RSC Advances Blog

This year, we are celebrating 10 years of both Catalysis Science & Technology and RSC Advances and we have taken this opportunity to celebrate together. Looking back over the last decade, we would like to showcase some of the very best articles that have been published in our journals. Many of these papers are highly cited, providing valuable advances for further research, and some continue to be among the journals’ most downloaded articles as of today.

We hope you enjoy our 10^th Anniversary collections!

RSC Advances and Catalysis Science & Technology Editorial teams

Highlighted articles

Amorphous Co₃S₄ nanoparticle-modified tubular g-C₃N₄ forms step-scheme heterojunctions for photocatalytic hydrogen production
Yuanpeng Wang, Xuqiang Hao, Lijun Zhang, Zhiliang Jin and Tiansheng Zhao
Catalysis Science & Technology, Article, 2021

Synthesis and photocatalytic activities of a CuO/TiO₂ composite catalyst using aquatic plants with accumulated copper as a template
Dongfang Lu, Osman Ahmed Zelekew, Angaw Kelemework Abay, Qitang Huang, Xiaoyun Chen and Yushan Zheng
RSC Advances, Article, 2019

Ultrathin CdS shell-sensitized hollow S-doped CeO₂ spheres for efficient visible-light photocatalysis
Ning-Chao Zheng, Ting Ouyang, Yibo Chen, Zhu Wang, Di-Yun Chen and Zhao-Qing Liu
Catalysis Science & Technology, Article, 2018

Eosin Y catalysed photoredox synthesis: a review
Vishal Srivastava and Praveen P. Singh
RSC Advances, Review, 2017

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This year, we are celebrating 10 years of both Catalysis Science & Technology and RSC Advances and we have taken this opportunity to celebrate together. Looking back over the last decade, we would like to showcase some of the very best articles that have been published in our journals. Many of these papers are highly cited, providing valuable advances for further research, and some continue to be among the journals’ most downloaded articles as of today.

We hope you enjoy our 10^th Anniversary collections!

RSC Advances and Catalysis Science & Technology Editorial teams

Highlighted articles

Engineering an alcohol dehydrogenase with enhanced activity and stereoselectivity toward diaryl ketones: reduction of steric hindrance and change of the stereocontrol element
Kai Wu, Zhijun Yang, Xiangguo Meng, Rong Chen, Jiankun Huang and Lei Shao
Catalysis Science & Technology, Article, 2020

The role of biocatalysis in the asymmetric synthesis of alkaloids – an update
Emmanuel Cigan, Bettina Eggbauer, Joerg H. Schrittwieser and Wolfgang Kroutil
RSC Advances, Review, 2021

Prediction on the origin of selectivities of NHC-catalyzed asymmetric dearomatization (CADA) reactions
Yang Wang, Qiu-Yu Wu, Tian-Hua Lai, Kai-Jun Zheng, Ling-Bo Qu and Donghui Wei
Catalysis Science & Technology, Article, 2018

Asymmetric catalysis in direct nitromethane-free Henry reactions
Lin Dong and Fen-Er Chen
RSC Advances, Article, 2020

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This year, we are celebrating 10 years of both Catalysis Science & Technology and RSC Advances and we have taken this opportunity to celebrate together. Looking back over the last decade, we would like to showcase some of the very best articles that have been published in our journals. Many of these papers are highly cited, providing valuable advances for further research, and some continue to be among the journals’ most downloaded articles as of today.

We hope you enjoy our 10^th Anniversary collections!

RSC Advances and Catalysis Science & Technology Editorial teams

Highlighted articles

Recent progress with electrocatalysts for urea electrolysis in alkaline media for energy-saving hydrogen production
Xiujuan Sun and Rui Ding
Catalysis Science & Technology, Minireview, 2020

A short review of recent advances in CO₂ hydrogenation to hydrocarbons over heterogeneous catalysts
Wenhui Li, Haozhi Wang, Xiao Jiang, Jie Zhu, Zhongmin Liu, Xinwen Guo and Chunshan Song
RSC Advances, Review, 2018

A plasmonic AuPd bimetallic nanoalloy decorated over a GO/LDH hybrid nanocomposite via a green synthesis route for robust Suzuki coupling reactions: a paradigm shift towards a sustainable future
Mitarani Sahoo, Sriram Mansingh, Satyabrata Subudhi, Priyabrat Mohapatra and Kulamani Parida
Catalysis Science & Technology, Article, 2019

Fabrication of CS/GA/RGO/Pd composite hydrogels for highly efficient catalytic reduction of organic pollutants
Lei Ge, Meng Zhang, Ran Wang, Na Li, Lexin Zhang, Shufeng Liu and Tifeng Jiao
RSC Advances, Article, 2020

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Looking back over the last 10 years, we would like to share with you some of the very best articles that have been published in RSC Advances. Many of these papers have been cited hundreds of times, providing valuable advances for further research, and some continue to be among the journal’s most downloaded articles as of today. Over the years, new findings in chemistry have been published in the journal but there are also high quality reviews – they truly are gifts between researchers serving as valuable sources of information for anyone needing an update or is new to a field.

Do you have a great idea for a review? Will you be the author of our next historical paper? Please share it with the world, we welcome work in every area of the chemical sciences and related disciplines – free to read and access for everyone who needs it.

We hope you enjoy our 10^th Anniversary collections!

RSC Advances Editorial team

Highlighted articles

Electrically conductive polymers and composites for biomedical applications
Gagan Kaur, Raju Adhikari, Peter Cass, Mark Bown and Pathiraja Gunatillake
Review, 2015

The intrinsic volumetric capacitance of conducting polymers: pseudo-capacitors or double-layer supercapacitors?
Ihor Sahalianov, Sandeep Kumar Singh, Klas Tybrandt, Magnus Berggren and Igor Zozoulenko
Article, 2019

Conducting polymers: a comprehensive review on recent advances in synthesis, properties and applications
Namsheer K and Chandra Sekhar Rout
Review, 2021

Enhancement of thermoelectric performance of PEDOT:PSS films by post-treatment with a superacid
Xizu Wang, Aung Ko Ko Kyaw, Cailiu Yin, Fei Wang, Qiang Zhu, Tao Tang, Phang In Yee and Jianwei Xu
Article, 2018

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Looking back over the last 10 years, we would like to share with you some of the very best articles that have been published in RSC Advances. Many of these papers have been cited hundreds of times, providing valuable advances for further research, and some continue to be among the journal’s most downloaded articles as of today. Over the years, new findings in chemistry have been published in the journal but there are also high quality reviews – they truly are gifts between researchers serving as valuable sources of information for anyone needing an update or is new to a field.

Do you have a great idea for a review? Will you be the author of our next historical paper? Please share it with the world, we welcome work in every area of the chemical sciences and related disciplines – free to read and access for everyone who needs it.

We hope you enjoy our 10^th Anniversary collections!

RSC Advances Editorial team

Highlighted articles

Addressing the terawatt challenge: scalability in the supply of chemical elements for renewable energy
Peter C. K. Vesborg and Thomas F. Jaramillo
Review, 2012

Reprocessing and recycling of thermosetting polymers based on bond exchange reactions
Kai Yu, Philip Taynton, Wei Zhang, Martin L. Dunn and H. Jerry Qi
Article, 2014

Challenges and opportunities in the recovery of gold from electronic waste
Mudila Dhanunjaya Rao, Kamalesh K. Singh, Carole A. Morrison and Jason B. Love
Review, 2020

Super tough poly(lactic acid) blends: a comprehensive review
Xipo Zhao, Huan Hu, Xin Wang, Xiaolei Yu, Weiyi Zhou and Shaoxian Peng
Review, 2020

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In 2011 the Royal Society of Chemistry published the first issue of RSC Advances, and to celebrate our 10th anniversary we would like to share with you some of the very best articles that have been published in the journal throughout the years.

It is also peer-review week and we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of RSC Advances reviewers and in particular the members of RSC Advances Reviewer Panel for their hard work and support of the journal. The RSC Advances Reviewer Panel is made up of global expert reviewers from across the chemical sciences and all at post-PhD career stages. In this blog collection, a selection of some of the excellent articles published in RSC Advances by our Reviewer Panel members is showcased.

Are you interested in becoming a reviewer? Would you like to join RSC Advances Reviewer Panel? Find out more about being a peer-reviewer and sign up here!

Find out more about the history of RSC Advances and how we got to where we are today in the Editorial: RSC Advances: celebrating 10 years of publication.

We will continue to celebrate RSC Advances 10th Anniversary over the next few months and we look forward to sharing more articles and activities with you – follow us on Twitter or sign up for RSC Advances news for updates on our anniversary celebrations.

We hope you enjoy our 10^th Anniversary collections!

RSC Advances Editorial team

A selection of papers from our reviewers

Naturally occurring phenolic sources: monomers and polymers
Bimlesh Lochab, Swapnil Shukla and Indra K. Varma

A novel cerium(III)–isatin Schiff base complex: spectrofluorometric and DFT studies and application as a kidney biomarker for ultrasensitive detection of human creatinine
Sheta M. Sheta, Magda A. Akl, Heba E. Saad and El-Sayed R. H. El-Gharkawy

Nanoarchitectonics on living cells
Katsuhiko Ariga and Rawil Fakhrullin

Cotton flame retardancy: state of the art and future perspectives
Jenny Alongi and Giulio Malucelli

Improvement of polypropylene nonwoven fabric antibacterial properties by the direct fluorination
N. P. Prorokova, V. A. Istratkin, T. Yu. Kumeeva, S. Yu. Vavilova, A. P. Kharitonov and V. M. Bouznik

Computational estimation of potential inhibitors from known drugs against the main protease of SARS-CoV-2
Nguyen Minh Tam, Minh Quan Pham, Nguyen Xuan Ha, Pham Cam Nam and Huong Thi Thu Phung

Microporous carbonaceous adsorbents for CO₂ separation via selective adsorption
Yunfeng Zhao, Xin Liu and Yu Han

Facile synthesis of porous CuO polyhedron from Cu-based metal organic framework (MOF-199) for electrocatalytic water oxidation
Ting-Ting Li, Jinjie Qian and Yue-Qing Zheng

Half-metallicity in new Heusler alloys Mn₂ScZ (Z = Si, Ge, Sn)
Mahesh Ram, Atul Saxena, Abeer E. Aly and Amit Shankar

Template synthesis of carbon self-doped g-C₃N₄ with enhanced visible to near-infrared absorption and photocatalytic performance
Zaiwang Zhao, Yanjuan Sun, Fan Dong, Yuxin Zhang and Han Zhao

Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) as a tool in green chemistry
Guido R. Lopes, Diana C. G. A. Pinto and Artur M. S. Silva

Aqueous solution photocatalytic synthesis of p-anisaldehyde by using graphite-like carbon nitride photocatalysts obtained via the hard-templating route
Raquel A. Fernandes, Maria J. Sampaio, Joaquim L. Faria and Cláudia G. Silva

Phthalimide conjugation turns the AIE-active tetraphenylethylene unit non-emissive: its use in turn-on sensing of hydrazine in solution and the solid- and vapour-phase
Sharanabasava D. Hiremath, Ram U. Gawas, Dharmendra Das, Viraj G. Naik, Akhil A. Bhosle, Vishnu Priya Murali, Kaustabh Kumar Maiti, Raghunath Acharya, Mainak Banerjee and Amrita Chatterjee

Synthesis of a hierarchical structured NiO/NiS composite catalyst for reduction of 4-nitrophenol and organic dyes
Osman Ahmed Zelekew and Dong-Hau Kuo

One-pot synthesis of formic acid via hydrolysis–oxidation of potato starch in the presence of cesium salts of heteropoly acid catalysts
Nikolay V. Gromov, Tatiana B. Medvedeva, Yulia A. Rodikova, Dmitrii E. Babushkin, Valentina N. Panchenko, Maria N. Timofeeva, Elena G. Zhizhina, Oxana P. Taran and Valentin N. Parmon

Enhancing the electrochromic response of polyaniline films by the preparation of hybrid materials based on polyaniline, chitosan and organically modified clay
Rosanny C. Silva, Marina V. Sarmento, Fred A. R. Nogueira, Josealdo Tonholo, Roger J. Mortimer, Roselena Faez and Adriana S. Ribeiro

Ambient light induced antibacterial action of curcumin/graphene nanomesh hybrids
Z. M. Marković, D. P. Kepić, D. M. Matijašević, V. B. Pavlović, S. P. Jovanović, N. K. Stanković, D. D. Milivojević, Z. Spitalsky, I. D. Holclajtner-Antunović, D. V. Bajuk-Bogdanović, M. P. Nikšić and B. M. Todorović Marković

Peripherical thioester functionalization induces J-aggregation in bithiophene-DPP films and nanoparticles
Angela Punzi, Davide Blasi, Alessandra Operamolla, Roberto Comparelli, Gerardo Palazzo and Gianluca M. Farinola

Self-assembly, photoresponsive behavior and transport potential of azobenzene grafted dendronized polymeric amphiphiles
Meena Kumari, Muriel Billamboz, Estelle Leonard, Christophe Len, Christoph Böttcher, Ashok K. Prasad, Rainer Haag and Sunil K. Sharma

Synthesis and characterization of supported stabilized palladium nanoparticles for selective hydrogenation in water at low temperature
Anish Patel and Anjali Patel

Polyaniline and modified titanate nanowires layer-by-layer plastic electrode for flexible electronic device applications
Mona H. Abdel Rehim, Ahmed M. Youssef, Heba Al-Said, Gamal Turky and Mohamad Aboaly

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Looking back over the last 10 years, we would like to share with you some of the very best articles that have been published in RSC Advances. Many of these papers have been cited hundreds of times, providing valuable advances for further research, and some continue to be among the journal’s most downloaded articles as of today. Over the years, new findings in chemistry have been published in the journal but there are also high quality reviews – they truly are gifts between researchers serving as valuable sources of information for anyone needing an update or is new to a field.

Do you have a great idea for a review? Will you be the author of our next historical paper? Please share it with the world, we welcome work in every area of the chemical sciences and related disciplines – free to read and access for everyone who needs it.

We hope you enjoy our 10^th Anniversary collections!

RSC Advances Editorial team

Highlighted articles

Development of 3D PVA scaffolds for cardiac tissue engineering and cell screening applications
Elisabetta Dattola, Elvira Immacolata Parrotta, Stefania Scalise, Gerardo Perozziello, Tania Limongi, Patrizio Candeloro, Maria Laura Coluccio, Carmine Maletta, Luigi Bruno, Maria Teresa De Angelis, Gianluca Santamaria, Vincenzo Mollace, Ernesto Lamanna, Enzo Di Fabrizio and Giovanni Cuda
Article, 2019

Mechanical and physicochemical behavior of a 3D hydrogel scaffold during cell growth and proliferation
Rebeca E. Rivero, Virginia Capella, A. Cecilia Liaudat, Pablo Bosch, Cesar A. Barbero, Nancy Rodríguez and Claudia R. Rivarola
Article, 2020

Facile synthesis of novel size-controlled antibacterial hybrid spheres using silver nanoparticles loaded with poly-dopamine spheres
Hongyong Luo, Changwei Gu, Weihua Zheng, Fei Dai, Xinling Wang and Zhen Zheng
Article, 2015

Fucoidans from brown seaweeds: an update on structures, extraction techniques and use of enzymes as tools for structural elucidation
Marcel Tutor Ale and Anne S. Meyer
Review, 2020

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Looking back over the last 10 years, we would like to share with you some of the very best articles that have been published in RSC Advances. Many of these papers have been cited hundreds of times, providing valuable advances for further research, and some continue to be among the journal’s most downloaded articles as of today. Over the years, new findings in chemistry have been published in the journal but there are also high quality reviews – they truly are gifts between researchers serving as valuable sources of information for anyone needing an update or is new to a field.

Do you have a great idea for a review? Will you be the author of our next historical paper? Please share it with the world, we welcome work in every area of the chemical sciences and related disciplines – free to read and access for everyone who needs it.

We hope you enjoy our 10^th Anniversary collections!

RSC Advances Editorial team

Highlighted articles

Recent advances in methanation catalysts for the production of synthetic natural gas
Jiajian Gao, Qing Liu, Fangna Gu, Bin Liu, Ziyi Zhong and Fabing Su
Review, 2015

Widely used catalysts in biodiesel production: a review
Bishwajit Changmai, Chhangte Vanlalveni, Avinash Prabhakar Ingle, Rahul Bhagat and Samuel Lalthazuala Rokhum
Review, 2020

Membrane gas separation technologies for biogas upgrading
Xiao Yuan Chen, Hoang Vinh-Thang, Antonio Avalos Ramirez, Denis Rodrigue and Serge Kaliaguine
Review, 2015

Enhanced ethanol production from sugarcane molasses by industrially engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae via replacement of the PHO4 gene
Renzhi Wu, Dong Chen, Shuwei Cao, Zhilong Lu, Jun Huang, Qi Lu, Ying Chen, Xiaoling Chen, Ni Guan, Yutuo Wei and Ribo Huang
Article, 2020

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Looking back over the last 10 years, we would like to share with you some of the very best articles that have been published in RSC Advances. Many of these papers have been cited hundreds of times, providing valuable advances for further research, and some continue to be among the journal’s most downloaded articles as of today. Over the years, new findings in chemistry have been published in the journal but there are also high quality reviews – they truly are gifts between researchers serving as valuable sources of information for anyone needing an update or is new to a field.

Do you have a great idea for a review? Will you be the author of our next historical paper? Please share it with the world, we welcome work in every area of the chemical sciences and related disciplines – free to read and access for everyone who needs it.

We hope you enjoy our 10^th Anniversary collections!

RSC Advances Editorial team

Highlighted articles

What do we know about multicomponent reactions? Mechanisms and trends for the Biginelli, Hantzsch, Mannich, Passerini and Ugi MCRs
Haline G. O. Alvim, Eufrânio N. da Silva Júnior and Brenno A. D. Neto
Review, 2014

Understanding the different reactivity of (Z)- and (E)-β-nitrostyrenes in [3+2] cycloaddition reactions. An MEDT study
Mar Ríos-Gutiérrez, Luis R. Domingo and Radomir Jasiński
Article, 2021

New protocols to access imidazoles and their ring fused analogues: synthesis from N-propargylamines
Esmail Vessally, Somayeh Soleimani-Amiri, Akram Hosseinian, Ladan Edjlali and Ahmadreza Bekhradnia
Review, 2017

Metal-free hypervalent iodine/TEMPO mediated oxidation of amines and mechanistic insight into the reaction pathways
Ajay H. Bansode and Gurunath Suryavanshi
Article, 2018

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