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An international journal for high-quality, interdisciplinary research between inorganic chemistry and related subjects.

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👉And don't miss the inside front cover article of issue 23:

𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝟕-𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐂𝐍𝐓𝟑 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫: 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 by Tiziana Marino 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QI01630D
November 19, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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👉Issue 23 of ICF is available now, read the outside front cover if you are interested:

𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐛³⁺- 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐝³⁺-𝐨𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞-𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐬 by Cynthia L. M. Pereira 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QI01603G
November 19, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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👉Don't forget the inside front cover of issue 22:

𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 [𝐅𝐞𝐅𝐞]-𝐡𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 by Wolfgang Weigand 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QI01191D
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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🎉Issue 22 is released! Read the cover article:

𝐅𝐞(𝐢𝐢) 𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 by Stefan Haacke, Cristina Cebrian, Philippe C. Gros 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QI01105A
November 7, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Issue 21 of ICF is available! Feel free to read the cover article:

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐃 𝐚𝐧𝐝 μ𝐒𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐃-𝐄𝐏𝐑 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐨(𝐈𝐈) 𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 by Eufemio Moreno-Pineda, Wolfgang Wernsdorfer 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QI01387A
October 22, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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📢Issue 20 of ICF has been released, you can read the cover article:

𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐨-, 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐨-, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐭𝐡𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐬

by Manfred Manßen 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QI01216C
October 9, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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We have also published a outside back cover for readers, see

𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐳𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐛 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦(𝐢𝐢𝐢) 𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱

by Michelle T. Ma 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Read issue 19 inside front cover article

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐲𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐍𝐢–𝐌𝐧–𝐂𝐨–𝐂𝐞 𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐥𝐤-𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬

by Chengzhen Wei 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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📢 Issue 19 is available now! Read outside front cover article

𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐱-𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡-𝐈 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐈𝐑-𝐈𝐈 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 “𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐬”

by Ritika Gautam Singh 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5QI...
September 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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🎉Congratulations to ICF Associate Editor Professor Justin Wilson @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social on receiving the 2025 #JSCC International Award for Creative Work, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to “𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡”.
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September 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Inside cover of Issue 18 presents

Nickel-catalysed sequential hydrodefluorination of pyridines: mechanistic insights led to the discovery of bench-stable precatalysts by Rebeca Arevalo 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

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September 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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🔔Welcome to Issue 18! Please read the cover article:

Vanadates inhibit non-small cell lung cancer through modulation of ferroptosis mediated by the CBS-CPS1 axis by Bingjie Han 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

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September 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Back cover of Issue 17 showcases research from Debaprasad Mandal 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

Mixed addenda polyoxometalates by cooperative self-assembly and modulation of their optoelectronic properties

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August 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Inside cover of Issue 17 presents

Copper pyridinedicarboxylates: assembly, structures, and catalytic oxidation of terpenes by Chris H. J. Franco, Marina V. Kirillova and Alexander M. Kirillov 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

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August 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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🔔Welcome to Issue 17! Please read the cover article:

Ultra-high-entropy alloy nanoparticles: beyond five components by Julien Mahin, Kohei Kusada and Hiroshi Kitagawa

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August 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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🚀"A Z-scheme Ba₂AgIO₆/C₃N₄ heterojunction enabling efficient visible-light photocatalytic H₂O₂ production via the direct one-step two-electron O₂ reduction reaction"

✨ Yields reach 535.9 μmol g⁻¹ h⁻¹—8.8× higher than pure C₃N₄

doi.org/10.1039/D5QI01052G
#Photocatalysis #SustainableChemistry #H2O2
August 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Inside cover of Issue 16 presents

Large birefringence switching in a new zero-dimensional cyanide perovskite ferroelastic material by Xiao-Gang Chen 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

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August 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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🔔Welcome to Issue 16! Please read the cover article:

Controlling circularly polarized luminescence of a pyrene modified chiral Zn(ii) complex based on a temperature-dependent diastereomer equilibrium and solid-state excimer formation

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August 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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🚨 We are pleased to launch a new special issue on “Nanoporous materials for energy and environmental related applications”

Guest Edited by Zifeng Yan, Svetlana Mintova, Hailing Guo, Eddy Dib

📅 Submissions deadline: 31 July 2026

➡️ More information on this open call : www.rsc.org/publishing/j...
July 25, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Back cover of Issue 15 showcases research from Rahul Kumar and Abhijit Chatterjee.

Sodium-ion battery cathode materials: towards improved energy-based descriptors for investigating material stability against moisture

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July 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Inside cover of Issue 15 presents

60 K wide hysteresis embracing room temperature in a fluorescent Feᴵᴵ spin transition complex by Maksym Seredyuk, José Antonio Real 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

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July 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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🔔Welcome to Issue 15! Please read the cover article:

"Enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution with bimetallic Ru/Pt nanoparticles supported on nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide" by Jordi García-Antón 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

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July 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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🎉 We are delighted to share that Dr. Guanjie He, Early Career Advisory Board member of Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, is the winner of RSC 2025 Harrison-Meldola Early Career Prize!
#RSCPrizes #Chemsky #InorgChemFront
👉 Find more about Dr. Guanjie He and his research here:
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June 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Inside cover of Issue 13 presents

Modulating optical properties through cation substitution: composition-property relationships in Mᴵ₃MᴵᴵᴵP₃O₉N:Eu²⁺ (Mᴵ = Na, K; Mᴵᴵᴵ = Al, Ga, In) by Jakoah Brgoch 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

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June 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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🔔Welcome to Issue 13! Please read the cover article:

Synergistic coordination in ⁸⁹Zr–DFO (deferoxamine) complexes: computational and experimental insights into auxiliary ligands by Yang Gao, Georg Schreckenbach, Xiaoan Li 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

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June 26, 2025 at 6:24 AM