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A reflection on ‘Bimetallic mechanism operating in the copolymerization of propylene oxide with carbon dioxide catalyzed by cobalt–salen complexes’
In celebration of our 15th anniversary and some of our most popular articles, Koji Nakano and Kyoko Nozaki reflect on the area of bimetallic polymerisation catalysts, building on the first paper published in Chemical Science on this topic: https://doi.org/10.1039/C0SC00220H.
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A reflection on ‘Aggregation-induced emission enhancement of a meso-trifluoromethyl BODIPY via J-aggregation’: from fundamental discovery to versatile sensing platforms
In celebration of our 15th anniversary and some of our most popular articles, Jean Bouffard and Youngmi Kim reflect on developments in aggregation-induced emission, building on their study published in Chemical Science on this topic (Chem. Sci., 2014, https://doi.org/10.1039/c3sc52495g).
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A reflection on enzyme-coupled supramolecular sensing: overcoming selectivity barriers with macrocyclic reporter pairs
In celebration of our 15th anniversary and some of our most popular articles, Yu Liu reflects on the area of supramolecular tandem assays, building on a Chemical Science manuscript published in 2011 on this topic [Guo et al. (Chem. Sci., 2011, https://doi.org/10.1039/C1SC00231G)].
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A reflection on modelling and examination of paramagnetic molecules for magnetic storage and molecular spintronics
In celebration of our 15th anniversary and some of our most popular articles, Mihail Atanasov and Frank Neese reflect on the modelling and examination of paramagnetic molecules, building on two papers in Chemical Science: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2SC20801F & https://doi.org/10.1039/C2SC21394J.
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A reflection on salts dissolved in salts: ionic liquid mixtures – ion pairs, ion pairing and ionic liquids
In celebration of our 15th anniversary and some of our most popular articles, Tom Welton reflects on ionic liquid mixtures, following on from the original study by J. P. Hallett and T. Welton et al. (Chem Sci., 2011,https://doi.org/10.1039/C1SC00227A).
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A reflection on ketoABNO: the crossing point between organic synthesis and protein modification
In celebration of our 15th anniversary and some of our most popular articles, Motomu Kanai reflects on the development of ketoABNO, following on from the report in 2012 in Chemical Science on catalysis mediated by ketoABNO (Chem. Sci., 2012, https://doi.org/10.1039/C2SC20699D).
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A reflection on frustrated Lewis pairs 20 years on: the gift that keeps on giving
In celebration of our 15th anniversary and some of our most popular articles, Douglas W. Stephan and Rebecca L. Melen reflect on the area of frustrated Lewis pairs, building on the paper published in Chemical Science (D. W. Stephan et al., Chem. Sci., 2011, https://doi.org/10.1039/C0SC00398K).
About this collection
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Chemical Science, we invited some of our authors who published with us when the journal first started—and in the years after—to write a Reflection article.
In these articles, the authors look back at their earlier research, talk about how it may have influenced the field, and share their thoughts on what might happen next in this area of chemistry.
We hope you enjoy reading this special collection and that it gives you a good overview of some of the exciting and important research that was first published in the journal.