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🧪On the most recent front cover of NJC is a Communication by José A. L. da Silva and co-authors entitled 'Efficient direct phosphorylation of ribonucleosides by slightly soluble nickel phosphate mineral arupite, using wet/dry cycles' doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...
Outside front cover of NJC Volume 49 Number 47. Featured article is a Communication by José A. L. da Silva at al. entitled 'Efficient direct phosphorylation of ribonucleosides by slightly soluble nickel phosphate mineral arupite, using wet/dry cycles' Cover article shows an estuary scene at sunset. Overlaid are the structures of a nickel phosphate, a ribonucleoside, urea, and borate. These are reacting to phosphorylate the ribonucleoside.
December 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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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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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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🧪 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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🧪 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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New Journal of Chemistry front cover for vol 49, issue 28.
July 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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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/...
Headshots of Peter Hesemann and Bao-Lian Su.
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
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On the cover of this week's issue: Logic gate copolymers of cinchona alkaloid-ferrocene derivatives, by Nicola’ Agius and David C. Magri - DOI: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ... 🧪
The cover of NJC, Volume 49, Number 25. The featured article is Logic gate copolymers of cinchona alkaloid-ferrocene derivatives by Nicola’ Agius and David C. Magri. The cover art is an array of colored blocks created by thick black lines, like a painting by Modrian, representing the modular design of cinchona alkaloid copolymers.
June 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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On the cover of this week's issue is a Perspective by Claudia Iriarte-Mesa and Freddy Kleitz: Tailored mesoporous silica nanoparticles for overcoming gastrointestinal barriers: a perspective on advanced strategies for oral delivery. Read it now: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ... 🧪
The outside front cover of Volume 49, Number 24 of NJC. The featured article is by Claudia Iriarte-Mesa and Freddy Kleitz and is entitled Tailored mesoporous silica nanoparticles for overcoming gastrointestinal barriers: a perspective on advanced strategies for oral delivery. The artwork shows a gastrointestinal surface covered in microvilli. An inset image shows padlocks between the cells, with nanoparticles bearing the keys.
June 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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We're very pleased to announce that our that award for Outstanding Paper 2024 goes to 'In situ exsolved CoFe alloys over perovskite toward enhanced ammonia synthesis', by Yufeng Du, Xiang Su, Xin Wang, Lingting Ye and Kui Xie: doi.org/10.1039/D4NJ... 🧪 #ChemSky
An infographic showing the findings of the paper, 'In situ exsolved CoFe alloys over perovskite toward enhanced ammonia synthesis', by Yufeng Du, Xiang Su, Xin Wang, Lingting Ye and Kui Xie. It explains that the electrocatalytic nitrogen reaction (NRR) is a promising new technology for ammonia production. The advances are that the reactants are water and nitrogen, and it uses protons rather than more expensive hydrogen. The challenges are the inhibition of the competing hydrogen evolution reaction and the activiation and cleavage of N2. This papers finds that CoFe-perovskite electrodes can be beneficial for electrocatalytic synthesis of NH3 in proton-conducting solid-oxide electrolyzer cells. It has a high NH3 synthesis rate, a high faradaic efficiency, and the reaction causes no damage to the microstructure.
May 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Issue 20 is now online! Check out the cover article: How molecular spacers enhance the bonding strength of trimeric Janus-like rosettes through secondary interactions, by André Nicolai Petelski & co: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ... 🧪
The cover of NJC Volume 49, Number 20. Featured article is How molecular spacers enhance the bonding strength of trimeric Janus-like rosettes through secondary interactions, by André Nicolai Petelski and coworkers. Cover art shows a schematic of the trimeric rosettes, in which spacers of various structures can adjust the stability of the overall system and cavity size.
May 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Check out our latest cover article 🧪, A hinge motif unveils the cryptic structural determinants of selective inhibitors towards PI3Kα and VPS34 by Huibin Wang, Shuyang Shi, Baichun Hu and Na Duan: doi.org/10.1039/D5NJ...
The cover of NJC Volume 49, Number 19. The featured article is A hinge motif unveils the cryptic structural determinants of selective inhibitors towards PI3Kα and VPS34, by Na Duan and coworkers. The cover art shows two proteins, shown in surface representation, with cavities containing molecules of inhibitors Alpelisib and SAR405.
May 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM