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Issue 7 is now available online! This issue contains 3 review articles, 25 communications and 50 full papers written by authors from 20 countries. From South America, North America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia, many scientists have chosen to publish their work with RSC Advances.

To whet your appetite, here is a taster of  what is published in issue 7:

Three-component photoinitiating systems: towards innovative tailor made high performance combinations
Jean Pierre Fouassier and Jacques Lalevée
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2621-2629
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA00892K

Recent developments in the molecular recognition of carbohydrates by artificial receptors
Monika Mazik
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2630-2642
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01138G

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

ESI-MS mechanistic studies of Wacker oxidation of alkenes: dinuclear species as catalytic active intermediates
Dominique Harakat, Jacques Muzart and Jean Le Bras
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 3094-3099
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01204A

Ligand density and clustering effects on endocytosis of folate modified nanoparticles
Emilia Moradi, Driton Vllasaliu, Martin Garnett, Franco Falcone and Snow Stolnik
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 3025-3033
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01168A

Enhancing the efficiency of a dye sensitized solar cell due to the energy transfer between CdSe quantum dots and a designed squaraine dye
Lioz Etgar, Jinhyung Park, Claudia Barolo, Vladimir Lesnyak, Subhendu K. Panda, Pierluigi Quagliotto, Stephen G. Hickey, Md. K. Nazeeruddin, Alexander Eychmüller, Guido Viscardi and Michael Grätzel
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2748-2752
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20192E

Efficient small molecule organic semiconductor containing bis-dimethylfluorenyl amino benzo[b]thiophene for high open circuit voltage in high efficiency solution processed organic solar cell
Jooyoung Kim, Haye Min Ko, Nara Cho, Sanghyun Paek, Jae Kwan Lee and Jaejung Ko
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2692-2695
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01271E

Exploiting the use of ionic liquids to access phosphorodiamidites
Kerri Crossey, Christopher Hardacre, Marie E. Migaud and Sarah E. Norman
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2988-2993
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20131C

Reversible polymerization of novel monomers bearing furan and plant oil moieties: a double click exploitation of renewable resources
Carla Vilela, Letizia Cruciani, Armando J. D. Silvestre and Alessandro Gandini
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2966-2974
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20053H

Columnar mesophases of luminescent polycatenar liquid crystals incorporating a 1,3-substituted benzene ring interconnecting two 1,3,4-oxadiazoles
Jianchuan Tang, Rong Huang, Hongfei Gao, Xiaohong Cheng, Marko Prehm and Carsten Tschierske
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2842-2847
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01362B

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RSC Advances is 6 months old. Already, we have published 16 issues containing 650 articles. It has been an amazing start for RSC Advances and we are already seeing a significant number of articles cited.

Below are the top 5 most cited articles so far:

Electrochemistry of graphene: not such a beneficial electrode material?
Dale A. C. Brownson, Lindsey J. Munro, Dimitrios K. Kampouris and Craig E. Banks 
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 978-988
DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00393C, Paper

Triplet–triplet annihilation based upconversion: from triplet sensitizers and triplet acceptors to upconversion quantum yields
Jianzhang Zhao, Shaomin Ji and Huimin Guo 
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 937-950
DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00469G, Review

Glutathione: mechanism and kinetics of its non-enzymatic defense action against free radicals
Annia Galano and J. Raúl Alvarez-Idaboy 
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 1763-1771
DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00474C, Paper

A novel application of porphyrin nanoparticles as an effective fluorescent assay platform for nucleic acid detection
Junfeng Zhai, Hailong Li and Xuping Sun 
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 36-39
DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00026H, Communication

Switchable Ionic liquids (SILs) based on glycerol and acid gases
Ikenna Anugwom, Päivi Mäki-Arvela, Pasi Virtanen, Pia Damlin, Rainer Sjöholm and Jyri-Pekka Mikkola 
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 452-457,  
DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00154J, Paper

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Check out RSC Advances issue 6 which has just been published online! It contains 66 articles across a broad range of multidisciplinary topics such as electrochemistry, materials, graphene, photocatalysis, solar cells, DNA, photocleavable biotags, green chemistry etc… Below is a taster of what is in issue 6. Please note that all of our 2011-2012 content is free to access upon a simple registration process.

There are 3 reviews covering:

Tissue engineering
Scaffold-free tissue engineering using cell sheet technology
Yuji Haraguchi, Tatsuya Shimizu, Masayuki Yamato and Teruo Okano
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2184-2190

Catalysis
Catalytic versus stoichiometric dehydrocoupling using main group metals
Robert J. Less, Rebecca L. Melen and Dominic S. Wright
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2191-2199

Bioanalytical
Potential applications of SPR in early diagnosis and progression of Alzheimer’s disease
Lin Liu, Ning Xia and Jianxiu Wang
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2200-2204

Papers and Communications cover topics such as:

Physical Organic
Proton-transfer paths in CHO hydrogen bonds
Irena Majerz and Ivar Olovsson
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2545-2552

Organometallic
Mononuclear and dinuclear complexes of manganese(III) and Iron(III) supported by 2-salicyloylhydrazono-1,3-dithiane ligand: synthesis, characterization and magnetic properties
Weiwei Zuo, Vitor Rosa, Clarisse Tourbillon, David Specklin, Cheaib Khaled, Mohamedally Kurmoo and Richard Welter
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2517-2526

Medicinal
Synthesis, characterization and cytotoxicity study of magnetic (Fe3O4) nanoparticles and their drug conjugate
Biswadip Banerji, Sumit Kumar Pramanik, Samir Mandal, Nakul Chandra Maiti and Keya Chaudhuri
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2493-2497

β-Lactam-host defence peptide conjugates as antibiotic prodrug candidates targeting resistant bacteria
Stéphane Desgranges, Carol C. Ruddle, Liam P. Burke, Tara M. McFadden, John E. O’Brien, Deirdre Fitzgerald-Hughes, Hilary Humphreys, Timothy P. Smyth and Marc Devocelle
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2480-2492

Green
Cellulose solubilities in carboxylate-based ionic liquids
Bin Zhao, Lasse Greiner and Walter Leitner
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2476-2479

CO2 Capture
Polyethylenimine covalently grafted on mesostructured porous silica for CO2 capture
Hodna Kassab, Mahmoud Maksoud, Sonia Aguado, Marc Pera-Titus, Belén Albela and Laurent Bonneviot
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2508-2516

CO2 capture from flue gas at high temperatures by new ionic liquids with high capacity
Shuhang Ren, Yucui Hou, Weize Wu, Shidong Tian and Weina Liu
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2504-2507

Surface chemistry
Mechanical properties of carbon nanotube–PMMA based hybrid coatings: the importance of surface chemistry
Fayna Mammeri, Joan Teyssandier, Carole Connan, Eric Le Bourhis and Mohamed M. Chehimi
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2462-2468

Organic
Synthesis of the novel trimeric benzamides—potential inhibitors of protein–protein interactions
Oleg V. Kulikov and Andrew D. Hamilton
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2454-2461

Microchips
The development of affinity capture devices—a nanoscale purification platform for biological in situ transmission electron microscopy
Katherine Degen, Madeline Dukes, Justin R. Tanner and Deborah F. Kelly
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2408-2412

Printed conductive features for DNA chip applications prepared on PET without sintering
Albert R. Liberski, Joseph T. Delaney, Aleksandra Liberska, Jolke Perelaer, Martha Schwarz, Thomas Schüler, Robert Möller and Ulrich S. Schubert
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2308-2313

Polymers
Phase-separated binary polymers spin coated onto microwrinkles
Takuya Ohzono and Hiroyuki Kitahata
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2395-2398

Food
Changes in morphological and nano-mechanical properties of the milk fat globule membrane during processing
Thakshila S. Balasuriya, Lydia Ong, Sally L. Gras and Raymond R. Dagastine
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2384-2394

Issue 5 of RSC Advances is now live consisting of 63 articles. Below is a brief taster of the wide scope and international authorship of the Journal:

China

Transition metal complexes with strong absorption of visible light and long-lived triplet excited states: from molecular design to applications
Jianzhang Zhao, Shaomin Ji, Wanhua Wu, Wenting Wu, Huimin Guo, Jifu Sun, Haiyang Sun, Yifan Liu, Qiuting Li and Ling Huang
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1712-1728

Co-delivery of genes and drugs with nanostructured calcium carbonate for cancer therapy
Si Chen, Dong Zhao, Feng Li, Ren-Xi Zhuo and Si-Xue Cheng
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1820-1826

Germany

A potential nanobiotechnology platform based on infectious bursal disease subviral particles
Omid Taghavian, Manoj K. Mandal, Nicole F. Steinmetz, Stefan Rasche, Holger Spiegel, Rainer Fischer and Stefan Schillberg
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1970-1978

Italy

Activation of aliphatic C–H bonds by tetracyanobenzene photosensitization. A time-resolved and steady-state investigation
Stefano Protti, Maurizio Fagnoni, Sandra Monti, Julien Réhault, Olivier Poizat and Angelo Albini
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1897-1904

India

Polyaniline/multiwalled carbon nanotubes nanocomposite-an excellent reversible CO2 capture candidate
Ashish Kumar Mishra and Sundara Ramaprabhu
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1746-1750

Japan

Effective recovery of some precious metals by using alternative quaternary amine types of anion-exchangers prepared from biofuel-extracted microalgal residues
Kanjana Khunathai, Katsutoshi Inoue, Keisuke Ohto, Hidetaka Kawakita, Minoru Kurata, Kinya Atsumi and Shafiq Alam
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1856-1862

Portugal

A new outlook on solubility of carbohydrates and sugar alcohols in ionic liquids
Lucinda J. A. Conceiçao, Ewa Bogel-Łukasik and Rafał Bogel-Łukasik
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1846-1855

Singapore

Photocatalytic superhydrophilic TiO2 coating on glass by electrospinning
V. Anand Ganesh, A. Sreekumaran Nair, Hemant Kumar Raut, Timothy Michael Walsh and Seeram Ramakrishna
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2067-2072

South Korea

Fabrication of highly ordered multi-segment line pattern over a large-area
Jisun Lee, Su Kyoung Lee, Jin-Mi Jung, Youn Kyoung Baek and Hee-Tae Jung
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2043-2046

Spain

Monosaccharide derivatives as central scaffolds in the synthesis of glycosylated drugs
Marco Filice and Jose M. Palomo
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1729-1742

Switzerland

Gas-phase basicity of several common MALDI matrices measured by a simple experimental approach
Konstantin Barylyuk, Lukas Fritsche, Roman M. Balabin, Robert Nieckarz and Renato Zenobi
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1962-1969

UK

Freezing and glass transition phenomena for 1,2-dichloroethane under high pressure as revealed by fluorescence spectroscopy
Mohammed A. H. Alamiry, Andrew C. Benniston, Graeme Copley and Anthony Harriman
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1936-1941

Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) as an effective tool in reducing auto-oxidation of dried pine sawdust for power generation
Mehrdad Arshadi, Andrew J. Hunt and James H. Clark
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1806-1809

USA

Lipid storage compounds in raw activated sludge microorganisms for biofuels and oleochemicals production
Emmanuel D. Revellame, Rafael Hernandez, William French, William E. Holmes, Tracy J. Benson, Patrisha J. Pham, Allison Forks and Robert Callahan II
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 2015-2031

Adsorption and structural properties of ordered mesoporous carbons synthesized by soft-templating in the presence of boric acid and tetraethyl orthosilicate
Nilantha Wickramaratne and Mietek Jaroniec
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1877-1883

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Below is a list of recently published articles involving nucleic acids:

Synthetic 5′-phosphorylated oligodeoxynucleotide purification through catching full-length sequences by polymerization
Yinan Yuan, Suntara Fueangfung, Xi Lin, Durga Pokharel and Shiyue Fang
RSC Adv., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01357F, Paper

Label-free detection of target DNA sequence and single-base mismatch in hepatitis C virus corresponding to oligonucleotide by resonance light scattering technique
Zhanguang Chen, Sihua Qian, Xi Chen, Junhui Chen, Yuejuan Lin and Jinbin Liu
RSC Adv., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01141G, Paper

Synthesis, characterization and DNA binding properties of rutin–iron complex
Stalin Selvaraj, Sridharan Krishnaswamy, Venkappayya Devashya, Swaminathan Sethuraman and Uma Maheswari Krishnan
RSC Adv., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01319C, Paper

Base recognition by L-nucleotides in heterochiral DNA
Shuji Ogawa, Shun-ichi Wada and Hidehito Urata
RSC Adv., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01013E, Communication

Printed conductive features for DNA chip applications prepared on PET without sintering
Albert R. Liberski, Joseph T. Delaney, Aleksandra Liberska, Jolke Perelaer, Martha Schwarz, Thomas Schüler, Robert Möller and Ulrich S. Schubert
RSC Adv., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01191C, Paper

Co-delivery of genes and drugs with nanostructured calcium carbonate for cancer therapy
Si Chen, Dong Zhao, Feng Li, Ren-Xi Zhuo and Si-Xue Cheng
RSC Adv., 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00527H, Paper

Highly flexible and stable aptamer-caged nanoparticles for control of thrombin activity
Chia-Lun Hsu, Shih-Chun Wei, Jyun-Wei Jian, Huan-Tsung Chang, Wei-Hsi Chen and Chih-Ching Huang
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1577-1584

Nanoporous carbon as a sensing platform for DNA detection: The use of impedance spectroscopy for hairpin-DNA based assay
Hwee Ling Poh, Alessandra Bonanni and Martin Pumera
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1021-1024
DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00812A, Paper

A pyridyl carboxamide molecule selectively stabilizes DNA G-quadruplex and regulates duplex–quadruplex competition
Liang Xu, Weixin Wu, Jie Ding, Shuo Feng, Xiwen Xing, Minggang Deng and Xiang Zhou
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 894-899

Protein–dendron conjugates for DNA binding: understanding the effect of the protein core on multivalency
Giovanni M. Pavan, Mauri A. Kostiainen and Andrea Danani
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 1677-1681

Fast repair of DNA radicals in the earliest stage of carcinogenesis suppresses hallmarks of cancer
Rongliang Zheng, Zhongjian Jia, Ji Li, Shuangsheng Huang, Ping Mu, Fangxin Zhang, Chunming Wang and Chengshan Yuan
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 1610-1619

DNA hybridization of pathogenicity island of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis with discretely functionalized gold nanoparticles in organic solvent mixtures
Chun-Pong Chak, Josie M. Y. Lai, Kathy W. Y. Sham, Christopher H. K. Cheng and Ken Cham-Fai Leung
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 1342-1348

Detection of single-stranded nucleic acids by hybridization of probe oligonucleotides on polystyrene nanospheres and subsequent release and recovery of fluorescence
Lei Wang, Hailong Li, Yonglan Luo, Yingwei Zhang, Jingqi Tian and Xuping Sun
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 1318-1323

Large-scale synthesis of coordination polymer microdendrites and their application as a sensing platform for fluorescent DNA detection
Hailong Li, Junfeng Zhai and Xuping Sun
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 725-730
DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00359C, Paper

Control of synthesis and optical properties of DNA templated silver nanoclusters by varying DNA length and sequence
Guo-Yu Lan, Wei-Yu Chen and Huan-Tsung Chang
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 802-807

A novel application of porphyrin nanoparticles as an effective fluorescent assay platform for nucleic acid detection
Junfeng Zhai, Hailong Li and Xuping Sun
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 36-39

Target-induced biomolecular release for sensitive aptamer-based electrochemical detection of small molecules from magnetic graphene
Dianping Tang, Juan Tang, Qunfang Li, Bingqian Liu, Huanghao Yang and Guonan Chen
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 40-43

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RSC Advances wishes to celebrate Australia Day by highlighting all of our articles that are written by authors from Australia. Please note that all the articles are free to download upon a simple registration process.

Articles from Down Under:

Research progress and materials selection guidelines on mixed conducting perovskite-type ceramic membranes for oxygen production
Kun Zhang, Jaka Sunarso, Zongping Shao, Wei Zhou, Chenghua Sun, Shaobin Wang and Shaomin Liu
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 1661-1676, Review 

Effect of different additives on the hydrogen storage properties of the MgH2-LiAlH4 destabilized system
M. Ismail, Y. Zhao, X. B. Yu and S. X. Dou
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 408-414

Graphene–V2O5·nH2O xerogel composite cathodes for lithium ion batteries
Guodong Du, Kuok Hau Seng, Zaiping Guo, Jun Liu, Wenxian Li, Dianzeng Jia, Chris Cook, Zongwen Liu and Huakun Liu
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 690-697

Ultraflexible plasmonic nanocomposite aerogel
Yi Chen, Khee Chaw Ng, Wenyi Yan, Yue Tang and Wenlong Cheng
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 1265-1270

Copper(I) speciation in mixed thiosulfate-chloride and ammonia-chloride solutions: XAS and UV-Visible spectroscopic studies
Barbara E. Etschmann, Jay R. Black, Pascal V. Grundler, Stacey Borg, Dale Brewe, D. C. McPhail, Leone Spiccia and Joël Brugger
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 1554-1566

Formation of a chrome-free and coloured conversion coating on AA6063 aluminium alloy
Tingyi Chen, Wenfang Li and Jackie Cai
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 607-610

Controlled hydrolysis of aryltellurium trichlorides using 2-pyrrolidinones: isolation and structural characterization of monomeric aryltellurium(IV) monohydroxides
Shafalika Misra, Ashok K. S. Chauhan, Ramesh C. Srivastava, Andrew Duthie and R. J. Butcher
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 808-816

Dispersion of SnO2 nanocrystals on TiO2(B) nanowires as anode material for lithium ion battery applications
Zunxian Yang, Guodong Du, Qing Meng, Zaiping Guo, Xuebin Yu, Zhixin Chen, Tailiang Guo and Rong Zeng
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 1834-1840

A novel bath lily-like graphene sheet-wrapped nano-Si composite as a high performance anode material for Li-ion batteries
Yu-Shi He, Pengfei Gao, Jun Chen, Xiaowei Yang, Xiao-Zhen Liao, Jun Yang and Zi-Feng Ma
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 958-960 

Selective adsorption and photocatalysis of low-temperature base-modified anatase nanocrystals
Manoj A. Lazar and Walid A. Daoud
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 447-452

Analytical-scale purification of trichostatin A from bacterial culture in a single step and with high selectivity using immobilised metal affinity chromatography
Najwa Ejje, Ernest Lacey and Rachel Codd
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 333-337

K0.25Mn2O4 nanofiber microclusters as high power cathode materials for rechargeable lithium batteries
Chaofeng Zhang, Chuanqi Feng, Peng Zhang, Zaiping Guo, Zhixin Chen, Sean Li and Huakun Liu
RSC Adv., 2012, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00510C, Paper

Enhanced hydrogen storage properties of NaAlH4 co-catalysed with niobium fluoride and single-walled carbon nanotubes
Jianfeng Mao, Zaiping Guo and Huakun Liu
RSC Adv., 2012, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00645B, Paper

Clicking dendritic peptides onto single walled carbon nanotubes
Eli Moore, Peng-Yuan Wang, Andrew P. Vogt, Christopher T. Gibson, Vattekat Haridas and Nicolas H. Voelcker
RSC Adv., 2012, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C2RA00791F, Communication

Self assembly of bivalent glycolipids on single walled carbon nanotubes and their specific molecular recognition properties
Bandaru Narasimha Murthy, Susanne Zeile, Monessha Nambiar, Matthew R. Nussio, Christopher T. Gibson, Joseph G. Shapter, Narayanaswamy Jayaraman and Nicolas H. Voelcker
RSC Adv., 2012, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01192A, Communication

Design of low-charge peptide sequences for high-yield formation of titania nanoparticles
Chun-Xia Zhao, Lei Yu and Anton P. J. Middelberg
RSC Adv., 2012, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C2RA00726F, Communication

Here at RSC Advances, we wish to celebrate Chinese new year by highlighting some of our recently published articles on energy and power generation: 

Sustainable power generation 

Chinese Dragon in a dragon dance. Image reproduced from wikipedia.

Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) as an effective tool in reducing auto-oxidation of dried pine sawdust for power generation
Mehrdad Arshadi, Andrew J. Hunt and James H. Clark
RSC Adv., 2012, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00715G, Paper 

Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) for sustainable energy production and product recovery from organic wastes and industrial wastewaters
Deepak Pant, Anoop Singh, Gilbert Van Bogaert, Stig Irving Olsen, Poonam Singh Nigam, Ludo Diels and Karolien Vanbroekhoven
RSC Adv., 2012, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00839K, Review 

A new outlook on solubility of carbohydrates and sugar alcohols in ionic liquids
Lucinda J. A. Conceiçao, Ewa Bogel-Łukasik and Rafał Bogel-Łukasik
RSC Adv., 2012, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1RA01006A, Paper 

Lithium ion batteries 

Facile preparation of hydrated vanadium pentoxide nanobelts based bulky paper as flexible binder-free cathodes for high-performance lithium ion batteries
Xianhong Rui, Jixin Zhu, Weiling Liu, Huiteng Tan, Daohao Sim, Chen Xu, Hua Zhang, Jan Ma, Huey Hoon Hng, Tuti Mariana Lim and Qingyu Yan
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 117-122 

Magnetite/graphene nanosheet composites: interfacial interaction and its impact on the durable high-rate performance in lithium-ion batteries
Jisheng Zhou, Huaihe Song, Lulu Ma and Xiaohong Chen
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 782-791 

Electrospun carbon nanofibers decorated with various amounts of electrochemically-inert nickel nanoparticles for use as high-performance energy storage materials
Liwen Ji, Zhan Lin, Mataz Alcoutlabi, Ozan Toprakci, Yingfang Yao, Guanjie Xu, Shuli Li and Xiangwu Zhang
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 192-198, Paper 

K0.25Mn2O4 nanofiber microclusters as high power cathode materials for rechargeable lithium batteries
Chaofeng Zhang, Chuanqi Feng, Peng Zhang, Zaiping Guo, Zhixin Chen, Sean Li and Huakun Liu
RSC Adv., 2012, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00510C, Paper 

Stabilized cycling performance of silicon oxide anode in ionic liquid electrolyte for rechargeable lithium batteries
Jin-Woo Song, Cao Cuong Nguyen and Seung-Wan Song
RSC Adv., 2012, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01183B, Paper 

Capacitors and supercapacitors 

Electrochemical capacitors utilising transition metal oxides: an update of recent developments
Wentao Deng, Xiaobo Ji, Qiyuan Chen and Craig E. Banks
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 1171-1178, DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00664A, Review 

An electrochemically formed three-dimensional structure of polypyrrole/graphene nanoplatelets for high-performance supercapacitors
Peng Si, Shujiang Ding, Xiong-Wen (David) Lou and Dong-Hwan Kim
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 1271-1278, Paper 

High-performance aqueous supercapacitors based on hierarchically porous graphitized carbon
Zheng Chen, Ding Weng, Hiesang Sohn, Mei Cai and Yunfeng Lu
RSC Adv., 2012, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C2RA00887D, Communication 

Fuel Cells 

Robust solid oxide cells for alternate power generation and carbon conversion
Xiaoming Ge, Lan Zhang, Yanan Fang, Jie Zeng and Siew Hwa Chan
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 715-724
DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00355K, Paper 

Symmetric and reversible solid oxide fuel cells
Juan Carlos Ruiz-Morales, David Marrero-López, Jesús Canales-Vázquez and John T. S. Irvine
RSC Adv., 2011, 1, 1403-1414, DOI: 10.1039/C1RA00284H, Review 

Electrochemical growth of gold nanostructures on carbon paper for alkaline direct glucose fuel cell
Sze-Ping Tung, Ting-Kai Huang, Chi-Young Lee and Hsin-Tien Chiu
RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 1068-1073, Paper 

Solar Cells 

Large scale two-dimensional nanobowl array high efficiency polymer solar cell
Szu-Ying Chen, Yu-Ting Yen, Yi-Yang Chen, Chain-Shu Hsu, Yu-Lun Chueh and Lih-Juann Chen
RSC Adv., 2012, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01258H, Communication 

Efficient Small Molecule Organic Semiconductor containing Bis-dimethylfluorenyl Amino Benzo[b]thiophene for High Open Circuit Voltage in High Efficiency Solution Processed Organic Solar Cell
Jooyoung Kim, Haye Min Ko, Nara Cho, Sanghyun Paek, Jae Kwan Lee and Jaejung Ko
RSC Adv., 2012, Accepted Manuscript, DOI: 10.1039/C2RA01271E, Communication 

A bilayer structure of a titania nanoparticle/highly-ordered nanotube array for low-temperature dye-sensitized solar cells
Jianqiang Luo, Lian Gao, Jing Sun and Yangqiao Liu
RSC Adv., 2012, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C2RA00731B, Paper 

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