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HOT papers in RSC Advances

29 May 2013

Here are the latest HOT papers published in RSC Advances, as recommended by the referees:

Acidity and basicity of halometallate-based ionic liquids from X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
Alasdair W. Taylor, Shuang Men, Coby J. Clarke and Peter Licence
RSC Adv., 2013, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C3RA40260F

Parameters in preparation and characterization of cross linked enzyme aggregates (CLEAs)
Sachin Talekar, Asavari Joshi, Gandhali Joshi, Priyanka Kamat, Rutumbara Haripurkar and Shashikant Kambale
RSC Adv., 2013, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C3RA40818C

Stereoselective approach to aminocyclopentitols from Garner aldehydes
Sanjit Kumar Das and Gautam Panda
RSC Adv., 2013, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C3RA40648B, Paper

All the papers listed above are free to access for the next 4 weeks!

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Top 10 most accessed articles in March

20 May 2013

In March, the top 10 most-accessed RSC Advances articles were:

Enhanced absorption spectra of conducting polymers co-polymerised from thiophene derivatives
Bartlomiej Kolodziejczyk, David Mayevsky and Bjorn Winther-Jensen
RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 4568-4573
DOI: 10.1039/C3RA23120H, Paper

Hierarchical Co3O4 nanosheet@nanowire arrays with enhanced pseudocapacitive performance
Qiu Yang, Zhiyi Lu, Zheng Chang, Wei Zhu, Jiaqiang Sun, Junfeng Liu, Xiaoming Sun and Xue Duan
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1663-1668
DOI: 10.1039/C1RA01008E, Paper

Asymmetric electrochemical capacitors with high energy and power density based on graphene/CoAl-LDH and activated carbon electrodes
Weifeng Zhang, Chao Ma, Jihong Fang, Jipeng Cheng, Xiaobin Zhang, Shurong Dong and Li Zhang
RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 2483-2490
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA23283A, Paper

Recent advances in IV–VI semiconductor nanocrystals: synthesis, mechanism, and applications
Guanjun Xiao, Yingnan Wang, Jiajia Ning, Yingjin Wei, Bingbing Liu, William W. Yu, Guangtian Zou and Bo Zou
RSC Adv., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3RA23209C, Review Article

Graphene oxide and its reduction: modeling and experimental progress
Shun Mao, Haihui Pu and Junhong Chen
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2643-2662
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA00663D, Review Article

Graphene–inorganic nanocomposites
Song Bai and Xiaoping Shen
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 64-98
DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00260K, Review Article

Graphene quantum dots with controllable surface oxidation, tunable fluorescence and up-conversion emission
Shoujun Zhu, Junhu Zhang, Xue Liu, Bo Li, Xingfeng Wang, Shijia Tang, Qingnan Meng, Yunfeng Li, Ce Shi, Rui Hu and Bai Yang
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2717-2720
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20182H, Communication

Iron-containing nanomaterials: synthesis, properties, and environmental applications
Boris I. Kharisov, H. V. Rasika Dias, Oxana V. Kharissova, Victor Manuel Jiménez-Pérez, Betsabee Olvera Pérez and Blanca Muñoz Flores
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 9325-9358
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20812A, Review Article

Bioinspired self-cleaning surfaces with superhydrophobicity, superoleophobicity, and superhydrophilicity
Shunsuke Nishimoto and Bharat Bhushan
RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 671-690
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA21260A, Review Article

Structural refinement, growth process, photoluminescence and photocatalytic properties of (Ba1-xPr2x/3)WO4 crystals synthesized by the coprecipitation method
L. S. Cavalcante, F. M. C. Batista, M. A. P. Almeida, A. C. Rabelo, I. C. Nogueira, N. C. Batista, J. A. Varela, M. R. M. C. Santos, E. Longo and M. Siu Li
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 6438-6454
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20266B, Paper

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Graphene and platinum are brought together for fuel cells

10 May 2013

Graphene is certainly a hot topic in research right now. A quick look down this very blog shows that it featured in no fewer than seven of the top ten accessed articles in RSC Advances during 2012 (including all of the top three)!

This versatile material appears as oxides, composites, quantum dots, nanomaterials and foams and it has been investigated for uses in photocatalysis, energy, environmental applications and more.

Now researchers in India and China have been investigating graphene supported platinum catalysts for fuel cells. Platinum nanostructures on graphene catalysing oxygen reduction

Sreekuttan M. Unni and colleagues report the first synthesis of a 3D self-assembled single crystalline platinum nanostructure directly on a graphene surface without structural directing agents, by using a slow reduction method. In their paper, they show superior electrocatalytic activity towards the oxygen reduction reaction, a crucial reaction for hydrogen-fuelled polymer electrolyte fuel cells. They show that their material also has less vulnerability to strong hydroxyl adsorption and a higher limiting current density than other graphene supported platinum or commercial platinum-on-carbon catalysts.

Meanwhile Jian Zhao and colleagues have published about their supercritical fluid route for preparing graphene-supported platinum-ruthenium nanoparticles in an effective, simple, low temperature and environmentally benign way. They used supercritical CO₂to uniformly distribute ultrafine PtRu nanoparticles with an average size of 2.87 nm on the surfaces of functionalized graphene sheets. They found considerably improved catalytic activity and stability for methanol oxidation from their supported nanoparticles because of the uniform distribution. Their supercritical approach may have promise for development of direct methanol fuel cells.

Find out more about this research in RSC Advances:

3-Dimensionally self-assembled single crystalline platinum nanostructures on few-layer graphene as an efficient oxygen reduction electrocatalyst, Sreekuttan M. Unni, Vijayamohanan K. Pillai and Sreekumar Kurungot, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 6913-6921

Methanol electrocatalytic oxidation on highly dispersed platinum–ruthenium/graphene catalysts prepared in supercritical carbon dioxide–methanol solution, Jian Zhao, Lin Zhang, Hao Xue, Zhaobo Wang and Haiqing Hu, RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 9651–9659

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14th EuCheMS International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment

07 May 2013

The 14th EuCheMS International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment (ICCE 2013) is to be held in Barcelona from the 25-28 June 2013.

The main aims of ICCE 2013 are:

To link pioneering research with existing and up-coming environmental issues
To discuss fundamental and applicable aspects related to the fate of chemicals in the environment
To generate awareness for emerging contaminants

The scientific programme will feature contributions in the following topics:

Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols
Soil and Sediment Pollution, Wastes
Water Pollution and Treatment
(Eco-)Toxicology: Pollutants Exposure and Effects on Biota and Ecosystems
Modelling, Management and Risk Assessment
Transformation and Fate of Pollutants
Green and Sustainable Industrial Chemistry
Emerging Pollutants

Register for ICCE 2013 today through the conference website – online registration ends 1 June 2013.

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Top 10 most accessed articles in February

02 May 2013

For RSC Advances, the top 10 most accessed articles in February were as follows:

Synthesis of graphene-based nanomaterials and their application in energy-related and environmental-related areas
Guixia Zhao, Tao Wen, Changlun Chen and Xiangke Wang
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 9286-9303
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20990J, Review Article

Graphene oxide and its reduction: modeling and experimental progress
Shun Mao, Haihui Pu and Junhong Chen
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2643-2662
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA00663D, Review Article

Bioinspired self-cleaning surfaces with superhydrophobicity, superoleophobicity, and superhydrophilicity
Shunsuke Nishimoto and Bharat Bhushan
RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 671-690
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA21260A, Review Article

Graphene–inorganic nanocomposites
Song Bai and Xiaoping Shen
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 64-98
DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00260K, Review Article

Effects of carbon on the structure and electrochemical performance of Li2FeSiO4 cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries
Pengjian Zuo, Tao Wang, Guangyu Cheng, Xinqun Cheng, Chunyu Du and Geping Yin
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 6994-6998
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20552A, Paper

Catalytic conversion of biomass-derived carbohydrates into fuels and chemicals via furanic aldehydes
Lei Hu, Geng Zhao, Weiwei Hao, Xing Tang, Yong Sun, Lu Lin and Shijie Liu
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 11184-11206
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA21811A, Review Article

Recent developments in solvent-free multicomponent reactions: a perfect synergy for eco-compatible organic synthesis
Maya Shankar Singh and Sushobhan Chowdhury
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 4547-4592
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01056A, Review Article

A genetically active nano-calcium phosphate paste for bone substitution, encoding the formation of BMP-7 and VEGF-A
Svitlana Chernousova, Jan Klesing, Nadiia Soklakova and Matthias Epple
RSC Adv., 2013, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3RA23450A, Paper

Immobilized functional ionic liquids: efficient, green, and reusable catalysts

Hu Li, Pinaki S. Bhadury, Baoan Song and Song Yang
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 12525-12551
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA21310A, Review Article

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