RSC Advances

Another fantastic image for the back cover of issue 46 of RSC Advances from 'Hybrid lipid-nanogels: nanolipogels for mRNA delivery' by Woscholski, @nazilakamaly.bsky.social et al 🧬 🔗Check out the work behind the cover here: doi.org/10.1039/d6ra...

Featured on the inside front cover of Issue 46 of RSC Advances, Masuda, Osawa and coworkers present "Machine-learning-driven rational design of gelatin architectures: saccharide derivatives as structural plasticizers under low water content" 🖥️ 🔗Read the research here: doi.org/10.1039/d6ra...

📢 Issue 46 of RSC Advances is out now! The front cover is an eye-catching piece from "Lipid tail length dictates membrane disruption by carmofur analogs and reveals noncanonical modes of action" by Pazzi, Njoo and team. 🔗Read the story behind the artwork here: doi.org/10.1039/d6ra...

In this recent article from RSC Advances Associate Editor Zhong-Yong Yuan and team, they report the synthesis of a Co2P@CoPi@NC hybrid and evaluate its use as an efficient electrocatalyst in hydrazine-assisted water splitting 💧 doi.org/10.1039/d6ra...

Explore selective catalytic chlorination of olefins toward allylic and vinylic chlorides for sustainable synthesis! Mekkaoui, Labyad and team discuss catalytic pathways, mechanisms and applications in their recent review📖 Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/d6ra...

Check out this review on the evolution of click chemistry from Dadfar and Dadfar! They explore the mechanism, advantages, and challenges of classical reactions, bioorthogonal transformations, and emerging platforms 🧩 Read it for free here: doi.org/10.1039/d6ra...

RSC Advances is pleased to announce that Professor Vito Lippolis has now joined us as an Editorial Board member and an Associate Editor. You can find out more about Professor Lippoli and his research here: blogs.rsc.org/ra/2026/10/0...

RSC Advances is excited to welcome Davide Corinti as Associate Editor. He brings expertise across analytical, inorganic and computational chemistry. Find out more here: blogs.rsc.org/ra/2026/10/0...

Why do patterned VACNT microstructures lose verticality? Experiments and FE analysis reveal footprint–height effects beyond simple H/L scaling. Read the work by Ozlem Simsek and @ostogu.bsky.social for free: pubs.rsc.org/ra/article/d...

The secret lies between the layers: engineered graphene oxide nanosheets unlock ultrasensitive detection of a key food antioxidant.   Discover more in this study from Govindasamy and colleagues: pubs.rsc.org/ra/article/d...

Check out this cover from Jan Macák and colleagues. It accompanies their RSC Advances publication on centrifugally spun ZnO fibers, studying their synthesis and antibacterial activity against Acne vulgaris. Read it for free here: pubs.rsc.org/ra/article/1...

Check out this cover artwork from Sotiris Hadjikakou and Christina Banti at the University of Ioannina, which accompanies their RSC Advances paper on metalloantibiotic functionalized pHEMA for therapeutic contact lenses. You can read their study for free here: pubs.rsc.org/ra/article/d...

Dominik Spahr and colleagues found that at ~9 GPa two H2CO3 polymorphs can occur simultaneously and characterized them by single crystal diffraction, DFT-calculations, Raman and IR-spectroscopy. Want to find out more? Read their paper for free: pubs.rsc.org/ra/article/d...

How does a DNA aptamer bind VEGFA165? This RSC Advances study by Biswajit Mohanty and Parthapratim Munshi reveals the molecular interactions driving specific recognition and complex stability: pubs.rsc.org/ra/article/1...

Discover a machine learning-validated TOF-SIMS-based strategy for detection of oncogenic driver mutations in NSCLC using MO capture probe, with limit of detection of 1 pM, by Rupa Mukhopadhyay and team: pubs.rsc.org/ra/article/d...

The inside front cover of Issue 42 depicts the antiproliferative activity of 1H-1,2,3-triazole-linked DHPM–isatin hybrids against acute myeloid leukemia. Find out more in the RSC Advances paper by Arun K. Sharma, Vipan Kumar et al. 🔗 buff.ly/UI60Hit

Check out RSC Advances' recent cover ✨ The front cover of Issue 42 highlights research by Rachelle Austin and colleagues at Idaho National Laboratory on a dual spectroscopy technique for vapor-phase chlorides and iodine detection in nuclear systems. Read the full article: doi.org/10.1039/d6ra...

The back cover of issue 41 is a dichromatic artwork by Kioko Takemiya et al. from their recent article "Developing hybrid thiomaltodextrins as specific ligands to the maltodextrin transporter of Escherichia coli" 🦠 Read it in full here: pubs.rsc.org/ra/article/d...

Issue 41's inner front cover is an eye-catching geometric piece from "Enhanced output of Fe2+/Fe3+ liquid energy conversion using a methanol–acetone mixed solvent" by Ryo Miyama et al. Read the story behind the artwork here: pubs.rsc.org/ra/article/d...

Issue 41 is out now, have a look at the wonderful new front cover artwork! ⚗️🌊 Explore the article behind issue 41's front cover: "Water-mediated green synthesis of coumarin derivatives using a recyclable heteropoly acid–niobium(v) oxide hybrid catalyst" by Mahapatra et al. doi.org/10.1039/d6ra...

A good EiC should never miss an opportunity to advert for their journal right? Yes @rscadvances.rsc.org is a great journal, consider it to share your results! Here are the @rsc.org booth (taking the chair of the local RSC representative) during the BMIC2026 congress

For all his achievements and efforts as RSC Advances Editor-in-Chief, we pay thanks to @russellcoxchem.bsky.social! He shared his reflections on the journal's progress and its future with @karenfaulds.bsky.social and @fabdumoulin.bsky.social, available to read here 👇 blogs.rsc.org/ra/2026/09/1...

Issue 40 is out and on its back cover is this beautiful artwork from Róisín O'Flaherty et al. Their recent paper 'New green strategies for labelling of glycoprotein N-glycans' is not to be missed! Check it out here: pubs.rsc.org/ra/article/d...

Another fantastic front cover image, just published in issue 40 from 'Roll-to-roll compatible in situ self-assembly of silver nanostructures on hybrid knitted textile for EMI shielding' by Ghassan E. Jabbour et al. Check out the story behind the artwork right here: pubs.rsc.org/ra/article/1...

Issue 40 is out now, and with it more spectacular cover artwork to show off! Check out the article behind our issue 40 front cover "Adsorptive removal of cationic methylene blue dye in a robust metal-azolate framework" by B Vatsha et al. pubs.rsc.org/ra/article/1...

We are delighted to welcome @fabdumoulin.bsky.social as our new co Editor-in-Chief, working alongside Prof Karen Faulds. Fabienne has worked as an Associate Editor for the journal since 2015, and joined the Editorial Board in 2022. Fabienne brings a wealth of knowledge into the role as co-EiC 🎉

Tired of tediously removing cosmic rays in your Raman and SERS spectra? This new automated method presented by @nanojason.bsky.social and Massont has you covered, and it comes with specially tuned turnkey code! Read the article here: doi.org/10.1039/d6ra... #spectroscopy #chemometrics

In this recent article @verhogroup.bsky.social show that one-pot electrochemical amidation–halogenation converts abundant carboxylic acids into valuable halogenated amides without catalysts or added electrolyte ⚡ Check it out: doi.org/10.1039/d6ra...

Featured on the front cover of Issue 38 👏 Matyszewska and team explore the effect of amantadine on the SARS-CoV-2 lipid envelope by comparing experimental observations and molecular dynamics simulations. They even extend the work to 3D bilayer models! 🔗 Read for free here: doi.org/10.1039/d6ra...

This recent article by Shrivastava and coworkers presents a new antimicrobial peptide to combat multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria for burn wound healing🦠 Read for free here: doi.org/10.1039/d6ra...

✨ Featured on this week's front cover: Researchers report the scalable synthesis of Ti₃C₂ MXene quantum dots. The study shows how quantum confinement and surface chemistry drive the transition from metallic MXenes to semiconducting quantum dots. 🔗 Explore the work: pubs.rsc.org/ra/article/d...

⚗️ How Lewis acidic is high-valent copper(III)? Read more about the systematic experimental and DFT study of Lewis base addition to the square-planar copper complex (acac)Cu(CF₃)₂ by cuprate51.bsky.social: pubs.rsc.org/ra/article/1...

We are delighted to welcome Dr Marvadeen Singh-Wilmot as an Associate Editor, now handling inorganic chemistry and crystallography submissions! Learn more about Marvadeen 📖 blogs.rsc.org/ra/2026/07/3... Submit your research for consideration by Marvadeen👇 mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rscadv

This cover artwork comes from Thomas Elschner and colleagues at Technische Universität Dresden, who studied the growth and orientation of copper gallate SURMOFs on cellulosic thin films. Read their paper for free: pubs.rsc.org/ra/article/1...

Dalton Transactions congratulates all the prize winners at the recent @eurobic18.bsky.social! Full list of RSC poster prize winners (sponsored by Dalton Transactions, @chemcomm.rsc.org and @rscadvances.rsc.org) Zhen Xuan Wong Michael Mertens Mariia Iakovleva Congratulations to our winners!

Discover the story behind this cover from Farhiya Alex Sellman, Rebecca Östmans and Tobias Benselfelt at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Their study reports on unparalleled nanofibril hydrogel actuators by mimicking nature's design. Read it for free here: pubs.rsc.org/ra/article/1...

Did you see this front cover by Takashi Arimura and colleagues at University of Tsukuba? It showcases their study on the divergent self-assembly dynamics of squalenederived bolaamphiphiles enabled by ethylene glycol-length-switchable Ostwald ripening. Full article: pubs.rsc.org/ra/article/1...

"What if I told you that high-speed collisions between graphite and diamond will NOT destroy particles but rather form a new material?" MD simulations explored this novel synthetic route, in this recent study from Zuzanna Malinowska-Trzmielak and colleagues: pubs.rsc.org/ra/article/d...

Recent advances of wearable electrochemical and optical sensors for sweat pH monitoring from Maroua Moslah, Chaker Tlili & Chérif Dridi Read it here: buff.ly/dSJBKsZ