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Editor’s collection: A Decade of Progress in Click Reactions Based on CuAAC

We are delighted to share with you our latest collection on A Decade of Progress in Click Reactions Based on CuAAC, guest edited by Associate Editor Prof. Manojit Pal (Dr Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences, India).

We are inviting submissions of new papers and review articles to this collection!

About the Collection

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 was awarded jointly to Prof. Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Prof. Morten Meldal and Prof. K. Barry Sharpless for their work in the development of biorthogonal and click chemistry. Bioorthogonal chemistry has made it possible to monitor the chemical processes occurring in living cells, without interfering with native biochemical systems or causing cellular toxicity. Click chemistry has revolutionized the routes of molecular construction and has applications in drug discovery and development, medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry, analytical chemistry, materials science, surface science, and more!

However, click chemistry has not gone unnoticed over the years; many chemists have made contributions (both big and small) to this exciting area of research. So, in celebration of the Nobel Prize, we are excited to announce a new collection comprising of relevant papers published over last 10 years. The collection, handpicked by Prof. Pal, predominantly covers the application of click reactions in the areas of bioorganic and medicinal chemistry, with papers devoted to the development of methodologies also included.

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If you would like to submit your research to this collection, and give your work the global visibility it deserves, you can do so now!

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.

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Meet the Editor

Manojit Pal received his PhD from Jadavpur University, India in 1995 under the guidance of Prof. Nitya G. Kundu. He then worked in various industrial R&D centres including Alembic, Sun Pharma, Matrix Lab, and Dr Reddy’s Lab Ltd. In 2009, he joined Dr. Reddy’s Institute of Life Science where he now continues as a Professor of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, as well as Chief Scientist of the CIMPS Department.

Prof. Pal became an Associate Editor at RSC Advances in 2015, FRSC in 2016, Adjunct Faculty-Manipal University in 2018, and member of Editorial Board – Bioorganic Chemistry in 2019. He also became an invited member of ACS in 2019. Furthermore, in 2020, his name was featured in Stanford’s top 2% list of scientists in the world, and in 2022, he received a certificate for publishing open access articles with Elsevier, four of which were linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

His research interests include development of new chemical entities under the new drug discovery programme in various therapeutic areas, namely tuberculosis, inflammation, obesity, psoriasis, and cancer. Other major areas of focus include transition metal / non-metal catalysed reactions, sonochemical approaches, green chemistry, heterocycle synthesis, and more! He has authored/co-authored more than 280 research publications, as well as 18 review articles, several patents, a book chapter, and a book.

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September 2022 RSC Advances Review Articles

Welcome to September’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 September reviews below:

The diversity and utility of arylthiazoline and aryloxazoline siderophores: challenges of total synthesis
Karolina Kamińska, Andrzej Mular, Evgenia Olshvang, Nils Metzler Nolte, Henryk Kozłowski, Elżbieta Wojaczyńska and Elżbieta Gumienna-Kontecka
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 25284-25322

Optical bio-sensing of DNA methylation analysis: an overview of recent progress and future prospects
Mina Adampourezare, Mohammad Hasanzadeh and Farzad Seidi
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 25786-25806

Synthesis and pharmacological activities of azo dye derivatives incorporating heterocyclic scaffolds: a review
Kibrom Mezgebe and Endale Mulugeta
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 25932-25946

Electrochemical Detection of selected Heavy Metals in Water: a case study of African experiences
Enyioma C. Okpara, Omolola E. Fayemi, Olanrewaju B. Wojuola, Damian C. Onwudiwe and Eno E. Ebenso
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 26319-26361

Nanozyme-based sensors for detection of food biomarkers: a review
Fareeha Arshad, Noor Faizah Mohd-Naim, Rona Chandrawati, Daniel Cozzolino and Minhaz Uddin Ahmed
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 26160-26175

Mechanism and behavior of caffeine sorption: affecting factors
Merve Fakioğlu and Yasemen Kalpaklı
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 26504-26513

Recovery and utilization of crude glycerol, a biodiesel byproduct
Yujia Liu, Biqi Zhong and Adeniyi Lawal
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 27997-28008

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September 2022 Popular Advances Articles

Welcome to September’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.

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Efficient and practical synthesis of monoalkyl oxalates under green conditions
Tatiana Barsukova, Takeyuki Sato, Haruki Takumia and Satomi Niwayama
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 25669-25674

A simple and direct ionic chromatography method to monitor galactose oxidase activity
Eden Kaddouch, Maria E. Cleveland, David Navarro, Sacha Grisel, Mireille Haon, Harry Brumer, Mickaël Lafond, Jean-Guy Berrin and Bastien Bissaro
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 26042-26050

Enhanced transformation of CO2 over microporous Ce-doped Zr metal–organic frameworks
Juan Bai, Ziwei Song, Lijuan Liu, Xu Zhu, Faming Gao and Raghunath V. Chaudhari
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 26307-26318

Stereoselective synthesis of C3-tetrasubstituted oxindoles via copper catalyzed asymmetric propargylation
Jiao-Mei Wang, Yu Zhao, Chang-Sheng Yao and Kai Zhang
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 26727-26732

Synthesis and Hybridizing Properties of P Stereodefined Chimeric [PS]-{DNA:RNA} and [PS]-{DNA:(2’-OMe)-RNA} Oligomers
Katarzyna Jastrzębska, Anna Maciaszek, Rafał Dolot, Agnieszka Tomaszewska-Antczak, Barbara Mikołajczyk and Piotr Guga
RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 26815-26824

Antibacterial activity of the micro and nanostructures of the optical material tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminum and its application as an antimicrobial coating
Abdu Saeed, Aysh Y. Madkhli, Rami Adel Pashameah, Noor M. Bataweel, Mir Ali Razvi and Numan Salah
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 27131-27144

The influence of degree of labelling upon cellular internalisation of antibody-cell penetrating peptide conjugates
Toni A. Pringle, Oliver Coleman, Akane Kawamura and James C. Knight
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 27716-27722

One-pot synthesis of chromenes in the presence of nano-cellulose/Ti(IV)/Fe3O4 as natural-based magnetic nano-catalysts under solvent free conditions
Raziyeh Gholami, Abdolhamid Bamoniri and Bi Bi Fatemeh Mirjalili
RSC Adv., 2022,12, 27555-27563

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Call for papers: Nano and microscale modifications of biomaterials

RSC Advances is delighted to announce a new themed collection titled ‘Nano and microscale modifications of biomaterials’. This collection is Guest Edited by Professor Andrzej Zeliński (Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland) and Professor Beata Majkowska-Marzec (Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland).

Scope:

The rapid development of research in biomaterials in recent years can be noticed. On the other side, even obtaining a new or improved biomaterial, or a novel fabrication method, is a difficult task, and as a rule, such materials must be created and possess specific properties. The bulk properties determine some mechanical and some physical properties, but also an interface between a biomaterial and a human environment, bones, and tissue, decides on biocompatibility, adhesion between an implant and a tissue, surface hardness, and Young`s modulus, and most importantly, bioactivity and cytotoxicity. Therefore, the role of the surface is the most important among all considered features of the biomaterial.

This themed collection in RSC Advances aims to demonstrate the most recent advances in nano and micro-scale modifications of biomaterials. Such surface treatments can be performed by several techniques such as fine polishing, acidic and alkaline etching, anodic and micro-arc oxidation, and ion bombardment of the surface outer layer, and as numerous ceramic, polymer, metallic, and in particular composite coatings. Each of them can possess different microstructure, thickness, adhesion, wettability, corrosion behaviour, bioactivity, cytotoxicity, and antibacterial efficiency, depending on process parameters. It is already proven that the most important features are microstructure and topography, in nano and micro dimensions, and chemical and phase compositions of the surface layer and deposits. Therefore, research progress in this specific field can be highly diverse, as demonstrated by recent literature. In this special issue the emphasis is placed on the demonstration of links between nano and micro-scale surface modifications, and their effects on mechanical, chemical, physical, and biological properties.

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 15 June 2023. 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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July 2022 Popular Advances Articles

Welcome to July’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.

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Theoretical investigation of the optoelectronic response of highly correlated Cu3P photocatalyst,
Haseeb Ahmad, Ali Rauf and Shoaib Muhammad, RSC Adv., 2022,12, 20721-20726, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2RA02472A

Phenoxy pendant isatins as potent α-glucosidase inhibitors: reciprocal carbonyl⋯carbonyl interactions, antiparallel π⋯π stacking driven solid state self-assembly and biological evaluation,
Saba Mehreen, Mehwash Zia, Ajmal Khan, Javid Hussain, Saeed Ullah, Muhammad U. Anwar, Ahmed Al-Harrasi and Muhammad Moazzam Naseer, RSC Adv., 2022,12, 20919-20928, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2RA03307K

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July 2022 RSC Advances Review Articles

Welcome to July’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 July reviews below:

MXenes and their nanocomposites for biosensing applications , Zaheer Ud Din Babar, Bartolomeo Della Ventura,  Raffaele Velotta and Vincenzo Iannotti, RSC Adv., 2022,12, 19590-19610, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2RA02985E

Synthesis of MoS2-based nanostructures and their applications in rechargeable ion batteries, catalysts and gas sensors: a review, Wei Sun,  Yaofang Zhang, Weimin Kang, Nanping Deng, Xiaoxiao Wang, Xiaoying Kang, Zirui Yan, Yingwen Pan and Jian Ni, RSC Adv., 2022,12, 19512-19527, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2RA01532C

Inhibitory potential of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur containing heterocyclic scaffolds against acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase, Rami J. Obaid, Nafeesa Naeem, Ehsan Ullah Mughal,  Munirah M. Al-Rooqi, Amina Sadiq, Rabab S. Jassas, Ziad Moussa  and Saleh A. Ahmed, RSC Adv., 2022,12, 19764-19855, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2RA03081K

Synchrotron radiation based X-ray techniques for analysis of cathodes in Li rechargeable batteries
Jitendra Pal Singh, Anil Kumar Paidi, Keun Hwa Chae, Sangsul Lee and Docheon Ahn, RSC Adv., 2022,12, 20360-20378, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2RA01250B

Nanostructured silicate catalysts for environmentally benign Strecker-type reactions: status quo and quo vadis, Vladimir V. Kouznetsov  and José G. Hernández, RSC Adv., 2022,12, 20807-20828, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2RA03102G

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Call for papers: Photoluminescence of lanthanide-doped phosphor materials

RSC Advances is delighted to announce a new themed collection titled ‘Photoluminescence of lanthanide-doped phosphor materials’. This collection is Guest Edited by Dr Ram Sagar Yadav (Banaras Hindu University), Prof. Bryce S. Richards (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Professor Joanna Pisarska (University of Silesia) and Professor Xinyu Ye (JiangXi University of Science and Technology).

Scope: 

The aim of this collection is to focus on the synthesis, as well as the structural and optical properties, of different types of lanthanide-doped phosphor materials, such as phosphors, nano-phosphors and phosphor composites. This collection welcomes primary research articles as well as review articles, related to the synthesis, characterization and applications of different types of the lanthanide-doped phosphor materials.

The lanthanide ions can produce multicolor photoluminescence, and contain various distinct energy levels in which some are meta-stable. Each energy level can be excited with a certain excitation wavelength, with the emitted light of lanthanide ions covering emissions in the ultraviolet, visible and near infrared regions. Due to the various properties of lanthanide ions, lanthanide-doped phosphor materials can be utilised for different technological applications in various fields, such as display devices, red-green-blue (RGB) emitting materials, light emitting diodes (LEDs), phosphor-converted LEDs (pc-LEDs), white LEDs, solar cell, optical heating, temperature sensing and bio-imaging.

Lanthanide ions also enable upconversion (UC) and downconversion (DC) of photons. The UC process is helpful for measuring the temperature sensing sensitivity of different phosphor materials, as it depends on the fluorescence intensity ratio (FIR) of the two thermally coupled (TC)/non-thermally coupled (NTC) emitting levels. In these cases, the emission intensity of one level is found to increase while that of the other decreases when the external temperature of the sample is increased, and vice-versa. This generates lattice vibration in the host lattice, which initiates a shift in the population of the excited ions from one level to the other. The plot between FIR-based sensitivity and external temperature gives temperature sensing, which can be examined in the other lanthanide-doped phosphor materials.

The aim of this collection is to focus on the synthesis, as well as the structural and optical properties, of different types of lanthanide-doped phosphor materials, such as phosphors, nano-phosphors and phosphor composites. This collection welcomes primary research articles as well as review articles, related to the synthesis, characterization and applications of different types of the lanthanide-doped phosphor materials.

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 January 2023. 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: 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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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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Editors’ collection: Shining a Light on the f-Block by Associate Editor Robert Baker

We are delighted to share with you our latest collection of recently published articles Shining a Light on the f-Block, handpicked by Associate Editor Dr. Robert Baker (Trinity College Dublin).

Whilst the chemistry of the f-block (Ln and An) elements are not as well investigated as the transition metals, fascinating results have been forthcoming in the last 10 years. These results have challenged our ideas on bonding and led to refinement of theories on bonding and magnetism to name but two.

In this collection, numerous facets of the interest, both fundamental and applied, in f-block chemistry are showcased. The photophysics and magnetism of the lanthanides are highlighted in numerous applications, including biochemistry whilst there is still room for the coordination and organometallic chemistry of the lanthanides to be extended and explored.

The chemistry of the actinides is generally more challenging both experimentally and from a safety and regulatory framework. Separation science has an important role here for treatment of legacy, current and future nuclear wastes, both experimentally and theoretically. Advances in state-of-the-art spectroscopy highlights what can be achieved for small concentrations of U, Pu and Cm. The chemical creativity on display in this selection shows that forays into the f-block can be both satisfying and rewarding.

As the world’s largest gold open access chemistry journal, all publications in RSC Advances are free to access. We hope you enjoy reading these articles.

We invite you to submit your research to this collection and give your work the global visibility it deserves.

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Featured articles:

Tb(iii)-doped nanosheets as a fluorescent probe for the detection of dipicolinic acid
Bing Wang, Jinfeng Xia, Guohong Zhou, Xin  Li, Mengting  Dai, Danyu Jiang, Qiang Li
RSC Adv., 2020,10, 37500-37506. DOI: 10.1039/C9RA09695G

All near-infrared multiparametric luminescence thermometry using Er3+, Yb3+-doped YAG nanoparticles
Jovana Perisa, Zoran Ristic, Wojciech Piotrowski, Zeljka Antic, Lukasz Marciniak, Miroslav D. Dramicanin
RSC Adv., 2021,11, 15933-15942. DOI: 10.1039/D1RA01647D

Functionalized natural cellulose fibres for the recovery of uranium from seawater
Adrian Tellería-Narvaez, Whitney Talavera-Ramos, Lucas Dos Santos, Jimena Arias, Alejandro Kinbauma and Vittorio Luca
RSC Adv.
, 2020,10, 6654-6657. DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00601G

 

Read the full collection here

Meet the Editor

Dr Bob Baker was born in 1975 in Blaenavon, South Wales. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Warwick and carried out his PhD studies under the supervision of Prof. P. G. Edwards at Cardiff University (1997-2001) on early transition metal triphosphamacrocycles. He then worked as a postdoctoral research fellow with Prof. Cameron Jones (2001-2005), working on low oxidation state group 13 compounds. He was then awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship held at the Technische Universität Braunschweig, working with Prof. Dr. Matthias Tamm on substituted cyclohepatrienyl early transition metal complexes. From 2006-2008 he was a Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry at Nottingham Trent University, before moving to Trinity College in January 2009. His research interests are in fundamental and applied actinide chemistry and the development of new transition metal complexes for catalysis

 

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