RSC – Faraday Discuss. latest articles- Synthesis and Ring-Opening (co)Polymerization of Lactones Derived from the Cotelomerization of Isoprene, Butadiene, and CO2 March 26, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00034C, PaperRyan J Anderson, Takuya Akiyama, Ian TonksHerein, we report ring-opening polymerizations and copolymerizations of substituted δ-lactones derived from isoprene, butadiene, and CO₂. While the telomerization of CO₂ with butadiene to form a disubstituted δ-lactone is well-established,...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryRyan J Anderson
- Investigating the co-assembly of amphipathic peptides March 25, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00036J, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Zixuan Liu, Alberto Saiani, Aline F MillerSelf-assembling peptide hydrogels (SAPHs) are increasingly recognised for their potential in biomedical and bioelectronic applications, with recent work focussing on exploiting the understanding of molecular self-assembly across the […]Zixuan Liu
- The impact of the Himalayan aerosol factory: results from high resolution numerical modelling of pure biogenic nucleation over the Himalayan valleys March 19, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4FD00171K, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Giancarlo Ciarelli, Arineh Cholakian, Manuel Bettineschi, Bruno Vitali, Bertrand Bessagnet, Victoria A. Sinclair, Johannes Mikkola, Imad el Haddad, Dino Zardi, Angela Marinoni, Alessandro Bigi, Paolo Tuccella, Jaana Bäck, Hamish Gordon, Tuomo Nieminen, Markku Kulmala, […]Giancarlo Ciarelli
- Synchrotron X-ray Nanoprobe Imaging and Correlative Electron Microscopy Reveal the Role of Surface Chemistry of Self-assembling Peptides in Calcium Phosphate Nucleation March 19, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00017C, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Reham Gonnah, Julia E Parker, Robert P.W. Davies, Maisoon Al-JawadA biomimetic peptide (P11-4), which is predominantly negatively-charged, facilitates the nucleation of hydroxyapatite (HAp). P11-4 self-assembles into fibrils via β-sheet formation, creating a 3D-gel-network. Here, […]Reham Gonnah
- Revealing Enameloid Shark Chemistry at the Nanoscale March 14, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00019J, PaperAlberto Perez-Huerta, Eshita Samajpati, Gabriela FarfanShark teeth are considered excellent bio-archives because of their high abundance and preservation potential. Chemical proxies recorded by the teeth enameloid layers are used to interpret ecological and environmental parameters...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryAlberto Perez-Huerta
- Biomineral displays systematic spatially varying crystallographic properties in fibrolamellar bone as revealed by position resolved X-ray diffraction March 13, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00030K, PaperAdrian Rodriguez Palomo, Peter Alling Strange Vibe, Mads Ry Vogel Jørgensen, Henrik BirkedalBone displays diverse structures. In fast-growing large animals, fibrolamellar bone is formed first to be gradually replaced by remodelled bone with secondary osteons. Using position-resolved X-ray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The […]Adrian Rodriguez Palomo
- Bone mineralization and the effects of elevated osteopontin: From symmetry-breaking foci to 3D space-filling tessellation March 12, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00013K, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Joseph Deering, Daniel J Buss, Roland Kroger, Hojatollah Vali, Maureen J Lagos, Natalie Reznikov, Marc D McKeeAt the nanoscale, lamellar bone tissue mineralization ensues by heteronucleation of small mineral foci within the osteoid. The […]Joseph Deering
- Three-Dimensional Imaging of Vasculature and Forming Quail Femur using Cryo-Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy (cryo-CLEM) March 7, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00022J, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Anne Seewald, Jingxiao Zhong, Macarena Siri, Peter Fratzl, Emeline RaguinBone mineralization during embryonic development requires the transport and deposition of an enormous amount of mineral precursors. In avian embryos, blood vessels play a dual […]Anne Seewald
- Modeling attainment in Fairbanks, Alaska, for the wintertime PM2.5 24-hour non-attainment area using the CMAQ (community multi-scale air quality) model March 5, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4FD00158C, PaperDeanna Huff, Tom Carlson, Lakshmi Pradeepa Vennam, Chao-Jung Chien, Kathleen Fahey, Robert Gilliam, Nick CzarneckiThe improved model performance and additional sulfur chemistry for cold and dark winter climates allowed the CMAQ model to be used as a tool for making policy decisions that affect the community and ultimately work […]Deanna Huff
- Nanobeam-scanning X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy Reveals the Elemental Composition of Dense Intracellular Bodies in Biomineralizing Coccolithophores March 5, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00021A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Daniel Chevrier, Shristy Gautam, André ScheffelCoccolithophore microalgae intracellularly produce nanostructured calcitic platelets, known as coccoliths, through a biologically-controlled mineralization process. Mature coccoliths are secreted to the cell surface and assembled into a shell that […]Daniel Chevrier
- Autoinduction through the coupling of nucleation-dependent self-assembly of a supramolecular gelator and a reaction network. March 4, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00016E, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Jamie S. Foster, Gareth O. LloydAutocatalytic and/or self-replicating systems are important aspects of understanding the link between living systems (origins of life) and chemical networks. As a result, many scientists around the world are […]Jamie S. Foster
- Supramolecular peptidic dopants for inducing photoconductivity and mechanical tunability in digital light processable hydrogels March 4, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00031A, PaperHarrison C. Jeong, Yuyao Kuang, Ze-Fan Yao, Herdeline Ann ArdoñaThis work presents a strategy for generating composite hydrogels bearing photoconductive conduits held by supramolecular interactions and are compatible with digital light processing (DLP) printing. Conductive polymers are typically processed...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of […]Harrison C. Jeong
- 3D Carbonate Calcium polymorphs imaging with Stimulated Raman scattering in Biominerals March 4, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00025D, PaperHamadou Dicko, jeremie Vidal-Dupiol, denis Saulnier, Eric Tambutté, Alexender Venn, Sylvie Tambutté, Virginie Chamard, julien duboissetWe present a highly sensitive coherent Raman microscopy approach, which allows for the tridimensional (3D) imaging of series of carbonate polymorphs in marine organisms. CaCO3 biomineralization occurs from the transformation...The content of this RSS […]Hamadou Dicko
- Low-cost electrochemical gas sensing of vertical differences in wintertime air composition (CO, NO, NO2, O3) in Fairbanks, Alaska January 24, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4FD00177J, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Tjarda J. Roberts, Meeta Cesler-Maloney, William R. SimpsonLow-cost electrochemical sensing of CO, NO, NO2, and O3 at ppbv-level: tracing atmospheric chemistry, characterising emissions, and vertically probing atmospheric composition.To cite this article before page numbers […]Tjarda J. Roberts
- Transport of continental particulate over the Labrador Sea and entrainment are important pathways for glaciation of remote marine clouds January 17, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00005J, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Hugh Coe, Huihui Wu, Nicholas Marsden, Michael Biggart, Keith N. Bower, Tom Choularton, Michael Flynn, Martin W. Gallagher, Kezhen Hu, Gary Lloyd, Graeme J. Nott, Paul F. Field, Benjamin J. MurrayCloud residual particles composed […]Hugh Coe
- The interplay between snow and polluted air masses in cold urban environments December 9, 2024Faraday Discuss., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4FD00176A, PaperJonas Kuhn, Jochen Stutz, Thorsten Bartels-Rausch, Jennie L. Thomas, Meeta Cesler-Maloney, William R. Simpson, Jack E. Dibb, Laura M. D. Heinlein, Cort AnastasioModeling of atmosphere–snow exchange provides insight into fundamental processes driving pollutant deposition. Gas properties, such as solubility and stickiness to ice, influence the role of the snowpack […]Jonas Kuhn
- Iodine speciation in snow during the MOSAiC expedition and its implications for Arctic iodine emissions December 6, 2024Faraday Discuss., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4FD00178H, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Lucy V. Brown, Ryan J. Pound, Matthew R. Jones, Matthew J. Rowlinson, Rosie Chance, Hans-Werner Jacobi, Markus M. Frey, Stephen D. Archer, Stefanie Arndt, Johannes G. M. Barten, Byron W. Blomquist, Ruzica Dadic, Laurens […]Lucy V. Brown
- In situ measurements of gas–particle partitioning of organic compounds in Fairbanks December 6, 2024Faraday Discuss., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4FD00175C, PaperAmna Ijaz, Brice Temime-Roussel, Julien Kammer, Jingqiu Mao, William Simpson, Kathy S. Law, Barbara D’AnnaOrganic compounds were measured in both the gas and particle phases in Fairbanks, Alaska, using a real-time, high-resolution proton transfer reaction-time of flight mass spectrometer (PTR-ToF MS) during a wintertime campaign.To cite this article before […]Amna Ijaz
- Elucidating how trace gases interact with ice surfaces utilizing sum frequency generation spectroscopy December 3, 2024Faraday Discuss., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4FD00157E, PaperGurivi Reddy Yettapu, Luca B. Manning, Jenée D. CyranAdsorption of methanol on the surface of ice induces premelting whereas acetone does not.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryGurivi Reddy Yettapu
- Oxidation by ozone of linoleic acid monolayers at the air–water interface in multi-component films at 21 °C and 3 °C December 3, 2024Faraday Discuss., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4FD00167B, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Ben Woden, Yizhou Su, Maximilian W. A. Skoda, Adam Milsom, Christian PfrangThe behaviour of one-molecule thin layers of linoleic acid when exposed to ozone in multi-component films at the air–water interface is examined at […]Ben Woden
- Synthesis and Ring-Opening (co)Polymerization of Lactones Derived from the Cotelomerization of Isoprene, Butadiene, and CO2 March 26, 2025
