Stephan Barcikowski, Brian Cantor, Varun Chaudhary, Sheng Dai, Tushar Gupta, Andrea Kirsch, Tim Kunzmann, Chih-Heng Lee, Alfred Ludwig, Nicola Morley, Alexandre Nominé, Dierk Raabe, Natalia F. Shkodich and Dongsheng Wen
{"title":"Magnetic properties of high-entropy alloy nanostructures: general discussion","authors":"Stephan Barcikowski, Brian Cantor, Varun Chaudhary, Sheng Dai, Tushar Gupta, Andrea Kirsch, Tim Kunzmann, Chih-Heng Lee, Alfred Ludwig, Nicola Morley, Alexandre Nominé, Dierk Raabe, Natalia F. Shkodich and Dongsheng Wen","doi":"10.1039/D5FD90065D","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5FD90065D","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49075,"journal":{"name":"Faraday Discussions","volume":"264 ","pages":" 510-520"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146123237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Damien Alloyeau, Hakim Amara, Stephan Barcikowski, Florent Calvo, Marta Campolucci, Brian Cantor, Sheng Dai, Arne De Landsheere, Maria Letizia De Marco, Sae Dieb, Alexander S. Eggeman, Jonathan Ruiz Esquius, Andrea Kirsch, Henrik H. Kristoffersen, Syrine Krouna, Chih-Heng Lee, Tong Li, Alfred Ludwig, Jaysen Nelayah, Tobias Mølgaard Nielsen, Micha Polak, Natalia Pukhareva, Jan Rossmeisl, Wolfgang Schuhmann, Conrard Giresse Tetsassi Feugmo, Jyotishraj Thoudam, Michael Widom and Dongshuang Wu
{"title":"Advanced structural characterization of high-entropy alloy nanostructures: general discussion","authors":"Damien Alloyeau, Hakim Amara, Stephan Barcikowski, Florent Calvo, Marta Campolucci, Brian Cantor, Sheng Dai, Arne De Landsheere, Maria Letizia De Marco, Sae Dieb, Alexander S. Eggeman, Jonathan Ruiz Esquius, Andrea Kirsch, Henrik H. Kristoffersen, Syrine Krouna, Chih-Heng Lee, Tong Li, Alfred Ludwig, Jaysen Nelayah, Tobias Mølgaard Nielsen, Micha Polak, Natalia Pukhareva, Jan Rossmeisl, Wolfgang Schuhmann, Conrard Giresse Tetsassi Feugmo, Jyotishraj Thoudam, Michael Widom and Dongshuang Wu","doi":"10.1039/D5FD90064F","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5FD90064F","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49075,"journal":{"name":"Faraday Discussions","volume":"264 ","pages":" 308-324"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146049542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Damien Alloyeau, Stephan Barcikowski, Brian Cantor, Sheng Dai, Sae Dieb, Arne De Landsheere, Maria Letizia De Marco, Alexander S. Eggeman, Henrik H. Kristoffersen, Tim Kunzmann, Chih-Heng Lee, Menglong Liu, Alfred Ludwig, Hossein Mahdavi, Andy Mount, Tobias Mølgaard Nielsen, Micha Polak, Christoph Rehbock, Jan Rossmeisl, Jonathan Ruiz Esquius, Wolfgang Schuhmann, Carsten Schwandt, Anurag Sharma, Natalia F. Shkodich, Robert Stuckert, Conrard Giresse Tetsassi Feugmo, Felix Thelen, Jyotishraj Thoudam and Dongshuang Wu
{"title":"Application of high-entropy alloy nanostructures in electrocatalysis: general discussion","authors":"Damien Alloyeau, Stephan Barcikowski, Brian Cantor, Sheng Dai, Sae Dieb, Arne De Landsheere, Maria Letizia De Marco, Alexander S. Eggeman, Henrik H. Kristoffersen, Tim Kunzmann, Chih-Heng Lee, Menglong Liu, Alfred Ludwig, Hossein Mahdavi, Andy Mount, Tobias Mølgaard Nielsen, Micha Polak, Christoph Rehbock, Jan Rossmeisl, Jonathan Ruiz Esquius, Wolfgang Schuhmann, Carsten Schwandt, Anurag Sharma, Natalia F. Shkodich, Robert Stuckert, Conrard Giresse Tetsassi Feugmo, Felix Thelen, Jyotishraj Thoudam and Dongshuang Wu","doi":"10.1039/D5FD90063H","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5FD90063H","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49075,"journal":{"name":"Faraday Discussions","volume":"264 ","pages":" 422-438"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146016754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Damien Alloyeau, Hakim Amara, Stephan Barcikowski, Marta Campolucci, Brian Cantor, Varun Chaudhary, Sheng Dai, Arne De Landsheere, Alexander S. Eggeman, Mark Feaviour, Larissa M. Feitosa, Divyansh Gautam, Tushar Gupta, Andrew L. Hector, J. Sharath Kumar, Chih-Heng Lee, Tong Li, Alfred Ludwig, Jette K. Mathiesen, Andrew R. Mount, Megumi Mukoyoshi, Tobias Mølgaard Nielsen, Micha Polak, Christoph Rehbock, Jonathan Ruiz Esquius, Wolfgang Schuhmann, Anurag Sharma, Robert Stuckert, Felix Thelen, Jyotishraj Thoudam and Robert Weatherup
{"title":"Synthesizing high-entropy alloy nanoparticles: general discussion","authors":"Damien Alloyeau, Hakim Amara, Stephan Barcikowski, Marta Campolucci, Brian Cantor, Varun Chaudhary, Sheng Dai, Arne De Landsheere, Alexander S. Eggeman, Mark Feaviour, Larissa M. Feitosa, Divyansh Gautam, Tushar Gupta, Andrew L. Hector, J. Sharath Kumar, Chih-Heng Lee, Tong Li, Alfred Ludwig, Jette K. Mathiesen, Andrew R. Mount, Megumi Mukoyoshi, Tobias Mølgaard Nielsen, Micha Polak, Christoph Rehbock, Jonathan Ruiz Esquius, Wolfgang Schuhmann, Anurag Sharma, Robert Stuckert, Felix Thelen, Jyotishraj Thoudam and Robert Weatherup","doi":"10.1039/D5FD90062J","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5FD90062J","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49075,"journal":{"name":"Faraday Discussions","volume":"264 ","pages":" 178-206"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146008107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Concluding remarks: Achievements, challenges, and trajectories for high-entropy alloy nanoparticles","authors":"Dierk Raabe","doi":"10.1039/D5FD00123D","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5FD00123D","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The field of high-entropy alloy nanoparticles (HEA-NPs) had to move and indeed has moved beyond the early enthusiasm of simply “mixing five or more elements and hoping the configurational entropy will do some magic” in terms of chemical and physical properties. What the 2025 <em>Faraday Discussion</em> made clear is that, at the nanoscale, entropy is often a minor player. Phase stability, structure, and functional properties are instead dominated by kinetics, surface reconstruction, defects, segregation, decomposition, and – more often than we like to admit – (unnoticed) interstitial contamination (C, O, N, H, B, S) picked up during synthesis and during particle exposure to “real-world” environments. Bulk HEAs can still “hide” a bit behind their mostly metastable single-phase character and complex diffusion mechanisms, and often even exploit these features to their advantage, but nanoparticles have no such luxury. Their huge surface-to-volume ratio, rapid synthesis pathways, and exposure to harsh operational environments reveal the true thermodynamic and kinetic transient features of most reported compositions. We see decomposition, demixing, surface reconstruction, and dynamic ensemble behaviour that have in part little to do with the ideal solid-solution picture painted a decade ago. These profound differences between bulk HEAs and nanosized ones provide opportunities to be embraced and exploited for well-targeted and theory-guided development steps. The community therefore should feel encouraged to pivot. Instead of chasing ever more complex average compositions, we must focus on what really governs the usually transient features and stability of these particles, particularly at the surface and their dynamical states in real environments, and how we can deliberately exploit kinetic barriers, short-range ordering, defects and their chemical decoration, and surface dynamics to achieve emergent properties unattainable in conventional nanoscale alloys. Theory and simulation must leave the <em>O</em>(<em>N</em><small><sup>3</sup></small>) constraints of traditional DFT behind and embrace large-scale, accurate machine-learning potentials and property-driven screening of the astronomical configuration space. Synthesis has to become far more chemically aware and reproducible, with rigorous control (and transparent reporting) of interstitials, decomposition and decay kinetics when the particles are used. And finally, functional validation can no longer rely on post-mortem snapshots; we need genuine <em>operando</em> insight into displaced reaction features, ordering, dynamical reconstruction, composition, and dynamics of those atomic clusters that actually do the catalytic or magnetic work. If we accept that HEA nanoparticles are inherently kinetically highly variable, defect-rich, surface-dominated objects, then more adequate design metrics need to be found, going beyond the so far primarily used single mean-field metric of configurational (bulk) ","PeriodicalId":49075,"journal":{"name":"Faraday Discussions","volume":"264 ","pages":" 494-509"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2026/fd/d5fd00123d?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145964586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nassim Afiouni, Amponsah Preko Appiah, Katalin Barta, Veronica Calado, Claudia Crestini, Peter J. Deuss, Matteo Gigli, Chamseddine Guizani, Fatima Ezzahra Khallouk, Wojciech Krasodomski, Heiko Lange, Jean-Pierre Lindner, Pia Löser, Michelle Muzzio, Mojgan Nejad, Antonio Ovejero-Pérez, Arulselvan Ponnudurai, Semiu Abolore Rasaq, Camila A. Rezende, Roberto Rinaldi, Joseph S. M. Samec, Philipp Schäfer, Sibylle M. K. Schwartmann, Seema Singh, Nicholas J. Westwood, Malin Wohlert, Natasha Wrathall, Yulun Zheng and Shida Zuo
{"title":"Commercially available technical lignins: general discussion","authors":"Nassim Afiouni, Amponsah Preko Appiah, Katalin Barta, Veronica Calado, Claudia Crestini, Peter J. Deuss, Matteo Gigli, Chamseddine Guizani, Fatima Ezzahra Khallouk, Wojciech Krasodomski, Heiko Lange, Jean-Pierre Lindner, Pia Löser, Michelle Muzzio, Mojgan Nejad, Antonio Ovejero-Pérez, Arulselvan Ponnudurai, Semiu Abolore Rasaq, Camila A. Rezende, Roberto Rinaldi, Joseph S. M. Samec, Philipp Schäfer, Sibylle M. K. Schwartmann, Seema Singh, Nicholas J. Westwood, Malin Wohlert, Natasha Wrathall, Yulun Zheng and Shida Zuo","doi":"10.1039/D5FD90058A","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5FD90058A","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49075,"journal":{"name":"Faraday Discussions","volume":"263 ","pages":" 358-373"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145888377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preface: High-entropy alloy nanostructures: from theory to application","authors":"Jette Katja Mathiesen and Stephan Barcikowski","doi":"10.1039/D5FD90050F","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5FD90050F","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Few areas of materials science have evolved as rapidly and dynamically as high-entropy alloys (HEAs). What began just two decades ago as a bold idea – first articulated by Brian Cantor and Jien-Wei Yeh – that chemical complexity itself could stabilise materials, has grown into a thriving research field spanning structural, functional, and catalytic applications. The <em>Faraday Discussions</em> ‘High-entropy alloy nanostructures: from theory to application’, held at the Royal Society of Chemistry in London, brought together researchers from across the world to examine a fundamental question at the heart of this concept: with multicomponent alloys now within reach, do they truly deliver beyond simpler systems, or does complexity risk obscuring purpose?</p>","PeriodicalId":49075,"journal":{"name":"Faraday Discussions","volume":"264 ","pages":" 9-10"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145808999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot, Veronica Calado, Isaac Castellan, Claudia Crestini, Luigi Galluccio, Matteo Gigli, Chamseddine Guizani, Yevgen Karpichev, Heiko Lange, Jean-Pierre Lindner, Mojgan Nejad, Verónica Nicolau, Arulselvan Ponnudurai, Narayanan Rajagopalan, Roberto Rinaldi, Joseph S. M. Samec, Michael Schroeter, Nicholas J. Westwood, Malin Wohlert and Yulun Zheng
{"title":"Strategies for compatibilisation of extracted lignin properties with commercial applications: general discussion","authors":"Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot, Veronica Calado, Isaac Castellan, Claudia Crestini, Luigi Galluccio, Matteo Gigli, Chamseddine Guizani, Yevgen Karpichev, Heiko Lange, Jean-Pierre Lindner, Mojgan Nejad, Verónica Nicolau, Arulselvan Ponnudurai, Narayanan Rajagopalan, Roberto Rinaldi, Joseph S. M. Samec, Michael Schroeter, Nicholas J. Westwood, Malin Wohlert and Yulun Zheng","doi":"10.1039/D5FD90059J","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5FD90059J","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49075,"journal":{"name":"Faraday Discussions","volume":"263 ","pages":" 459-478"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145809061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nassim Afiouni, Amponsah Preko Appiah, Katalin Barta, Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot, Veronica Calado, Isaac Castellan, Claudia Crestini, André M. da Costa Lopes, Peter J. Deuss, Luigi Galluccio, Matteo Gigli, Chamseddine Guizani, Cynthia Syn Yi Hu, Martin Klajmon, Heiko Lange, Jean-Pierre Lindner, Mojgan Nejad, Arulselvan Ponnudurai, Semiu Abolore Rasaq, Camila Alves Rezende, Roberto Rinaldi, Joseph S. M. Samec, Sibylle M. K. Schwartmann, Massimo Sgarzi, Seema Singh, Raphaela Süss, Nicholas J. Westwood and Ling-Ping Xiao
{"title":"Lignin stabilisation and degradation in lignocellulosic fractionation processes: general discussion","authors":"Nassim Afiouni, Amponsah Preko Appiah, Katalin Barta, Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot, Veronica Calado, Isaac Castellan, Claudia Crestini, André M. da Costa Lopes, Peter J. Deuss, Luigi Galluccio, Matteo Gigli, Chamseddine Guizani, Cynthia Syn Yi Hu, Martin Klajmon, Heiko Lange, Jean-Pierre Lindner, Mojgan Nejad, Arulselvan Ponnudurai, Semiu Abolore Rasaq, Camila Alves Rezende, Roberto Rinaldi, Joseph S. M. Samec, Sibylle M. K. Schwartmann, Massimo Sgarzi, Seema Singh, Raphaela Süss, Nicholas J. Westwood and Ling-Ping Xiao","doi":"10.1039/D5FD90057C","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5FD90057C","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49075,"journal":{"name":"Faraday Discussions","volume":"263 ","pages":" 259-280"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145772918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nassim Afiouni, Amponsah Preko Appiah, Dimitris S. Argyropoulos, Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot, Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx, Veronica Calado, Claudia Crestini, André M. da Costa Lopes, Peter J. Deuss, Lucie Diéval, Juan C. Domínguez, Thomas Elder, Luigi Galluccio, Matteo Gigli, Chamseddine Guizani, Martin Klajmon, Wojciech Krasodomski, Heiko Lange, Jean-Pierre Lindner, Zixuan Liu, Jessica Luzardo, Mojgan Nejad, Arulselvan Ponnudurai, Narayanan Rajagopalan, Semiu Abolore Rasaq, Roberto Rinaldi, Joseph S. M. Samec, Massimo Sgarzi, Seema Singh, Nicholas J. Westwood and Malin Wohlert
{"title":"Native lignin solvation and extraction: general discussion","authors":"Nassim Afiouni, Amponsah Preko Appiah, Dimitris S. Argyropoulos, Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot, Pieter C. A. Bruijnincx, Veronica Calado, Claudia Crestini, André M. da Costa Lopes, Peter J. Deuss, Lucie Diéval, Juan C. Domínguez, Thomas Elder, Luigi Galluccio, Matteo Gigli, Chamseddine Guizani, Martin Klajmon, Wojciech Krasodomski, Heiko Lange, Jean-Pierre Lindner, Zixuan Liu, Jessica Luzardo, Mojgan Nejad, Arulselvan Ponnudurai, Narayanan Rajagopalan, Semiu Abolore Rasaq, Roberto Rinaldi, Joseph S. M. Samec, Massimo Sgarzi, Seema Singh, Nicholas J. Westwood and Malin Wohlert","doi":"10.1039/D5FD90056E","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5FD90056E","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49075,"journal":{"name":"Faraday Discussions","volume":"263 ","pages":" 138-163"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145772870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}