Chemical Science

Papers
(The median citation count of Chemical Science is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Water as the reaction medium in organic chemistry: from our worst enemy to our best friend337
Non-concentrated aqueous electrolytes with organic solvent additives for stable zinc batteries319
Fluorescent small organic probes for biosensing309
Recent advances of AIE light-up probes for photodynamic therapy262
Increasing structural and functional complexity in self-assembled coordination cages215
Design of BODIPY dyes as triplet photosensitizers: electronic properties tailored for solar energy conversion, photoredox catalysis and photodynamic therapy197
Molecular design of thermally activated delayed fluorescent emitters for narrowband orange–red OLEDs boosted by a cyano-functionalization strategy187
Accurate crystal structures and chemical properties from NoSpherA2186
Structural and process controls of AIEgens for NIR-II theranostics184
Ultrasensitive single-cell proteomics workflow identifies >1000 protein groups per mammalian cell183
Electrochemical C–N coupling with perovskite hybrids toward efficient urea synthesis180
CRISPR technology incorporating amplification strategies: molecular assays for nucleic acids, proteins, and small molecules179
Graphene–carbon 2D heterostructures with hierarchically-porous P,N-doped layered architecture for capacitive deionization170
Recent advances in single atom catalysts for the electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction reaction163
Hexafluoroisopropanol: the magical solvent for Pd-catalyzed C–H activation162
Plasmonic photothermal catalysis for solar-to-fuel conversion: current status and prospects160
Universal quenching of common fluorescent probes by water and alcohols158
Pathways to increase the dissymmetry in the interaction of chiral light and chiral molecules156
Recent advances of cancer chemodynamic therapy based on Fenton/Fenton-like chemistry155
Emerging applications for living crystallization-driven self-assembly151
Recent development in transition metal-catalysed C–H olefination150
Accelerating high-throughput virtual screening through molecular pool-based active learning150
Strategic design of Fe and N co-doped hierarchically porous carbon as superior ORR catalyst: from the perspective of nanoarchitectonics143
Efficient metal-free organic room temperature phosphors140
MGraphDTA: deep multiscale graph neural network for explainable drug–target binding affinity prediction132
Molecular reactivity of thiolate-protected noble metal nanoclusters: synthesis, self-assembly, and applications127
A field guide to flow chemistry for synthetic organic chemists127
Conceptual density functional theory based electronic structure principles122
Achieving high circularly polarized luminescence with push–pull helicenic systems: from rationalized design to top-emission CP-OLED applications122
Nanoporous ultra-high-entropy alloys containing fourteen elements for water splitting electrocatalysis121
Electrochemiluminescence with semiconductor (nano)materials119
Machine learning meets mechanistic modelling for accurate prediction of experimental activation energies116
Designing light-driven rotary molecular motors113
Catalysis using transition metal complexes featuring main group metal and metalloid compounds as supporting ligands113
Activatable fluorescence sensors forin vivobio-detection in the second near-infrared window112
Recent progress in thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters for nondoped organic light-emitting diodes112
Insights into alloy/oxide or hydroxide interfaces in Ni–Mo-based electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution under alkaline conditions112
AlphaFold accelerates artificial intelligence powered drug discovery: efficient discovery of a novel CDK20 small molecule inhibitor112
Fluorescent probe for the imaging of superoxide and peroxynitrite during drug-induced liver injury111
Calculation of absolute molecular entropies and heat capacities made simple111
Photoactive electron donor–acceptor complex platform for Ni-mediated C(sp3)–C(sp2) bond formation109
Tetrathiafulvalene-based covalent organic frameworks for ultrahigh iodine capture107
Absorption and emission of light in red emissive carbon nanodots104
Recent advances in activity-based probes (ABPs) and affinity-based probes (AfBPs) for profiling of enzymes102
Efficient electroreduction of CO2to C2+products on CeO2modified CuO101
Choosing the right molecular machine learning potential100
Advances in anion binding and sensing using luminescent lanthanide complexes99
A general electron donor–acceptor complex for photoactivation of arenes via thianthrenation99
NIR TADF emitters and OLEDs: challenges, progress, and perspectives99
Natural product drug discovery in the artificial intelligence era98
Tale of the Breslow intermediate, a central player in N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis: then and now98
Recent advances of group 14 dimetallenes and dimetallynes in bond activation and catalysis98
Mechanism of inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro by N3 peptidyl Michael acceptor explained by QM/MM simulations and design of new derivatives with tunable chemical reactivity98
A host–guest strategy for converting the photodynamic agents from a singlet oxygen generator to a superoxide radical generator98
Chiral assembly of organic luminogens with aggregation-induced emission97
Capture of toxic gases in MOFs: SO2, H2S, NH3 and NOx97
A review on machine learning algorithms for the ionic liquid chemical space97
Electrogenerated chemiluminescence detection of single entities96
Supramolecular agents for combination of photodynamic therapy and other treatments96
Defective TiO2for photocatalytic CO2conversion to fuels and chemicals95
Hierarchical self-assembly into chiral nanostructures95
AIE-active luminogens as highly efficient free-radical ROS photogenerator for image-guided photodynamic therapy94
Discovery of cryptic allosteric sites using reversed allosteric communication by a combined computational and experimental strategy94
Defect mitigation using d-penicillamine for efficient methylammonium-free perovskite solar cells with high operational stability94
Organothianthrenium salts: synthesis and utilization93
Phosphorescent metal complexes as theranostic anticancer agents: combining imaging and therapy in a single molecule93
A rationally designed two-dimensional MoSe2/Ti2CO2 heterojunction for photocatalytic overall water splitting: simultaneously suppressing electron–hole recombination an93
Accelerated reactions of amines with carbon dioxide driven by superacid at the microdroplet interface93
Recent progress on MOF-based optical sensors for VOC sensing92
Efficient and organic host–guest room-temperature phosphorescence: tunable triplet–singlet crossing and theoretical calculations for molecular packing92
Multicolor polymeric carbon dots: synthesis, separation and polyamide-supported molecular fluorescence92
Recent progress in metal–organic framework/graphene-derived materials for energy storage and conversion: design, preparation, and application92
Near-infrared fluorescent molecular probes for imaging and diagnosis of nephro-urological diseases91
Structure-based de novo drug design using 3D deep generative models91
DNA nanostructure-based nucleic acid probes: construction and biological applications91
Key difference between transition state stabilization and ground state destabilization: increasing atomic charge densities before or during enzyme–substrate binding89
A pH-responsive ultrathin Cu-based nanoplatform for specific photothermal and chemodynamic synergistic therapy89
Recent advances in noble metal complex based photodynamic therapy89
Perspective on intermetallics towards efficient electrocatalytic water-splitting89
Realizing high hydrogen evolution activity under visible light using narrow band gap organic photocatalysts88
Mitigation of Jahn–Teller distortion and Na+/vacancy ordering in a distorted manganese oxide cathode material by Li substitution88
Universal and high-fidelity DNA single nucleotide polymorphism detection based on a CRISPR/Cas12a biochip88
An amplification-free ultra-sensitive electrochemical CRISPR/Cas biosensor for drug-resistant bacteria detection87
Nanofluidic osmotic power generators – advanced nanoporous membranes and nanochannels for blue energy harvesting87
Hybridized local and charge-transfer excited state fluorophores enabling organic light-emitting diodes with record high efficiencies close to 20%86
Perovskite indoor photovoltaics: opportunity and challenges86
Regio-selectivity prediction with a machine-learned reaction representation and on-the-fly quantum mechanical descriptors86
2D framework materials for energy applications86
Bicyclobutanes: from curiosities to versatile reagents and covalent warheads86
Single-atom nickel terminating sp2 and sp3 nitride in polymeric carbon nitride for visible-light photocatalytic overall water splitting85
PIGNet: a physics-informed deep learning model toward generalized drug–target interaction predictions85
Near-infrared fluorescent probes: a next-generation tool for protein-labeling applications85
Towards the practical application of Zn metal anodes for mild aqueous rechargeable Zn batteries84
The chronological evolution of small organic molecular fluorescent probes for thiols84
Supramolecular assembly confined purely organic room temperature phosphorescence and its biological imaging83
A carbonyl-rich covalent organic framework as a high-performance cathode material for aqueous rechargeable zinc-ion batteries83
Site-selective functionalization of remote aliphatic C–H bonds via C–H metallation82
Revisiting the adhesion mechanism of mussel-inspired chemistry82
Prediction and mitigation of mutation threats to COVID-19 vaccines and antibody therapies81
Enzyme-activatable fluorescent probes for β-galactosidase: from design to biological applications81
Constructing nitrided interfaces for stabilizing Li metal electrodes in liquid electrolytes81
Single-molecule magnets beyond a single lanthanide ion: the art of coupling80
Aggregation caused quenching to aggregation induced emission transformation: a precise tuning based on BN-doped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons toward subcellular organelle specific imaging80
Boosting the electrocatalytic performance of NiFe layered double hydroxides for the oxygen evolution reaction by exposing the highly active edge plane (012)79
Polymers as advanced antibacterial and antibiofilm agents for direct and combination therapies79
Intrinsic activity modulation and structural design of NiFe alloy catalysts for an efficient oxygen evolution reaction78
Mangana(iii/iv)electro-catalyzed C(sp3)–H azidation78
RAFT-mediated polymerization-induced self-assembly (RAFT-PISA): current status and future directions78
Metal oxyhalides: an emerging family of nonlinear optical materials77
On the location of Lewis acidic aluminum in zeolite mordenite and the role of framework-associated aluminum in mediating the switch between Brønsted and Lewis acidity76
Asymmetric transformations from sulfoxonium ylides76
Retrosynthetic accessibility score (RAscore) – rapid machine learned synthesizability classification from AI driven retrosynthetic planning76
(Hetero)arene-fused boroles: a broad spectrum of applications76
Beyond generative models: superfast traversal, optimization, novelty, exploration and discovery (STONED) algorithm for molecules using SELFIES76
Supramolecular strategies in artificial photosynthesis76
Electrooxidative dearomatization of biaryls: synthesis of tri- and difluoromethylated spiro[5.5]trienones75
Transition metal-catalyzed organic reactions in undivided electrochemical cells75
EDOT-based conjugated polymers accessed via C–H direct arylation for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production75
Purely organic light-harvesting phosphorescence energy transfer by β-cyclodextrin pseudorotaxane for mitochondria targeted imaging75
Photoredox catalysis on unactivated substrates with strongly reducing iridium photosensitizers74
Generating 3D molecules conditional on receptor binding sites with deep generative models74
Synergetic stability enhancement with magnesium and calcium ion substitution for Ni/Mn-based P2-type sodium-ion battery cathodes73
Defect engineering in semiconductor-based SERS73
Regulation of the Si/Al ratios and Al distributions of zeolites and their impact on properties72
Self-charging power system for distributed energy: beyond the energy storage unit72
Three-component three-bond forming cascade via palladium photoredox catalysis72
Regiodivergent sulfonylarylation of 1,3-enynes via nickel/photoredox dual catalysis71
Mechanochemical activation of disulfide-based multifunctional polymers for theranostic drug release71
Machine learning designs non-hemolytic antimicrobial peptides71
Acid-triggered interlayer sliding of two-dimensional copper(i)–organic frameworks: more metal sites for catalysis70
Main group bimetallic partnerships for cooperative catalysis70
Molecular mechanism of inhibiting the SARS-CoV-2 cell entry facilitator TMPRSS2 with camostat and nafamostat69
Color-tunable persistent luminescence in 1D zinc–organic halide microcrystals for single-component white light and temperature-gating optical waveguides69
Real-time prediction of 1H and 13C chemical shifts with DFT accuracy using a 3D graph neural network69
Recent progress in the improvement of hydrothermal stability of zeolites68
Fine-tuning the spike: role of the nature and topology of the glycan shield in the structure and dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 S68
The atomic-level regulation of single-atom site catalysts for the electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction68
CsPbBr3–CdS heterostructure: stabilizing perovskite nanocrystals for photocatalysis68
Single-ion conducting polymer electrolytes as a key jigsaw piece for next-generation battery applications68
Low power threshold photochemical upconversion using a zirconium(iv) LMCT photosensitizer67
Boronic acid based dynamic click chemistry: recent advances and emergent applications67
Halogen bonding and chalcogen bonding mediated sensing67
A molecular recognition platform for the simultaneous sensing of diverse chemical weapons67
Facile synthesis of axially chiral styrene-type carboxylic acids via palladium-catalyzed asymmetric C–H activation67
Asymmetric synthesis of N–N axially chiral compounds via organocatalytic atroposelective N-acylation67
Radical transformations for allene synthesis67
Anode optimization strategies for aqueous zinc-ion batteries67
Emergent synthetic methods for the modular advancement of sp3-rich fragments66
New directions of activity-based sensing forin vivoNIR imaging66
Click activated protodrugs against cancer increase the therapeutic potential of chemotherapy through local capture and activation66
Self-assembled metallasupramolecular cages towards light harvesting systems for oxidative cyclization65
Automation isn't automatic65
Rational incorporation of defects within metal–organic frameworks generates highly active electrocatalytic sites64
Endowing matrix-free carbon dots with color-tunable ultralong phosphorescence by self-doping64
Redox dyshomeostasis strategy for tumor therapy based on nanomaterials chemistry64
Porphyrin-based donor–acceptor COFs as efficient and reusable photocatalysts for PET-RAFT polymerization under broad spectrum excitation64
Decarboxylative 1,4-carbocyanation of 1,3-enynes to access tetra-substituted allenes via copper/photoredox dual catalysis64
Reaction-based machine learning representations for predicting the enantioselectivity of organocatalysts64
Peptide-based inhibitors of protein–protein interactions: biophysical, structural and cellular consequences of introducing a constraint64
Model agnostic generation of counterfactual explanations for molecules63
Synthesis and enantioseparation of chiral Au13 nanoclusters protected by bis-N-heterocyclic carbene ligands63
Near-infrared fluorescent probe for hydrogen sulfide: high-fidelity ferroptosis evaluation in vivo during stroke63
Enantioselective palladaelectro-catalyzed C–H olefinations and allylations for N–C axial chirality63
All-in-one mitochondria-targeted NIR-II fluorophores for cancer therapy and imaging62
Surface modification of liquid metal as an effective approach for deformable electronics and energy devices62
Machine learning of solvent effects on molecular spectra and reactions62
Stimulus-responsive self-assembled prodrugs in cancer therapy62
Photocatalytic C(sp3) radical generationviaC–H, C–C, and C–X bond cleavage62
Combining machine learning and high-throughput experimentation to discover photocatalytically active organic molecules62
Highly selective synthesis and near-infrared photothermal conversion of metalla-Borromean ring and [2]catenane assemblies62
Discovery of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro peptide inhibitors from modelling substrate and ligand binding62
NHC and visible light-mediated photoredox co-catalyzed 1,4-sulfonylacylation of 1,3-enynes for tetrasubstituted allenyl ketones62
Rationally designed Ru(ii)-metallacycle chemo-phototheranostic that emits beyond 1000 nm62
Template-assisted self-assembly of achiral plasmonic nanoparticles into chiral structures61
Rapid and ultrasensitive electrochemical detection of circulating tumor DNA by hybridization on the network of gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles61
Fluorescent probes for visualizing ROS-associated proteins in disease61
A photoexcited halogen-bonded EDA complex of the thiophenolate anion with iodobenzene for C(sp3)–H activation and thiolation60
High-performance polymer field-effect transistors: from the perspective of multi-level microstructures60
Improving the intrinsic activity of electrocatalysts for sustainable energy conversion: where are we and where can we go?60
Electrooxidative palladium- and enantioselective rhodium-catalyzed [3 + 2] spiroannulations60
Functional group divergence and the structural basis of acridine photocatalysis revealed by direct decarboxysulfonylation60
Aromaticity: Quo Vadis60
Non-flammable, dilute, and hydrous organic electrolytes for reversible Zn batteries59
Uncommon carbene insertion reactions59
Highly contorted superhelicene hits near-infrared circularly polarized luminescence59
Evolution and fabrication of carbon dot-based room temperature phosphorescence materials59
Sensitization-initiated electron transfer via upconversion: mechanism and photocatalytic applications59
Supramolecular chemistry in lipid bilayer membranes59
Inorganic–inorganic nanohybrids for drug delivery, imaging and photo-therapy: recent developments and future scope59
Synthesis of an AIEgen functionalized cucurbit[7]uril for subcellular bioimaging and synergistic photodynamic therapy and supramolecular chemotherapy59
Design of well-defined shell–core covalent organic frameworks/metal sulfide as an efficient Z-scheme heterojunction for photocatalytic water splitting59
Open-air green-light-driven ATRP enabled by dual photoredox/copper catalysis58
Identifying key mononuclear Fe species for low-temperature methane oxidation58
Selective adsorptive separation of cyclohexane over benzene using thienothiophene cages58
Activation of apoptosis by rationally constructing NIR amphiphilic AIEgens: surmounting the shackle of mitochondrial membrane potential for amplified tumor ablation58
Emerging biosensing and transducing techniques for potential applications in point-of-care diagnostics58
Single-atom catalysts for high-energy rechargeable batteries57
Metal-free allylic C–H nitrogenation, oxygenation, and carbonation of alkenes by thianthrenation57
Rational design of iridium–porphyrin conjugates for novel synergistic photodynamic and photothermal therapy anticancer agents57
Halogen bonding in polymer science: towards new smart materials57
The 100 facets of the Passerini reaction57
BonDNet: a graph neural network for the prediction of bond dissociation energies for charged molecules57
Proton-conductive coordination polymer glass for solid-state anhydrous proton batteries57
The construction of a two-dimensional organic–inorganic hybrid double perovskite ferroelastic with a high Tc and narrow band gap57
Divergent reactivity of sulfinates with pyridinium salts based on one-versustwo-electron pathways56
Developing better ester- and ether-based electrolytes for potassium-ion batteries56
Room temperature charge-transfer phosphorescence from organic donor–acceptor Co-crystals56
Amplified detection of nucleic acids and proteins using an isothermal proximity CRISPR Cas12a assay56
IPr# – highly hindered, broadly applicable N-heterocyclic carbenes56
Molecular control over vitrimer-like mechanics – tuneable dynamic motifs based on the Hammett equation in polyimine materials56
The pursuit of polymethine fluorophores with NIR-II emission and high brightness forin vivoapplications56
Phase separation of p53 precedes aggregation and is affected by oncogenic mutations and ligands56
Expeditious synthesis of aromatic-free piperidinium-functionalized polyethylene as alkaline anion exchange membranes56
Controlling ultrasmall gold nanoparticles with atomic precision56
How many more polymorphs of ROY remain undiscovered56
Recent developments in chemical conjugation strategies targeting native amino acids in proteins and their applications in antibody–drug conjugates56
A graph representation of molecular ensembles for polymer property prediction56
Aggregation-induced delayed fluorescence luminogens: the innovation of purely organic emitters for aqueous electrochemiluminescence55
Photoredox-catalyzed aminofluorosulfonylation of unactivated olefins55
Alchemical absolute protein–ligand binding free energies for drug design55
Oxidative additions of alkynyl/vinyl iodides to gold and gold-catalyzed vinylation reactions triggered by the MeDalphos ligand55
Interstitial and substitutional light elements in transition metals for heterogeneous catalysis55
Recent advances and perspectives on supramolecular radical cages55
Using fluorene to lock electronically active moieties in thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters for high-performance non-doped organic light-emitting diodes with suppressed roll-off54
Recent development and applications of semipinacol rearrangement reactions54
Turning waste into wealth: facile and green synthesis of carbon nanodots from pollutants and applications to bioimaging54
Olefin metathesis: what have we learned about homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts from surface organometallic chemistry?54
Three-dimensional electron diffraction for porous crystalline materials: structural determination and beyond54
Recent progress in the shape deformation of polymeric hydrogels from memory to actuation54
By-design molecular architecturesviaalkyne metathesis54
Development of formamidinium lead iodide-based perovskite solar cells: efficiency and stability54
The electrostatic origins of specific ion effects: quantifying the Hofmeister series for anions54
Reversible inhibition of the oxidase-like activity of Fe single-atom nanozymes for drug detection53
On the formation of hydrogen peroxide in water microdroplets53
Photocatalytic decarboxylative amidosulfonation enables direct transformation of carboxylic acids to sulfonamides53
Electrochemical oxidation of molecular nitrogen to nitric acid – towards a molecular level understanding of the challenges53
Active material and interphase structures governing performance in sodium and potassium ion batteries53
Photoinduced 1,2-dicarbofunctionalization of alkenes with organotrifluoroborate nucleophilesviaradical/polar crossover53
Construction of isostructural hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks: limitations and possibilities of pore expansion53
Towards the stable chelation of radium for biomedical applications with an 18-membered macrocyclic ligand53
Electrochemically driven C–N bond formation from CO2 and ammonia at the triple-phase boundary52
Reticular design and crystal structure determination of covalent organic frameworks52
Tailoring Lewis/Brønsted acid properties of MOF nodes via hydrothermal and solvothermal synthesis: simple approach with exceptional catalytic implications52
A feasible approach for automatically differentiable unitary coupled-cluster on quantum computers52
Phenazines as model low-midpoint potential electron shuttles for photosynthetic bioelectrochemical systems52
Isomer-dependent catalytic pyrolysis mechanism of the lignin model compounds catechol, resorcinol and hydroquinone52
Asymmetric systematic synthesis, structures, and (chir)optical properties of a series of dihetero[8]helicenes52
NHC-catalyzed covalent activation of heteroatoms for enantioselective reactions52
Efficient access to materials-oriented aromatic alkynes via the mechanochemical Sonogashira coupling of solid aryl halides with large polycyclic conjugated systems52
Linker engineering in metal–organic frameworks for dark photocatalysis52
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