: advanced membranes for gas separation and water purification
Quan Xu, Hong Xu, Jiarui Chen, Yunzu Lv, Chenbo Dong and Theruvakkattil Sreenivasan Sreeprasad
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 417-424
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00230J, Review Article


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Welcome to Issue 4 of Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers in 2015

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The latest Inorg ChemFront issue is published online.

The cover story, Macroscopic polarity control with alkali metal cation size and coordination environment in a series of tin iodates is contributed by Yeong Hun Kim, T. Thao Tran, P. Shiv Halasyamani and Kang Min Ok.

Following review articles are included in the current issue:

Organic–inorganic halide perovskite based solar cells – revolutionary progress in photovoltaics
Xiangye Liu, Wei Zhao, Houlei Cui, Yi’an Xie, Yaoming Wang, Tao Xu and Fuqiang Huang
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015, 2, 315-335
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00163J

Topology analysis of metal–organic frameworks based on metal–organic polyhedra as secondary or tertiary building units
Dongwook Kim, Xinfang Liu and Myoung Soo Lah
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015, 2, 336-360
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00236A



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Top 10 most-read Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers articles – Q4 2014

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This month sees the following articles in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers that are in the top 10 most accessed from October– December:

Visible-light radical reaction designed by Ru- and Ir-based photoredox catalysis
Takashi Koike and Munetaka Akita
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 562-576
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00053F

Rational construction of metal–organic frameworks for heterogeneous catalysis
Sha Ou and Chuan-De Wu
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 721-734
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00111G

Routes to tin chalcogenide materials as thin films or nanoparticles: a potentially important class of semiconductor for sustainable solar energy conversion
David J. Lewis, Punarja Kevin, Osman Bakr, Christopher A. Muryn, Mohammad Azad Malik and Paul O’Brien
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 577-598
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00059E

Liquid phase stepwise growth of surface mounted metal–organic frameworks for exploratory research and development of applications
Min Tu, Suttipong Wannapaiboon and Roland A. Fischer
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 442-463
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00037D

Magnetic clusters based on octacyanidometallates
Dawid Pinkowicz, Robert Podgajny, Beata Nowicka, Szymon Chorazy, Mateusz Reczyński and Barbara Sieklucka
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2015,2, 10-27
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00189C

In situ synthesis and structural characterization of a series of acylhydrazidate-extended Ln3+ and Zn2+ coordination polymers
Yan-Ning Wang, Jie-Hui Yu and Ji-Qing Xu
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 673-681
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00100A

Synthesis, structures, and magnetic properties of a series of new heterometallic hexanuclear Co2Ln4 (Ln = Eu, Gd, Tb and Dy) clusters
Chong-Bin Tian, Da-Qiang Yuan, Yun-Hu Han, Zhi-Hua Li, Ping Lin and Shao-Wu Du
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 695-704
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00116H

Metal phosphonate hybrid materials: from densely layered to hierarchically nanoporous structures
Yun-Pei Zhu, Tian-Yi Ma, Ya-Lu Liu, Tie-Zhen Ren and Zhong-Yong Yuan
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 360-383
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00011K

Hetero-nuclear coordinated compounds for use in high-performance supercapacitor electrode material design
Liwei Mi, Yang Gao, Shizhong Cui, Hongwei Hou and Weihua Chen
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 745-750
DOI: 10.1039/C4QI00088A, Research Article

Spin canting and metamagnetism in 3D pillared-layer homospin cobalt(II) molecular magnetic materials constructed via a mixed ligands approach
Ji-Yong Zou, Wei Shi, Hong-Ling Gao, Jian-Zhong Cui and Peng Cheng
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2014,1, 242-248
DOI: 10.1039/C3QI00045A



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