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May HOT Articles

02 Jun 2020

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 May HOT articles below:

Selenium modulates cadmium-induced ultrastructural and metabolic changes in cucumber seedlings
Hongyan Sun, Xiaoyun Wang, Huimin Li, Jiahui Bi, Jia Yu, Xianjun Liu, Huanxin Zhou and Zhijiang Rong
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 17892-17905
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA02866E, Paper

A phenol phosphorescent microsensor of mesoporous molecularly imprinted polymers
Xiaodong Lv and Peng Gao
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 17906-17913
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA02834G, Paper

Fluoxetine scaffold to design tandem molecular antioxidants and green catalysts
Giovanni Ribaudo, Marco Bortoli, Alberto Ongaro, Erika Oselladore, Alessandra Gianoncelli, Giuseppe Zagotto and Laura Orian
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 18583-18593
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA03509B, Paper

A gradient screening approach for retired lithium-ion batteries based on X-ray computed tomography images
Aihua Ran, Shuxiao Chen, Siwei Zhang, Siyang Liu, Zihao Zhou, Pengbo Nie, Kun Qian, Lu Fang, Shi-Xi Zhao, Baohua Li, Feiyu Kang, Xiang Zhou, Hongbin Sun, Xuan Zhang and Guodan Wei
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 19117-19123
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA03602A, Paper

Selective production of bio-based aromatics by aerobic oxidation of native soft wood lignin in tetrabutylammonium hydroxide
Takashi Hosoya, Kohei Yamamoto, Hisashi Miyafuji and Tatsuhiko Yamada
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 19199-19210
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA03420G, Paper

New, inexpensive and simple 3D printable device for nephelometric and fluorimetric determination based on smartphone sensing
Ezequiel Vidal, Anabela S. Lorenzetti, Miguel Ángel Aguirre, Antonio Canals and Claudia E. Domini
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 19713-19719
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA02975K, Paper

Dust removal from a hydrophobic surface by rolling fizzy water droplets
Bekir Sami Yilbas, Ghassan Hassan, Hussain Al-Qahtani, Saeed Bahatab, Ahmet Z. Sahin, Abdullah Al-Sharafi and Abba Abdulhamid Abubakar
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 19811-19821
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA03215H, Paper

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May 2020 Reviews

02 Jun 2020

By Karina Webster, Editorial Assistant.

Every month we update our Recent Reviews collection. This rolling collection showcases all of the review articles published in RSC Advances in the last 6 months. 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 our May reviews below:

Recent advances in catalytic chain transfer polymerization of isobutylene: a review
Tota Rajasekhar, Gurmeet Singh, Gurpreet Singh Kapur and S. S. V. Ramakumar
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 18180-18191
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA01945C, Review

Core–shell nanoparticles used in drug delivery-microfluidics: a review
Zahra Mahdavi, Hamed Rezvani and Mostafa Keshavarz Moraveji
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 18280-18295
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA01032D, Review

Studies on durability of sustainable biobased composites: a review
Boon Peng Chang, Amar K. Mohanty and Manjusri Mis
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 17955-17999
DOI: 10.1039/C9RA09554C, Review

Pillararene-functionalised graphene nanomaterials
Huacheng Zhang and Chao Li
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 18502-18511
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA02964E, Review

Antibiotic resistance: bioinformatics-based understanding as a functional strategy for drug design
Umar Ndagi, Abubakar A. Falaki, Maryam Abdullahi, Monsurat M. Lawal and Mahmoud E. Soliman
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 18451-18468
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA01484B, Review

Recent applications of ninhydrin in multicomponent reactions
Suven Das
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 18875-18906
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA02930K, Review

Isolation and synthesis of cryptosanguinolentine (isocryptolepine), a naturally-occurring bioactive indoloquinoline alkaloid
Elida N. Thobokholt, Enrique L. Larghi, Andrea B. J. Bracca and Teodoro S. Kaufman
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 18978-19002
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA03096A, Review

Critical review on the chemical reduction of nitroaniline
Muhammad Imran Din, Rida Khalid, Zaib Hussain, Jawayria Najeeb, Ahsan Sahrif, Azeem Intisar and Ejaz Ahmed
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 19041-19058
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA01745K, Review

Dual or multiple drug loaded nanoparticles to target breast cancer stem cells
Yu Gao, Mingtan Tang, Euphemia Leung, Darren Svirskis, Andrew Shelling and Zimei Wu
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 19089-19105
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA02801K, Review

Nanotechnology-based approaches for food sensing and packaging applications
Fatima Mustafa and Silvana Andreescu
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 19309-19336
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA01084G, Review

Recent progress in chemosensors based on pyrazole derivatives
Alexis Tigrerosa and Jaime Portilla
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 19693-19712
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA02394A, Review

Nature as a treasure trove of potential anti-SARS-CoV drug leads: a structural/mechanistic rationale
Ahmed M. Sayed, Amira R. Khattab, Asmaa M. AboulMagd, Hossam M. Hassan, Mostafa E. Rateb, Hala Zaid and Usama Ramadan Abdelmohsen
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 19790-19802
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA04199H, Review

Recent application of visible-light induced radicals in C–S bond formation
Vishal Srivastava, Pravin K. Singh, Arjita Srivastava and Praveen P. Singh
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 20046-20056
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA03086D, Review

Advancements in the synthesis of fused tetracyclic quinoline derivatives
Ramadan A. Mekheimer, Mariam A. Al-Sheikh, Hanadi Y. Medrasi and Kamal U. Sadek
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 19867-19935
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA02786C, Review

Application progress of enhanced coagulation in water treatment
Hongmei Cui, Xing Huang, Zhongchen Yu, Ping Chen and Xiaoling Cao
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 20231-20244
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA02979C, Review

Advances in nanotechnology and antibacterial properties of biodegradable food packaging materials
Heba Mohamed Fahmy, Rana Essam Salah Eldin, Esraa Samy Abu Serea, Nourhan Mamdouh Gomaa, Gehad M. AboElmagd, Suzan A. Salem, Ziad A. Elsayed, Aisha Edrees, Engy Shams-Eldin and Ahmed Esmail Shalan
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 20467-20484
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA02922J, Review

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Introducing our new Associate Editor: Parastoo Hashemi

01 Jun 2020

By Karina Webster, Editorial Assistant.

We are very pleased to welcome Professor Parastoo Hashemi to the RSC Advances team as an Associate Editor today.

Parastoo (Parry) Hashemi RSC Advances Parastoo (Parry) Hashemi received her MSci degree in Chemistry from King’s College, London. She performed her PhD with Martyn Boutelle in the Department of Bioengineering in Imperial College, London where she developed online biosensing technology to measure brain metabolites from human traumatic brain injury patients. She performed her post doctoral with Mark Wightman at UNC Chapel Hill. Here she developed fast scan cyclic voltammetry (FSCV) at carbon-fiber microelectrodes (CFMs) to measure serotonin in vivo using FSCV. She currently runs two research labs in the Department of Chemistry at the University of South Carolina and in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College, London. The focus of her research is to develop diagnostic tools and novel treatments for mental illnesses.

Parry has also recently guest-edited a themed collection on analytical science in neurochemistry for Analyst with Jean-Francois Masson and Martyn G. Boutelle. You can browse the full collection here.

Browse a selection of work published by Parry in RSC journals:

Frontiers in electrochemical sensors for neurotransmitter detection: towards measuring neurotransmitters as chemical diagnostics for brain disorders
Yangguang Ou, Anna Marie Buchanan, Colby E. Witt and Parastoo Hashemi
Anal. Methods, 2019, 11, 2738-2755
DOI: 10.1039/C9AY00055K, Critical Review

Fast voltammetry of metals at carbon-fiber microelectrodes: towards an online speciation sensor
Pavithra Pathirathna, Thushani Siriwardhane, Shawn P. McElmurry, Stephen L. Morgan and Parastoo Hashemi
Analyst, 2016, 141, 6432-6437
DOI: 10.1039/C6AN01807F, Paper

The coaction of tonic and phasic dopamine dynamics
Christopher W. Atcherley, Kevin M. Wood, Kate L. Parent, Parastoo Hashemi and Michael L. Heien
Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 2235-2238
DOI: 10.1039/C4CC06165A, Communication

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Read our latest Editors’ Collection on Supramolecular Polymers by Associate Editor Sébastien Ulrich

18 May 2020

By Karina Webster, Editorial Assistant.

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.

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:

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

Read the full collection here

Meet the Editor

Sebastien Ulrich RSC Advances Associate 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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April HOT Articles

13 May 2020

By Karina Webster, Editorial Assistant.

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 April HOT articles below:

Synthesis of highly substituted tetrahydroquinolines using ethyl cyanoacetate via aza-Michael–Michael addition
Arunan Palanimuthu, Chinpiao Chen and Gene-Hsian Lee
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 13591-13600
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA01264E, Paper

Strategic design to create HER2-targeting proteins with target-binding peptides immobilized on a fibronectin type III domain scaffold
Wanaporn Yimchuen, Tetsuya Kadonosono, Yumi Ota, Shinichi Sato, Maika Kitazawa, Tadashi Shiozawa, Takahiro Kuchimaru, Masumi Taki, Yuji Ito, Hiroyuki Nakamura and Shinae Kizaka-Kondoh
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 15154-15162
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00427H, Paper

A simple and cost-effective approach to fabricate tunable length polymeric microneedle patches for controllable transdermal drug delivery
Yongli Chen, Yiwen Xian, Andrew J. Carrier, Brian Youden, Mark Servos, Shufen Cui, Tiangang Luan, Sujing Lin and Xu Zhang
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 15541-15546
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA01382J, Paper

Photocurrent generation by a photosystem I-NiO photocathode for a p-type biophotovoltaic tandem cell
Yuya Takekuma, Nobuhiro Ikeda, Keisuke Kawakami, Nobuo Kamiya, Mamoru Nangoc and Morio Nagata
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 15734-15739
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA01793K, Paper

Identification of novel bacterial urease inhibitors through molecular shape and structure based virtual screening approaches
Muhammad Imran, Saba Waqar, Koji Ogata, Mahmood Ahmed, Zobia Noreen, Sundus Javed, Nazia Bibi, Habib Bokhari, Asma Amjad and Muhammad Muddassar
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 16061-16070
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA02363A, Paper

Butein, isoliquiritigenin, and scopoletin attenuate neurodegeneration via antioxidant enzymes and SIRT1/ADAM10 signaling pathway
Naw Hser Gay, Wilasinee Suwanjang, Waralee Ruankham, Napat Songtawee, Prapimpun Wongchitrat, Virapong Prachayasittikul, Supaluk Prachayasittikul and Kamonrat Phopin
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 16593-16606
DOI: 10.1039/C9RA06056A, Paper

Cyclization step of noradrenaline and adrenaline autoxidation: a quantum chemical study
Nejc Umek
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 16650-16658
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA02713H, Paper

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April 2020 Reviews

12 May 2020

By Karina Webster, Editorial Assistant.

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 April reviews below:

Super tough poly(lactic acid) blends: a comprehensive review
Xipo Zhao, Huan Hu, Xin Wang, Xiaolei Yu, Weiyi Zhou and Shaoxian Peng
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 13316-13368
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA01801E, Review

Enzyme encapsulation by protein cages
Soumyananda Chakraborti, Ting-Yu Lin, Sebastian Glatt and Jonathan G. Heddle
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 13293-13301
DOI: 10.1039/C9RA10983H, Review

An overview of the chemical constituents from the genus Delphinium reported in the last four decades
Tianpeng Yin, Le Cai and Zhongtao Ding
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 13669-13686
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00813C, Review

Advances in intrinsic self-healing polyurethanes and related composites
Bertrand Willocq, Jérémy Odent, Philippe Dubois and Jean-Marie Raquez
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 13766-13782
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA01394C, Review

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
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 14170-14197
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA01378A, Review

Microneedles: a potential strategy in transdermal delivery and application in the management of psoriasis
Zihan Zhao, Youdong Chen and Yuling Shi
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 14040-14049
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00735H, Review

Progress in the functional modification of graphene/graphene oxide: a review
Wang Yu, Li Sisi, Yang Haiyan and Luo Jie
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 15328-15345
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA01068E, Review

Carbon and graphene quantum dots: a review on syntheses, characterization, biological and sensing applications for neurotransmitter determination
Somayeh Tajik, Zahra Dourandish, Kaiqiang Zhang, Hadi Beitollahi, Quyet Van Le, Ho Won Jang and Mohammadreza Shokouhimehr
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 15406-15429
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00799D, Review

Advances in the chemical and biological diversity of heterocyclic systems incorporating pyrimido[1,6-a]pyrimidine and pyrimido[1,6-c]pyrimidine scaffolds
Khaled M. Elattar, Başak Doğru Mert, M. Monier and Ahmed El-Mekabaty
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 15461-15492
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00411A, Review

Applications of nano-materials in diverse dentistry regimes
Loke Kok Foong, Mohammad Mehdi Foroughi, Armita Forutan Mirhosseini, Mohadeseh Safaei, Shohreh Jahani, Maryam Mostafavi, Nasser Ebrahimpoor, Maryam Sharifi, Rajender S. Varma and Mehrdad Khatami
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 15430-15460
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00762E, Review

Enabling protein-hosted organocatalytic transformations
Alexander R. Nödling, Nicolò Santi, Thomas L. Williams, Yu-Hsuan Tsai and Louis Y. P. Luk
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 16147-16161
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA01526A, Review

Properties of multifunctional composite materials based on nanomaterials: a review
Alamry Ali and Andri Andriyana
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 16390-16403
DOI: 10.1039/C9RA10594H, Review

Fundamentals and recent progress relating to the fabrication, functionalization and characterization of mesostructured materials using diverse synthetic methodologies
Soroush Soltani, Nasrin Khanian, Umer Rashid and Thomas Shean Yaw Choong
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 16431-16456
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00440E, Review

Structural features, interaction with the gut microbiota and anti-tumor activity of oligosaccharides
Yulin Wu, Yinning Chen, Yingfang Lu, Huili Hao, Jun Liu and Riming Huang
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 16339-16348
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00344A, Review

Solutions to the water flooding problem for unitized regenerative fuel cells: status and perspectives
Immanuel Vincent, Eun-Chong Lee and Hyung-Man Kim
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 16844-16860
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00434K, Review

N-Fluorobenzenesulfonimide: a useful and versatile reagent for the direct fluorination and amination of (hetero)aromatic C–H bonds
Qiang Gu and Esmail Vessally
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 16756-16768
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00324G, Review

Molecularly imprinted polymer-based bioelectrical interfaces with intrinsic molecular charges
Toshiya Sakata, Shoichi Nishitani and Taira Kajis
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 16999-17013
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA02793F, Review

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Congratulations to the RSC Poster Prize winners at Amine Biocatalysis 4.0

11 May 2020

By Karina Webster, Editorial Assistant.

RSC Advances sponsored the Amine Biocatalysis 4.0 conference in Stuttgart, Germany this February along with Catalysis Science & Technology and Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. We’re very pleased that the conference was such a success and from all of us here we would like to wish the below winners a hearty congratulations!

Dr. Carine Vergne Vaxelaire, Genoscope, France for the poster entitled:
Metagenomic mining for amine dehydrogenase discovery

Jeremy Ramsden, University of Manchester, UK for the poster entitled:
Application of imine reductases in biocatalytic cascade synthesis

James Marshall, University of Manchester, UK for the poster entitled:
Amine reductase-catalyses cascade for the synthesis of N-alkylated pyrrolidines from diketones

Amine Biocatalysis 4.0 Poster prize winners

You can find more information, including the speaker line up, over on the website

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March 2020 Reviews

20 Apr 2020

By Karina Webster, Editorial Assistant.

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 March reviews below:

Oxidative carboxylation of olefins with CO2: environmentally benign access to five-membered cyclic carbonates
Liang Wang, Sisi Que, Ziwei Ding and Esmail Vessally
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 9103-9115
DOI: 10.1039/C9RA10755J, Review

Synthesis and application in asymmetric catalysis of P-stereogenic pincer–metal complexes
Yijun Xiang, Qianyi Ge, Shulei Wu, Xing Zheng and Zehua Yang
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 9563-9578
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00377H, Review

Direct cyanation, hydrocyanation, dicyanation and cyanofunctionalization of alkynes
Lifen Peng, Zhifang Hu, Hong Wang, Li Wu, Yinchun Jiao, Zilong Tang and Xinhua Xu
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 10232-10244
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA01286F, Review

Recent advances in the chemistry and biology of azaphilones
Chunmei Chen, Huaming Tao, Weihao Chen, Bin Yang, Xuefeng Zhou, Xiaowei Luo and Yonghong Liu
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 10197-10220
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00894J, Review

Treasures old and new: what we can learn regarding the macrocyclic problem from past and present efforts in natural product total synthesis
Maryam Sadat Alehashem, Azhar Bin Ariffin, Paul B. Savage, Wageeh Abdulhadi Yehya Dabdawb and Noel Francis Thomas
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 10989-11012
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA01132K, Review

Synthesis and application of coumarin fluorescence probes
Xiao-ya Sun, Teng Liu, Jie Sun and Xiao-jing Wang
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 10826-10847
DOI: 10.1039/C9RA10290F, Review

Resonance Raman view of the active site architecture in bacterial DyP-type peroxidases
Célia M. Silveira, Elin Moe, Marco Fraaije, Lígia O. Martins and Smilja Todorovic
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 11095-11104
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00950D, Review

Traditional uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology of Lamiophlomis rotata (Benth.) Kudo: a review
Zhan-Hu Cui, Shuang-Shuang Qin, Er-Huan Zang, Chao Li, Li Gao, Quan-Chao Li, Yun-Long Wang, Xian-Zhang Huang, Zhong-Yi Zhang and Min-Hui Li
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 11463-11474
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA01050B, Review

Advances in passively driven microfluidics and lab-on-chip devices: a comprehensive literature review and patent analysis
Vigneswaran Narayanamurthy, Z. E. Jeroish, K. S. Bhuvaneshwari, Pouriya Bayat, R. Premkumar, Fahmi Samsuri and Mashitah M. Yusoff
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 11652-11680
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00263A, Review

Anammox and partial denitrification coupling: a review
Qing-Guo You, Jian-Hui Wang, Gao-Xiang Qi, Yue-Ming Zhou, Zhi-Wei Guo, Yu Shen and Xu Gao
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 12554-12572
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00001A, Review

Ultrathin permselective membranes: the latent way for efficient gas separation
Roberto Castro-Muñoz, Kumar Varoon Agrawal and Joaquín Coronas
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 12653-12670
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA02254C, Review

Recent advancements in synthetic methodologies of 3-substituted phthalides and their application in the total synthesis of biologically active natural products
Amardeep Awasthi, Mandeep Singh, Garima Rathee and Ramesh Chandra
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 12626-12652
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00701C, Review

Development of hydrophobic reduced graphene oxide as a new efficient approach for photochemotherapy
Seyyed Mojtaba Mousavi, Foo Wah Low, Seyyed Alireza Hashemi, Nurul Asma Samsudin, Mohammad Shakeri, Yulisa Yusoff, Mansoor Rahsepar, Chin Wei Lai, Aziz Babapoor, Sadaf Soroshnia, Su Mei Goh, Sieh Kiong Tiong and Nowshad Amin
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 12851-12863
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00186D, Review

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Welcome to our new Associate Editor: Ruchi Gupta

06 Apr 2020

By Karina Webster, Editorial Assistant.

We are delighted to welcome Dr Ruchi Gupta to the RSC Advances team this month!

Ruchi Gupta

Ruchi Gupta is currently a Senior Lecturer and Birmingham Fellow in Healthcare Technologies at University of Birmingham. She completed her undergraduate and master’s degrees at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and McMaster University, Canada respectively. She obtained her PhD from University of Manchester where she stayed as a postdoctoral research fellow and then as a RAEng Enterprise Fellow. She was a Lecturer in Analytical Chemistry at University of Hull between 2014 and 2016. The research in the Gupta group is focused on designing optical sensors that are internally referenced with integrated sample preparation to address the challenges associated with measurement of molecules of interest in real samples, which are complex mixtures, and uncontrolled environmental conditions.

Ruchi says, “I am excited to join RSC Advances as an associate editor and looking forward to contribute to the journal from the analytical science perspective”.

Browse a selection of Ruchi recent RSC publications:

A feasibility study of a leaky waveguide aptasensor for thrombin
Nasser A. Alamrani, Gillian M. Greenway, Nicole Pamme, Nicholas J. Goddard and Ruchi Gupta
Analyst, 2019, 144, 6048-6054
DOI: 10.1039/C9AN01421G, Paper

Broadband absorption spectroscopy for rapid pH measurement in small volumes using an integrated porous waveguide
Ruchi Gupta and Nick J. Goddard
Analyst, 2017, 142, 169-176
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RSC Advances HOT articles – a feature interview with Michael Eze

25 Mar 2020

By Karina Webster, Editorial Assistant.

We are very pleased to introduce Michael Eze, the corresponding author of the paper ‘Ethanol-blended petroleum fuels: implications of co-solvency for phytotechnologies‘. His article has been very well received and handpicked by our reviewers and handling editors as one of our February HOT articles. Michael was kind enough to tell us more about the work that went into this article and what he hopes to achieve in the future. You can find out more about the author and their article below and find more HOT articles in our online collection.

Meet the Author

Michael Onyedika Eze is a third year Cotutelle PhD student between Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia and Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany. For this dual doctoral research, he was awarded the Australian Commonwealth scholarship, the Macquarie University Cotutelle Research Excellence scholarship and the prestigious German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship. Prior to starting his PhD, he obtained a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Pure and Industrial Chemistry from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and a Master’s degree in Analytical Chemistry. Michael is a passionate science communicator, receiving a 1^st Place Award in a Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, as well as being a Finalist in a Falling Walls Lab Competition. He is also a recipient of various travel and research grants including the Royal Society of Chemistry competitive travel grants for PhD students and early career researchers, the European Association of Geochemistry travel grants, and the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia 2018 tertiary institution grant, among others. In 2019, he was awarded the Carlos Walter M. Campos Memorial Award by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) for the Best International Student Paper at the 2019 AAPG international conference and exhibition.

Michael’s current research interest focuses on rhizoremediation of organic contaminants. Michael takes an interdisciplinary approach (involving organic geochemistry, geomicrobiology and genomics) and seeks to develop novel plant-microbe symbionts for enhanced rhizoremediation of petroleum contaminated sites. He also aims to fully delineate genes responsible for petroleum degradation and their pathways with the goal of revolutionising the way oil spills and other environmental contaminants are cleaned up.

Picture of the Organic Geochemistry Research Group, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Group Leader: Professor Simon C. George

Could you briefly explain the focus of your article to the non-specialist (in one or two sentences only) and why it is of current interest?
Our article describes the effect that the current practice of adding ethanol to petroleum fuels could have on the effectiveness of phytoremediation as a reclamation strategy for soils contaminated with oil spills.

How big an impact could your results potentially have?
Around the globe, petroleum contamination remains the most persistent environmental problem resulting from oil and gas operations. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) estimated that rehabilitation can cost over $US1 million per hectare using traditional methods. Thus, developing an affordable and eco-friendly remediation technique will have global impact.

Could you explain the motivation behind this study?
The motivation for this research stems from a number of reasons. On one hand, natural attenuation exhibit slow metabolic activity. On the other hand, traditional methods of remediation are very expensive and environmentally unfriendly. As a result, a number of contaminated sites are left as is or their rehabilitation is postponed. Suffice to say that the future of humanity hangs in the balance if our assault on “mother nature” does not receive commensurate attention. While microbial-enhanced rhizoremediation may prove to be the panacea, its success relies on the containment of contaminants within the rooting zones of plants. It thus implies that any energy innovation that increases the leaching potentials of hydrocarbons beyond the rhizospheric zones will limit the effectiveness of phytotechnology as a reclamation strategy for oil spills. Since ethanol is a co-solvent, we therefore decided to first examine its effect on the leaching potentials of both aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons. That is the crux of this paper.

In your opinion, what are the key design considerations for your study?
Well, owing to the interdisciplinary nature of my research, my PhD programme is domiciled in two different departments and in two separate continents. As a result, I am expected to submit two theses for the awards of PhD in Organic Geochemistry (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia) and Dr. rer. nat. in Genomics and Applied Microbiology (Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany). Thus, I needed to make sure from the outset that the entire research with its four separate projects are properly linked together and feasible, while maintaining the overarching aim of the research.

Which part of the work towards this paper proved to be most challenging?
For this particular experiment, setting up the leaching column was something that needed a careful thought. Controlling the two major factors that affect soil total petroleum hydrocarbon content, namely biodegradation and volatilisation while in the column seemed to be challenging. The methodology employed to achieve this is discussed in the paper.

What aspect of your work are you most excited about at the moment?
In view of the extensive use of high throughput sequencing techniques in my study, I am beginning to delineate genes and degradation pathways involved in hydrocarbon-degradation. Gaining insight into the full genomes and metagenomes of plant growth-promoting and hydrocarbon-degrading rhizobacteria is not only exciting but exhilarating!

What is the next step? What work is planned?
Today, the majority of research is still exploring remediation by plant or single microorganisms. What we can expect is more focus on plant-microbiome interactions. Our goal is to develop the right plant-microbe symbionts for effective remediation of petroleum contaminated sites. The results discussed in this article and that from our subsequent projects (phytotoxicity screening and microbial genomics) will guide us towards the achievement of this noble goal. By directing our attention to full genomes of plant-microbe symbionts, we hope to gain a better understanding of the integrated activity of plants and oil-degrading microbes. Armed with this knowledge we will be able to engineer microbes that can degrade hydrocarbon spills even better. Additionally, in the near future, I hope to direct my attention to extremophiles, that is, organisms that maintain optimal growth in environmental conditions considered extreme. This, I hope, will prove useful for environments with mixed contaminants such as those with petroleum and heavy metals/acidic contaminants.

Ethanol-blended petroleum fuels: implications of co-solvency for phytotechnologies
Michael O. Eze and Simon C. George
RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 6473-6481
DOI: 10.1039/C9RA10919F, Paper

10.1039/C9RA10919F

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