📣🏆We are hosting a free #webinar to celebrate the Nanoscale Horizons Outstanding Paper Award and the Nanoscale Advances Paper Prize Award, with presentations from authors of the winning papers. Register now to join us on 3 Sept 🔗 rsc.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #nanosky #nanoscience #nanotechnology
Zifei Lu
@zifeilu.bsky.social
Deputy Editor at Royal Society of Chemistry (@rsc.org), Nanoscale journal portfolio (@nanoscale-journals.rsc.org) PhD in supramolecular chemistry & BSc in chemical biology 🏸📚 🧩 🐹 🎮 My views :) https://linktr.ee/zifeilu
Hear from our authors in our new Nanoscale Horizons blog series! Check out the first blog in the series from Prof. Jun Guo discussing their article 'Confinement of acyclic amino acids inside metal-organic frameworks with topology-varied asymmetric catalysis performances' blogs.rsc.org/nh/202...
Found this Editorial from Renzhi very insightful! 🌞
Increasingly sophisticated AI agents are transforming the research landscape. Our Nanoscale/Nanoscale Advances Associate Editor Renzhi Ma shares their insights into how scientists can foster a collaborative partnership with AI agents in this Nanoscale Horizons Editorial: pubs.rsc.org/en/cont...
⏰ 24 hours left to submit a nomination for the Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship (@rsc.org, @jmaterchem.rsc.org)! Read about this prestigious early-career Lectureship here: www.rsc.org/standards-an... Submit your nomination by 11:00am BST on Friday, 5 June 2026! #matsky #materials
Researchers observed the proportion of the flower polymorph for a supramolecular monolayer increased with increasing water concentration, as water impurities from the solvent disrupt the hydrogen bonds in trimesic acid monolayers. Read on: www.chemistryworld.com/news/trace-w...
Trace water in stored solvents behind seemingly spontaneous surface polymorphism
Water impurities undermine reproducibility in trimesic acid monolayer studies
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Full plenary speaker line-up announced!!👇 Meet our plenary speakers and submit an oral abstract for your chance to join them in London this November to explore and celebrate the theme of the 2026 Horizons symposium: (Nano)catalysis. www.rsc.org/events/find-...
Are you a UK or Ireland based chemistry undergraduate, postgraduate or recent graduate from a Black or minority ethnic background? Apply by 5 February 2026 to our 2026–2027 Broadening Horizons cohort to explore career opportunities in the chemical sciences: rsc.li/broadening-horizons #ChemSky
📅Our Nanoscale Advances Paper Prize Award Webinar: Optical Nanomaterials talks are tomorrow, Wednesday 26th November at 07:30 GMT/15:30CST/16:30KST! Register to attend now👇 rsc.zoom.us/webinar/... Find the event and talk abstract information here 👇 www.rsc.org/events/d...
ChemComm’s new 5-page limit is here! We’re giving authors more space for statements and references, while preserving the concise and accessible nature of our Communications. Read our updated guidelines: www.rsc.org/publishing/p...
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We're now accepting nominations for the 2026 Polymer Chemistry Lectureship! This award celebrates an early-career scientist making waves in the polymer field. Learn more about the lectureship, including eligibility criteria and how to nominate, on our blog 👉 blogs.rsc.org/py/2025/10/2...
💚 Just 2 weeks to go until the 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 symposium, part of our celebrations for the 25th Anniversary of Green Chemistry 🎉 📍 Osaka, Japan 🗓️ 14 November 2025 🔗 Register here: rsc.li/gc-osaka25 #GreenChemistry #Sustainability #ScienceEvents #ChemSky @rsc.org
Nominating someone for an RSC Prize? Here’s how to make sure your nomination does them justice. ▶️ https://rsc.li/3Jx4Vs3 #RSCPrizes #ChemSky
We're delighted to introduce two of our new RSC Applied Interfaces Early Career Advisory Board members to you, Amit Kumar Mandal (@akm84.bsky.social) and Lucien Weiss (@weisslab.bsky.social). Read our blog for more info on these researchers working on biointerfaces: blogs.rsc.org/lf/2025/09/2...
🎉 We’re excited to announce the inaugural Early Career Advisory Board for RSC Applied Interfaces! See the full lineup of this new Board on our website: www.rsc.org/publishing/j... 🌟 Stay tuned—new member introductions coming soon!
The research brings into question previous assumptions that isomeric variations have little impact on energetic parameters.
Stereochemical editing used to tune explosive power of cage-like energetic materials
Stereoisomers found to exhibit substantial differences in density, stability and detonation performance
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We are pleased to announce an open call for papers for our upcoming collection on Materials Advances in Additive Manufacturing, guest edited by @vincenzotaresco.bsky.social, Yinfeng He, @k-ehrmann.bsky.social & Belén Begines. Find out how to submit here: www.rsc.org/publishing/j...
📢 Hear from our RSC Applied Interfaces authors Marcella Salvatore, Francesco Reda, Fabio Borbone and Stefano Luigi Oscurato! Learn more about their paper on multilevel azopolymer patterning from digital holographic lithography in our latest author blog! blogs.rsc.org/lf/202...
A friend 3D-printed the crystal structure of a chiral cage that I made during my PhD out for me 🥰!Love how the ⚽ fullerene hangs out in it 😆
🎉 Today we reveal the 2025 RSC Prize winners! 🎉 Celebrating excellence across research, diversity, tech roles, apprentices and partnerships. Join us in congratulating the remarkable individuals and teams advancing chemistry for society. buff.ly/K2un4O1 #Chemistry #ChemSky
Materials Advances is pleased to announce an open call for papers for our upcoming collection on Supramolecular Peptide & Protein Systems, guest edited by @dani-deshpet.bsky.social, Ana Garcia, Veronica Dodero, Ivan Sasselli and Jacek Wychowaniec. Learn more here: blogs.rsc.org/jm/2025/05/0...
My second @chemistryworld.com story is online 🥰 ! Really enjoyed delving into the realm of computational chemistry 💻 and working on this piece! With amazing help from the authors Pedro Salvador and Gerard Comas-Vilà, external expert @ampendas.bsky.social, and editor @jennifernewton.bsky.social.
By linking electronic structure to inductive and resonance effects, a new framework can help quantify inductive and resonance effects exerted by substituents in aromatic systems, letting chemists more accurately predict Hammett parameters. #ChemSky
Great to be in London for the #RSC Applied Polymers @rscapplied.rsc.org board meeting at Burlington House @rsc.org. Productive planning, brilliant team, and a bit of scientific history - yes, that’s Yuri Oganessian’s signature under his Element 118! #AppliedPolymers #RSCJournals #Polymers #Materials
🎉 RSC Applied Polymers is now indexed in Scopus! Discover our articles on applied polymer science research in the database. 🌟
🎉 RSC Applied Interfaces is now indexed in Scopus! Discover our articles on applied interfacial research in the database 🌞
Really enjoyed attending this event 🌞👩🔬, which fostered discussions on gender equality and diversity within the scientific community, while celebrating the great science being done at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social , by its alumni, and beyond.
🌟 Our journal staff recently represented the @rsc.org at the volunteer-run 'Celebrating Women in Chemistry Conference and Careers Event' @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, held in honour of International Women’s Day 👩🔬 . Read more about this inspirational event here: blogs.rsc.org/lf/2025/03/2...
Read our newest Nanoscale Advances themed collection on carbon nanomaterials for smart applications! pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/... All papers are open access 🔓 and free to read. Read the accompanying blog here: blogs.rsc.org/nr/2025/03/1...
🚨 New publication: my group is giving a perspective on using #AFM -based methods for analysis of grain boundaries for ceramics in electrochemical cells. We cover oxygen-ion, proton and lithium-ion conductors 🧪🧑🔬🔬🔋 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... #ChemSky #battchat @rscapplied.rsc.org @fz-juelich.de
Promoting combined AFM-electrochemistry techniques for analysis of charge transport at grain boundaries of ceramic components in electrochemical cells ... - RSC Applied Interfaces (RSC Publishing) DO...
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📢 Exciting news! RSC Applied Polymers is now indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (doaj.org) 🎉
I have really been enjoying coordinating the author videos and blogs for RSC Applied Interfaces 😄
💡 We're looking forward to sharing our amazing author videos 📽️ and blogs with #chemsky. Here are the video playlists (and a screenshot from one of the videos) as a sneak peek! RSC Applied Polymers: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... RSC Applied Interfaces: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...