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Our latest themed collection on Inorganic Nanomaterials is now open to submissions🚨
The deadline to submit is 19 January 2026⏰
Find out more about the collection and how to submit, here:
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#OpenCall #chemsky 🧪
The deadline to submit is 19 January 2026⏰
Find out more about the collection and how to submit, here:
🔗 www.rsc.org/publishing/j...
#OpenCall #chemsky 🧪
Congratulations to our poster prize winners at the 2025 RAMSE Symposium👇
🏅"Innovative Catalysis & Reaction Mechanisms" category winner: Ms. Arunima Mukherjee
🏅"Small Molecule Activation" category winner: Mr. Thillai Natarajan
🏅"Sustainable Energy Materials" category winner: Ms. Kumari Keshar
🏅"Innovative Catalysis & Reaction Mechanisms" category winner: Ms. Arunima Mukherjee
🏅"Small Molecule Activation" category winner: Mr. Thillai Natarajan
🏅"Sustainable Energy Materials" category winner: Ms. Kumari Keshar
December 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Congratulations to our poster prize winners at the 2025 RAMSE Symposium👇
🏅"Innovative Catalysis & Reaction Mechanisms" category winner: Ms. Arunima Mukherjee
🏅"Small Molecule Activation" category winner: Mr. Thillai Natarajan
🏅"Sustainable Energy Materials" category winner: Ms. Kumari Keshar
🏅"Innovative Catalysis & Reaction Mechanisms" category winner: Ms. Arunima Mukherjee
🏅"Small Molecule Activation" category winner: Mr. Thillai Natarajan
🏅"Sustainable Energy Materials" category winner: Ms. Kumari Keshar
This week's back cover features work by Somnath Maji and colleagues where they explored the DNA-binding ability of two mononuclear homoleptic Cu(II) complexes and evaluated their cytotoxicity in breast cancer cell lines, read it here👀
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📍IIT Hyderabad 🧪
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📍IIT Hyderabad 🧪
December 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This week's back cover features work by Somnath Maji and colleagues where they explored the DNA-binding ability of two mononuclear homoleptic Cu(II) complexes and evaluated their cytotoxicity in breast cancer cell lines, read it here👀
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📍IIT Hyderabad 🧪
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📍IIT Hyderabad 🧪
Take a look at the work behind this week's inside front cover by Diksha Malik and Srinivasan Natarajan - they prepared new transition metal substituted milarite silicates with potential towards new coloured compounds, white light emission and OER properties⬇️
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📍IISc 🧪
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📍IISc 🧪
December 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Take a look at the work behind this week's inside front cover by Diksha Malik and Srinivasan Natarajan - they prepared new transition metal substituted milarite silicates with potential towards new coloured compounds, white light emission and OER properties⬇️
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📍IISc 🧪
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📍IISc 🧪
On the front cover is work by Dillip Kumar Chand & co where they studied the ability of a series of isomeric double-cavity discrete coordination cages with Pd3L4 formulation for encapsulating a pyrazine N,N′-dioxide guest, check it out👇
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📍IIT Madras 🧪
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📍IIT Madras 🧪
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
On the front cover is work by Dillip Kumar Chand & co where they studied the ability of a series of isomeric double-cavity discrete coordination cages with Pd3L4 formulation for encapsulating a pyrazine N,N′-dioxide guest, check it out👇
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📍IIT Madras 🧪
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📍IIT Madras 🧪
December 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Super proud of this little study! Light activated H2 reductive elimination in a Niobium-iridium hydrido cluster.
It was a fun 2 year stay in the Camp Lab, now onto (very) different things!
Thanks for having me! @clementcamp.bsky.social
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It was a fun 2 year stay in the Camp Lab, now onto (very) different things!
Thanks for having me! @clementcamp.bsky.social
@daltontrans.rsc.org
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December 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Super proud of this little study! Light activated H2 reductive elimination in a Niobium-iridium hydrido cluster.
It was a fun 2 year stay in the Camp Lab, now onto (very) different things!
Thanks for having me! @clementcamp.bsky.social
@daltontrans.rsc.org
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It was a fun 2 year stay in the Camp Lab, now onto (very) different things!
Thanks for having me! @clementcamp.bsky.social
@daltontrans.rsc.org
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Today is a special day in #Lyon: the Fête des Lumières! ✨
To celebrate this iconic festival of lights, we’re excited to share our latest article exploring how light can drive chemistry in niobium–iridium complexes. Just published in @daltontrans.rsc.org — take a look!
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To celebrate this iconic festival of lights, we’re excited to share our latest article exploring how light can drive chemistry in niobium–iridium complexes. Just published in @daltontrans.rsc.org — take a look!
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Visible-Light Driven H2 Reductive Elimination Unlocks Reactivity in Polyhydrido Niobium Iridium Clusters
Heterobimetallic complexes have recently attracted considerable attention due to their interesting bonding patterns and reactivity. Here, we report the synthesis and characterization of a series of po...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Today is a special day in #Lyon: the Fête des Lumières! ✨
To celebrate this iconic festival of lights, we’re excited to share our latest article exploring how light can drive chemistry in niobium–iridium complexes. Just published in @daltontrans.rsc.org — take a look!
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
To celebrate this iconic festival of lights, we’re excited to share our latest article exploring how light can drive chemistry in niobium–iridium complexes. Just published in @daltontrans.rsc.org — take a look!
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
December 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🔓This week's inside front cover features #OpenAccess work by @chinrajsiva.bsky.social & @chemrmitra.bsky.social which demonstrates the potential of bulky di(1-adamantyl)(aryl)phosphine ligands in Pd-catalysed C–C bond formation, read it here⬇️
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📍IIT Goa 🧪
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📍IIT Goa 🧪
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🔓This week's inside front cover features #OpenAccess work by @chinrajsiva.bsky.social & @chemrmitra.bsky.social which demonstrates the potential of bulky di(1-adamantyl)(aryl)phosphine ligands in Pd-catalysed C–C bond formation, read it here⬇️
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📍IIT Goa 🧪
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📍IIT Goa 🧪
🔓On the front cover is #OpenAccess work by Srećko Kirin and colleagues on the induction of helical chirality in tetrahedral transition metal complexes with non-bridging monodentate oxazolines, take a look👀
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📍 @institutrb.bsky.social 🧪
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📍 @institutrb.bsky.social 🧪
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🔓On the front cover is #OpenAccess work by Srećko Kirin and colleagues on the induction of helical chirality in tetrahedral transition metal complexes with non-bridging monodentate oxazolines, take a look👀
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📍 @institutrb.bsky.social 🧪
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📍 @institutrb.bsky.social 🧪
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Pleased to share our recent work on phosphine ligand development has been published in @daltontrans.rsc.org (pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...) and Inside Front Cover art too (pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...); Grateful to my PI @chemrmitra.bsky.social, and Indian Institute of Technology Goa.
[Di(1-adamantyl)](aryl)phosphine ligands: synthesis, palladium complexation, and catalytic activity
P(1-Ad)2 (Ad = adamantyl) moiety-substituted quinoline, naphthyl, and isoquinoline ligands were synthesized to make Pd(ii) complexes with κ2-P^N/P^C coordination. Pd-based catalytic activity towards M...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Pleased to share our recent work on phosphine ligand development has been published in @daltontrans.rsc.org (pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...) and Inside Front Cover art too (pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...); Grateful to my PI @chemrmitra.bsky.social, and Indian Institute of Technology Goa.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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There has been so much fantastic bioinorganic chemistry research presented as part of the #ChemSciSymposium.
If you'd like to discover more state-of-the-art research in this area, do make sure to check out our spotlight collection with @daltontrans.rsc.org:
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If you'd like to discover more state-of-the-art research in this area, do make sure to check out our spotlight collection with @daltontrans.rsc.org:
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November 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
There has been so much fantastic bioinorganic chemistry research presented as part of the #ChemSciSymposium.
If you'd like to discover more state-of-the-art research in this area, do make sure to check out our spotlight collection with @daltontrans.rsc.org:
pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
If you'd like to discover more state-of-the-art research in this area, do make sure to check out our spotlight collection with @daltontrans.rsc.org:
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Want to learn the best practices for producing reliable and high-quality photophysical data ❓
Check out our latest Tutorial Review by Vinh Q. Dang and Thomas S. Teets from @uh.edu 👀
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Read more about the authors in our blog post: blogs.rsc.org/dt/2025/11/1...
#chemsky 🧪
Check out our latest Tutorial Review by Vinh Q. Dang and Thomas S. Teets from @uh.edu 👀
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Read more about the authors in our blog post: blogs.rsc.org/dt/2025/11/1...
#chemsky 🧪
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Want to learn the best practices for producing reliable and high-quality photophysical data ❓
Check out our latest Tutorial Review by Vinh Q. Dang and Thomas S. Teets from @uh.edu 👀
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Read more about the authors in our blog post: blogs.rsc.org/dt/2025/11/1...
#chemsky 🧪
Check out our latest Tutorial Review by Vinh Q. Dang and Thomas S. Teets from @uh.edu 👀
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Read more about the authors in our blog post: blogs.rsc.org/dt/2025/11/1...
#chemsky 🧪
Our back cover features work by Sumanta Kumar Padhi & co on the synthesis of a new Co(ii) dimer catalyst for selective electrochemical CO2 reduction to CO by metal–ligand cooperativity. Find out more👀
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📍Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 🧪
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📍Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 🧪
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Our back cover features work by Sumanta Kumar Padhi & co on the synthesis of a new Co(ii) dimer catalyst for selective electrochemical CO2 reduction to CO by metal–ligand cooperativity. Find out more👀
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📍Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 🧪
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📍Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 🧪
Be sure to read recent work by Kazuhiko Maeda & co exploring zinc-based mixed-anion catalysts for photochemical reduction of carbon dioxide, as part of our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection⬇️
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📍Institute of Science Tokyo 🧪
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📍Institute of Science Tokyo 🧪
Zinc-based mixed-anion catalysts for photochemical reduction of carbon dioxide
The catalytic reduction of CO2 into value-added chemicals has become important in recent years, and a catalyst that is efficient, nontoxic, and inexpensive is highly demanded. In particular, room…
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November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Be sure to read recent work by Kazuhiko Maeda & co exploring zinc-based mixed-anion catalysts for photochemical reduction of carbon dioxide, as part of our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection⬇️
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📍Institute of Science Tokyo 🧪
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📍Institute of Science Tokyo 🧪
🔓Discover recent #OpenAccess work by Hans-Conrad zur Loye & co on the synthesis of a series of rare-earth-based multi-anion chalcogenide iodides using the flux-assisted boron–chalcogen mixture method - included in our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection👀
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📍 @sc.edu 🧪
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📍 @sc.edu 🧪
Synthesis of a series of rare-earth-based multi-anion chalcogenide iodides RE3Si2SexS8−xI (RE = La, Ce, Pr, and Nd) using the flux-assisted boron–chalcogen mixture method
Single crystals and polycrystalline powders of rare earth mixed chalcogenide iodides La3Si2Se1.21S6.79I, Ce3Si2Se1.39S6.61I, Pr3Si2Se1.22S6.78I, and Nd3Si2Se1.18S6.82I were prepared using the…
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November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🔓Discover recent #OpenAccess work by Hans-Conrad zur Loye & co on the synthesis of a series of rare-earth-based multi-anion chalcogenide iodides using the flux-assisted boron–chalcogen mixture method - included in our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection👀
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📍 @sc.edu 🧪
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📍 @sc.edu 🧪
🔓Our front cover is an #OpenAccess Perspective by Scott Dalgarno & Euan Brechin reviewing the syntheses, structures and magnetic properties of a family of bisTBC[4]-supported polymetallic clusters, read it here⬇️
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📍@heriotwattuni.bsky.social, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social 🧪
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📍@heriotwattuni.bsky.social, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social 🧪
November 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🔓Our front cover is an #OpenAccess Perspective by Scott Dalgarno & Euan Brechin reviewing the syntheses, structures and magnetic properties of a family of bisTBC[4]-supported polymetallic clusters, read it here⬇️
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📍@heriotwattuni.bsky.social, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social 🧪
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📍@heriotwattuni.bsky.social, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social 🧪
November 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Next up in our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection: work by Sanmitra Barman, Soumik Siddhanta, Biswarup Chakraborty & co on the evolution of Mn–Bi2O3 from the Mn-doped Bi3O4Br electro(pre)catalyst during the oxygen evolution reaction! Find out more, here👀
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📍IIT, Delhi🧪
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📍IIT, Delhi🧪
Evolution of Mn–Bi2O3 from the Mn-doped Bi3O4Br electro(pre)catalyst during the oxygen evolution reaction
Mn-doped Bi3O4Br has been synthesized using a solvothermal route. The undoped Bi3O4Br and Mn–Bi3O4Br materials possess orthorhombic unit cells with two distinct Bi sites forming a layered atomic…
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November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Next up in our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection: work by Sanmitra Barman, Soumik Siddhanta, Biswarup Chakraborty & co on the evolution of Mn–Bi2O3 from the Mn-doped Bi3O4Br electro(pre)catalyst during the oxygen evolution reaction! Find out more, here👀
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📍IIT, Delhi🧪
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📍IIT, Delhi🧪
🔓Don't miss recent #OpenAccess research by Simon Clarke & co reporting the first known oxytelluride to undergo reversible lithium intercalation - as seen in our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection💡
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📍 @ox.ac.uk 🧪
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📍 @ox.ac.uk 🧪
Chemical and electrochemical lithiation of van der Waals oxytelluride V2Te2O
Reversible lithium intercalation into the van der Waals phase V2Te2O, forming new phases LixV2Te2O with x approaching 2, is reported using both chemical and electrochemical methods. The progress of…
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November 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🔓Don't miss recent #OpenAccess research by Simon Clarke & co reporting the first known oxytelluride to undergo reversible lithium intercalation - as seen in our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection💡
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📍 @ox.ac.uk 🧪
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📍 @ox.ac.uk 🧪
Featured in our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection: 🔓 #OpenAccess work by @oxchemmike.bsky.social and colleagues reporting the synthesis of iridium-containing oxyhydride phases via a reductive topochemical anion exchange. Read more here👇
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📍 @ox.ac.uk 🧪
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📍 @ox.ac.uk 🧪
Structure and magnetism of LaxSr2−xCo0.5Ir0.5O4−yHy (0 < x < 1) iridium-containing oxyhydride phases
Ruddlesden-Popper oxide phases in the LaxSr2−xCo0.5Ir0.5O4 (0 < x < 1) solid solution can be converted to the corresponding LaxSr2−xCo0.5Ir0.5O4−yHy oxyhydride phases, by topochemical reaction with…
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November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Featured in our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection: 🔓 #OpenAccess work by @oxchemmike.bsky.social and colleagues reporting the synthesis of iridium-containing oxyhydride phases via a reductive topochemical anion exchange. Read more here👇
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📍 @ox.ac.uk 🧪
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📍 @ox.ac.uk 🧪
Take a look at work by Jing Xie, Min Zhang & co on the synthesis of the first case of a salt-inclusion compound in lead oxyhalides via a high-temperature solution method. This is featured in our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection👏
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📍Xinjiang University 🧪
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📍Xinjiang University 🧪
3Pb8O7I2·2CsI: the salt-inclusion strategy enriches the structural chemistry in lead oxyhalides
The design and synthesis of new mid-infrared functional crystals with novel structures and excellent properties is a hot topic in the materials science research field. Different from the traditional…
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November 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Take a look at work by Jing Xie, Min Zhang & co on the synthesis of the first case of a salt-inclusion compound in lead oxyhalides via a high-temperature solution method. This is featured in our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection👏
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📍Xinjiang University 🧪
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📍Xinjiang University 🧪
Check out this Perspective by Yuuki Kitagawa & co discussing the characteristic luminescence properties of Eu3+ in mixed-anion compounds, featured in our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection👇
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📍National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology 🧪
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📍National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology 🧪
A brief review of characteristic luminescence properties of Eu3+ in mixed-anion compounds
Trivalent europium (Eu3+) ions show red luminescence with sharp spectral lines owing to the intraconfigurational 4f–4f transitions. Because of their characteristic luminescence properties, various…
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November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Check out this Perspective by Yuuki Kitagawa & co discussing the characteristic luminescence properties of Eu3+ in mixed-anion compounds, featured in our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection👇
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📍National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology 🧪
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📍National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology 🧪
🔓Be sure to read #OpenAccess Frontier by Ulrich Aschauer & Houria Kabbour on spintro-catalysis and the potential mixed-anion spinels, as seen in our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection👇
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📍 @unisalzburg.bsky.social, @univ-nantes.fr 🧪
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📍 @unisalzburg.bsky.social, @univ-nantes.fr 🧪
When catalysis meets spintronic: the emergence of spintro-catalysis and the potential of mixed-anion spinels
The emerging field of spintro-catalysis, at the interface of catalysis and spintronics, offers a compelling strategy to overcome long-standing limitations in catalytic reactions involving…
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November 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🔓Be sure to read #OpenAccess Frontier by Ulrich Aschauer & Houria Kabbour on spintro-catalysis and the potential mixed-anion spinels, as seen in our Mixed-Anion Compounds collection👇
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📍 @unisalzburg.bsky.social, @univ-nantes.fr 🧪
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📍 @unisalzburg.bsky.social, @univ-nantes.fr 🧪