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Call for papers: Metal Extraction and Recycling

RSC Advances is delighted to announce a new themed collection titled ‘Metal Extraction and Recycling’. This collection is Guest Edited by Professor Jason Love (University of Edinburgh), Professor Alexandre Chagnes (University of Lorraine), Professor Isabelle Billard (Université Grenoble Alpes), Professor Magdalena Regel-Rosocka (Poznan University of Technology), Dr Euan Doidge (Imperial College London)

Scope: 

This themed collection aims to highlight the chemistry and chemical processes that underpin, and provide insight into, metal extraction and recycling. Metal recycling and extraction is an exciting and diverse topic for which fundamental chemical knowledge and its application are required. It is hoped that this collection would provide both greater awareness of the issues in metal extraction and recycling and showcase the advances provided by chemists and researchers in allied disciplines.

How to submit:

Both Papers and Review articles will be considered for this issue. All submissions will be subject to an initial assessment by Associate Editors and, if suitable for the journal, they will be subject to rigorous peer review to meet the usual high standards of RSC Advances.

Our APC is among the lowest in the industry and there are no submission charges. Discounts and waivers are offered to authors from developing countries.

If you would like to submit to this issue the manuscript should be prepared according to our article guidelines and submitted via our online system anytime before the submission deadline of 21 December 2022. During submission, authors will be asked if they are submitting for a themed collection and should include the name of the themed collection. If you would like to submit but require additional time to prepare your article, please do let us know by contacting the journal.

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April 2022 RSC Advances Review Articles

Welcome to April’s review round up!

Every month we update our 2022 Reviews in RSC Advances collection to showcase all of the review articles published in RSC Advances in 2022. Don’t forget to come back next month to check out our latest reviews.

We hope you enjoy reading and as always, all of our articles are open access so you can easily share your favourites online and with your colleagues.

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Browse a selection of our April reviews below:

Development of nano- and microdevices for the next generation of biotechnology, wearables and miniaturized instrumentation
Luna R. Gomez Palacios and A. Guillermo Bracamonte
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 12806-12822

Recent advances in the application of magnetic bio-polymers as catalysts in multicomponent reactions
Zohreh Kheilkordi, Ghodsi Mohammadi Ziarani, Fatemeh Mohajer, Alireaza Badiei and Mika Sillanpää
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 12672-12701

Major contaminants of emerging concern in soils: a perspective on potential health risks
Naga Raju Maddela, Balasubramanian Ramakrishnan, Dhatri Kakarla, Kadiyala Venkateswarlue, and Mallavarapu Megharaj
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 12396-12415

A review on I–III–VI ternary quantum dots for fluorescence detection of heavy metals ions in water: optical properties, synthesis and application
Bambesiwe M. May, Mokae F. Bambo, Seyed Saeid Hosseini, Unathi Sidwaba, Edward N. Nxumalo, and Ajay K. Mishra
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 11216-11232

Electrode materials for stretchable triboelectric nanogenerator in wearable electronics
Irthasa Aazem, Dhanu Treasa Mathew, Sithara Radhakrishnan, K. V. Vijoy, Honey John, Daniel M. Mulvihill, and Suresh C. Pillai
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 10545-10572

Review on the preparation and application of lignin-based carbon aerogels
Cai-Wen Wu, Peng-Hui Li, Yu-Meng Wei, Chi Yang, and Wen-Juan Wu
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 10755-10765

Emerging cold plasma treatment and machine learning prospects for seed priming: a step towards sustainable food production
Amruta Shelar, Ajay Vikram Singh, Paul Dietrich, Romi Singh Maharjan, Andreas Thissen, Pravin N. Didwal, Manish Shinde, Peter Laux, Andreas Luch, Vikas Mathe, Timotheus Jahnke, Manohar Chaskar, and Rajendra Patil
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 10467-10488

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April 2022 Popular Advances Articles

Welcome to April’s Popular Advances article round up!

Every month we update our 2022 RSC Advances Popular Advances Article Collection to showcase all of the articles selected by our reviewers and handling editors as Popular Advances in 2022. Don’t forget to come back next month to check out our latest Popular articles.

We hope you enjoy reading and as always, all of our articles are open access so you can easily share your favourites online and with your colleagues.

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Synthesis and evaluation of new chalcones and oximes as anticancer agents
Syed Nasir Abbas Bukhari
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 10307-10320

Linking heat and electricity supply for domestic users: an example of power-to-gas integration in a building
Emanuele Moioli
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 10355-10365

Rhabdastrenones A–D from the sponge Rhabdastrella globostellata
Do Thi Trang, Dan Thi Thuy Hang, Duong Thi Dung, Nguyen Thi Cuc, Pham Hai Yen, Phan Thi Thanh Huong, Le Thi Huyen, Nguyen Xuan Nhiem, Bui Huu Tai, and Phan Van Kiem
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 10646-10652

Comparison of mesoporous fractal characteristics of silica-supported organocatalysts derived from bipyridine-proline and resultant effects on the catalytic asymmetric aldol performances
Guangpeng Xu, Liujie Bing, Bingying Jia, Shiyang Bai, and Jihong Sun
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 10800-10814

Diverse and efficient catalytic applications of new cockscomb flower-like Fe3O4@SiO2@KCC-1@MPTMS@CuII mesoporous nanocomposite in the environmentally benign reduction and reductive acetylation of nitroarenes and one-pot synthesis of some coumarin compounds
Morteza Hasanpour Galehban, Behzad Zeyenizadeh, and Hossein Mousavi
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 11164-11189

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Call for papers: Chemistry in Biorefineries

RSC Advances is delighted to announce a new themed collection titled ‘Chemistry in Biorefineries‘. This collection is Guest Edited by Professor Alejandro Rodríguez Pascual (Universidad de Cordoba), Professor Carlos Martín Medina (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences) and Professor Fabio Montagnaro (University of Naples Federico II).

Scope

The non-renewable nature of fossil fuels makes the current economic model unsustainable. The biorefinery concept, which takes traditional refineries as a starting point and adapts them to environmentally friendly processes based on bioresources as raw materials, has attracted the interest of a large number of scientists. Recent sustainable mobility outlooks indicate that electrification will coexist for a long time with combustion-based propulsion, thus entrusting biorefinery processes and the production of advanced biofuels with increasing importance.

Achieving a sustainable production of bio-based fuels, chemicals and materials requires a deep understanding of the chemistry behind biorefining processes. In this themed collection, we would like to invite researchers to submit original research papers directed to deepen the current knowledge of chemistry in biorefinery. Potential topics include:

  • New raw materials, analysis and characterization of biomass
  • Chemistry of pre-treatment and/or fractionation processes
  • Catalytic and biocatalytic conversion to biofuels, platform chemicals and fine chemicals
  • Thermal processes for the conversion of biomass into biofuels
  • Clean technologies
  • Biobased polymers; natural fiber-based polymeric composites
  • Lignonanocellulose and nanocellulose chemistry
  • New industrial experiences
  • LCA
  • Food applications of lignocellulose-derived products

How to Submit

Both Papers and Review articles will be considered for this issue. All submissions will be subject to an initial assessment by Associate Editors and, if suitable for the journal, they will be subject to rigorous peer review to meet the usual high standards of RSC Advances.

Our APC is among the lowest in the industry and there are no submission charges. Discounts and waivers are offered to authors from developing countries.

If you would like to submit to this issue the manuscript should be prepared according to our article guidelines and submitted via our online system anytime before the submission deadline of 30 November 2022. During submission, authors will be asked if they are submitting for a themed collection and should include the name of the themed collection. If you would like to submit but require additional time to prepare your article, please do let us know by contacting the journal.

 

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Call for papers: Advanced Nanocomposites for Desalination and Wastewater Treatment

RSC Advances is delighted to announce a new themed collection titled ‘Advanced Nanocomposites for Desalination and Wastewater Treatment’. This collection is Guest Edited by Professor Ahmad Fauzi Ismail (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia), Professor PeiSean Goh (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia), Professor Takeshi Matsuura (University of Ottawa, Canada).

 

Scope

Wastewater treatment and desalination have long served as viable options to provide safe drinking water and to reduce the environmental impact of human activities. Over the past decades, extensive works have been dedicated to the development of advanced functional materials that show enhanced physicochemical properties for applications in desalination and wastewater treatment. Currently, advanced nanocomposite materials are at the forefront of this research. Through the combination of two or more nanomaterials, synergistic effects can be achieved to augment the performances of a broad range of materials. These nanocomposite materials are bestowed with astonishing characteristics such as high hydrophilicity, high surface area, richness in surface functionalities, fast transport, and high selectivity. This special issue aims to collect and compile research articles and reviews focusing on the development of advanced nanocomposite materials for water and wastewater treatment.

Topics include but are not limited to the following:

  • Advanced materials for wastewater treatment and desalination
  • Synthesis of green nanomaterials
  • Advanced nanocomposites from waste resources
  • Nanocomposite modification and functionalization
  • Computational studies of nanocomposite materials
  • Life-cycle analysis of nanocomposite materials

 

How to submit

Both Papers and Review articles will be considered for this issue. All submissions will be subject to an initial assessment by Associate Editors and, if suitable for the journal, they will be subject to rigorous peer review to meet the usual high standards of RSC Advances.

Our APC is among the lowest in the industry and there are no submission charges. Discounts and waivers are offered to authors from developing countries.

If you would like to submit to this issue the manuscript should be prepared according to our article guidelines and submitted via our online system anytime before the submission deadline of 30 November 2022. During submission, authors will be asked if they are submitting for a themed collection and should include the name of the themed collection. If you would like to submit but require additional time to prepare your article, please do let us know by contacting the journal.

 

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February & March 2022 RSC Advances Reviews

Welcome to February and March’s review round up!

Every month we update our 2022 Reviews in RSC Advances collection to showcase all of the review articles published in RSC Advances in 2022. Don’t forget to come back next month to check out our latest reviews.

We hope you enjoy reading and as always, all of our articles are open access so you can easily share your favourites online and with your colleagues.

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Browse a selection of our February and March reviews below:

Selective strategies for antibacterial regulations of nanomaterials
Jinliang Ma, Kexin Li and Shaobin Gu
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 4852-4864
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA08996J

Identifying surface degradation, mechanical failure, and thermal instability phenomena of high energy density Ni-rich NCM cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries: a review
Fikadu Takele Geldasa, Mesfin Abayneh Kebede, Mergersa Wodajo Shura and Fekadu Gashaw Hone
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 5891-5909
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA08401A

Synthesis of wool roll-like silver nanoflowers in an ethanol/water mixture and their application to detect traces of the fungicide carbendazim by SERS technique
Manh Cuong Nguyen, Truc Quynh Ngan Luong, Thi Thu Vu, Cao Tuan Anh and Tran Cao Dao
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 11583-11590
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA09286C

Recent advances in photochemical and electrochemically induced thiocyanation: a greener approach for SCN-containing compound formation
Pran Gopal Karmaker, Md. Asraful Alam and Feng Huo
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 6214-6233
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA09060G

Encapsulation of bioactive peptides: a strategy to improve the stability, protect the nutraceutical bioactivity and support their food applications
J. E. Aguilar-Toalá, D. Quintanar-Guerrero, A. M. Liceaga and M. L. Zambrano-Zaragoza
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 6449-6458
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA08590E

Photochemical modifications for DNA/RNA oligonucleotides
Amirrasoul Tavakoli and Jung-Huyn Min
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 6484-6507
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA05951C

Defects in graphene-based heterostructures: topological and geometrical effects
Lei Fan, Jin Xu and Yihong Hong
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 6772-6782
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA08884J

Reviewing a plethora of oxidative-type reactions catalyzed by whole cells of Streptomyces species
Sara Salama, Mohamed H. Habib, Rajni Hatti-Kaul and Yasser Gaber
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 6974-7001
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA08816E

Progress in perylene diimides for organic solar cell applications
Jin Cao and Shaopeng Yang
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 6966-6973
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA08484D

Biotechnological approach for improvement of Crambe species as valuable oilseed plants for industrial purposes
Nadia Pushkarova and Alla Yemets
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 7168-7178
DOI: 10.1039/D2RA00422D

Tannic acid: a crosslinker leading to versatile functional polymeric networks: a review
Chen Chen, Hao Yang, Xiao Yang and Qinghai Ma
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 7689-7711
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA07657D

Insight into prognostics, diagnostics, and management strategies for SARS CoV-2
Umay Amara, Sidra Rashid, Khalid Mahmood, Mian Hasnain Nawaz, Akhtar Hayat and Maria Hassan
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 8059-8094
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA07988C

Molecularly imprinted polymers via reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer synthesis in sensing and environmental applications
Irvin Veloz Martínez, Jackeline Iturbe Ek, Ethan C. Ahn and Alan O. Sustaita
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 9186-9201
DOI: 10.1039/D2RA00232A

A minireview on the synthesis of single atom catalysts
Jiawen Guo, Huimin Liu, Dezheng Li, Jian Wang, Xavier Djitcheu, Dehua He, Qijan Zhang
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 9373-9394
DOI: 10.1039/D2RA00657J

 

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February & March 2022 HOT Articles

Welcome to February and March’s HOT article round up!

Every month we update our 2022 RSC Advances HOT Article Collection to showcase all of the articles selected by our reviewers and handling editors as HOT in 2022. Don’t forget to come back next month to check out our latest HOT articles.

We hope you enjoy reading and as always, all of our articles are open access so you can easily share your favourites online and with your colleagues.

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Hydrophilic oxygen radical absorbance capacity values of low-molecular-weight phenolic compounds containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
Shuhei Sakura, Akito Kikuchi and Hiroaki Gotoh
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 4094-4100
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA08918H

Green solvent free epoxidation of olefins by a heterogenised hydrazone-dioxidotungsten(vi) coordination compound
Neda Heydari, Rahman Bikas, Maryam Shaterian and Tadeusz Lis
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 4813-4827
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA09217K

Photocatalytic turnover of CO2 under visible light by [Re(CO)3(1-(1,10) phenanthroline-5-(4-nitro-naphthalimide))Cl] in tandem with the sacrificial donor BIH
Alyssa Spear, Robson L. Schuarca, Jesse Q. Bond, Timothy M. Korter, Jon Zubieta and Robert P. Doyle
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 5080-5084
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA08261B

A multi pathway coupled domino strategy: I2/TBHP-promoted synthesis of imidazopyridines and thiazoles via sp3, sp2 and sp C–H functionalization
Yishou Wang, Shichen Li, Xifeng Wang, Yiming Yao, Lei Feng and Chen Ma
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 5919-5927
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA07438E

Facile synthesis of ZnMoO4/AlPO4-5 nanorod composites as visible-light-driven photocatalysts and high-performance energy storage materials
Delvin Aman, Samira Abdel-Azim and Saad G. Mohamed
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 7120-7132
DOI: 10.1039/D2RA00268J

Basic features of Ne*–HX (X = Cl, Br) chemi-ionization reactions
Stefano Falcinelli, Franco Vecchiocattivi, Brunetto Giovanni Brunetti, Marco Parriani, Giovanni Gigliotti, Stefano Stranges and Fernando Pirani
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 7587-7593
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA08904H

Dendritic structured palladium complexes: magnetically retrievable, highly efficient heterogeneous nanocatalyst for Suzuki and Heck cross-coupling reactions
Safoora Sheikh, Mohammad Ali Nasseri, Mohammad chakhandi, Oliver Reiser and Ali Allahresani
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 8833-8840
DOI: 10.1039/D2RA00487A

Theoretical study of a derivative of chlorophosphine with aliphatic and aromatic Grignard reagents: SN2@P or the novel SN2@Cl followed by SN2@C?
Nandini Savoo, Lydia Rhyman and Ponnadurai Ramasami
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 9130-9138
DOI: 10.1039/D2RA00258B

Experimental and theoretical study of ZrMo-KIT-6 solid acid catalyst with abundant Brønsted acid sites
Jinglin Mu, Manfen Liang, Hong Huang, Jian Meng, Leilei Xu, Zhiling Song, Mei Wu, Zhichao Miao, Shuping Zhuo and Jin Zhou
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 9310-9322
DOI: 10.1039/D2RA00586G

Synthesis, biological and computational studies of flavonoid acetamide derivatives
Daniel K. Isika,
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 10037-10050
DOI: 10.1039/D2RA01375D

19F-centred NMR analysis of mono-fluorinated compounds
Alan J. R. Smith, Richard York, Dušan Uhrín and Nicholle G. A. Bell
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 10062-10070
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA08046F

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