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On this week's cover: Development of real-time monitoring system for water based on chemiluminescence using chemiluminophore and photosensitizer for singlet oxygen generation, by Yousuke Ooyama and coauthors. Read it here: DOI doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ... 🧪
The Outside Front Cover of NJC Volume 49, Number 46 The featured article is Development of real-time monitoring system for water based on chemiluminescence using chemiluminophore and photosensitizer for singlet oxygen generation, by Yousuke Ooyama and coauthors. The cover art shows an image that appears to be underwater. Ball-and-stick models of luminol and a phenazinone-based dye are shown, along with oxygen molecules with arrows indicating the singlet or triplet species. An inset chart shows the increase in chemiluminescence intensity with increasing water.
November 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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On this week's front cover🧪: a paper by Jun Young Lee & Jeong Hoon Park entitled 'I-124 Labeled Rhein-coated gold nanoparticles for targeted breast cancer.' Read it here: DOI doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...
The outside front cover of NJC Volume 49, Number 45. The featured article is 'I-124 Labeled Rhein-coated gold nanoparticles for targeted breast cancer' Jun Young Lee and Jeong Hoon Park. The artwork shows gold nanoparticles functionalised with the rhein anthroquinone derivative, featuring yellow spheres with the radiation symbol to represent iodine-124. The nanoparticles glow as they approach a tumor.
November 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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October 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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On the most recent front cover🧪is an Open Access article by Toshiyuki Moriuchi and coauthors: Catalytic dehydroxylative homo-coupling reaction of alcohols by using iron/l-ascorbic acid system. Read it here: DOI doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...
The outside front cover of NJC Volume 49 Number 44. The featured article is Catalytic dehydroxylative homo-coupling reaction of alcohols by using iron/l-ascorbic acid system by Toshiyuki Moriuchi and coauthors. The cover art shows a scene of mountains, hills, and a fog-filled valley. On a cloud stands a man in a white cloak with a white beard, labelled Fe. Arrows show alcohols passing by the man and undergoing coupling reactions.
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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On this week's front cover🧪: First-principles exploration of truxene–BODIPY architectures as alternative non-fullerene acceptors in organic photovoltaics, by Banashmita Barman and Dhruba Jyoti Kalita. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...
The outside front cover of NJC Volume 49, Number 43. Featured article is entitled First-principles exploration of truxene–BODIPY architectures as alternative non-fullerene acceptors in organic photovoltaics, by Banashmita Barman and Dhruba Jyoti Kalita. Cover art shows a grid-like array, overlaid with the molecular structure of BODIPY molecules.
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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On the most recent front cover🧪: an Open Access article by David Morales-Morales & co: Theophylline-based NHC–Ir(i) complexes bearing fluorinated benzyl groups as potential anticancer agents. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...
The outside front cover of NJC Volume 49, Number 42. Featured cover article is Theophylline-based NHC–Ir(i) complexes bearing fluorinated benzyl groups as potential anticancer agents, by David Morales-Morales. The cover art shows the chemical structure of an N-heterocyclic carbene iridium complex and ball-and-stick illustrations of the complex entering a cell, against a background of red blood cells.
November 3, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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On this week's front cover🧪: Synthesis and photochromic modulation of aromaticity in dinaphthylethene derivatives, by Lin Ding, Ruiji Li, and coauthors. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...
The outside front cover of New Journal of Chemistry, Volume 49, Number 41. The cover article is Synthesis and photochromic modulation of aromaticity in dinaphthylethene derivatives, by Lin Ding, Ruiji Li and coworkers. The cover art shows a stylised image of a dinaphthylethene which glows like a fluorescent light. The central position used to modulate the aromaticity is shown as a large ring containing electrical sparks.
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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🧪On this week's front cover: Bio-based edible packages from cassava (Manihot esculenta) peel starch incorporating amla (Phyllanthus emblica) pomace microparticles for palmyrah fruit leather, by Danushika C. Manatunga & co. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...
The outside front cover for NJC Volume 49, Number 40. Featured article is Bio-based edible packages from cassava (Manihot esculenta) peel starch incorporating amla (Phyllanthus emblica) pomace microparticles for palmyrah fruit leather. by Danushika C. Manatunga and coauthors. Artwork shows some orange snacks or candies in transparent plastic wrappers. Images of cassava root and amla fruit are shown with arrows pointing at the wrappers.
October 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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🧪 "MOFs" or "Coordination Polymers"? Interested in the terminology behind this year's Chemistry #NobelPrize? Read this paper by Lars Öhrström, with coworkers including winner Susumu Kitagawa. Cited in the Scientific Background to the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025: doi.org/10.1039/C2CE...
Coordination polymers, metal–organic frameworks and the need for terminology guidelines
Coordination polymers (CPs) and metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are among the most prolific research areas of inorganic chemistry and crystal engineering in the last 15 years, and yet it still seems t...
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October 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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October 9, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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🧪 On this week's cover: a paper by Koyeli Mapa, Chinna Ayya Swamy P, and coworkers: meso-Substituted BODIPY rotors as lipid droplet probes for cell-type differentiation. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...
The outside front cover of NJC Volume 49, Number 39. The featured article is by Koyeli Mapa, Chinna Ayya Swamy P, and coworkers and is entitled "meso-Substituted BODIPY rotors as lipid droplet probes for cell-type differentiation." The artwork shows dark-coloured cells covered with different amounts of lipid droplets, represented as bright green spheres. The bodipy molecular rotor is shown inside a cog design.
October 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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October 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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🧪 This week's featured cover article is 'Triarylmethane dye ethynologue with a fused julolidine motif as a compact dye in the near infrared range' by Shigeyuki Yamada and coworkers. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...
The outside front cover of NJC, Volume 49 Number 38. The featured article is Triarylmethane dye ethynologue with a fused julolidine motif as a compact dye in the near infrared range, by Shigeyuki Yamada and coworkers. The artwork shows a large parabolic antenna with triarylmethane dye ethynologues superimposed. Another dye molecular hovers above a mobile phone.
October 3, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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🧪 This week's featured cover article is 'Triarylmethane dye ethynologue with a fused julolidine motif as a compact dye in the near infrared range' by Shigeyuki Yamada and coworkers. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...
The outside front cover of NJC, Volume 49 Number 38. The featured article is Triarylmethane dye ethynologue with a fused julolidine motif as a compact dye in the near infrared range, by Shigeyuki Yamada and coworkers. The artwork shows a large parabolic antenna with triarylmethane dye ethynologues superimposed. Another dye molecular hovers above a mobile phone.
October 3, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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🧪 On this week's front cover: Synthesis, characterization, computational and DNA interaction studies of mono- and dinuclear Ru(ii) complexes containing terpyridine and p-cymene ligands, by Anwesha Mohanty and Srikanta Patra. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...
The outside front cover of NJC Volume 49, Number 37. The featured article is Synthesis, characterization, computational and DNA interaction studies of mono- and dinuclear Ru(ii) complexes containing terpyridine and p-cymene ligands, by Anwesha Mohanty and Srikanta Patra. The cover art shows a DNA helix. A dinuclear ruthenium complex with terpyridine, p-cymene, and phenanthroline-pyrazine-based ligands binds to the helix at two points.
September 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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🧪The outside front cover of this week's issue features an Open Access article by Jonathan S. Lindsey & co. entitled Synthesis of compact water-soluble bioconjugatable porphyrins for life sciences applications - read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...
The front cover of NJC Volume 49, Number 36. The featured article is entitled Synthesis of compact water-soluble bioconjugatable porphyrins for life sciences applications, by Jonathan S. Lindsey and coworkers. The cover art shows a river flowing through a forest, overlaid with the molecular structure of a bioconjugated porphyrin.
September 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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On this week's front cover🧪 - Controlled Ni-doped cobalt ferrite nanoparticles: a green and sustainable heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of 5-substituted 1H-tetrazoles via a [3+2] cycloaddition reaction, by Bolin Chetia & co. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...
The outside front cover of Volume 49, Number 33 of NJC. Featured article is Controlled Ni-doped cobalt ferrite nanoparticles: a green and sustainable heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of 5-substituted 1H-tetrazoles via a [3+2] cycloaddition reaction by Bolin Chetia and coauthors. Artwork shows the lattice structure of a Ni-doped cobalt ferrite nanoparticle at the center, surrounded by molecules undergoing [3+2] cycloaddition reactions.
August 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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On this week's front cover🧪 - Thermal stability analysis of organic laser dye 4,4′-bis[(N-carbazole)styryl]-biphenyl, by Guangling Bian, Ling Song, and coworkers. Read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...
The front cover of NJC Volume 49, Number 32. The featured article is Thermal stability analysis of organic laser dye 4,4′-bis[(N-carbazole)styryl]-biphenyl, by Guangling Bian, Ling Song, and coworkers. The artwork shows a schematic of the the organic dye 4,4′-bis[(N-carbazole)styryl]biphenyl being evaporated to form a thin film.
August 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Issue 31 is now online 🧪 - on the cover, a Communication by Mrigendra Dubey & co, entitled 'Colour-tuneable hydrophobic carbon dot aggregates for LEDs applications' read it here: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...
The front cover of NJC Volume 49, Number 31. The featured article is a Communication by Mrigendra Dubey et al., entitled 'Colour-tuneable hydrophobic carbon dot aggregates for LEDs applications.' The art features conical flasks of glowing orange and green solutions, a large blue/white LED, and a lamp with a glass orb filled with glowing filaments inside a fullerene style frame.
August 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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On the cover of our most recent issue: Supramolecular biosourced hydrogelator: a green tool for tailoring the pore size of mesostructured silica for enzyme immobilization, by Christine Gérardin-Charbonnier, Jean-Luc Blin & co: doi.org/10.1039/D4NJ... 🧪
The outside front cover of NJC volume 49 number 30. Featured article is entitled 'Supramolecular biosourced hydrogelator: a green tool for tailoring the pore size of mesostructured silica for enzyme immobilization' by Christine Gérardin-Charbonnier, Jean-Luc Blin and coworkers. Cover art shows an image of a clear, colourless, viscous fluid being poured between vessels. It is overlaid with a schematic of enzymes being immobilised in mesoporous silica, which is then used to produce biodiesel.
July 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Issue 28 is here! 👇
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🔓The cover features #OpenAccess work by Gregory C Welch & co on tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane: leveraging historical & emerging work to identify alternatives for organic electronic applications⬇️🔥

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July 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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July 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Now Online! Our themed issue on Mesostructured Materials 🧪, guest edited by Peter Hesemann and Bao-Lian Su, showcasing the diverse range of topics discussed at IMMS12, including oxides, mixed oxides, MOFs, carbons, and biomaterials: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
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July 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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'Visible light assisted oxidation of organic compounds by iridium(III)dipyrrinato complexes' by Ita Gupta and coworkers is featured on the Inside Front Cover of this week's issue - read it now: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ... 🧪
The Inside Front Cover of NJC Volume 49, Number 26. Featured article is 'Visible light assisted oxidation of organic compounds by iridium(III)dipyrrinato complexes' by Ita Gupta and coworkers. Artwork shows a blue sky with sunshine overlaid with a hexagonal arrangement of a sulfide, an aryl boronic acid, and an amine, and their respective oxidation products with an Iridium (III) dipyrrinato complex in the centre.
July 4, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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On the Outside Front Cover of this week's issue is an article by Yosuke Matsuo et al. entitled 'Conformationally flexible ellagitannins: conformational analysis of davidiin and punicafolin by DFT-based 1 H– 1 H coupling constant calculations' - doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ... 🧪
Outside Front Cover of Volume 49, Number 26 of NJC. Featured article is Conformationally flexible ellagitannins: conformational analysis of davidiin and punicafolin by DFT-based 1 H– 1 H coupling constant calculations' by Yosuke Matsuo and coworkers. Artwork shows drawings of two plants - the dove tree and the pomegranate - known to contain ellagitannins, overlaid with ball-and-stick models of davidiin and punicafolin.
July 4, 2025 at 6:22 AM