Chemical Science Blog

We are pleased to share subject-specific collections of our most popular Chemical Science content published in the last year. These collections are designed to highlight some of the exceptional research published in Chemical Science – and like all Chemical Science articles, they are free to access and read from anywhere in the world with no restrictions.

We hope you enjoy reading our selections of 2025 most popular articles in the collections below.

Analytical Chemistry Featuring contributions on single-molecule detection, nanopores, NIR probes, and NMR spectroscopy amongst other topics in the area of analytical chemistry.		Bioinorganic Chemistry Our most popular bioinorganic chemistry articles include enzyme electrocatalysis, bioinorganic spectroscopy, and enzymatic pathways.		Catalysis Including research articles on water splitting, CO2 conversion, ammonia synthesis, enzyme mimics and C-H bond functionalisation.
Chemical Biology Ranging from recent advances in amyloid-β aggregation, long oligonucleotides, molecular glues to pathway inhibition.		Energy Conversion Covering solar cells, photocatalysis, thermoelectric materials and water electrolysis and other topics.		Energy Storage Highlighting developments in batteries and alternative energy storage technologies, such as supercapacitors and hydrogen storage.
Inorganic Chemistry Including single molecule magnets, multiple bonds, and boron chemistry, among many other topics.		Inorganic Materials Featuring NLO and ferroelectric materials, superionic conduction, and chiral-induced spin selection, among other topics.		Machine Learning Detailing developments including LLMs and autonomous agents, AI reaction simulations and machine-learned force fields.
Nanoscience Highlighting work on nanocarbons and carbon dots, atomically precise metal nanoclusters, and catalysts.				Organic Materials Covering developments in organic optical materials, molecular switches, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and more.
Organic Methodology Detailing research focused on methodology and mechanistic insights, including AI-enabled retrosynthesis and multi-ligand catalytic reactions.		Organic Synthesis Including bicyclobutanes, chiral lactams, electrochemical and photocatalytic reactions and spirocyclic compounds.		Photochemistry Highlighting photocatalysis, photoswitches, AIEgens, photoactive molecular liquids and luminescent materials among other topics.
Physical Chemistry New research on polaritons, reactions in microdroplets, ultrafast spectroscopy and photophysics and other topics.		Polymers Highlighting our most popular articles in polymer chemistry including ultra-high molecular weight polymers, chemical upcycling and backbone editing.		Porous Materials Including separation with zeolites, recovery of precious metals, MOFs as catalysts and AI for the discovery of new porous materials.
Sensing & Imaging Presenting fluorescent probes, sensing and NIR-II imaging-guided cancer therapy among many other research.		Supramolecular Chemistry Detailing dynamic covalent cages, supramolecular polymers and rotaxane dendrimers among other topics.		Theoretical & Computational Chemistry Covering tools for predicting regioselectivity, aromaticity via quantum tunnelling, and the allowed and forbidden classification of organic reactions.

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