Themed collection 2025 Emerging Investigators

Phase separation induced by responsive deep eutectic solvents upon temperature, CO₂ or pH stimulus, allowing analyte recovery and solvent recycling and reuse.

Methods for formal bromo-trifluoromethoxylation and bromo-pentafluorosulfanoxylation of [1.1.0]bicyclobutanes using AgOCF₃ or AgOSF₅ and 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin are disclosed.

Structure–reactivity relationships were identified for a series of norbornene derivatives that facilitated rapid light-induced thiol–ene polymerizations for hydrogel 3D printing.

Here, we disclose the discovery that isothioureas efficiently catalyze the formation of both α-1,2-cis and α-1,2-trans glycosyl linkages from either glycosyl bromide or chloride donors, furnishing glycosides in good to complete selectivities.

An alkene-terminated ligand self-assembles with rare-earth ions, yielding polymerizable cages and subsequently rare-earth-binding polymer networks.

An organocatalytic approach using stable, cost-effective ammonium salts for asymmetric sulfinylation, achieving a broad range of enantioenriched sulfinamides was disclosed.

Electrochemiluminescence of [Ru(bpy)₃]²⁺/tri-n-propylamine has been shown to be capable of visualizing supported lipid membranes with different lipid compositions.

The two-dimensionality (2D) of charge transport significantly affects charge carrier mobility in organic semiconductors, making it a key target for materials discovery and design.

A fused Ir nano-network supported on TiO₂ is reported to fabricate a low-iridium-loading anode catalyst layer of a proton exchange membrane electrolyzer.

We demonstrate the participation of cobalt in a photoinduced LMCT process, which leads to the formation of ligand-based radical species and enables both homo and hetero cross-dehydrogenative coupling of indoles with decent yield.

This paper reports hierarchical assemblies and chiral induction in achiral BODIPY emitters through peptide-mediated halogen bonding, leading to circularly polarized luminescence with a remarkably high g_lum value of −1.2 (±0.075) × 10⁻².

A two-fold strategy to convert amides to amines in the presence of dimethylamine-borane as the hydrogen source is reported. Several amides undergo reduction to the corresponding amines swiftly in good-to-excellent yields.

A headpiece was introduced in the construction of a DNA-based data storage platform.

A gene regulating RNA was analyzed using single-molecule and bulk fluorescence and biolayer interferometry, revealing ligand-dependent structural switching behavior.

Surface oxygen vacancies (O_v) in the catalyst facilitate an in situ consumption mechanism, effectively eliminating carbon deposits for biogas reforming.