{"title":"Ion Dissociation Enhances Cellulose Dissolution in Zwitterions","authors":"Mitsuhiro Shimizu,Takuya Uto,Mayu Shibata,Kazuaki Ninomiya,Kenji Takahashi,Kosuke Kuroda","doi":"10.1039/d6cc05955d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6cc05955d","url":null,"abstract":"Zwitterions exhibit low toxicity but limited cellulose solubility. A newly designed zwitterion dissolved 18 wt% cellulose, the highest cellulose solubility reported for a zwitterion to date. Molecular dynamics simulations suggested that intra- and intermolecular ion dissociation enhanced anion availability for cellulose dissolution, highlighting ion association/dissociation as an overlooked design factor.","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":"127 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149218238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Construction of CuFe layered double hydroxide mediated by Zn vacancies for high-efficiency electrocatalytic conversion of nitrate to ammonia.","authors":"Yinghao Li, Zhenhua Ren, Xiaoqiang Liu","doi":"10.1039/d6cc05642c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6cc05642c","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This work introduces zinc vacancies to engineer the surface structure of CuFe layered double hydroxide, which realizes the high-efficiency electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate waste to useful ammonia. This is attributed to the increase in active sites, electron cloud redistribution and facilitated charge transfer <i>via</i> the introduction of zinc vacancies.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149206401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Victor Monnot, Jean-Baptiste Breton, Federica Arrigoni, Kevin Maineri, Giuseppe Zampella, Philippe Schollhammer, Lucile Chatelain
{"title":"H<sub>2</sub> activation by a borane-modified [FeFe]-hydrogenase model forming an intramolecular frustrated Lewis pair.","authors":"Victor Monnot, Jean-Baptiste Breton, Federica Arrigoni, Kevin Maineri, Giuseppe Zampella, Philippe Schollhammer, Lucile Chatelain","doi":"10.1039/d6cc05801a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6cc05801a","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The H<sub>2</sub> molecule, a green energy vector, is cleaved without noble metals by an {Fe<sub>2</sub>S<sub>2</sub>} complex functionalized <i>via</i> hydroboration of allyldiphenylphosphine. The pair formed by the boron-based Lewis acid and the {FeFe} center functions as a frustrated Lewis pair. Computational studies allow the proposed mechanism of intramolecular cooperative H<sub>2</sub> splitting to be rationalized.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149190171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reverse diffusion enables the fabrication of a bilayer COF membrane with interfacial molecular sieving for H<sub>2</sub>/CO<sub>2</sub> separation.","authors":"Feng Zhang, Zining Wu, Zihao Wang, Shuai Gu, Juntao Tang, Pengpeng Shao, Guipeng Yu","doi":"10.1039/d6cc06066h","DOIUrl":"10.1039/d6cc06066h","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A reverse-diffusion strategy was developed to regulate secondary COF growth by exploiting the differential interactions of the monomers with a preformed COF-SO<sub>3</sub>Na layer. The resulting COF-TGCl/COF-SO<sub>3</sub>Na bilayer membrane achieved an H<sub>2</sub> permeance of 2275 GPU and an H<sub>2</sub>/CO<sub>2</sub> selectivity of 25.2, exceeding the 2008 Robeson upper bound.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149190136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rohith Pavan Parvathaneni, Nithiyanandan Krishnan, Hamidreza Mokhtari, Oommen P Oommen, Oommen P Varghese
{"title":"Self-assembled floxuridine prodrug nanovesicles for synergistic drug delivery and gene silencing.","authors":"Rohith Pavan Parvathaneni, Nithiyanandan Krishnan, Hamidreza Mokhtari, Oommen P Oommen, Oommen P Varghese","doi":"10.1039/d6cc05604k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6cc05604k","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Floxosomes are self-assembled prodrug nanovesicles that exploit nucleobase molecular recognition to co-deliver floxuridine and short interfering RNA for synergistic cancer therapy. This esterase-responsive nanoplatform shows potent cytotoxicity (IC<sub>50</sub> = 3 µM) and in tandem STAT3 mRNA knockdown in human osteosarcoma cells, supporting its potential as a dual-modality nanomedicine.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149190101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tb/Yb co-doped ceria for enhanced concentrated-solar CO<sub>2</sub> reforming of CH<sub>4</sub>.","authors":"Zeai Huang, Juan Shu, Zhibiao Hu, Qi Zhu, Yucheng Liu, Heng Zheng, Ying Zhou","doi":"10.1039/d6cc05144h","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6cc05144h","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tb/Yb co-doped CeO<sub>2</sub> exhibits enhanced concentrated-solar CO<sub>2</sub> reforming of CH<sub>4</sub>, achieving CH<sub>4</sub> and CO<sub>2</sub> conversions of 28.2% and 41.8% at 3.9 W cm<sup>-2</sup>. The catalytic performance depends on the Tb/Yb composition, with Tb/Yb/CeO<sub>2</sub> showing the highest activity among the investigated formulations.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149190088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrea Orellana Ben Amor, Gabriel Durin, Carsten Hindemith, John-Tommes Krzeslack, Walid Hetaba, Vincent Collière, Nicolas Kaeffer, Nicolas Queyriaux
{"title":"From a molecular nickel complex to nanoparticles in N<sub>2</sub>O catalytic electro-deoxygenation.","authors":"Andrea Orellana Ben Amor, Gabriel Durin, Carsten Hindemith, John-Tommes Krzeslack, Walid Hetaba, Vincent Collière, Nicolas Kaeffer, Nicolas Queyriaux","doi":"10.1039/d6cc04857a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6cc04857a","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Selective electrochemical reduction of nitrous oxide to dinitrogen is initiated by a nickel(II) bipyridine complex. The system evolves from a homogeneous catalysis regime toward a heterogeneous process. Ni(OH)<sub>2</sub> nanoparticulate deposits, generated from the catalyst decomposition, are proposed according to post-electrolysis characterization, pointing to the role of this phase in catalytic activity.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149190181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jean Castro da Cruz, Dairon Perez Fuentes, Bryan Alberto Laura Larico, Mattheus Henrique Moraes Mendes, Adriano Henrique Braga, Pedro Vidinha, Liane Rossi
{"title":"Ni-Ga/ZrO<sub>2</sub> catalysts redirect CO<sub>2</sub> hydrogenation toward oxygenates at industrially relevant pressures.","authors":"Jean Castro da Cruz, Dairon Perez Fuentes, Bryan Alberto Laura Larico, Mattheus Henrique Moraes Mendes, Adriano Henrique Braga, Pedro Vidinha, Liane Rossi","doi":"10.1039/d6cc04297j","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6cc04297j","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An intermetallic Ni-Ga/ZrO<sub>2</sub> catalyst enables CO<sub>2</sub> hydrogenation toward oxygenates under pressures up to 100 bar. Combined catalytic, <i>in situ</i> DRIFTS, and 100 h stability studies show that the Ni-Ga-GaO<sub><i>x</i></sub>-ZrO<sub>2</sub> interface suppresses methanation, enhances methanol productivity, and enables ethanol and C<sub>2</sub>-C<sub>3</sub> formation through a formate-mediated pathway.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149190102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ying Zhang, Qi Li, Yu Sun, Yang Wang, Kaixuan Huo, Luyuan Zhou, Han Hu, Mingbo Wu
{"title":"A laser-induced Co/C catalyst boosts the reverse water-gas shift reaction.","authors":"Ying Zhang, Qi Li, Yu Sun, Yang Wang, Kaixuan Huo, Luyuan Zhou, Han Hu, Mingbo Wu","doi":"10.1039/d6cc02758j","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d6cc02758j","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The synergistic effect between the optimized electronic properties of Co sites and the appropriate defect density in the carbon support endowed by the laser etching strategy guarantees the outstanding RWGS performance of the Co/C catalyst.</p>","PeriodicalId":67,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149190134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}