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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

“The green side of the moon: ecofriendly aspects of organoselenium chemistry”
Stefano Santoro, Juliano B. Azeredo, Vanessa Nascimento, Luca Sancineto, Antonio L. Braga and Claudio Santi
Review, 2014

Pd nanoparticles on green support as dip-catalyst: a facile transfer hydrogenation of olefins and N-heteroarenes in water
N. Nasiruzzaman Shaikh
Article, 2019

Copper-free Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions: an overview
Fatemeh Mohajer, Majid M. Heravi, Vahideh Zadsirjan and Nargess Poormohammad
Review, 2021

Cycloaddition of atmospheric CO₂ to epoxides under solvent-free conditions: a straightforward route to carbonates by green chemistry metrics
Aazam Monfared, Robab Mohammadi, Akram Hosseinian, Shahriar Sarhandi and Parvaneh Delir Kheirollahi Nezhad
Review, 2019

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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

Iodonium salts as efficient iodine(III)-based noncovalent organocatalysts for Knorr-type reactions
Sevilya N. Yunusova, Alexander S. Novikov, Natalia S. Soldatova, Mikhail A. Vovk and Dmitrii S. Bolotin
Article, 2021

Small organic molecules with tailored structures: initiators in the transition-metal-free C–H arylation of unactivated arenes
Zhenghui Liu, Peng Wang, Yu Chen, Zhenzhong Yan, Suqing Chen, Wenjun Chen and Tiancheng Mu
Article, 2020

Benefits and applications of microwave-assisted synthesis of nitrogen containing heterocycles in medicinal chemistry
Maged Henary, Carl Kananda, Laura Rotolo, Brian Savino, Eric A. Owens and Giancarlo Cravotto
Review, 2020

Hydrosilylation reaction of olefins: recent advances and perspectives
Y. Nakajima and S. Shimada
Review, 2015

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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

Hydrogen induced interface engineering in Fe₂O₃–TiO₂ heterostructures for efficient charge separation for solar-driven water oxidation in photoelectrochemical cells
Aadesh P. Singh, Richard Baochang Wang, Camilla Tossi, Ilkka Tittonen, Björn Wickman and Anders Hellman
Article, 2021

Enhancement in the performance of nanostructured CuO–ZnO solar cells by band alignment
Amrit Kaphle, Elena Echeverria, David N. Mcllroy and Parameswar Hari
Article, 2020

Highly (100)-oriented CH₃NH₃PbI₃(Cl) perovskite solar cells prepared with NH₄Cl using an air blow method
Takeo Oku, Yuya Ohishi and Naoki Ueoka
Article, 2018

Using a two-step deposition technique to prepare perovskite (CH₃NH₃PbI₃) for thin film solar cells based on ZrO₂ and TiO₂ mesostructures
Dongqin Bi, Soo-Jin Moon, Leif Häggman, Gerrit Boschloo, Lei Yang, Erik M. J. Johansson, Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin, Michael Grätzel and Anders Hagfeldt
Article, 2013

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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

Low voltage operation of a silver/silver chloride battery with high desalination capacity in seawater
Pattarachai Srimuk, Samantha Husmann and Volker Presser
Article, 2019

Understanding undesirable anode lithium plating issues in lithium-ion batteries
Qianqian Liu, Chunyu Du, Bin Shen, Pengjian Zuo, Xinqun Cheng, Yulin Ma, Geping Yin and Yunzhi Gao
Review, 2016

High energy density electrolytes for H₂/Br₂ redox flow batteries, their polybromide composition and influence on battery cycling limits
Michael Küttinger, Jakub K. Wlodarczyk, Daniela Daubner, Peter Fischer and Jens Tübke
Article, 2021

Progress in redox flow batteries, remaining challenges and their applications in energy storage
Puiki Leung, Xiaohong Li, Carlos Ponce de León, Leonard Berlouis, C. T. John Low and Frank C. Walsh
Review, 2012

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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.

In this blog collection, 10 selected RSC Advances articles that have received high media attention are showcased, demonstrating the attention given to research published in the journal by non-scientists and the impact as perceived by the general public.

Do you have a great idea for a review? We welcome work in every area of the chemical sciences and related disciplines – free to read and access for everyone who needs it.

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

“Wetsuit filled with heavy gas could increase divers’ survival time by hours”

“The navy is hacking wetsuits for arctic warfare”

“How to turn wetsuits into ‘artificial blubber'”

The article:

Noble-gas-infused neoprene closed-cell foams achieving ultra-low thermal conductivity fabrics
Jeffrey L. Moran, Anton L. Cottrill, Jesse D. Benck, Pingwei Liu, Zhe Yuan, Michael S. Strano and Jacopo Buongiorno
Article, 2018

“New study investigates how green tea could lead to a drug for tackling Covid-19”

“Study suggests green tea may help fight COVID-19”

The article:

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
Article, 2021

“‘Corrective glass’ for mass spectrometry imaging”

“Laser ablation technique images non-flat surfaces”

The article:

Mapping metabolites from rough terrain: laser ablation electrospray ionization on non-flat samples
Benjamin Bartels, Purva Kulkarni, Norbert Danz, Sebastian Böcker, Hans Peter Saluz and Aleš Svatoš
Article, 2017

“Swallowable capsule gathers bacteria from the gut”

“Swallowing this colonoscopy-like bacteria grabber could reveal sectrets about your health”

“Researchers develop new tool that acts like colonoscopy”

The article:

Smart capsule for non-invasive sampling and studying of the gastrointestinal microbiome
Jose Fernando Waimin, Sina Nejati, Hongjie Jiang, Jake Qiu, Jianghsan Wang, Mohit S. Verma and Rahim Rahimi
Article, 2020

“Wearable sensor clears path to long-term EKG, EMG monitoring”

“Ultra-accurate dry sensor could take wearables to the next level”

The article:

Wearable silver nanowire dry electrodes for electrophysiological sensing
Amanda C. Myers, He Huang and Yong Zhu
Article, 2015

“3D-printed milk: researchers develop low-temperature technique to preserve nutrients”

“Milk products can now be printed in 3D”

The article:

3D printing of milk-based product
Cheng Pau Lee, Rahul Karyappa and Michinao Hashimoto
Article, 2020

“Microwaved nanotubes come up clean”

“Household oven decontaminates carbon nanotubes”

The article:

Enhanced purification of carbon nanotubes by microwave and chlorine cleaning procedures
Virginia Gomez, Silvia Irusta, Olawale B. Lawal, Wade Adams, Robert H. Hauge, Charles W. Dunnill and Andrew R. Barron
Article, 2016

“Scientists try to transform CO2 into useful industrial material”

“Transforming atmospheric carbon into industrially useful materials”

The article:

Plant-based CO₂ drawdown and storage as SiC
Suzanne T. Thomas, Yongsoon Shin, James J. La Clair and Joseph P. Noel
Article, 2021

“Open-source laser fabrication lowers cost for cancer research”

“Recycled tires could power new lithium-ion batteries”

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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

Progress in the functional modification of graphene/graphene oxide: a review
Wang Yu, Li Sisi, Yang Haiyan and Luo Jie
Review, 2020

Graphene assisted crystallization and charge extraction for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells free of a hole-transport layer
Ahmed Esmail Shalan, Mustafa K. A. Mohammed and Nagaraj Govindan
Article, 2021

Determination of amino groups on functionalized graphene oxide for polyurethane nanomaterials: XPS quantitation vs. functional speciation
Jakub Ederer, Pavel Janoš, Petra Ecorchard, Jakub Tolasz, Václav Štengl, Hynek Beneš, Magdalena Perchacz and Ognen Pop-Georgievski
Article, 2017

The preparation of synthetic graphite materials with hierarchical pores from lignite by one-step impregnation and their characterization as dye absorbents
Tian Qiu, Jian-Guo Yang, Xue-Jie Bai and Yu-Ling Wang
Article, 2019

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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

High performance flexible supercapacitors based on secondary doped PEDOT–PSS–graphene nanocomposite films for large area solid state devices
Syed Khasim, Apsar Pasha, Nacer Badi, Mohana Lakshmi and Yogendra Kumar Mishra
Article, 2020

Nanomaterial mediated optogenetics: opportunities and challenges
Kai Huang, Qingqing Dou and Xian Jun Loh
Review, 2016

Inorganic nano-adsorbents for the removal of heavy metals and arsenic: a review
Phoebe Zito Ray and Heather J. Shipley
Review, 2015

Hierarchical 3D-flower-like CuO nanostructure on copper foil for supercapacitors
S. K. Shinde, D. P. Dubal, G. S. Ghodake and V. J. Fulari
Article, 2015

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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

Enhancing mechanical performance of epoxy thermosets via designing a block copolymer to self-organize into “core–shell” nanostructure
Zhengguang Heng, Zhong Zeng, Bin Zhang, Yinfu Luo, Jiemin Luo, Yang Chen, Huawei Zou and Mei Liang
Article, 2016

Auxetic mechanical metamaterials
H. M. A. Kolken and A. A. Zadpoor
Review, 2017

Band gap engineered zinc oxide nanostructures via a sol–gel synthesis of solvent driven shape-controlled crystal growth
Klinton Davis, Ryan Yarbrough, Michael Froeschle, Jamel White and Hemali Rathnayake
Article, 2019

Magnetic and spectroscopic properties of Ni–Zn–Al ferrite spinel: from the nanoscale to microscale
Jalel Massoudi, Mourad Smari, Kamel Nouri, Essebti Dhahri, Kamel Khirouni, Sylvain Bertaina, Lotfi Bessais and El Kebir Hlil
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

Freestanding Co₃O₄ nanowire array for high performance supercapacitors
Xin-hui Xia, Jiang-ping Tu, Yong-qi Zhang, Yong-jin Mai, Xiu-li Wang, Chang-dong Gu and Xin-bing Zhao
Article, 2012

Synthesis and characterization of sulfophenyl-functionalized reduced graphene oxide sheets
Benjamin Diby Ossonon and Daniel Bélanger
Article, 2017

Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles: biomolecule-nanoparticle organizations targeting antimicrobial activity
Anupam Roy, Onur Bulut, Sudip Some, Amit Kumar Mandal and M. Deniz Yilmaz
Review, 2019

Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using plant extracts and their antimicrobial activities: a review of recent literature
Chhangte Vanlalveni, Samuel Lallianrawna, Ayushi Biswas, Manickam Selvaraj, Bishwajit Changmai and Samuel Lalthazuala Rokhum
Review, 2021

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