Themed collection Chem Soc Rev Emerging Investigators

Chemical Society Reviews profiles the Emerging Investigators featuring work in this issue.

Transition metal-mediated chemical conversions have rapidly expanded our intracellular protein chemistry toolbox, which would broaden our view on bioorthogonal chemistry.

The discovery of graphene and other two-dimensional (2D) materials together with recent advances in exfoliation techniques have set the foundations for the manufacturing of single layered sheets from any layered 3D material.

In this Critical Review, we summarize the latest advances in the development of polymer encapsulated nanoparticles based on conjugated polymers and fluorogens with aggregation induced emission (AIE) characteristics, elucidate the importance of matrix selection and structure–property relationship of these nanoparticles and discuss their applications in fluorescence and photoacoustic imaging.

This review summarizes recent methodologies for the simultaneous formation of C–CF₃ and C–C or C–heteroatom bonds by formal addition reactions to alkenes.

Studying the biosynthesis of naturally-occurring and engineered organofluorine natural products may enable the development of new bioactive small molecules.

This review emphasises the power of combining computation and experiment in the mechanistic study and reactivity design of palladium-mediated chemistry.

The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive view of the chemistry of cationic polyphosphorus cages.

Nanostructuring is a useful strategy to improve the activity of some known hydrotreating catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution.

Genetic code expansion has become an essential new tool for designing functional small protein models for complex metalloenzymes.

This review describes key functions of the water oxidation enzyme photosystem II, protein film photoelectrochemistry of photosystem II and bio-inspired photoelectrochemical water oxidation systems.