RSC – Chem. Sci. latest articles- Thermal decomposition behavior and sustainable recycling of flexible perovskite solar modules January 10, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC07083J, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Xiaoyu Shi, Yangyang Liu, Tianxiao Liu, Siwei Luo, Feifei Wang, Shangshang ChenThe environmental implications of all photovoltaic (PV) technologies should be rigorously assessed throughout their entire lifecycle. Perovskite PVs have emerged as a […]Xiaoyu Shi
- Active Selenium-Driven Confined Crystallization and Carrier Dynamics in High-Efficiency Ultrathin Semi-Transparent Sb2Se3 Solar Cells January 10, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC08223D, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Huafei Guo, Bangzhi Shen, Xing Wang, Jiayu Xiao, Wenyun Deng, Sai Jiang, Lei Xu, Xu Dong, LvZhou Li, Shuai Zhang, Jianhua Qiu, Ningyi Yuan, Jianning DingTo overcome the limited environmental stability of organic […]Huafei Guo
- Converting natural biopolymers to sustainable bioplastics via structure engineering January 9, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SC07592K, Review Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Xinlei Ji, Keyi Zhou, My Ha Tran, Xi Chen, Ning YanThis review analyzes the recent advances in structural engineering of natural biopolymers into sustainable bioplastics, focusing on reconstructing intrinsic networks into three crosslinked […]Xinlei Ji
- Coupling abundant active sites and Ultra-short ion diffusion path: R-VO 2 /carbon nanotubes composite microspheres boosted high performance aqueous ammonium-ion batteries January 9, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC08747C, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Lin-bo Tang, Xian-Kai Fan, Kaixiong Xiang, Wei Zhou, Weina Deng, Hai Zhu, Liang Chen, Junchao Zheng, Han ChenAmmonium (NH4+) ions as charge carriers have exposed tremendous potentials in aqueous batteries because of the […]Lin-bo Tang
- Endohedral Anionic Nine-Atom Zintl Clusters of the Elements Tin and Lead with Lithium Counterions January 9, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC08011H, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Christian E Fajman, Dominik M Dankert, Peter Coburger, Wilhelm Klein, Thomas F FässlerIntermetalloid clusters are considered as highly charged soluble models for intermetallic phases. While their bonding situation is not fully understood, their […]Christian E Fajman
- Unveiling the molecular dynamics of a nitrile-containing 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein antagonist in primary macrophages through Raman spectroscopy January 9, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SC09493C, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Constanze Schultz, Paul Mike Jordan, Philipp Dahlke, Zehra Tuğçe Gür Maz, Erden Banoğlu, Tobias Meyer-Zedler, Michael Schmitt, Oliver Werz, Juergen PoppThe nitrile group is a versatile pharmacophore that also functions as an intrinsic, […]Constanze Schultz
- Correction: THRUST: translesion synthesis-driven hierarchical regulation using a template-activator construct for Cas12a activity January 9, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SC90280K, Correction Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Lulu Qin, Wen-Jin Wang, Xinyi Xia, Tongshan Zuo, Yilin Cai, Guanhong Xu, Fangdi Wei, Suling Wang, Qin Hu, Zheng Zhao, Fan Zhang, Ben Zhong Tang, Yao CenTo cite this article before page numbers are […]Lulu Qin
- A Visualizable and Widely Applicable Steric Repulsion Descriptor for Guiding Experimental Chemistry January 9, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC07952G, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Guillaume Hénon Just, Corentin Lefebvre, Akilan Rajamani, Hassan Khartabil, Julien PILME, Eric HénonWhile steric effects fundamentally shape molecular behavior and are experiencing renewed interest across chemistry, visualizing where they occur remains challenging. Indeed, […]Guillaume Hénon Just
- Ultrabright and narrowband organic afterglow achieved by molecular engineering of coronene January 9, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC08966B, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Yuanyuan Chen, Yue Zhang, Guoyi Wu, Ting Luo, Jialiang Jiang, Tengyue Wang, Xiaoya Guo, Kaka ZhangAchieving simultaneously ultrabright and narrowband organic afterglow emission remains a formidable challenge because enhancing one property often compromises […]Yuanyuan Chen
- Challenges in data-driven catalysis modelling: case study on palladium-NHC catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura reactions January 9, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SC06138E, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Vladislav A. Voloshkin, Cecile Valsecchi, Florian Medina, Laurent Lefort, Mikko Muuronen, Matthieu Jouffroy, Steven P. NolanWe generated a large dataset by testing 21 NHC-Pd complexes in a Suzuki–Miyaura coupling, built reactivity ML models, […]Vladislav A. Voloshkin
- A general aqueous synthetic strategy towards 1-benzylTHIQs enabled by umpolung hydrazone January 9, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC08310A, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Manpreet Kaur, Evan F Chen, Jan Michael Salgado, Ruofei Cheng, Chao-Jun LiPrimarily found in the plants, 1-benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline (1-benzylTHIQ) alkaloids are a diverse class of N-heterocyclic natural products with biological activity against various infectious […]Manpreet Kaur
- Degradable polyphosphoester-based aqueous two-phase systems and water-in-water emulsions January 9, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC09406B, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Jordan A. J. McCone, Ramon ten Elshof, Niamh Bayliss, Frederik Wurm, Bernhard V. K. J. SchmidtCompletely water-based multicompartment systems have gained significant interest in polymer chemistry recently, mainly due to their interesting properties […]Jordan A. J. McCone
- Natural monosaccharide-based piezoelectric supramolecular materials for energy harvesting and information transmission January 9, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC07918G, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Siying Chen, Junli Yang, Shuaijie Liu, Yehong Huo, Xin Cheng, Lingling Li, Wei JiBiomolecular assemblies with non-centrosymmetric structures exhibit piezoelectric response toward bionanotechnology.Yet, the piezoelectricity of monosaccharide self-assembled materials has not been reported. […]Siying Chen
- Unveiling sodium storage mechanisms in hard carbon via machine learning-driven simulations with accurate site occupation identification January 9, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC07068F, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Zhaoming Wang, Guanghui Shi, Guanghui Wang, Man Wang, Feng Ding, Xiao WangHard carbon (HC) has attracted considerable interest as a promising anode material for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) due to its high specific capacity, […]Zhaoming Wang
- Finding the Pareto front for high-entropy-alloy catalysts January 9, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC06100H, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Donald G. Truhlar, Chengyi Zhang, Ruihu Lu, Qi Sun, Yu Mao, Tilo Söhnel, Yan Zhao, Ziyun WangFinding catalysts that have both high activity and high stability presents a long-standing challenge. Since optimizing activity […]Donald G. Truhlar
- Which halogen to choose? Comparing the effects of chlorine and fluorine as bioisosteric substituents in drug design January 8, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC07348K, Review Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Connor J.E. Summerfield, Graham PattisonThe effects of fluorine and chlorine on pharmaceutical systems are compared using a Molecular Matched Pair Analysis. Effects on binding constants, physicochemical properties such as lipophilicity and solubility, as […]Connor J.E. Summerfield
- Metal-free visible-light carbonylation of alkyl iodides to amides via consecutive photoinduced electron transfer January 8, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5SC09778A, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Fatima Akhssas, Guillaume Chu, Meriem El Malamy, Naomi Illi, Jasmine Hertzog, Bertrand Vileno, Nolwenn Le Breton, Michael Badawi, Miguel Ponce-Vargas, Philipp Gotico, Alexandre Vasseur, Zakaria Halime, Christophe Werlé, Ibrahim AbdellahA visible-light-driven, metal-free carbonylation […]Fatima Akhssas
- Dynamic Protein Structures in Solution: Decoding the Amide I Band with 2D-IR Spectral Libraries and Machine Learning January 8, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC09973K, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Amy Farmer, Kelly Brown, Sophie E.T. Kendall-Price, Partha Malakar, Gregory M Greetham, Neil HuntThe dynamic three-dimensional structures of proteins dictate their function, but accessing structures in solution at physiological temperatures is challenging. Ultrafast […]Amy Farmer
- Controlled High-Yield Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles via Amide Bond Formation January 8, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC08787B, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Seoyoung Hwang, Yeonsoo Lim, Sunbum Kwon, Sangwoon YoonAssembly of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) enhances their plasmonic properties, including visible coloration, local electric field generation, hot-carrier production, and photothermal heating. While assembling AuNPs through chemical […]Seoyoung Hwang
- The Bismuth Phosphanides Bi(PR2)3: Sources of Phosphanyl Radicals, P-Inversion, and Reversible Olefin Insertion January 8, 2026Chem. Sci., 2026, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5SC07240A, Edge Article Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Sascha Reith, Kai Oberdorf, Sebastián Martínez, Jann B. Landgraf, Alena Ahrens, Felix Jakobi, Xiulan Xie, Crispin LichtenbergUnderstanding and controlling radical reactions for selective transformations under mild conditions remains one of the key challenges […]Sascha Reith
- Thermal decomposition behavior and sustainable recycling of flexible perovskite solar modules January 10, 2026
