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We are pleased to share a selection of our referee-recommended HOT articles for November 2023. We hope you enjoy reading these articles, congratulations to all the authors whose articles are featured! As always, Chemical Science is free for authors and readers.

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Browse a selection of our November HOT articles below:

Use of pyridazinediones for tuneable and reversible covalent cysteine modification applied to peptides, proteins and hydrogels
Léa N. C. Rochet, Calise Bahou, Jonathan P. Wojciechowski, Ilias Koutsopetras, Phyllida Britton, Richard J. Spears, Ioanna A. Thanasi, Baihao Shao, Lisha Zhong, Dejan-Krešimir Bučar, Abil E. Aliev, Michael J. Porter, Molly M. Stevens, James R. Baker and Vijay Chudasama
Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 13743-13754

Ligand-centered to metal-centered activation of a Rh(iii) photosensitizer revealed by ab initio molecular dynamics simulations
Iria Bolaño Losada and Petter Persson
Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 13713-13721

Photoinduced cerium-catalyzed C–H acylation of unactivated alkanes
Jing Cao, Joshua L. Zhu and Karl A. Scheidt
Chem. Sci., 2024, Advance Article

Controlling primary chain dispersity in network polymers: elucidating the effect of dispersity on degradation
Takanori Shimizu, Richard Whitfield, Glen R. Jones, Ibrahim O. Raji, Dominik Konkolewicz, Nghia P. Truong and Athina Anastasaki
Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 13419-13428

A single phosphorylation mechanism in early metabolism – the case of phosphoenolpyruvate
Joris Zimmermann, Robert J. Mayer and Joseph Moran
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

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We are pleased to share a selection of our referee-recommended HOT articles for October 2023. We hope you enjoy reading these articles, congratulations to all the authors whose articles are featured! As always, Chemical Science is free for authors and readers.

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Browse a selection of our October HOT articles below:

Fluorescence-readout as a powerful macromolecular characterisation tool
Xingyu Wu and Christopher Barner-Kowollik
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

New insights into controlling radical migration pathways in heme enzymes gained from the study of a dye-decolorising peroxidase
Marina Lučić, Michael T. Wilson, Jacob Pullin, Michael A. Hough, Dimitri A. Svistunenko and Jonathan A. R. Worrall
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

A role of intermolecular interaction modulating thermal diffusivity in organosuperelastic and organoferroelastic cocrystals
Subham Ranjan, Ryota Morioka, Meguya Ryu, Junko Morikawa and Satoshi Takamizawa
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Expanding the chemical space of enol silyl ethers: catalytic dicarbofunctionalization enabled by iron catalysis
Dinabandhu Sar, Shuai Yin, Jacob Grygus, Ángel Rentería-Gómez, Melanie Garcia and Osvaldo Gutierrez
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

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We are pleased to share a selection of our referee-recommended HOT articles for September 2023. We hope you enjoy reading these articles, congratulations to all the authors whose articles are featured! As always, Chemical Science is free for authors and readers.

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Browse a selection of our September HOT articles below:

Photocyclization by a triplet–triplet annihilation upconversion pair in water – avoiding UV-light and oxygen removal
R. Jeyaseelan, M. Utikal, C. G. Daniliuc and L. Næsborg
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Directing group assisted para-selective C–H alkynylation of unbiased arenes enabled by rhodium catalysis
Uttam Dutta, Gaurav Prakash, Kirti Devi, Kongkona Borah, Xinglong Zhang and Debabrata Maiti
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Pathway complexity in fibre assembly: from liquid crystals to hyper-helical gelmorphs
Rafael Contreras-Montoya, James P. Smith, Stephen C. Boothroyd, Juan A. Aguilar, Marzieh Mirzamani, Martin A. Screen, Dmitry S. Yufit, Mark Robertson, Lilin He, Shuo Qian, Harshita Kumari and Jonathan W. Steed
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Broadening the catalytic region from the cavity to windows by M₆L₁₂ nanospheres in cyclizations
Meiling Xu, Bin Sun, David A. Poole, III, Eduard O. Bobylev, Xu Jing, Jinguo Wu,a Cheng He, Chunying Duan and Joost N. H. Reek
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Time-resolved enantiomer-exchange probed by using the orbital angular momentum of X-ray light
Xiang Jiang, Yeonsig Nam, Jérémy R. Rouxel, Haiwang Yong and Shaul Mukamel
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

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We are pleased to share a selection of our referee-recommended HOT articles for August 2023. We hope you enjoy reading these articles, congratulations to all the authors whose articles are featured! As always, Chemical Science is free for authors and readers.

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Browse a selection of our August HOT articles below:

Time-resolved circular dichroism of excitonic systems: theory and experiment on an exemplary squaraine polymer
Lea Ress, Pavel Malý, Jann B. Landgraf, Dominik Lindorfer, Michael Hofer, Joshua Selby, Christoph Lambert, Thomas Renger and Tobias Brixner
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Parallel multi-droplet platform for reaction kinetics and optimization
Natalie S. Eyke, Timo N. Schneider, Brooke Jin, Travis Hart, Sebastien Monfette, Joel M. Hawkins, Peter D. Morse, Roger M. Howard, David M. Pfisterer, Kakasaheb Y. Nandiwale and Klavs F. Jensen
Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 8798-8809

Stochastic assembly of biomacromolecular complexes: impact and implications on charge interpretation in native mass spectrometry
Victor Yin, Paul W. A. Devine, Janet C. Saunders, Arjan Barendregt, Fiona Cusdin, Alexandra Ristani, Alistair Hines,c Sam Shepherd,c Marcin Dembek, Claire L. Dobson, Joost Snijder, Nicholas J. Bond and Albert J. R. Heck
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Liquid electrolyte chemistries for solid electrolyte interphase construction on silicon and lithium-metal anodes
Sewon Park, Saehun Kim, Jeong-A. Lee, Makoto Ue and Nam-Soon Choi
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Transcription between human-readable synthetic descriptions and machine-executable instructions: an application of the latest pre-training technology
Zheni Zeng, Yi-Chen Nie, Ning Ding, Qian-Jun Ding, Wei-Ting Ye, Cheng Yang, Maosong Sun, Weinan E, Rong Zhu and Zhiyuan Liu
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Understanding C–H activation in light alkanes over Cu-MOR zeolites by coupling advanced spectroscopy and temperature-programmed reduction experiments
Karoline Kvande, Beatrice Garetto, Gabriele Deplano, Matteo Signorile, Bjørn Gading Solemsli, Sebastian Prodinger, Unni Olsbye, Pablo Beato, Silvia Bordiga, Stian Svelle and Elisa Borfecchia
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

A functional unit combination strategy for enhancing red room-temperature phosphorescence
Shuaiqiang Zhao, Zhiqiang Yang, Xiangyu Zhang, Haichao Liu, Yingbo Lv, Shiyin Wang, Zhongzhao Yang, Shi-Tong Zhang and Bing Yang
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

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We are pleased to share a selection of our referee-recommended HOT articles for July 2023. We hope you enjoy reading these articles, congratulations to all the authors whose articles are featured! As always, Chemical Science is free for authors and readers.

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Browse a selection of our July HOT articles below:

Impact of core–shell perovskite nanocrystals for LED applications: successes, challenges, and prospects
Samrat Das Adhikari, Andrés F. Gualdrón Reyes, Subir Paul, Jeevan Torres, Beatriu Escuder, Iván Mora-Seró and Sofia Masi
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

2,5-disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as rigidified cyclopentane variants
Shashwati Paul, Daniel Adelfinsky, Christophe Salome, Thomas Fessard and M. Kevin Brown
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Restriction of intramolecular rotation for functionalizing metal nanoclusters
Junsheng Xin, Jing Xu, Chen Zhu, Yupeng Tian, Qiong Zhang, Xi Kang and Manzhou Zhu
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Origin of the superior oxygen reduction activity of zirconium nitride in alkaline media
Heng Liu, Di Zhang, Stuart M. Holmes, Carmine D’Agostino and Hao Li
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Vacuum ultraviolet photodissociation of sulfur dioxide and its implications for oxygen production in the early Earth’s atmosphere
Yao Chang, Yanlin Fu, Zhichao Chen, Zijie Luo, Yarui Zhao, Zhenxing Li, Weiqing Zhang, Guorong Wu, Bina Fu, Dong H. Zhang, Michael N. R. Ashfold, Xueming Yang and Kaijun Yuan
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article
 

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We are pleased to share a selection of our referee-recommended HOT articles for June 2023. We hope you enjoy reading these articles, congratulations to all the authors whose articles are featured! As always, Chemical Science is free for authors and readers.

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Browse a selection of our June HOT articles below:

Cluster-selective ⁵⁷Fe labeling of a Twitch-domain-containing radical SAM enzyme
Gil Namkoong and Daniel L. M. Suess
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Glycolipids from the gut symbiont Bacteroides fragilis are agonists for natural killer T cells and induce their regulatory differentiation
Garth Cameron, Tram Nguyen, Marcin Ciula, Spencer J. Williams and Dale I. Godfrey
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Improving time-resolution and sensitivity of in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of a powder catalyst by modulated excitation
M. Roger, L. Artiglia, A. Boucly, F. Buttignol, M. Agote-Arán, J. A. van Bokhoven, O. Kröcher and D. Ferri
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Monoarsine-protected icosahedral cluster [Au₁₃(AsPh₃)₈Cl₄]⁺: comparative studies on ligand effect and surface reactivity with its stibine analogue
Jiu-Hong Yu, Zhi-Rui Yuan, Jing Xu, Jin-Gui Wang, Mohammad Azam, Tian-Duo Li, Ying-Zhou Li and Di Sun
Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 6564-6571

Total synthesis of atropisomeric indolosesquiterpenoids via N–N bond formation: dixiamycins A and B
Rhituparna Nandi, Sovan Niyogi, Sourav Kundu, Vipin R. Gavit, Mintu Munda, Ranjit Murmub and Alakesh Bisai
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

In vitro characterization of nonribosomal peptide synthetase-dependent O-(2-hydrazineylideneacetyl)serine synthesis indicates a stepwise oxidation strategy to generate the α-diazo ester moiety of azaserine
Yusuke Shikai, Seiji Kawai, Yohei Katsuyama and Yasuo Ohnishi
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

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We are pleased to share a selection of our referee-recommended HOT articles for May 2023. We hope you enjoy reading these articles, congratulations to all the authors whose articles are featured! As always, Chemical Science is free for authors and readers.

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Browse a selection of our May HOT articles below:

Disulfide radical anion as a super-reductant in biology and photoredox chemistry
Qilei Zhu, Cyrille Costentin, JoAnne Stubbe and Daniel G. Nocera
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Light-regulating chirality of metallacages featuring dithienylethene switches
Shaomeng Guo, Mengqi Li, Honglong Hu, Ting Xu, Hancheng Xi and Wei-Hong Zhu
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Metal nanoparticles supported on a nonconductive oxide undergo pH-dependent spontaneous polarization
Yogesh Surendranath, Thejas S. Wesley, Max Huelsey, Karl S. Westendorff, Noah B. Lewis, Ethan Crumlin and Yuriy Roman-Leshkov
Chem. Sci., 2023, Accepted Manuscript

A conductive catecholate-based framework coordinated with unsaturated bismuth boosts CO₂ electroreduction to formate
Zengqiang Gao, Man Hou, Yongxia Shi, Li Li, Qisheng Sun, Shuyuan Yang, Zhiqiang Jiang, Wenjuan Yang, Zhicheng Zhang and Wenping Hu
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Ion correlation and negative lithium transference in polyelectrolyte solutions
Helen K. Bergstrom, Kara D. Fong, David M. Halat, Carl A. Karouta, Hasan C. Celik, Jeffrey A. Reimer and Bryan D. McCloskey
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

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We are pleased to share a selection of our referee-recommended HOT articles for April 2023. We hope you enjoy reading these articles, congratulations to all the authors whose articles are featured! As always, Chemical Science is free for authors and readers.

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Browse a selection of our April HOT articles below:

Molecular dynamics study of plasmon-mediated chemical transformations
Xiaoyan Wu, Tammo van der Heide, Shizheng Wen, Thomas Frauenheim, Sergei Tretiak, ChiYung Yam and Yu Zhang
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Visible-light-induced chemo-, diastereo- and enantioselective α-C(sp³)–H functionalization of alkyl silanes
Lili Feng, Xiaofan Chen, Ning Guo, Yuqiao Zhou, Lili Lin, Weidi Cao and Xiaoming Feng
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Cascade autohydrolysis of Alzheimer’s Aβ peptides
Martin Wolfram, Manish K. Tiwari, Tue Hassenkam, Ming Li, Morten J. Bjerrum and Morten Meldal
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Exploring Au(i) involving halogen bonding with N-heterocyclic carbene Au(i) aryl complexes in crystalline media
Alexander S. Mikherdov, Mingoo Jin and Hajime Ito
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

On the existence of low-valent magnesium–calcium complexes
Jonathan Mai, Bastian Rösch, Neha Patel, Jens Langer and Sjoerd Harder
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

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We are pleased to share a selection of our referee-recommended HOT articles for March 2023. We hope you enjoy reading these articles, congratulations to all the authors whose articles are featured! As always, Chemical Science is free for authors and readers.

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Browse a selection of our March HOT articles below:

Monitoring interfacial electric fields at a hematite electrode during water oxidation
Khezar H. Saeed, Dora-Alicia Garcia Osorio, Chao Li, Liam Banerji, Adrian M. Gardner and Alexander J. Cowan
Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 3182-3189

Room temperature design of Ce(IV)-MOFs: from photocatalytic HER and OER to overall water splitting under simulated sunlight irradiation
Shan Dai, Eva Montero-Lanzuela, Antoine Tissot, Herme G. Baldoví, Hermenegildo García, Sergio Navalón and Christian Serre
Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 3451-3461

Direct observation of magnetoelastic coupling in a molecular spin qubit: new insights from crystal field neutron scattering data
Maja A. Dunstan, Marcus J. Giansiracusa, Michele Vonci, Simone Calvello, Dehong Yu, Alessandro Soncini, Colette Boskovic and Richard A. Mole
Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 3990-4001

Easily processable spin filters: exploring the chiral induced spin selectivity of bowl-shaped chiral subphthalocyanines
Jorge Labella, Deb Kumar Bhowmick, Anil Kumar, Ron Naaman and Tomás Torres
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

On the use of real-world datasets for reaction yield prediction
Mandana Saebi, Bozhao Nan, John E. Herr, Jessica Wahlers, Zhichun Guo, Andrzej M. Zurański, Thierry Kogej, Per-Ola Norrby, Abigail G. Doyle, Nitesh V. Chawla and Olaf Wiest
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Cooperativity between sodium ions and water molecules facilitates lipid mobility in model cell membranes
Madhurima Chattopadhyay, Emilia Krok, Hanna Orlikowska-Rzeznik and Lukasz Piatkowski
Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 4002-4011

Molecular assembly of carbon nitride-based composite membranes for photocatalytic sterilization and wound healing
Xiaoxiao Peng, Jin Ma, Zhixin Zhou, Hong Yang, Jingjing Chen, Ran Chen, Kaiqing Wu, Guangcheng Xi, Songqin Liu, Yanfei Shen and Yuanjian Zhang
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

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We are pleased to share a selection of our referee-recommended HOT articles for February 2023. We hope you enjoy reading these articles, congratulations to all the authors whose articles are featured! As always, Chemical Science is free for authors and readers.

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Browse a selection of our February HOT articles below:

Binding of exogenous cyanide reveals new active-site states in [FeFe] hydrogenases
Maria Alessandra Martini, Konstantin Bikbaev, Yunjie Pang, Christian Lorent, Charlotte Wiemann, Nina Breuer, Ingo Zebger, Serena DeBeer, Ingrid Span, Ragnar Bjornsson, James A. Birrell and Patricia Rodríguez-Maciá
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Computational evaluation of halogen-bonded cocrystals enables prediction of their mechanochemical interconversion reactions
Lavanya Kumar, Katarina Leko, Vinko Nemec, Damian Trzybiński, Nikola Bregović, Dominik Cinčić and Mihails Arhangelskis
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Direct formation of amide/peptide bonds from carboxylic acids: no traditional coupling reagents, 1-pot, and green
Kaitlyn M. Freiberg, Rahul D. Kavthe, Rohan M. Thomas, David M. Fialho, Paris Dee, Matthew Scurria and Bruce H. Lipshutz
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Multiscale quantum algorithms for quantum chemistry
Huan Ma, Jie Liu, Honghui Shang, Yi Fan, Zhenyu Li and Jinlong Yang
Chem. Sci., 2023, Advance Article

Bond modulation of MoSe_2+x driving combined intercalation and conversion reactions for high-performance K cathodes
Ting Lei, Mingyuan Gu, Hongwei Fu, Jue Wang, Longlu Wang, Jiang Zhou, Huan Liu and Bingan Lu
Chem. Sci., 2023,14, 2528-2536

Improved production of class I lanthipeptides in Escherichia coli
Hyunji Lee, Chunyu Wu, Emily K. Desormeaux, Raymond Sarksian and Wilfred A. van der Donk
Chem. Sci., 2023,14, 2537-2546

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