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Welcome to May’s HOT article round up! Every month we update our 2021 RSC Advances HOT Article Collection to showcase all of the articles selected by our reviewers and handling editors as HOT in 2021. Don’t forget to come back next month to check out our latest HOT articles.

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Browse a selection of our May HOT articles below:

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
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 17478-17486
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA02529E

Pd-catalyzed synthesis of 1-(hetero)aryl-2,2,2-trichloroethanols using chloral hydrate and (hetero)arylboroxines
Minori Shimizu, Yuta Okuda, Koki Toyoda, Ryo Akiyama, Hiraku Shinozaki and Tetsuya Yamamoto
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 17734-17739
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA02403E

A fluorine-18 labeled radiotracer for PET imaging of γ-glutamyltranspeptidase in living subjects
Dingyao Gao, Yinxing Miao, Siqin Ye, Chunmei Lu, Gaochao Lv, Ke Li, Chunjing Yu, Jianguo Lin and Ling Qiu
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 18738-18747
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA01324F

Exploration of stilbenoid trimers as potential inhibitors of sirtuin1 enzyme using a molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation approach
Muhammad Ikhlas Abdjan, Nanik Siti Aminah, Imam Siswanto, Alfinda Novi Kristanti, Yoshiaki Takaya and Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 19323-19332
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA02233D

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Welcome to April’s HOT article round up! Every month we update our 2021 RSC Advances HOT Article Collection to showcase all of the articles selected by our reviewers and handling editors as HOT in 2021. Don’t forget to come back next month to check out our latest HOT articles.

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Browse a selection of our April HOT articles below:

Vibrational analysis of acetylcholine binding to the M₂ receptor
Kohei Suzuki, Kota Katayama, Yuji Sumii, Tomoya Nakagita, Ryoji Suno, Hirokazu Tsujimoto, So Iwata, Takuya Kobayashi, Norio Shibata and Hideki Kandori
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 12559-12567
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA01030A

Construction of 1T-MoS₂ quantum dots-interspersed (Bi₁−_xFe_x)VO₄ heterostructures for electron transport and photocatalytic properties
Muhammad Munir Sajid, Haifa Zhai, Naveed Akhtar Shad, Muhammad Shafique, Amir Muhammad Afzal, Yasir Javed, Sadaf Bashir Khan, Nasir Amin and Zhengjun Zhang
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 13105-13118
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA00807B

Identification of (2R,3R)-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)chroman-3-yl-3,4,5-trihydroxy benzoate as multiple inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 targets; a systematic molecular modelling approach
Jubie Selvaraj, Shyam Sundar P, Logesh Rajan, Divakar Selvaraj, Dhanabal Palanisamy, Krishnan Namboori PK and Suresh Kumar Mohankumar
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 13051-13060
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA01603B

Dual-signal lateral flow assay using vancomycin-modified nanotags for rapid and sensitive detection of Staphylococcus aureus
Shu Wang, Wanzhu Shen, Shuai Zheng, Zhigang Li, Chongwen Wang, Long Zhang and Yong Liu
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 13297-13303
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA01085A

Anisotropic crystallite size distributions in LiFePO₄ powders
Alexander Bobyl and Igor Kasatkin
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 13799-13805
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA02102H
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Welcome to March’s HOT article round up! Every month we update our 2021 RSC Advances HOT Article Collection to showcase all of the articles selected by our reviewers and handling editors as HOT in 2021. Don’t forget to come back next month to check out our latest HOT articles.

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Browse a selection of our March HOT articles below:

OBP-functionalized/hybrid superparamagnetic nanoparticles for Candida albicans treatment
Nicolò Riboni, Costanza Spadini, Clotilde S. Cabassi, Federica Bianchi, Stefano Grolli, Virna Conti, Roberto Ramoni, Francesca Casoli, Lucia Nasi, César de Julián Fernández, Paola Luches and Maria Careri
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 11256-11265
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA01112J

Biologically guided isolation and ADMET profile of new factor Xa inhibitors from Glycyrrhiza glabra roots using in vitro and in silico approaches
Reham S. Ibrahim, Rahma S. R. Mahrous, Rasha M. Abu EL-Khair, Samir A. Ross, Abdallah A. Omar and Hoda M. Fathy
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 9995-10001
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA00359C

The influence of terpenes on the release of volatile organic compounds and active ingredients to cannabis vaping aerosols
Jiries Meehan-Atrash, Wentai Luo, Kevin J. McWhirter, David G. Dennis, David Sarlah, Robert P. Jensen, Isaac Afreh, Jia Jiang, Kelley C. Barsanti, Alisha Ortiz and Robert M. Strongin
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 11714-11723
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA00934F

Transmembrane anion transport promoted by thioamides
Robert Pomorski, María García-Valverde, Roberto Quesada and Michał J. Chmielewski
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 12249-12253
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA01646F
 

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Welcome to Februrary’s HOT article round up! Every month we update our 2021 RSC Advances HOT Article Collection to showcase all of the articles selected by our reviewers and handling editors as HOT in 2021. Don’t forget to come back next month to check out our latest HOT articles.

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Browse a selection of our February HOT articles below:

Structural and electronic properties of layered nanoporous organic nanocrystals
Isaiah A. Moses and Veronica Barone
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 5773-5784
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA08856K

Synthesis, crystal structure and antibacterial studies of dihydropyrimidines and their regioselectively oxidized products
Alakbar E. Huseynzada, Christian Jelch, Haji Vahid N. Akhundzada, Sarra Soudani, Cherif Ben Nasr, Aygun Israyilova, Filippo Doria, Ulviyya A. Hasanova, Rana F. Khankishiyeva and Mauro Freccero
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 6312-6329
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA10255E

Novel and versatile artificial intelligence algorithms for investigating possible GHSR1α and DRD1 agonists for Alzheimer’s disease
Zi-Qiang Tang, Lu Zhao,‡ab Guan-Xing Chen and Calvin Yu-Chian Chen
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 6423-6446
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA10077C

Breaking the bottleneck: stilbene as a model compound for optimizing 6π e− photocyclization efficiency
Joshua Seylar, Dmytro Stasiouk, Davide L. Simone, Vikas Varshney, James E. Heckler and Ruel McKenzie
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 6504-6508
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA10619D

Inversion kinetics of some E/Z 3-(benzylidene)-2-oxo-indoline derivatives and their in silico CDK2 docking studies
Hany S. Mansour, Hend A. A. Abd El-wahab, Ahmed M. Ali and Tarek Aboul-Fadl
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 7839-7850
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA10672K

A simple way to fabricate pure anatase 2D TiO₂ IO monolayer: structure, color control and its application in electrochromism
Hua Li, Jacques Robichaud and Yahia Djaoued
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 8065-8072
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA10648H

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New year, new HOT article collection! Every month we will update our 2021 RSC Advances HOT Article Collection to showcase all of the articles selected by our reviewers and handling editors as HOT in 2021. Don’t forget to come back next month to check out our latest HOT articles.

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Browse a selection of our January HOT articles below:

β-Cyclodextrin: a supramolecular catalyst for metal-free approach towards the synthesis of 2-amino-4,6-diphenylnicotinonitriles and 2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-one
Bijeta Mitra, Gyan Chandra Pariyar and Pranab Ghosh
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 1271-1281
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA09562A

Ligand compatibility of salacinol-type α-glucosidase inhibitors toward the GH31 family
Fumihiro Ishikawa, Aiko Hirano, Yuuto Yoshimori, Kana Nishida, Shinya Nakamura, Katsuki Takashima, Shinsuke Marumoto, Kiyofumi Ninomiya, Isao Nakanishi, Weijia Xie, Toshio Morikawa, Osamu Muraoka and Genzoh Tanabe
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 3221-3225
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA10038B

Transition metals enhance prebiotic depsipeptide oligomerization reactions involving histidine
Moran Frenkel-Pinter, Alyssa B. Sargon, Jennifer B. Glass, Nicholas V. Hud and Loren Dean Williams
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 3534-3538
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA07965K

Self-ordered anodic porous alumina with inter-hole spacing over 1.5 μm
Takashi Yanagishita, Ryosuke Moriyasu, Takayuki Ishii and Hideki Masuda
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 3777-3782
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA10269E

In situ electro-organic synthesis of hydroquinone using anisole on MWCNT/Nafion modified electrode surface and its heterogeneous electrocatalytic reduction of toxic Cr(vi) species
Mansi Gandhi, Desikan Rajagopal and Annamalai Senthil Kumar
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 4062-4076
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA10370E

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Every month we update our RSC Advances HOT Article Collection. This rolling collection features all of the articles selected by our reviewers and handling editors as HOT in the last 6 months. Don’t forget to come back next month to check out our latest HOT articles.

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Browse our October HOT articles below:

Hierarchical micro-/mesoporous zeolite microspheres prepared by colloidal assembly of zeolite nanoparticles
Walter Rosas-Arbelaez, Andreas J. Fijneman, Heiner Friedrich and Anders E. C. Palmqvist
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 36459-36466
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA07394F

Deep eutectic solvent in water pickering emulsions stabilised by cellulose nanofibrils
Saffron J. Bryant, Marcelo A. da Silva, Kazi M. Zakir Hossain, Vincenzo Calabrese, Janet L. Scott and Karen J. Edler
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 37023-37027
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA07575B

Network pharmacology-based study of the mechanisms of action of anti-diabetic triterpenoids from Cyclocarya paliurus
Zixin Lin, Yingpeng Tong, Na Li, Ziping Zhu and Junmin Li
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 37168-37181
DOI: D0RA06846B

Nanocellulose enriches enantiomers in asymmetric aldol reactions
Naliharifetra Jessica Ranaivoarimanana, Xin Habaki, Takuya Uto, Kyohei Kanomata, Toshifumi Yui and Takuya Kitaoka
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 37064-37071
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA07412H

Engineering of zeolite BEA crystal size and morphology via seed-directed steam assisted conversion
Tatiana O. Bok, Egor P. Andriako, Elena E. Knyazeva and Irina I. Ivanova
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 38505-38514
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA07610D

Pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines-based fluorophores: a comprehensive theoretical-experimental study
Alexis Tigreros, Sandra-L. Aranzazu, Nestor-F. Bravo, Jhon Zapata-Rivera and Jaime Portilla
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 39542-39552
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA07716J

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Every month we update our RSC Advances HOT Article Collection. This rolling collection features all of the articles selected by our reviewers and handling editors as HOT in the last 6 months. 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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Browse our September HOT articles below:

Pharmacoinformatics approaches to identify potential hits against tetraacyldisaccharide 4′-kinase (LpxK) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Manoj G. Damale, Shahebaaz K. Pathan, Rajesh B. Patil and Jaiprakash N. Sangshetti
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 32856-32874
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA06675C

Molecular crowding induces primer extension by RNA polymerase through base stacking beyond Watson–Crick rules
Shuntaro Takahashi, Hiromichi Okura, Pallavi Chilka, Saptarshi Ghosha and Naoki Sugimoto
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 33052-33058
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA06502A

One-pot synthesis of indoles and quinolinones from ortho-tosylaminophenyl-substituted para-quinone methides
Junwei Wang, Xiang Pan, Quanjin Rong, Lei Zhao, Lin Zhao, Weichen Dai, Kun Zhao and Lihong Hu
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 33455-33460
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA05497F

NaBH₄ induces a high ratio of Ni³⁺/Ni²⁺ boosting OER activity of the NiFe LDH electrocatalyst
Yaqiong Wang, Shi Tao, He Lin, Shaobo Han, Wenhua Zhong, Yangshan Xie, Jue Hu and Shihe Yang
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 33475-33482
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA06617F

Quinazoline-Schiff base conjugates: in silico study and ADMET predictions as multi-target inhibitors of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) proteins
Mostafa A. Mansour, Asmaa M. AboulMagd and Hamdy M. Abdel-Rahman
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 34033-34045
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA06424F

Mechanistic understanding of humin formation in the conversion of glucose and fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in [BMIM]Cl ionic liquid
Zhanwei Xu, Yiwen Yang, Peifang Yan, Zhi Xia, Xuebin Liu and Z. Conrad Zhang
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 34732-34737
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA05641C

P-stereocontrolled synthesis of oligo(nucleoside N3′→O5′ phosphoramidothioate)s – opportunities and limitations
Ewa Radzikowska, Renata Kaczmarek, Dariusz Korczyński, Agnieszka Krakowiak, Barbara Mikołajczyk, Janina Baraniak, Piotr Guga, Kraig A. Wheeler, Tomasz Pawlak and Barbara Nawrot
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 35185-35197
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA04987E

Several coumarin derivatives and their Pd(ii) complexes as potential inhibitors of the main protease of SARS-CoV-2, an in silico approach
Dejan A. Milenković, Dušan S. Dimić, Edina H. Avdović and Zoran S. Marković
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 35099-35108
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA07062A

Synthesis and biological activities of novel trifluoromethylpyridine amide derivatives containing sulfur moieties
S. X. Guo, F. He, A. L. Dai, R. F. Zhang, S. H. Chen and J. Wu
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 35658-35670
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA07301F

Design and optimization of a subunit vaccine targeting COVID-19 molecular shreds using an immunoinformatics framework
Neeraj Kumar, Damini Sood and Ramesh Chandra
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 35856-35872
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA06849G

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