Esther Johnston
@estherjohnston.bsky.social
Scientific Editor of @chemicalscience.rsc.org, the flagship journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Diamond open access! | bioinorganic chemist | PhD Stanford University, post-doc University of York | wife, mum, gardener, Christian | she/her
In our #ChemSci Pick of the Week today, Barry Carpenter argues that the "allowed" and "forbidden" classifications for electrocyclic reactions should be abandoned, based on NEVPT2 and DFT calculations.
Judge the evidence for yourself #ChemSky #CompChemSky 🧪! Read it free: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
Judge the evidence for yourself #ChemSky #CompChemSky 🧪! Read it free: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
February 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM
In our #ChemSci Pick of the Week today, Barry Carpenter argues that the "allowed" and "forbidden" classifications for electrocyclic reactions should be abandoned, based on NEVPT2 and DFT calculations.
Judge the evidence for yourself #ChemSky #CompChemSky 🧪! Read it free: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
Judge the evidence for yourself #ChemSky #CompChemSky 🧪! Read it free: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
This week's Chemical Science Pick of the Week is "Mutually antagonistic molecular clips: symmetry breaking non-covalent bonds at the chiral–nonchiral interface" by Dongwhan Lee et al. from Seoul National University, South Korea.
Read here for free: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
#ChemSky 🧪 #ChemSci
Read here for free: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
#ChemSky 🧪 #ChemSci
January 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This week's Chemical Science Pick of the Week is "Mutually antagonistic molecular clips: symmetry breaking non-covalent bonds at the chiral–nonchiral interface" by Dongwhan Lee et al. from Seoul National University, South Korea.
Read here for free: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
#ChemSky 🧪 #ChemSci
Read here for free: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
#ChemSky 🧪 #ChemSci
Chemical Science is celebrating our 15th anniversary in 2025! #ChemSci
We have lots of exciting things planned for the rest of the year, so stay tuned!
To find out more, check out our Editorial from Issue 1: pubs.rsc.org/doi/d4sc90249a
#ChemSky
We have lots of exciting things planned for the rest of the year, so stay tuned!
To find out more, check out our Editorial from Issue 1: pubs.rsc.org/doi/d4sc90249a
#ChemSky
January 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Chemical Science is celebrating our 15th anniversary in 2025! #ChemSci
We have lots of exciting things planned for the rest of the year, so stay tuned!
To find out more, check out our Editorial from Issue 1: pubs.rsc.org/doi/d4sc90249a
#ChemSky
We have lots of exciting things planned for the rest of the year, so stay tuned!
To find out more, check out our Editorial from Issue 1: pubs.rsc.org/doi/d4sc90249a
#ChemSky
The Focus article was inspired by a recent article from Lijun You, Daniel Roth & Lutz Greb, titled: 'Structural constraint at a P–P bond: phosphinophosphination of alkenes, alkynes, and carbonyls by a concerted mechanism'
Read the original article: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
Read the original article: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
January 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Focus article was inspired by a recent article from Lijun You, Daniel Roth & Lutz Greb, titled: 'Structural constraint at a P–P bond: phosphinophosphination of alkenes, alkynes, and carbonyls by a concerted mechanism'
Read the original article: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
Read the original article: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
This week Chemical Science published a Focus article from Tyler J. Hannah and Saurabh S. Chitnis, looking at the phosphinophosphination of apolar bonds by a structurally constrained P–P bonded system.
You can read the full Focus article here: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
#ChemSky 🧪 #ChemSci
You can read the full Focus article here: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
#ChemSky 🧪 #ChemSci
January 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This week Chemical Science published a Focus article from Tyler J. Hannah and Saurabh S. Chitnis, looking at the phosphinophosphination of apolar bonds by a structurally constrained P–P bonded system.
You can read the full Focus article here: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
#ChemSky 🧪 #ChemSci
You can read the full Focus article here: doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
#ChemSky 🧪 #ChemSci
The week's #ChemSci Pick of the Week reports the first planar π-extended arsinines! Check out "Dithienoarsinines: stable and planar π-extended arsabenzenes" by Hiroaki Imoto et al..
Read here for free: pubs.rsc.org/doi/10.1039/...
#ChemSky 🧪
Read here for free: pubs.rsc.org/doi/10.1039/...
#ChemSky 🧪
December 11, 2024 at 4:57 PM
The week's #ChemSci Pick of the Week reports the first planar π-extended arsinines! Check out "Dithienoarsinines: stable and planar π-extended arsabenzenes" by Hiroaki Imoto et al..
Read here for free: pubs.rsc.org/doi/10.1039/...
#ChemSky 🧪
Read here for free: pubs.rsc.org/doi/10.1039/...
#ChemSky 🧪
This week's #ChemSci Pick of the Week reports the design and synthesis of a 6.9 kDa abiotic unimolecular three-helix bundle by Ivan Huc et al.!
Read the full article online now for free: pubs.rsc.org/doi/D4SC07336C
#ChemSky #ChemSciPicks 🧪
Read the full article online now for free: pubs.rsc.org/doi/D4SC07336C
#ChemSky #ChemSciPicks 🧪
December 4, 2024 at 5:37 PM
This week's #ChemSci Pick of the Week reports the design and synthesis of a 6.9 kDa abiotic unimolecular three-helix bundle by Ivan Huc et al.!
Read the full article online now for free: pubs.rsc.org/doi/D4SC07336C
#ChemSky #ChemSciPicks 🧪
Read the full article online now for free: pubs.rsc.org/doi/D4SC07336C
#ChemSky #ChemSciPicks 🧪
Issue 45 of Chemical Science #ChemSci is here! 🎉
Our front cover features Yosuke Demizu et al.'s
'Strategic design of GalNAc-helical peptide ligands for efficient liver targeting'
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
#ChemSciCovers #ChemBio #ChemSky 🧪
Our front cover features Yosuke Demizu et al.'s
'Strategic design of GalNAc-helical peptide ligands for efficient liver targeting'
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
#ChemSciCovers #ChemBio #ChemSky 🧪
November 26, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Issue 45 of Chemical Science #ChemSci is here! 🎉
Our front cover features Yosuke Demizu et al.'s
'Strategic design of GalNAc-helical peptide ligands for efficient liver targeting'
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
#ChemSciCovers #ChemBio #ChemSky 🧪
Our front cover features Yosuke Demizu et al.'s
'Strategic design of GalNAc-helical peptide ligands for efficient liver targeting'
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D4SC...
#ChemSciCovers #ChemBio #ChemSky 🧪
To celebrate Christopher Barner-Kowollik joining the Editorial Board of Chemical Science #ChemSci, he did an inaugural Editor's Choice collection of his favourite #ChemSci papers from the past year!
Read the collection 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
Read the collection 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
November 21, 2024 at 2:52 PM
To celebrate Christopher Barner-Kowollik joining the Editorial Board of Chemical Science #ChemSci, he did an inaugural Editor's Choice collection of his favourite #ChemSci papers from the past year!
Read the collection 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
Read the collection 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
The #ChemSci Pick of the Week is a choice by the Editorial Office, picking our favourite paper published in the last 7 days based on things like amazing reviewer comments!
November 20, 2024 at 2:20 PM
The #ChemSci Pick of the Week is a choice by the Editorial Office, picking our favourite paper published in the last 7 days based on things like amazing reviewer comments!
In our #ChemSci Pick of the Week, Daniel Balzer and Ivan Kassal (University of Sydney) extend delocalised kinetic Monte Carlo to develop a 3D model of charge generation that includes disorder, delocalisation, and polaron formation in every step! 🧪 #ChemSky
Read it free: doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...
Read it free: doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...
February 28, 2024 at 10:12 AM
In our #ChemSci Pick of the Week, Daniel Balzer and Ivan Kassal (University of Sydney) extend delocalised kinetic Monte Carlo to develop a 3D model of charge generation that includes disorder, delocalisation, and polaron formation in every step! 🧪 #ChemSky
Read it free: doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...
Read it free: doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...
Some of my absolute favourite #ChemSci covers from last year are in this set! See if you agree with me!
Here are some that I personally think are stand-outs.
See them all and vote for your favourites here: smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ChemSciIFC...
#ChemSky 🧪
Here are some that I personally think are stand-outs.
See them all and vote for your favourites here: smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ChemSciIFC...
#ChemSky 🧪
February 23, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Some of my absolute favourite #ChemSci covers from last year are in this set! See if you agree with me!
Here are some that I personally think are stand-outs.
See them all and vote for your favourites here: smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ChemSciIFC...
#ChemSky 🧪
Here are some that I personally think are stand-outs.
See them all and vote for your favourites here: smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ChemSciIFC...
#ChemSky 🧪
In this week's #ChemSci Pick of the Week, Dr Chaofeng Zhang et al. from Anhui University designed a new covalent organic framework with dual redox-active sites as a cathode for aqueous Zn ion batteries. #ChemSky 🧪
You can read it here, for free: doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...
You can read it here, for free: doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...
February 23, 2024 at 3:21 PM
In this week's #ChemSci Pick of the Week, Dr Chaofeng Zhang et al. from Anhui University designed a new covalent organic framework with dual redox-active sites as a cathode for aqueous Zn ion batteries. #ChemSky 🧪
You can read it here, for free: doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...
You can read it here, for free: doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...
This week’s #ChemSci Pick of the Week is from M.A. Eatoo and H. Mishra (KAUST, Saudi Arabia)!
‘Busting the Myth of Spontaneous Formation of H2O2 at the Air–Water Interface: Contributions of the Liquid–Solid Interface and Dissolved Oxygen Exposed’
Read it free here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
‘Busting the Myth of Spontaneous Formation of H2O2 at the Air–Water Interface: Contributions of the Liquid–Solid Interface and Dissolved Oxygen Exposed’
Read it free here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
February 14, 2024 at 2:59 PM
This week’s #ChemSci Pick of the Week is from M.A. Eatoo and H. Mishra (KAUST, Saudi Arabia)!
‘Busting the Myth of Spontaneous Formation of H2O2 at the Air–Water Interface: Contributions of the Liquid–Solid Interface and Dissolved Oxygen Exposed’
Read it free here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
‘Busting the Myth of Spontaneous Formation of H2O2 at the Air–Water Interface: Contributions of the Liquid–Solid Interface and Dissolved Oxygen Exposed’
Read it free here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
This week's #ChemSci Pick of the Week is by Patrick Holland et al. from Yale University, USA. They report an unusual way to access formally iron(IV) alkyl complexes to form an NNSi2 group. #ChemSky 🧪
Check out the work here: doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...
Check out the work here: doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...
February 7, 2024 at 4:51 PM
This week's #ChemSci Pick of the Week is by Patrick Holland et al. from Yale University, USA. They report an unusual way to access formally iron(IV) alkyl complexes to form an NNSi2 group. #ChemSky 🧪
Check out the work here: doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...
Check out the work here: doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...
This week's #ChemSci Pick of the Week is "Hybrid and composite materials of organic crystals", by Pance Naumov and Hongyu Zhang et al. They review this emerging field, its applications, and design principles. #ChemSky 🧪
Read it for free: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Read it for free: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
February 1, 2024 at 5:13 PM
This week's #ChemSci Pick of the Week is "Hybrid and composite materials of organic crystals", by Pance Naumov and Hongyu Zhang et al. They review this emerging field, its applications, and design principles. #ChemSky 🧪
Read it for free: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Read it for free: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Our #ChemSci Pick of the Week today is "Alternatives to fluorinated binders: recyclable copolyester/carbonate electrolytes for high-capacity solid composite cathodes" by Georgina Gregory, Mauro Pasta, Peter Bruce, Charlotte Williams et al. #ChemSky 🧪
Read it free here: doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...
Read it free here: doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...
January 17, 2024 at 11:38 AM
Our #ChemSci Pick of the Week today is "Alternatives to fluorinated binders: recyclable copolyester/carbonate electrolytes for high-capacity solid composite cathodes" by Georgina Gregory, Mauro Pasta, Peter Bruce, Charlotte Williams et al. #ChemSky 🧪
Read it free here: doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...
Read it free here: doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...
I was a teenager in the '90s 😅 and this GA image from an old #ChemSci paper needs a video with a Britney Spears Toxic soundtrack. Wish I had the skills! Because how does chirality influence the cytotoxicity of oligonucleotides in cells?🧪 #ChemSky
Read it for free: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Read it for free: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
January 15, 2024 at 7:49 AM
I was a teenager in the '90s 😅 and this GA image from an old #ChemSci paper needs a video with a Britney Spears Toxic soundtrack. Wish I had the skills! Because how does chirality influence the cytotoxicity of oligonucleotides in cells?🧪 #ChemSky
Read it for free: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Read it for free: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
Our Chemical Science Pick of the Week for this week is "Designing solvent systems using self-evolving solubility databases and graph neural networks", by Yeonjoon Kim, Hojin Jung, Sabari Kumar, Robert Paton and Seonah Kim from Colorado State University.
Read it for free: doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...
Read it for free: doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...
January 5, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Our Chemical Science Pick of the Week for this week is "Designing solvent systems using self-evolving solubility databases and graph neural networks", by Yeonjoon Kim, Hojin Jung, Sabari Kumar, Robert Paton and Seonah Kim from Colorado State University.
Read it for free: doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...
Read it for free: doi.org/10.1039/D3SC...