Chemical Science

Papers
(The TQCC of Chemical Science is 9. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
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Tunable fluorescent probes for detecting aldehydes in living systems178
Employing racemization strategies to simultaneously enhance the quantum yield, lifetime, and water stability of room-temperature phosphorescent materials157
Introducing AFS ([Al(SO3F)3]x) – a thermally stable, readily available, and catalytically active solid Lewis superacid151
Improving electron transportation and operational lifetime of full color organic light emitting diodes through a “weak hydrogen bonding cage” structure132
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A photoinduced transient activating strategy for late-stage chemoselective C(sp3)–H trifluoromethylation of azines126
Synthesis, aromatization and cavitates of an oxanorbornene-fused dibenzo[de,qr]tetracene nanobox122
Defect-engineered surfaces to investigate the formation of self-assembled molecular networks114
Construction of an autocatalytic reaction cycle in neutral medium for synthesis of life-sustaining sugars113
An integrated “rigid–flexible” strategy by side chain engineering towards high ion-conduction cationic covalent organic framework electrolytes112
The unprecedented strong paratropic ring current of a bis-PdII complex of 5,10,23-trimesityl [28]heptaphyrin(1.1.0.0.1.0.0)111
A pair of conjoined trinuclear sub-frameworks in a pentanuclear double-cavity discrete coordination cage109
A multi-resonance emitter with five-membered thiophene as the π-core enables efficient, narrowband and reduced efficiency roll-off OLEDs107
Luminescent carbene–copper(i)–amide polymers for efficient host-free solution-processed OLEDs107
Structure-enabled long-lived charge separation in single crystals of an asymmetric donor–acceptor perylenediimide cyclophane105
Synthesis of a dendritic cell-targeted self-assembled polymeric nanoparticle for selective delivery of mRNA vaccines to elicit enhanced immune responses103
Inexpensive and bench stable diarylmethylium tetrafluoroborates as organocatalysts in the light mediated hydrosulfonylation of unactivated alkenes102
A critical appraisal of advances in integrated CO2 capture and electrochemical conversion100
Engineering mechanisms of proton-coupled electron transfer to a titanium-substituted polyoxovanadate–alkoxide98
Self-sensitized Cu(ii)-complex catalyzed solar driven CO2 reduction98
Exploring new horizons in mid-to-far infrared nonlinear optical crystals: the significant potential of trigonal pyramidal [TeS3]2− functional units97
Engineering the solid electrolyte interphase for enhancing high-rate cycling and temperature adaptability of lithium-ion batteries93
Mechanistic insights into the regiodivergent insertion of bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes towards carbocycle-tethered N-heteroarenes90
Enhancing electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution via engineering unsaturated electronic structures in MoS290
Surface immobilization of single atoms on heteroatom-doped carbon nanospheres through phenolic-mediated interfacial anchoring for highly efficient biocatalysis87
Precise photorelease in living cells by high-viscosity activatable coumarin-based photocages85
Interplay between conformational dynamics and substrate binding regulates enzymatic activity: a single-molecule FRET study84
Enhancing organic cathodes of aqueous zinc-ion batteries via nitro group modification83
Discovery of Intermolecular Cascade Annulation for Dihydrobenzo[b][1,8]naphthyridine-Ylidene-Pyrrolidinetriones80
On the breakdown of Förster energy transfer theory due to solvent effects: atomistic simulations unveil distance-dependent dielectric screening in calmodulin78
Late-stage installation and functionalization of alkyl pyridiniums: a general HTE amenable strategy to access diverse aryl alanine containing macrocyclic peptides78
Enzymatic Peptide Macrocyclization via Indole-N-Acylation78
The inductive effect does not explain electron density in haloacetates: are our textbooks wrong?78
Li1.6AlCl3.4S0.6: a low-cost and high-performance solid electrolyte for solid-state batteries77
Catalysis of a LiF-rich SEI by aromatic structure modified porous polyamine for stable all-solid-state lithium metal batteries76
Spatial correlation of desorption events accelerates water exchange dynamics at Pt/water interfaces74
Anatomy and formation mechanisms of early amyloid-β oligomers with lateral branching: graph network analysis on large-scale simulations73
Photocatalytic synthesis of tetra-substituted furans promoted by carbon dioxide73
Discovery of a monomeric green fluorescent protein sensor for chloride by structure-guided bioinformatics73
Lessons learnt in photocatalysis – the influence of solvent polarity and the photostability of the photocatalyst72
Hydroalkylation of styrenes enabled by boryl radical mediated halogen atom transfer72
Bicyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene (BICAAC) in a dual role: activation of primary amides and CO2towards catalyticN-methylation71
Free-energy decomposition of salt effects on the solubilities of small molecules and the role of excluded-volume effects69
Dynamic structural evolution of MgO-supported palladium catalysts: from metal to metal oxide nanoparticles to surface then subsurface atomically dispersed cations68
Fine-regulation of gradient gate-opening in nanoporous crystals for sieving separation of ternary C3 hydrocarbons68
Singlet fission in TIPS-anthracene thin films68
Chemo-selective Stille-type coupling of acyl-chlorides upon phosphine-borane Au(i) catalysis67
Hypocretenolides: collective total syntheses and activities toward metastatic colon cancer67
Photocatalytic CO2reduction sensitized by a special-pair mimic porphyrin connected with a rhenium(i) tricarbonyl complex66
Highly elastic relaxor ferroelectric via peroxide crosslinking66
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δ-Bonding modulates the electronic structure of formally divalent nd1 rare earth arene complexes64
Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of 2-pyrazolines via one-pot condensation/6π-electrocyclization: 3,5-bis(pentafluorosulfanyl)-phenylthioureas as powerful hydrogen bond donors64
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Exfoliation of a metal–organic framework enabled by post-synthetic cleavage of a dipyridyl dianthracene ligand64
Four-electron reduction of CO2: from formaldehyde and acetal synthesis to complex transformations63
Efficient circularly polarized multiple resonance thermally activated delayed fluorescence from B,N-embedded hetero[8]helicene enantiomers63
Targeting lysosomes by design: novel N-acridine thiosemicarbazones that enable direct detection of intracellular drug localization and overcome P-glycoprotein (Pgp)-mediated resistance63
Anion transporters based on halogen, chalcogen, and pnictogen bonds: towards biological applications63
Excitonic cuprophilic interactions in one-dimensional hybrid organic–inorganic crystals62
Molecular modulation strategies for two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide-based high-performance electrodes for metal-ion batteries62
Surefire generation of stannylpotassium: highly reactive stannyl anions and applications62
Hydrophobic nanoporous carbon scaffolds reveal the origin of polarity-dependent electrocapillary imbibition60
SDEGen: learning to evolve molecular conformations from thermodynamic noise for conformation generation60
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In situ modification of the d-band in the core–shell structure for efficient hydrogen storage via electrocatalytic N2 fixation60
Diastereoselective hydride transfer enables a synthesis of chiral 1,5-carboxamido-trifluoromethylcarbinols60
Equilibrating parent aminomercaptocarbene and CO2 with 2-amino-2-thioxoacetic acid via heavy-atom quantum tunneling60
Inter-layer magnetic tuning by gas adsorption in π-stacked pillared-layer framework magnets60
Artificial design of organic emitters via a genetic algorithm enhanced by a deep neural network59
A biocompatible hydrogel as a template for oxidative decomposition reactions: a chemodosimetric analysis and in vitro imaging of hypochlorite59
Hydroxy-directed fluorination of remote unactivated C(sp3)–H bonds: a new age of diastereoselective radical fluorination59
Accelerating the end-to-end production of cyclic phosphate monomers with modular flow chemistry59
CCC pincer Ru complex-catalyzed C–H vinylation/6π-E-cyclization of aldimines for constructing 4H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidines58
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The ACE2 receptor accelerates but is not biochemically required for SARS-CoV-2 membrane fusion57
Heavy metalla vinyl-cations show metal–Lewis acid cooperativity in reaction with small molecules (NH3, N2H4, H2O, H2)57
A bis(silylene)pyridine pincer ligand can stabilize mononuclear manganese(0) complexes: facile access to isolable analogues of the elusive d7-Mn(CO)5radical56
Light-driven redox deracemization of indolines and tetrahydroquinolines using a photocatalyst coupled with chiral phosphoric acid56
Imprinting of nanoparticles in thin films: Quo Vadis?55
A system for artificial light signal transduction via molecular translocation in a lipid membrane54
Asymmetric imino-acylation of alkenes enabled by HAT-photo/nickel cocatalysis54
Arresting dissolution of two-dimensional metal–organic frameworks enables long life in electrochemical devices52
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Unlocking the chemical environment of nitrogen in perovskite-type oxides51
Strain-enabled radical spirocyclization cascades: rapid access to spirocyclobutyl lactones and – lactams51
Subphthalocyanine capsules: molecular reactors for photoredox transformations of fullerenes51
Electronic configuration regulation of single-atomic Mn sites mediated by Mo/Mn clusters for an efficient hydrogen evolution reaction51
Ni-catalyzed asymmetric hydrophosphinylation of conjugated enynes and mechanistic studies50
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Catalytic, asymmetric carbon–nitrogen bond formation using metal nitrenoids: from metal–ligand complexes via metalloporphyrins to enzymes50
Chemical and linguistic considerations for encoding Chinese characters: an embodiment using chain-end degradable sequence-defined oligourethanes created by consecutive solid phase click chemistry50
Engendering reactivity at group 5-heteroatom multiple bondsviaπ-loading50
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Metalation-induced denitrogenative reductive coupling of isocyanides on a silylene-bridged nickel cluster47
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Angle-dependent strength of a single chemical bond by stereographic force spectroscopy45
Oxidatively induced reactivity in Rh(iii)-catalyzed 7-azaindole synthesis: insights into the role of the silver additive45
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Highly effective and chemoselective hydrodeoxygenation of aromatic alcohols44
De novogeneration of a bright blue fluorophore from 2-oxoglutarate in biological samples44
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Stereoselective synthesis of [2.2]triphenylenophanesviaintramolecular double [2 + 2 + 2] cycloadditions43
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Direct observation of magnetoelastic coupling in a molecular spin qubit: new insights from crystal field neutron scattering data43
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Mechanical codes of chemical-scale specificity in DNA motifs42
Recognition competes with hydration in anion-triggered monolayer formation of cyanostar supra-amphiphiles at aqueous interfaces42
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Gaining control on optical force by the stimulated-emission resonance effect42
Stille type P–C coupling polycondensation towards phosphorus-crosslinked polythiophenes with P-regulated photocatalytic hydrogen evolution42
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Rate and equilibrium constants for the addition of triazolium salt derived N-heterocyclic carbenes to heteroaromatic aldehydes42
Migratory insertion of isocyanide into a ketenyl–tungsten bond as key step in cyclization reactions41
A different polynorbornene backbone by combination of two polymer growth pathways: vinylic addition and ring opening via β-C elimination41
Streamlining the interface between electronics and neural systems for bidirectional electrochemical communication41
Robust vibrational coherence protected by a core–shell structure in silver nanoclusters40
Probing protein aggregation at buried interfaces: distinguishing between adsorbed protein monomers, dimers, and a monomer–dimer mixture in situ40
Design enhancement in hydroxide ion conductivity of viologen–bakelite organic frameworks for a flexible rechargeable zinc–air battery40
Divergent stereochemical outcomes in the insertion of donor/donor carbenes into the C–H bonds of stereogenic centers40
Iridium-catalyzed asymmetric trans-selective hydrogenation of 1,3-disubstituted isoquinolines40
Ultrafast photogeneration of a metal–organic nitrene from 1,1′-diazidoferrocene40
General stereoretentive preparation of chiral secondary mixed alkylmagnesium reagents and their use for enantioselective electrophilic aminations40
Interrogating bioinspired ESIPT/PCET-based Ir(iii)-complexes as organelle-targeted phototherapeutics: a redox-catalysis under hypoxia to evoke synergistic ferroptosis/apoptosis40
Direct discrimination of cell surface glycosylation signatures using a single pH-responsive boronic acid-functionalized polymer40
Responsive calcium-derived nanoassemblies induce mitochondrial disorder to promote tumor calcification39
A conformational role for NifW in the maturation of molybdenum nitrogenase P-cluster39
Magnetically controlled assembly: a new approach to organic integrated photonics39
Stereoselective RNA reaction with chiral 2′-OH acylating agents39
Autofluorescent antimalarials by hybridization of artemisinin and coumarin: in vitro/in vivo studies and live-cell imaging39
Synthesis of functionalised isochromans: epoxides as aldehyde surrogates in hexafluoroisopropanol39
Backbone-controlled LUMO energy induces intramolecular C–H activation inortho-bis-9-borafluorene-substituted phenyl ando-carboranyl compounds leading to novel 9,10-diboraanthracene deriv39
Interface engineering of Li6.75La3Zr1.75Ta0.25O12via in situ built LiI/ZnLix mixed buffer layer for solid-state lithium 39
3D vs. turbostratic: controlling metal–organic framework dimensionality via N-heterocyclic carbene chemistry39
Substituent effects on aromatic interactions in water38
Photocatalytic NOx removal and recovery: progress, challenges and future perspectives38
A photo-switchable molecular capsule: sequential photoinduced processes38
Three-component reductive conjugate addition/aldol tandem reaction enabled by nickel/photoredox dual catalysis38
Understanding chemistry: from “heuristic (soft) explanations and reasoning by analogy” to “quantum chemistry”38
Single-nucleobase resolution of a surface energy transfer nanoruler for in situ measurement of aptamer binding at the receptor subunit level in living cells38
Tuning the photoactivated anticancer activity of Pt(iv) compounds via distant ferrocene conjugation37
Competing dynamics of intramolecular deactivation and bimolecular charge transfer processes in luminescent Fe(iii) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes37
Redox-neutral manganese-catalyzed synthesis of 1-pyrrolines37
Chemical sensors for imaging total cellular aliphatic aldehydes in live cells37
Palladium-catalyzed selective C–C bond cleavage of keto-vinylidenecyclopropanes: construction of structurally rich dihydrofurans and tetrahydrofurans36
Endogenous metal-ion dynamic nuclear polarization for NMR signal enhancement in metal organic frameworks36
Predicting valence tautomerism in diverse cobalt–dioxolene complexes: elucidation of the role of ligands and solvent36
Enantioconvergent synthesis of chiral fluorenols from racemic secondary alcohols via Pd(ii)/chiral norbornene cooperative catalysis36
Spectroscopic application of few-femtosecond deep-ultraviolet laser pulses from resonant dispersive wave emission in a hollow capillary fibre36
A general but still unknown characteristic of active oxygen evolution electrocatalysts36
Targeting multidrug resistant Staphylococcus infections with bacterial histidine kinase inhibitors36
Photolysis-driven bond activation by thorium and uranium tetraosmate polyhydride complexes36
Unconventional gas-phase preparation of the prototype polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon naphthalene (C10H8) via the reaction of benzyl (C7H7) and propa36
In silico screening of LRRK2 WDR domain inhibitors using deep docking and free energy simulations36
Kinetically controlled synthesis of rotaxane geometric isomers35
Facile modification of phosphole-based aggregation-induced emission luminogens with sulfonyl isocyanates35
Improving machine learning performance on small chemical reaction data with unsupervised contrastive pretraining35
Noncovalent interaction guided selectivity of haloaromatic isomers in a flexible porous coordination polymer35
Orally administered bismuth drug together with N-acetyl cysteine as a broad-spectrum anti-coronavirus cocktail therapy35
Can range-separated functionals be optimally tuned to predict spectra and excited state dynamics in photoactive iron complexes?34
Overall reaction mechanism of photocatalytic CO2 reduction on a Re(i)-complex catalyst unit of a Ru(ii)–Re(i) supramolecular photocatalyst34
Synergistic effect of p-type and n-type dopants in semiconductors for efficient electrocatalytic water splitting34
Iron-catalysed alkene and heteroarene H/D exchange by reversible protonation of iron-hydride intermediates34
Wetting-enhanced adhesion of photo-polymerized supramolecular adhesives for both smooth and rough surfaces34
NSPs: chromogenic linkers for fast, selective, and irreversible cysteine modification34
An AND-gate bioluminescent probe for precise tumor imaging34
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Supramolecular encapsulation of redox-active monomers to enable free-radical polymerisation34
Intermolecular noncovalent interactions with carbon in solution34
Photophysics and photochemistry of thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters based on the multiple resonance effect: transient optical and electron paramagnetic resonance studies34
CO reductive oligomerization by a divalent thulium complex and CO2-induced functionalization34
Photochemistry of pyruvic acid is governed by photo-induced intermolecular electron transfer through hydrogen bonds34
Non-destructive real-time monitoring and investigation of the self-assembly process using fluorescent probes34
2D hexagonal assembly of a dipolar rotor with a close interval of 0.8 nm using a triptycene-based supramolecular scaffold34
Programmable synthesis of well-defined, glycosylated iron(ii) supramolecular assemblies with multivalent protein-binding capabilities33
Photosensitizer-singlet oxygen sensor conjugated silica nanoparticles for photodynamic therapy and bioimaging33
Designer pseudopeptides: autofluorescent polygonal tubes via Phe-zipper and triple helix33
Single-molecule detection of a terrylenediimide-based near-infrared emitter33
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Isoacridone dyes with parallel reactivity from both singlet and triplet excited states for biphotonic catalysis and upconversion33
Reactivity of 1,3-enyne MIDA boronates: exploration of novel 1,2-alkyne shift via gem-difluorination33
Dual-emissive luminescence in OIHMH single crystals: tunable red-green emissions via Mn2+ doping and theoretical insights33
A surface reconstruction route for increasingly improved photocatalytic H2O2 production using Sr2Bi3Ta2O11Cl33
Four-step continuous-flow total synthesis of (−)-debromoflustramine B using a chiral heterogeneous Pd NP catalyst33
An electric field-based approach for quantifying effective volumes and radii of chemically affected space33
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Electron transport chain-inspired coordination polymers for macroscopic spatiotemporal scales of charge separation and transport in photocatalysis33
An alternating copolymer of phenothiazine and ethylenedioxythiophene for perovskite solar cells: effects of flexible and rigid substituent alternation33
Dynamic handedness inversion of self-organized helical superstructures enabled by novel thermally stable light-driven chiral hydrazone switches33
Divergent total syntheses of pyrroloiminoquinone alkaloids enabled by the development of a Larock/Buchwald–Hartwig annulation/cyclization32
Palladium and copper co-catalyzed chloro-arylation of gem-difluorostyrenes – use of a nitrite additive to suppress β-F elimination32
Axially-chiral boramidine for detailed (chir)optical studies32
Bromine radical release from a nickel-complex facilitates the activation of alkyl boronic acids: a boron selective Suzuki–Miyaura cross coupling32
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Revealing the nature of covalently tethered distonic radical anions in the generation of heteroatom-centered radicals: evidence for the polarity-matching PCET pathway32
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Closed-loop chemically recyclable covalent adaptive networks derived from elementary sulfur32
A silylboronate-mediated strategy for cross-coupling of alkyl fluorides with aryl alkanes: mechanistic insights and scope expansion32
Metal-free introduction of primary sulfonamide into electron-rich aromatics32
Formation of a low-symmetry Pd8 molecular barrel employing a hetero donor tetradentate ligand, and its use in the binding and extraction of C7032
Unified ionic and radical C-4 alkylation and arylation of pyridines32
Ketone-functionalized conjugated organic polymers boost red-light-driven molecular oxygen-mediated oxygenation32
A changeable critical state for a switchable photocurrent direction via the photo-electrochemical photocurrent polarity switching effect in BiFeO3 nanoparticulate films32
Strategies to boost the electrochemical performance of bismuth anodes for potassium-ion batteries32
Preparation of intrinsically fragile bent crystals32
On-capillary alkylation micro-reactor: a facile strategy for proteo-metabolome profiling in the same single cells31
Vortex fluidic induced mass transfer across immiscible phases31
Confined dual Lewis acid centers for selective cascade C–C coupling and deoxygenation31
Controlled, one-pot synthesis of recyclable poly(1,3-diene)-polyester block copolymers, catalyzed by yttrium β-diketiminate complexes31
A review of frustrated Lewis pair enabled monoselective C–F bond activation31
A senolysis-based theragnostic prodrug strategy towards chronic renal failure31
Self-assembly of achiral building blocks into chiral cyclophanes using non-directional interactions31
Free-atom-like d states beyond the dilute limit of single-atom alloys31
Controllable mitochondrial aggregation and fusion by a programmable DNA binder31
Unveiling the complex configurational landscape of the intralayer cavities in a crystalline carbon nitride31
Water sensitivity of heteroepitaxial Cu-MOF films: dissolution and re-crystallization of 3D-oriented MOF superstructures31
On the use of real-world datasets for reaction yield prediction31
Unprecedented sesterterpenoids, orientanoids A–C: discovery, bioinspired total synthesis and antitumor immunity31
Hierarchical covalent organic framework-foam for multi-enzyme tandem catalysis31
A flexible data-free framework for structure-based de novo drug design with reinforcement learning31
Block copolymer synthesis in ionic liquid via polymerisation-induced self-assembly: a convenient route to gel electrolytes31
Theoretical prediction of a graphene-like 2D uranyl material with p-orbital antiferromagnetism31
Zintl cluster supported low coordinate Rh(i) centers for catalytic H/D exchange between H2and D231
Development and application of decatungstate catalyzed C–H 18F- and 19F-fluorination, fluoroalkylation and beyond31
The power of microdroplet photochemistry31
Construction of a quaternary stereogenic center by asymmetric hydroformylation: a straightforward method to prepare chiral α-quaternary amino acids30
BQ-AurIPr: a redox-active anticancer Au(i) complex that induces immunogenic cell death30
In situ electrochemical regeneration of active 1,4-NADH for enzymatic lactic acid formation via concerted functions on Pt-modified TiO2/Ti30
Observation of super-Nernstian proton-coupled electron transfer and elucidation of nature of charge carriers in a multiredox conjugated polymer30
Stochastic assembly of biomacromolecular complexes: impact and implications on charge interpretation in native mass spectrometry30
Precise synthesis of BN embedded perylene diimide oligomers for fast-charging and long-life potassium–organic batteries30
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