RSC – Faraday Discuss. latest articles- The use of kraft lignin to enhance nanocellulose films properties June 26, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00063G, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Raquel Martin-Sampedro, Antonio Ovejero-Pérez, Mercedes Oliet, M. Virginia Alonso, Francisco Rodriguez, David Ibarra, Maria E. EugenioThe pressing need to replace petroleum-based plastics with renewable and biodegradable alternatives has sparked growing interest in biopolymers derived […]Raquel Martin-Sampedro
- Concluding (Closing?) Remarks June 25, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00091B, PaperFelix M. GoniThis paper summarizes a series of ideas and/or concepts, most of which were the object of the Faraday Discussion on ‘Structural and functional asymmetry of plasma membranes’. A historical review...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryFelix M. Goni
- Selective transesterification mediated by lanthanum complexes in the copolymerization of lactide and delta-valerolactone June 25, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00055F, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Richard Pearcy, Stuart Ryan Berrow, Rachel H PlatelPoly(lactide-co- valerolactone) copolymers were prepared via the one-pot copolymerisation of rac-lactide or S,S-lactide with δ-valerolactone at ambient temperature, mediated by bis(dimethylsilyl)amido lanthanum complexes supported by ligands derived […]Richard Pearcy
- Reactivity of High Entropy Alloy Nanoparticles under O2 studied by in-situ Transmission Electron Microscopy June 25, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00090D, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Syrine Krouna, Nathaly Ortiz Peña, Christian Ricolleau, Guillaume Wang, Adrien Moncomble, Damien Alloyeau, Jaysen NelayahThe gas reactivity of high-entropy nanoalloys (HENAs) is an emerging area of research with significant potential for applications in catalysis, […]Syrine Krouna
- Supramolecular interactions in softwood kraft lignin nanoparticles June 25, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00076A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Massimo Sgarzi, Matteo Gigli, Shahzal Babar, Nicolo Pajer, Giorgia Peroni, Claudia Crestini, Nina Tverdokhleb, Arezoo Dianat, Rafael Gutierrez, Gianaurelio Giovanni CunibertiThe production of functional (nano)materials based on lignin as a renewable starting material depends […]Massimo Sgarzi
- Concluding Remarks June 23, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00100E, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Thorfinnur GunnlaugssonThese concluding remarks summarise the Faraday Discussions that was held in Glasgow Scotland on Advances in Supramolecular Gels between the 30th of April to 2nd of May 2025. The meeting...The content of this […]Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson
- Polyglycerol Resin Towards Sustainable 3D-Printing June 22, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00043B, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Katherine George, Eduards Krumins, Eileen Tan, Yinfeng He, Ricky D. Wildman, Robert Owen, Joel Segal, Valentina Cuzzucoli Crucitti, Vincenzo TarescoAdditive manufacturing (AM) techniques, also named as three-dimensional 3D-printing, have been widely recognised as promising […]Katherine George
- Efficient and Controlled Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Cyclohexene Oxide with Cyclic Anhydrides Catalyzed by Proline-based Chiral Alkyl Al(III) Compounds June 22, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00048C, PaperRanay Kumar Ray, P. K. Sudhadevi Antharjanam, Debashis ChakrabortyA set of new chiral monomeric (S) and (R)-isomer of Al(III) compounds were synthesized using a proline based ligand moiety. The reaction of AlMe3 with one equivalent of pro-ligands (1a-d)...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryRanay Kumar Ray
- Advanced imaging techniques in biomineralisation research June 18, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5FD90025E, EditorialFabio Nudelman, Roland KrögerTo 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 ChemistryFabio Nudelman
- An Old Tool to Obtain New Polymers from Renewable Resources: [OSSO]-type Titanium-Catalysed Ethylene and Myrcene Copolymers June 18, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00046G, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Fatemeh Niknam, Antonio Buonerba, David Hermann Lamparelli, Carmine CapacchioneThe copolymerization of β-myrcene (M) with ethylene (E) and isoprene (I) was successfully promoted by dichloro{1,4-dithiabutanediyl-2,2'-bis(4,6-di-alkylphenoxy)}titanium complex (1) activated by methylaluminoxane (MAO). The catalytic system afforded […]Fatemeh Niknam
- Organosolv processing of Sitka Spruce sawdust: Large scale preparation of native-like lignin and ligninOX for valorisation June 12, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00074B, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Daniel J Davidson, Geraud N Sansom, Daniel Mark Miles-Barrett, David Bradford Cordes, Alexandra Slawin, James R.D. Montgomery, Tomas Lebl, Ann Connor, Andrew M Danby, Mark Gronnow, Neil J Parry, Sarah L Hosking, David S […]Daniel J Davidson
- An Empirical Assessment of the Physicochemical Properties of Lignin Solutions in Aqueous Sodium Hydroxide – Corroboration and Demystification of Some Widely Accepted Statements June 11, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00071H, PaperAntonio Lima Alves, Veronica CaladoLignin is one of the main byproducts of the pulp, paper, and cellulosic ethanol industries. For the past 35 years, it has received increased interest in applications other than its...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryAntonio Lima Alves
- Bond Dissociation Energies of Lignin-Carbohydrate Complexes June 10, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00045A, PaperThomas Elder, Martin LawokoLignin-carbohydrate complexes, in which lignin and polysaccharides are directly connected have been identified and extensively analyzed. To date, however, the origin of these structures has not been unequivocally established. That...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryThomas Elder
- Exploration of nanostructured high-entropy alloys for key electrochemical reactions: a comparative study for the solid solution systems Cu-Pd-Pt-Ru, Ir-Pd-Pt-Ru and Ni-Pd-Pt-Ru June 6, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00082C, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Jan Lukas Bürgel, Rico Zehl, Felix Thelen, Ridha Zerdoumi, Olga A. Krysiak, Bendikt Kohnen, Ellen Suhr, Wolfgang Schuhmann, Alfred LudwigElectrocatalysis is critical for mitigating climate change by providing green energy solutions, e.g. for hydrogen […]Jan Lukas Bürgel
- Understanding Depolymerization Kinetics of Poly(Butyl Methacrylate) Using Flow Chemistry June 5, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00049A, PaperLeonard Goehringer, Gayathri Dev Ammini, Tanja JunkersReversible addition–fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) depolymerization offers a promising and (comparatively) low-temperature chemical recycling strategy, enabling high yields of recovery of monomers. Conducting this process under continuous flow conditions, in combination...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryLeonard Goehringer
- Crystallisation in biomineral mollusc shell studied by 3D Bragg ptychography June 5, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00020C, PaperTilman A. Grünewald, Peng Li, Julien Duboisset, Julius Nouet, Oier Bikondoa, Jeremie Vidal-Dupiol, Denis Saulnier, Manfred Burghammer, Virginie Chamard3D investigation of the crystalline properties of a mollusc shell biomineral evidences a strain–size relationship of the individual coherent domains.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI […]Tilman A. Grünewald
- Efficient room-temperature synthesis of crosslinked polyhydroxyurethanes from 5-membered cyclic carbonates without solvent or catalyst June 5, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00057B, PaperHenri Cramail, F. Hermant, Thomas Vidil, Clément Desgoulières, Peroline Helbling, M. PetitWe report the first solvent- and catalyst-free synthesis of crosslinked polyhydroxyurethanes (PHUs) at room temperature from five-membered cyclic carbonates (5CC). A trifunctional carbonate (tri-5CC) combined with tetraethyleneglycol diamine (tDA) formed...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal […]Henri Cramail
- On-demand manufacture of circular 3D printing resins June 5, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00073D, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Nailah N. Moghal, Daniele Giannantonio, Megan R Elliott, Neha Mehta, Andrew P. Dove, Arianna BrandoleseRecent progress in circular 3D-printable photocurable resins that enable closed-loop recycling marks a significant step forward in reducing wasteful manufacturing […]Nailah N. Moghal
- Thermally and base-triggered ‘debond-on-demand’ crosslinked polyurethane adhesives June 3, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00051C, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Alarqam Zyaad Tareq, Matthew Hyder, Josephine L. Harries, Wayne HayesTo address current industrial needs and modern legislation, a series of rapidly degradable and strongly adhering crosslinked polyurethanes featuring the commercially available and degradable chain-extender […]Alarqam Zyaad Tareq
- Oyster larval biomineralisation – insights from electron backscatter diffraction June 2, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00038F, PaperKanmani Chandra Rajan, Vengatesen Thiyagarajan, Mohamed Madhar Fazil Sheik Oli, Muthusamy Ayyadurai, Mason N DeanIn Hong Kong oysters, EBSD-based material characterisation of shells reveals a progressive increase in crystal grain size throughout ontogeny giving insights into early development of an ecologically and commercially important species.To cite this article before […]Kanmani Chandra Rajan
- The use of kraft lignin to enhance nanocellulose films properties June 26, 2025
