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We are delighted to share with you our latest collection of recently published articles focusing on Nanomaterials for the environment, handpicked by Associate Editor Ranjit T. Koodali.

This collection features articles published in the journal in 2019 on nanomaterials for the environment. Environmental remediation of pollutants have received significant attention due to the issues related to their impact on the health and livelihood of humans. Broadly, removal of pollutants may involve adsorption (transfer from gas/aqueous phase to a solid adsorbent) or their degradation into simple, less complex, and harmless chemicals. Nanomaterials provide enhanced capabilities to remove pollutants because of their relatively high surface areas and small particle sizes.

The examples included in this study include heavy metals such as Pb(II), Cd(II) using biomaterial waste such as corn straw, removal of Fe(III) using coconut shell based materials, use of magnetic nanocomposites to simultaneously remove organics and inorganics, use of nanofibers to remove As(V), removal of fluoride and phosphate ions, fungus, and capture of greenhouse gas such as carbon dioxide. The collection also includes articles that employ photocatalytic and/or photoelectrocatalytic techniques to degrade refractory pollutants such as nitrobenzene, “spent wash” from sugar distilleries, organic dyes, drugs such as amoxicillin, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) such as methanol and CO₂ photoreduction,

The themed collection reflects the myriad number of innovative approaches developed by researchers to remove pollutants using novel, and often using cost-effective approaches for both the synthesis and subsequent removal of pollutants.

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Functionalized biochar-supported magnetic MnFe₂O₄ nanocomposite for the removal of Pb(ii) and Cd(ii)
Lianke Zhang, Jinyue Guo, Xuemin Huang, Weida Wang, Peng Sun, Yumei Li and Jianhong Han
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 365-376. DOI: 10.1039/C8RA09061K

ZnO decorated Sn₃O₄ nanosheet nano-heterostructure: a stable photocatalyst for water splitting and dye degradation under natural sunlight
Sagar D. Balgude, Yogesh A. Sethi, Bharat B. Kale, Dinesh P. Amalnerkar and Parag V. Adhyapak
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 10289-10296. DOI: 10.1039/C9RA00788A

Green-synthesized copper nanoparticles as a potential antifungal against plant pathogens
Nicolaza Pariona, Arturo I. Mtz-Enriquez, D. Sánchez-Rangel, Gloria Carrión, F. Paraguay-Delgado and Greta Rosas-Saito
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 18835-18843. DOI: 10.1039/C9RA03110C

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Meet the Editor

Dr. Ranjit T. Koodali is an Associate Editor for RSC Advances and serves as the Associate Provost for Research and Graduate Education at Western Kentucky University. Dr. Koodali has published over 125 peer-reviewed articles in leading scientific journals. He is a co-Director of a National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) grant that aims to provide a new paradigm and scalable model for graduate education.

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We are delighted to share with you our latest collection of recently published articles focusing on Environmental chemistry: Pollution control, handpicked by Associate Editor Feng Zhao.

The collection features articles on the theme ‘pollution control’, illustrating the notability, quality and variety of publications in RSC Advances. These articles are already among the most highly cited research articles in the journal, illustrating their impact. Subject areas include absorptive materials, photocatalytic materials, bio-magnetic membranes and method development.

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Development and application of novel bio-magnetic membrane capsules for the removal of the cationic dye malachite green in wastewater treatment
Imran Ali, Changsheng Peng, Iffat Naz, Dichu Lin, Devendra P. Saroj and Mohsin Ali
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 3625-3646. DOI: 10.1039/C8RA09275C

Functionalized biochar-supported magnetic MnFe₂O₄ nanocomposite for the removal of Pb(ii) and Cd(ii)
Lianke Zhang, Jinyue Guo, Xuemin Huang, Weida Wang, Peng Sun, Yumei Li and Jianhong Han
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 365-376. DOI: 10.1039/C8RA09061K

Adsorptive environmental applications of MXene nanomaterials: a review
Yujuan Zhang, Lin Wang, Ningning Zhang and Zhangjian Zhou
RSC Adv., 2018,8, 19895-19905. DOI: 10.1039/C8RA03077D

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Meet the Editor

Feng Zhao received his doctorate degree in chemistry at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2004; then spent two years as a research assistant at the University of Greifswald in Germany working on the development of low-cost microbial fuel cells for wastewater treatment. In 2007, Dr. Zhao came to the University of Surrey in UK as a senior research officer, and there his research focused on the development of bio-electrochemical systems for wastewater treatment and renewable energy generation. In 2010, he moved to Institute of Urban Environment,  Chinese Academy of Sciences, where his scientific interests are in the areas of bio-energy & environmental technology; wastewater/waste treatment using bio-electrochemical systems.

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We are delighted to share with you our latest collection of recently published articles focusing on Ferroelectric and Multiferroic Materials, handpicked by Associate Editor Donna Arnold.

Ferroelectric and multiferroic materials continue to attract extensive attention within the literature due to the potential of these materials to have an increased impact in our everyday lives. Research covers a whole plethora of chemistry and physics from the search for Pb-free ferroelectrics and new energy storage materials to demonstration of real-world device applications based on inorganic and/or organic materials including experimental and computational studies.

The collection features articles focussing on experimental studies of inorganic solid-state ceramics and thin films (including heterostructures and devices). The collection showcases the significance of not only the search for new materials with enhanced properties but also the importance of understanding the structure-property correlations in both powders and films as well as demonstrating their application in environments closer to commercial use. These articles demonstrate the continued growth of these areas as we strive towards next generation devices based on ferroelectric and multiferroic materials.

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Effect of Bi-substitution into the A-site of multiferroic La_0.8Ca_0.2FeO₃ on structural, electrical and dielectric properties
H. Issaoui, A. Benali, M. Bejar, E. Dhahri, B. F. O. Costa, M. P. F. Graca and M. A. Valente
RSC Adv., 2020,10, 16132-16146. DOI: 10.1039/D0RA02995E

Formation of polarization needle-like domain and its unusual switching in compositionally graded ferroelectric thin films: an improved phase field model
Le Van Lich and Van-Hai Dinh
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 7575-7586. DOI: 10.1039/C8RA10614B

Mechanical switching in ferroelectrics by shear stress and its implications on charged domain wall generation and vortex memory devices
W. J. Chen, Shuai Yuan, L. L. Ma, Ye Ji, Biao Wang and Yue Zheng
RSC Adv., 2018,8, 4434-4444. DOI: 10.1039/C7RA12233K

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Meet the Editor

Donna was awarded her PhD in 2004 from the University of London having studied structure -property correlations in porous manganese oxides. Postdoctoral positions at the Foundation of Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), Crete, University College Cork, Ireland and University of St Andrews, UK followed where she continued to investigate the behaviour in complex materials. In 2010 she took an academic position at the University of Kent.

Her current research interests lie in the area of correlating structure-property relationships in oxide materials with a particular emphasis on magnetic, ferroelectric and multiferroic materials.

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We are delighted to share with you our latest collection of recently published articles focusing on Fluorine chemistry in medicinal chemistry and chemical biology, handpicked by Professor Norio Shibata.

The collection features articles published in the journal from 2018-2020 on fluorine chemistry related to medicinal chemistry and chemical biology. Organofluorine compounds are revealed in the extensive use of key materials in diverse industrial areas of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, speciality materials, and polymers. In particular, the high demand for organofluorine compounds on the drug market has been evidenced by the sharp increase in the number of fluoro-pharmaceuticals approved each year. Fluorine-related papers published in the journal span over various research fields, including synthetic methodology, medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, and materials science. We hope you enjoy reading these articles, reflecting the state of the art of fluorine chemistry.

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Rhenium(i) complexation–dissociation strategy for synthesising fluorine-18 labelled pyridine bidentate radiotracers
Mitchell A. Klenner, Bo Zhang, Gianluca Ciancaleoni, James K. Howard, Helen E. Maynard-Casely, Jack K. Clegg, Massimiliano Massi, Benjamin H. Fraser and Giancarlo Pascali
RSC Adv., 2020,10, 8853-8865. DOI: 10.1039/D09RA00318B

Combinatorial synthesis and biological evaluations of (E)-β-trifluoromethyl vinylsulfones as antitumor agents
Haosha Tang, Yunyan Kuang, Julan Zeng, Xiaofang Li, Wei Zhou and Yuan Lu
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 31474-31482. DOI: 10.1039/C9RA06368D

Trifluoromethylated proline analogues as efficient tools to enhance the hydrophobicity and to promote passive diffusion transport of the l-prolyl-l-leucyl glycinamide (PLG) tripeptide
Martin Oliver, Charlène Gadais, Júlia García-Pindado, Meritxell Teixidó, Nathalie Lensen, Grégory Chaume and Thierry Brigaud
RSC Adv., 2018,8, 14597-14602. DOI: 10.1039/C8RA02511H

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Meet the Editor

Norio Shibata has been a Professor at the Nagoya Institute of Technology since 2008. He received a Ph.D. (1993) in pharmaceutical sciences from Osaka University under the direction of Professor Yasuyuki Kita. He worked at Dyson Perrins Laboratory (Professor Sir Jack. E. Baldwin), Oxford University (JSPS fellow, 1994−1996), Sagami Chemical Research Institute (Dr. Shiro Terashima, 1996), after which he was a lecturer at Toyama Medical & Pharmaceutical University (1997−2003), and an associate professor at the Nagoya Institute of Technology (2003−2008). He also acted as a visiting professor at the University of Rouen (2008, 2012) and Zhejiang Normal University (2017−), an academic visitor at the University of Oxford (2017, 2018) and University of Valencia (2017, 2019), a senior technical consultant at the National Engineering Technology Center of Fluoro Materials, Juhua Group Corporation (2017−).

He has received the ‘RSC Fluorine Prize’ (2005, UK), ‘The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award for Divisional Scientific Promotions’ (2010, Japan), ‘Prizes for Science and Technology, The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’ (2014, Japan), ‘CSJ Award for Creative Work in Chemical Society of Japan’ (2015, Japan), ‘Chinese Chemical Society, W.-Y. Huang Fluorine Prize’ (2015, China), ‘ACS Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry’ (2019, US) and ‘The 18th Green and Sustainable Chemistry Awards by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’ (2019, Japan). His research interests are synthetic and medicinal fluorine chemistry.

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We are delighted to share with you our latest collection of recently published articles focusing on Supramolecular Polymers, handpicked by Associate Editor Sébastien Ulrich.

Supramolecular polymers results from the poly-association of molecules through non-covalent interactions. Uniquely and because they are self-assembled through reversible linkages, these materials are dynamic and can therefore adapt to different conditions and respond to different stimuli. Although supramolecular polymers were first seen as a lab curiosity, they have now demonstrated their utility in a wide range of applications from material to biological sciences. Recent breakthroughs such as the discovery of living supramolecular polymerization make the field very active and opens up exciting new opportunities.

This collection of selected articles witnesses this blooming activity, by reporting on i) the design of new molecular building blocks that impart new structures and functions, ii) the expansion to new types of self-assembly processes, which affect the dynamic feature of the corresponding adaptive materials, iii) our understanding, modelling and characterization of the mechanism of self-assembly, and iv) on the application of these smart systems in a wide range of area from biomedicine to material science.

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Featured articles:

Fluorene benzothiadiazole co-oligomer based aqueous self-assembled nanoparticles
Schill, L. Ferrazzano, A. Tolomelli, A. P. H. J. Schenning and L. Brunsveld
RSC Adv., 2020,10, 444-450. DOI: 10.1039/C9RA09015K

Polysulfides made from re-purposed waste are sustainable materials for removing iron from water
Nicholas A. Lundquist, Max J. H. Worthington, Nick Adamson, Christopher T. Gibson, Martin R. Johnston, Amanda V. Ellis and Justin M. Chalker
RSC Adv., 2018,8, 1232-1236. DOI: 10.1039/C7RA11999B

Preparation and applications of peptide-based injectable hydrogels
 Chang Liu, Qingguo Zhang, Song Zhu, Hong Liu and Jie Chen
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 28299-28311. DOI: 10.1039/C9RA05934B

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Meet the Editor

Associate Editor Sébastien Ulrich carried out his PhD with Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn (Université de Strasbourg, France), and post-docs with Prof. Harry L. Anderson (Oxford University, UK) and Prof. Eric T. Kool (Stanford University, CA, USA). In 2011 he joined the group of Prof. Pascal Dumy, first in Grenoble, then in Montpellier, France where he was recruited by the CNRS in 2012 to develop his current research interests in the field of supramolecular bioorganic chemistry, working for instance on dynamic covalent polymers as smart gene delivery vectors. In 2017, he was awarded the CNRS Bronze Medal.

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We are delighted to share with you our latest collection of recently published articles focusing on Food, handpicked by Associate Editor Maria Angela A. Meireles.

The collection features research with the area of Food Engineering, Science, Technology, and Nutrition, illustrating the multidisciplinary aspects of this field that produces exciting research. The collection shows a fascinating relationship between the various fields involved in the subject area of Food. From articles that deal with the cultivation, livestock, etc. to articles dealing with the effects of metabolites in the human gut microbiota. There are articles on new sources of fibers and other bioactive compounds.

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Facile construction of magnetic core–shell covalent organic frameworks as efficient solid-phase extraction adsorbents for highly sensitive determination of sulfonamide residues against complex food sample matrices
Jing-Min Liu, Shi-Wen Lv, Xin-Yue Yuan, Hui-Lin Liu and Shuo Wang
RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 14247-14253. DOI: 10.1039/C9RA01879D

Antioxidative and antimicrobial edible chitosan films blended with stem, leaf and seed extracts of Pistacia terebinthus for active food packaging
Murat Kaya, Sanaz Khadem, Yavuz Selim Cakmak, Muhammad Mujtaba, Sedef Ilk, Lalehan Akyuz, Asier M. Salaberria, Jalel Labidi, Ako Hamasaeed Abdulqadir and Engin Deligöz
RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 3941-3950. DOI: 10.1039/C7RA12070B

Products of sugar beet processing as raw materials for chemicals and biodegradable polymers
J. Tomaszewska, D. Bieliński, M. Binczarski, J. Berlowska, P. Dziugan, J. Piotrowski, A. Stanishevsky and I. A. Witońska
RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 3161-3177. DOI: 10.1039/C7RA12782K

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Meet the Editor

Employed for close to 34 years at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo, Brazil, Professor Meireles completed her PhD in Chemical Engineering at Iowa State University. Starting as an Assistant Professor in the School of Food Engineering in 1983, she has since become a Professor and has supervised 50 PhD dissertations, 30 MSc theses and approximately 72 undergraduate research projects. She has also coordinated scientific exchange projects between UNICAMP and European universities in France, Germany, Holland, and Spain. Angela has served as a Head of Department, as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies of Food Engineering and as Associated Director at the Chemical, Biological, and Agricultural Pluridisciplinary Research Center.

Professor Meireles’ expertise helped her serve as the coordinator of Food Science for the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) between 2014 and 2018. She is a partner and innovative director of Bioativos Naturais, Ltd. and a current invited Professor at the School of Food Engineering at the University of Campinas.

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Have you been enjoying our monthly Editors’ Collections? We’ve certainly loved putting them together! Each collection is curated by one of our expert Associate Editors, focuses on a specific topic  and includes lots of great articles from RSC Advances over the past few years.

In case you’ve missed any, we have collected all of our 2019 & 2020 collections in one place. For each Editor involved we have linked blog posts, these include a selection of featured articles and a ‘Meet the Editor’ section, as well as the full collections. Don’t forget to keep an eye out for our future Editors’ Collections, we have some great topics lined up for the rest of 2020.

Happy reading!

Supramolecular Chemistry – Leyong Wang Blog Post | Full Collection	Graphene – Pablo Denis Blog Post | Full Collection
Catalytic Organic Transformations – Thierry Ollevier Blog Post | Full Collection	Fluorescent Sensors – Andrea Pucci Blog Post | Full Collection
Chemical Biology – Amanda Garner Blog Post | Full Collection	CO2 Capture/reduction – Carlos D. Garcia Blog Post | Full Collection
Photodynamic Therapy – Fabienne Dumoulin Blog Post | Full Collection	Antimicrobial Polymers – Roberto Rosal Blog Post | Full Collection

Physical Chemistry of Colloids and Interfaces – Juan J. Giner-Casares Blog Post | Full Collection

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