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- Platinum-Copper Nanowire Networks with Enhanced CO Tolerance toward Methanol Oxidation Electrocatalysis April 17, 2025Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC00656B, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Shiyue Xing, Zhongliang Liu, Yingfang Jiang, Pinghui Tang, Jian Zhang, Jiatang Chen, Huihui Li, Chunzhong LiDeveloping platinum-based electrocatalysts with high CO tolerance for methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) is crucial for the practical application […]Shiyue Xing
- Advances in layer manganese dioxide for energy conversion and storage: Mechanisms, strategies and prospects April 16, 2025Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC00932D, Review Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Ya-di Zhang, Hongkun Xu, Manal S. Ebaid, Xin-Jie Zhang, Kaixin Jiang, Xuehua Zhang, Zhanhu Guo, Ben Bin XuLayer manganese dioxide with special structure, low price and large theoretical specific capacitance/capacity is considered as […]Ya-di Zhang
- Photoinduced Copper-Catalysed Enantioselective Amination of Allylic and Propargylic C–H Bonds April 16, 2025Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC00872G, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Ling Dai, Ying-Ying Chen, Jing-Jun Wang, Jun-Jia Chen, Qi-Lin ZhouHydrogen atom transfer (HAT)-mediated strategy has emerged as a straightforward and powerful approach for oxidative C–H bond functionalization. However, despite remarkable progress in this […]Ling Dai
- Rh-catalyzed mechanochemical transfer hydrogenation for the synthesis of periphery-hydrogenated polycyclic aromatic compounds April 16, 2025Chem. Sci., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SC01489A, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Yoshifumi Toyama, Takumu Nakamura, Yushin Horikawa, Yuta Morinaka, Yohei Ono, Akiko Yagi, Kenichiro Itami, Hideto ItoHydrogenated nanographene has attracted attention as a new class of nanocarbon material owing to its potential applications in […]Yoshifumi Toyama
- Direct Single-Nucleotide Resolution Sequencing of DNA 5-Methylcytosine Using Engineered DNA Methyltransferase-Mediated CMD-seq April 15, 2025Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC01211B, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Wei Liu, Zhao-Cheng Ma, Shan Zhang, Fang-Yin Gang, Tong-Tong Ji, Yao-Hua Gu, Neng-Bin Xie, Shu-Yi Gu, Xia Guo, Tian Feng, Yu Liu, Jun Xiong, Bi-Feng Yuan5-Methylcytosine (5mC) is a crucial epigenetic modification in […]Wei Liu
- A General Copper Catalytic System for Cross-Coupling of Aryl Iodides with Chlorosilanes under Reductive Conditions April 15, 2025Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC01304F, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Liping Qiu, Yiqi Liu, Han Chen, Lijuan Song, Weilong XieThe direct forge linkages between commercially available electrophiles are the powerful synthetic tools to the chemical bond construction. This strategy could eliminate the pre-synthesis […]Liping Qiu
- Multifunctional cerium-based nanozyme as moonlighting protein mimic for atherosclerosis diagnosis and therapy April 15, 2025Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC01014D, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Guimei Han, Jing-Qi Liu, Zhi-Qi Dai, Wei-Liang jin, Qiliang Cai, Deming Kong, Li-Na ZhuMoonlighting proteins are multifunctional proteins widely present in organisms, playing crucial roles in various physiological activities. Drawing inspiration from the […]Guimei Han
- Three-dimensional nanostructured composite lithium soap fibers for constructing high-performance lithium metal anode interfacial layers April 15, 2025Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC01994J, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Luo Ying, Shaozhen Huang, Liao Jia Hua, Zhibin Wu, Libao ChenLithium metal batteries are regarded as promising energy storage devices due to their high theoretical capacity, low density, and low electrode potential. However, […]Luo Ying
- PepINVENT: generative peptide design beyond natural amino acids April 15, 2025Chem. Sci., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4SC07642G, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Gökçe Geylan, Jon Paul Janet, Alessandro Tibo, Jiazhen He, Atanas Patronov, Mikhail Kabeshov, Werngard Czechtizky, Florian David, Ola Engkvist, Leonardo De MariaPepINVENT introduces a generative model for designing peptides that extend beyond natural […]Gökçe Geylan
- π-Expansion as Gateway to Viologen-Based Pimers April 15, 2025Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC01361E, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Geoffrey Geoffrey Groslambert, Vivien Andrieux, Malo Duquesnoy, Raphael Rullan, Lhoussain Khrouz, Sandrine Denis-Quanquin, Stephan N. Steinmann, Tangui Le Bahers, Floris Chevallier, Denis Frath, Christophe BucherThe present article reports on a new and efficient […]Geoffrey Geoffrey Groslambert
- Pt-Free MoS2 Co-Catalyst Enables Record Photocurrent Density in Sb2Se3 Photocathodes for Highly Efficient Solar Hydrogen Production April 15, 2025Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC01663K, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Munir Ahmad, Anadil Gul, Hafiz Sartaj Aziz, Tahir Imran, Muhammad Ishaq, Abbas Muhammad , Zhenghua Su, Shuo ChenAntimony selenide (Sb2Se3) emerges as a potential light-absorbing material for thin film photovoltaics and photoelectrochemical (PEC) […]Munir Ahmad
- Formation of Open Ruthenium Branched Structures with Highly Exposed Active Sites for Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysis April 15, 2025Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC01861G, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Sa Xiao, Yuhan Xie, Agus Riyanto Poerwoprajitno, Lucy Gloag, qinyu Li, Soshan Cheong, Zeno Rizqi R Ramadhan, Ingemar Persson, Yoshiki Soda, Dale L Huber, Liming Dai, John Justin Gooding, Richard TilleyThe formation of […]Sa Xiao
- Direct detection of microRNA in liquid biopsies from single cancer spheroids April 15, 2025Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC01036E, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Chen Hu, Essam M. Dief, Bram G. Soliman, Sara Romanazzo, Shilpa Rana, Kristopher Kilian, Richard Tilley, John Justin GoodingExploring cancer heterogeneity is crucial for both understanding cancer and developing prognostic tools to monitor […]Chen Hu
- An Investigation of the Impact of Electrochemical Potential on the Fluorescence of a Range of Fluorophores April 14, 2025Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC01265A, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Daniel Hagness, Ying Yang, Yuanqing Ma, Sumaya Ishtiaq, Sanjun Fan, Richard Tilley, John Justin GoodingUnderstanding and controlling the fluorescence of dye molecules is essential for many applications especially in biological imaging. Electrochemical-induced modulation […]Daniel Hagness
- Ligand non-innocence and an unusual σ-bond metathesis step enables catalytic borylation using 9-borabicyclo-[3.3.1]-nonane. April 14, 2025Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC02085A, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Milan Bisai, Justyna Losiewicz, Gary Stephen Nichol, Andrew Dominey, Stephen P. Thomas, Stuart Alan Macgregor, Michael James InglesonThe metal-catalyzed intermolecular C–H borylation of arenes is an extremely powerful C–H functionalization methodology. However, to […]Milan Bisai
- Deaminase-Driven Random Mutation Enables Efficient DNA Mutagenesis for Protein Evolution April 14, 2025Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC00861A, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Ying Hao, Tong-Tong Ji, Shu-Yi Gu, Shan Zhang, Yao-Hua Gu, Xia Guo, Li Zeng, Fang-Yin Gang, Jun Xiong, Yu-Qi Feng, Neng-Bin Xie, Bi-Feng YuanProtein evolution has emerged as a crucial tool for generating […]Ying Hao
- Photoluminescent, dielectric, and magnetic responsivity to the humidity variation in SHG-active pyroelectric manganese(II)-based molecular material April 14, 2025Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC00404G, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Aleksander Hoffman, Mikolaj Zychowicz, Junhao Wang, Keisuke Matsuura, Fumitaka Kagawa, Jan Rzepiela, Michal Heczko, Sebastian Baś, Hiroko Tokoro, Shin-ichi Ohkoshi, Szymon ChorazyMultifunctional response to external stimuli which engages various properties, including optical, dielectric, […]Aleksander Hoffman
- A focus on substituents effect in the force-promoted disrotatory ring-opening of cis-cyclobutenes April 14, 2025Chem. Sci., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SC90082D, Commentary Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Lei Chen, Guillaume De BoBowser et al. have shown that substituents stabilising the diradical character of the symmetry-forbidden disrotatory pathway accelerate the mechanochemical ring-opening of cis-cyclobutenes (Chem Sci., 2025, https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SC00253B).To cite this article before […]Lei Chen
- Reversible addition of ethene to gallium(I) monomers and dimers April 14, 2025Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4SC06894G, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Ryan James Schwamm, Malavika A Bhide, Gary Stephen Nichol, Michael James CowleyReversible interactions of organic substrates with transition metal compounds are a hallmark of their chemistry and its catalytic applications, but remain uncommon […]Ryan James Schwamm
- Electron-Delocalized sp2-N Hybridized Organic Electrode Enables Sustainable and High-Efficiency Electrochemical Ammonium Removal April 14, 2025Chem. Sci., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC02192H, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Haoyuan Qiu, Minjie Shi, Peipei Zhang, Yueheng Tao, Xinyue Zhang, Jun Yang, Jingxin Zhao, Huan PangWater scarcity emerges as a critical global challenge, with the purity of aquatic ecosystems intimately linked to ammonium […]Haoyuan Qiu
- Platinum-Copper Nanowire Networks with Enhanced CO Tolerance toward Methanol Oxidation Electrocatalysis April 17, 2025