Light And Heat-Responsive Self-Healing Smart Gel System
A simple gel made from surfactants and an ionic liquid shows a UV-triggered gel-to-liquid change, reversible thermal response, and rapid self-healing
Carbon-Negative Building Material from Waste and CO₂ Capture
ETH Zürich team creates printable composite from demolition waste and biomass, capturing CO₂ and reducing the construction carbon footprint
New Strategy to Guide Exciton Coupling And Nanoscale Morphology in Aqueous Environment
Gustavo Fernández, Germany, discusses a molecular design strategy using amphiphilic aza-BODIPY dyes that enables precise tuning of exciton coupling (J-type vs oblique) and nanoscale morphology
Silver–Graphene Catalyst Drives Greener Quinoline Production
A silver oxide–graphene oxide catalyst enables fast, eco-friendly synthesis of quinoline analogues with up to 97% yield in 20 minutes
Optimized Quantum Dots for Rapid Visible-Light–Driven Click Chemistry
Zn₀.₁Cd₀.₉S quantum dots enable high-yield copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reactions under blue light, offering scalable, reusable, and sustainable catalytic performance
Highly Active Ni/MgO Catalyst Converts CO₂ into Methane at Low Temperatures
New Ni/MgO catalyst efficiently converts CO₂ into methane at low temperatures, offering a durable, scalable solution for renewable energy storage
Probing Single-Particle Oxygen Evolution Reaction Kinetics in CoFe₂O₄
This study reveals how individual CoFe₂O₄ nanoparticles drive oxygen evolution (OER), using nano-impact electrochemistry to uncover true catalytic behavior
Smart Hydrogels Target Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
A smart hydrogel delivers cobalt-based drugs to triple-negative breast cancer cells with precision, showing strong activity and minimal side effects
🧪 Article Highlight: Bench-Stable Copper Catalyst Simplifies Aziridination
A low-cost copper system that forms nitrogen-rich rings in minutes and serves as a light-activated tool for further transformations
Design of Chromium(III) Chromophores with Independent Control of Redox and Optical Properties
Katja Heinze, Robert Naumann, and Steven Sittel (Mainz) synthesized a series of chromium(III) chromophores with identical optical properties but systematically tunable redox behavior to study photoredox mechanisms
Alumanyl Silyl Coinage Metal Complexes: Tuning Si–M Bond Reactivity and CO₂ Activation
J. Voigtland and M. Ludwig, TU Munich, show how main-group elements like Al and Si can fine-tune transition-metal reactivity, offering new ways to activate CO₂
🧪 Article Highlight: Expanding the Toolbox of Fluorinated Lewis Acids with B(C₆F₄Br)₃
B(C₆F₄Br)₃, prepared via silver-to-boron transmetalation, represents a new soft Lewis superacid with potential applications in catalysis and materials chemistry
A Transiton-Metal-Free Shortcut to Alkynyl–Sulfur Building Blocks
Under base conditions, thiadiazoles generate alkynylthiolates that smoothly substitute α-carbonyl bromides, yielding diverse S-containing tetrasubstituted carbon stereocenters
Bridging European Societies and Global Chemistry: Speaking with the New Editor-in-Chief of EurJIC
Chemistry Europe and Wiley-VCH have named Dr. Axel Straube as Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
🧪 Article Highlight: Calcium Joins the Organometallic Toolbox
French chemists capture and study long-sought di-n-butylcalcium, showing it can perform useful reactions when kept ice-cold
🧪 Article Highlight: Predicting Molecular Aggregate Behavior of Organic Chromophores
Walter Thiel Medal winner Felix Plasser, UK, and colleagues studied how molecules in solid organic materials interact, focusing on the influence of π-stacking and explaining under what circumstances their chromophores couple to form H- or J-aggregates
ChemElectroChem Celebrates 10 Years: Anniversary Article Collection
ChemElectroChem marks its 10th anniversary with a Special Collection featuring contributions from leading authors, reviewers, and board members
Light-Activated mRNA Cap Analogs Allow Timed Control of mRNA Translation
B. Terzi and W. Teich (LMU Munich) report the first light-sensitive m⁷Gp₄G RNA cap analogs that enable precise, light-controlled regulation of RNA translation
ChemBioChem Readers’ Choice 2025
Readers' Choice collection at ChemBioChem—enjoy reading the top articles from 2023 and 2024 selected based on citations, downloads, and social media engagement