RSC – Chem. Sci. latest articles- The Characterisation and Reactivity of a Rh III η1 -σ-Alkane Complex and the Role of a Structurally Responsive Phosphine Ligand in Solid-State Molecular Organometallic Chemistry April 23, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC02133F, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Joe Goodall, M. Arif Sajjad, Samantha Kathleen Furfari, Theo S Hatcher, Andrew S Weller, Stuart Alan Macgregor, Jason Martin Lynam, Mark R Warren, Samuel J. Page, Graham J. Tizzard, Kris Mark AltusA combined […]Joe Goodall
- Dimensional Engineering in Chiral Layered Hybrid Perovskites for High-Anisotropy Self-powered Circularly Polarized Light Detection April 23, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC00286B, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Wan Luo, Qianxi Wang, Xiaoqi Li, Fen Zhang, Yan Fu, Yikun Fu, Xiaoyu Zhang, Guifu Zhang, Xitao Liu, Junhua LuoChiral perovskites have emerged as a highly promising family of materials for circularly polarized […]Wan Luo
- From Perovskite Top Interfaces to Metal Contacts: Stability-Driven Design for Tandem-Compatible Inverted Solar Cells April 23, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC10164F, Review Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Sangmi Park, Jong Bin Park, Jung Min Ha, Hye Seung Seung Kim, Myoung Hoon Song, Han Young WooInverted perovskite solar cells (PeSCs) have attracted growing attention due to their low-temperature processability, reduced hysteresis, […]Sangmi Park
- White-light powered autonomous molecular ratchet drives PdII capsules out of equilibrium April 23, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC09472K, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Lidón Pruñonosa Lara, Benedikt Bädorf, Maximilian J. Notheis, Gregor Schnakenburg, Stefan Grimme, Larissa K. S. von KrbekUsing an energy source to drive chemical reactions away from equilibrium is essential for life and remains […]Lidón Pruñonosa Lara
- Regioselective [3+2] Cycloaddition Reactions of the Phosphorus and Arsenic Analogues of the Thiocyanate Anion April 23, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC01985D, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Marc Baltrun, David Hanneberg, Florian Hett, Michael Seidl, Florian Weigend, Stephan HohlochSalt metathesis reactions of tris-amide zirconium iodide complex ([NRR']3ZrI (1-I) (with NRR' = 3,5-Xylyl-tert-butylamide, N(Xyl)( t Bu)) and sodium 2-phosphaethynthiolate (Na(diox)3SCP) or […]Marc Baltrun
- Rational Design of Pigment-Polymer Antenna Complexes April 23, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC01202G, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Edwin C. Johnson, Demetris Bates, Tingxiang Yang, Kasimir P Gregory, Jodie West, Deborah Hammond, James Peter Pidgeon, Jenny Clark, Nicholas H. Williams, Christopher Neil Hunter, Steven P Armes, Graham J. LeggettWe report the […]Edwin C. Johnson
- Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Interrupted Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition to Access Axially Chiral Diaryl Ethers April 23, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC09566B, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Ruixue Wu, Lan Chen, Yihan Chen, Qimin Wu, Qirui Chen, Aijun Lin, Hequan Yao, Qiuyu Li, Shang GaoWhile transition metal-catalyzed enantioselective azide-alkyne cycloadditions are well-established for accessing 1,4-disubstituted triazoles, the direct enantioselective synthesis […]Ruixue Wu
- High-Capacity Sieving of C3F6 and C3F8 by a Copper-Based MOF with Interconnected Gourd-Shaped Channels April 23, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC01756H, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Zijian Wang, Mu-Yang Zhou, Shanshan Mao, Yi-Lu Wu, Shenfang Li, Xin Zhou, Fu-An Guo, Liang Yu, Manglai Gao, Hao WangTargeting the challenging purification of electronic-grade C3F8, we report the size-sieving separation of C3F6 […]Zijian Wang
- Stereoselective hydrogen isotope exchange on nicotinamide cofactors through flavoenzyme microscopic reversibility April 23, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC01003B, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Christopher Otun, Michael Yuen, Harry Spacey, Carlo Bawn, Matthew Cliff, Francesco Falcioni, Ryan Ashley Ashley Bragg, Charles S Elmore, Sam Hay, Jack RowbothamWe describe a panel of flavoenzymes with the ability to catalyse […]Christopher Otun
- A Unified Strategy for Remote C-H Fluorination of Phenylacetic Acids and Their Homologues at meta-Position April 23, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC01331G, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Kun Zhou, Xin Chen, Yue Wang, Yang-Jie Mao, Xin Yang, Kai Liu, Qi Pan, Dong-Liang Pan, Dan-Qian Xu, Shao-Jie LouThe site-selective C-H bond fluorination of substituted aromarics at the electronic and geometric disfavored […]Kun Zhou
- Confining Ultrasmall Au Nanoclusters in an Ionic Ir(III)-Based Cage for Selective Photoreduction April 22, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC01364C, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Zhuolin Shi, Fengyang Yu, Jinguo Wu, Yongai Yu, Hanshu Li, Xing Zhao, Rong Zhang, Wen-Jing Jiang, Yiwei Liu, Jianwei Wei, Xuezhao Li, Cheng HeBalancing activity and stability in metal nanoclusters (NCs) for efficient […]Zhuolin Shi
- Singlet machine learning photodynamics reveal competing inversion paths of methylated cyclooctatetrathiophene April 22, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC00969G, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Christian Salguero, Steven A. LopezWe used state-of-the-art machine-learning nonadiabatic molecular dynamics to investigate the stereochemical inversion reaction of a methylated thiophene-fused cyclooctatetraene derivative, MeCOTh. Minimum energy path calculations suggest that the pseudo-dominant pathway […]Christian Salguero
- Enantioselective Synthesis of Configurationally Stable [5]helicenes Containing 1,2-Azaborine Units April 22, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC02344D, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Catherine Olguin, Christian Tabacaru, Lennart Besse, Martin Simon, Christopher Golz, Marcos Humanes, Manuel A. Fernandez-Rodriguez, Patricia García-García, Maike Mücke, Ricardo A Mata, Manuel AlcarazoTwo different families of BN-doped [5]helicenes have been efficiently synthesized […]Catherine Olguin
- Non-radical pathways control methane sulfonation versus oxygenation C–H functionalization selectivity with Hg(II) and Au(III) catalysis April 22, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6SC01628F, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Anjaneyulu Koppaka, Caz Cullimore, Jyothish Joy, Alex Kraus, Roy A. Periana, Daniel H. EssNon-radical mechanistic model for methane S- versus O-functionalization selectivity.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI […]Anjaneyulu Koppaka
- Cascade Charge-Transport-Chain Engineering in Alloy Nanocluster–Semiconductor Artificial Photosystems April 22, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC02262F, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Zi-Han Zheng, Qing Chen, Peng Su, Lifeng Cai, Jie Liang, Guangcan Xiao, Fangxing XiaoAtomically precise metal nanoclusters (NCs), featuring discrete electronic structure and pronounced quantum confinement effects, are emerging as promising photosensitizers for […]Zi-Han Zheng
- Beyond the Three-State Picture: When Higher-Lying Excited States Become Quantitatively Indispensable April 22, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC01726F, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Yue He, Daniel EscuderoHigher-lying excited states beyond S1 and T1 are widely recognized in many photophysical systems, including thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF). However, their explicit and quantitative impact on photophysical observables such...The […]Yue He
- Oscillator-qubit generalized quantum signal processing: a case study of uracil cation vibronic model April 22, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC09606E, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Jungsoo Hong, Seong Ho Kim, Seung Kyu Min, Joonsuk HuhHybrid oscillator-qubit processors have recently demonstrated high-fidelity control of both continuous- and discrete-variable information processing. However, most quantum algorithms remain limited to homogeneous quantum […]Jungsoo Hong
- Chemoproteomics Unveils the Antibacterial Mechanism of Silver Ions: Inhibiting Peptidoglycan Synthesis via Targeting Mur Family Proteins in Staphylococcus aureus April 22, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC00255B, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Li-run Zhou, Ying Zhang, Yajian Li, Tong Yang, Zheng Chu, Qianyu Zhang, Hechen Tang, Ang Ma, Peng Gao, Chen Wang, Yin-Kwan Wong, Cui Liu, Shengnan Shen, Junzhe Zhang, Qiaoli Shi, Huan Tang, Jigang […]Li-run Zhou
- Enantioselective organocatalytic radical alkylation enabled by photoexcitation April 22, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D6SC00272B, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Yanji Song, Ruifeng Wang, Xi Lu, Yuqiao Zhou, Xiaoming Feng, Weidi Cao, Xiaohua LiuA light-promoted asymmetric alkylation reaction of 3-hydroxyoxindoles with NHPI esters was realized using a chiral guanidine organocatalyst, without a photocatalyst, […]Yanji Song
- Light-regulated templated self-assembly of bilayered nanotoroids April 21, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D6SC02354A, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Kintaro Miyamoto, Sota Mihara, Hiroki Itabashi, Sougata Datta, Hiroki Hanayama, Shiki YagaiControlled molecular self-assembly driven by noncovalent interactions provides access to ordered architectures beyond the molecular scale. Yet the precise construction of higher-order […]Kintaro Miyamoto
- The Characterisation and Reactivity of a Rh III η1 -σ-Alkane Complex and the Role of a Structurally Responsive Phosphine Ligand in Solid-State Molecular Organometallic Chemistry April 23, 2026
