Themed collection Chemical Frontiers Goa

We are delighted to present this collection of open access articles in RSC Advances to celebrate the Decennial Year of the “Chemical Frontiers Goa” meetings.

Emerging fundamental issues involving intramolecular electron transfer at the mixed valent diruthenium frameworks and its application prospects have been highlighted.

This review highlights the initial development of a new C–H activation–annulation chemistry accessible on the metal–N-heterocyclic carbene platform.

Reactive sulfur species (RSS) are integral to cellular survival and growth. Here, small molecule generators of RSS are reviewed.

Hetero-atom doped porous carbon materials derived from MOFs are efficient noble metal-free electrocatalysts.

This paper reviews various facets of Raman spectroscopy. This encompasses biomolecule fingerprinting and conformational analysis, discrimination of healthy vs. diseased states, depth-specific information of materials and 3D Raman imaging.

Environment-sensitive nucleoside analogs and structure-specific antibodies and small molecule probes have provided efficient fluorescence-based tools to study G-quadruplexes.

HER and OER activity of the water-splitting electrocatalysts produced by hydrothermal or microemulsion methods is reviewed.

This review highlights recent advancements in surface patterning of nucleobases, their analogs including nucleobase-CNT hybrids and metal complexes, using various microscopy techniques for nanotechnological applications.

The diverse pathological mechanisms and their implications for the development of effective diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in Alzheimer's disease are presented with current progress, challenges and future prospects.

This review presents an overview of the structure, function and mechanism of CDA deaminases and their potential as enzyme systems for development of new antimicrobial therapies.

The uniformly distributed nanoporous architectures in graphynes have significantly expanded the applicability of the materials of carbon flatland in areas such as water desalination, gas separation, energy storage, catalysis and optoelectronics.

Hierarchical computational modelling approaches for the study of supramolecular polymers is reviewed.

We discuss state-of-the-art doping strategies for colloidal quantum dots, their principle, advantages and challenges in implementing the strategies.

We propose a generalized and informative [a,b,c,d] nomenclature for various types of one-pot multistep reactions, which emphasizes the fundamental parameters that define the synthetic efficiency of such transformations.

This review article presents an overview of the progress in heterocorrole chemistry including their syntheses, key structural aspects and properties.

This review is about the momentous evolution of transient directing group assisted C–H functionalizations promoted by three major second row transition metals.

Nature's fuel-driven approach as a generic concept for structural and temporal regulation over biomimetic synthetic supramolecular polymerization.

This review provides a summary of recent metal-catalysed approaches for the synthesis of cyclopenta[b]indoles.

Rich and diverse chemistry of 1,3,5-triphenylbenzene is discussed with emphasis on fluorescence based chemo-sensors, apart from a discussion on its use in building a number of supramolecular assemblies and fluorescent covalent-organic-frameworks.

Covalent cross-linking of 2D structures such as graphene, MoS₂ and C₃N₄ using coupling reactions affords the generation of novel materials with new or improved properties.

Dynamic disorder and electric field affect the charge (hole and electron) transport in host-materials for OLEDs.