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Theoretical Study on Luminescent Properties of Organic Materials

edited by

Panwang Zhou

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10085 | Submission Open

Keywords: luminescence mechanism; AIE; ESIPT; TADF; RTP

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computational and Theoretical Chemistry)

Activity and Structural Characteristics of Polysaccharides

edited by

Ding-Tao Wu

and

Yong Deng

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10077 | Submission Open

Keywords: polysaccharides; extraction and isolation; biological activity; structural property; structure– activity relationship; quality evaluation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioorganic Chemistry)

Cutting-Edge Characterizations for Expanding Energy Material Chemistries

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9445 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy storage and conversion materials; cryo-TEM; FIB; in situ TEM; XPS; NMR; spectroscopy; electrochemistry; diffusion and charge transfer; photovoltaic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)

Biomaterials Based on Calcium Phosphates and Their Modifications

edited by

Aneta Zima

Ewelina Cichoń

and

Joanna Czechowska

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9439 | Submission Open

Keywords: calcium phosphates; bone cements; scaffolds; hybrid materials; composites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)

Metabolites of Biofunctional Interest from Plant Sources

edited by

Rosalva Mora-Escobedo

Cristian Jiménez Martínez

and

Mercedes Martín Pedrosa

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8982 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant metabolites; biological activity; medicinal plants; functional plants; plant extracts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)

Design and Synthesis of Novel Adsorbents for Pollutant Removal

edited by

Inna V. Melnyk

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8341 | Submission Open

Keywords: wastewater treatment; adsorbents; sustainable materials; adsorption mechanisms; surface chemistry; selective adsorption

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physical Chemistry)

Recent Advances in Wood Chemistry

edited by

Sung Phil Mun

and

M. Sarwar Jahan

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8306 | Submission Open

Keywords: wood chemistry; lignin; cellulose; bark; wood extractives; wood surface modification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Chemistry)

Heterocyclic Chemistry in Europe

edited by

Gilbert Kirsch

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8232 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-aromatic heterocycles; aromatic heterocycles; benzo-condensed heterocycles; mesoionic heterocycles; natural heterocycles; synthesis; reactivity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Organic Chemistry)

Applications of NMR Spectroscopy to Problem Solving for Inorganic, Organometallic, and Organic Compounds

edited by Paride Papadia

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8202 | Submission Open

Keywords: NMR spectroscopy; metabolomics; structure determination; biomolecular NMR; solid state NMR; conformational analysis; molecular diffusion; low field NMR spectroscopy

Recent Advances of Natural Products in Food Science

edited by

Yanping Chen

, Yueqi Wang and

Shipeng Yin

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8198 | Submission Open

Keywords: characteristic flavor substances; flavor analysis and detection; sensory characteristics; natural products; functional foods; structural characteristics; functional characteristics; molecular mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Chemistry)

Natural Products and Microbiology in Human Health

edited by

Ian Edwin Cock

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7983 | Submission Open

Keywords: traditional medicine; antibiotics; antibiotic natural products; probiotics; novel antimicrobial therapies; microbial toxins; phytochemicals; antibiotic-resistant bacteria; drug potentiation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Bioactive and Nutritional Molecules: From Natural Sources to Therapeutic and Health Applications

edited by

Mauro Lombardo

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7729 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive and nutritional molecules; natural therapeutic agents; bioactive compounds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cross-Field Chemistry)

Natural Products Chemistry: Advances in Synthetic, Analytical and Bioactivity Studies, Volume II

edited by

Giovanni Ribaudo

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7656 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural compounds; semisynthetic compounds; organic synthesis; analytical chemistry; flavonoids; alkaloids; drug design; stereochemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Organic Chemistry)

Photocatalysis for Energy Transformation Reactions and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Lagnamayee Mohapatra

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6925 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel photocatalysts; photocatalytic degradation; water splitting; water and wastewater treatment; pollutants photocatalytic removal; pollutant abatement; energy conversion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Photochemistry)

Phytochemistry, Human Health and Molecular Mechanisms

edited by Valeria Naponelli and

Elena Ferrari

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6870 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; bioavailability; extraction methods; biological activities; functional applications; nutraceuticals; human metabolism; toxicity; bioactive-gut microbiota relationships

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)

Design, Synthesis and Applications of Bioactive Compounds

edited by

Ljubica Glavaš-Obrovac

Maja Molnar

and

Lidija-Marija Tumir

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6763 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; molecular design; synthetic methods; natural products and modification of natural products; in silico drug design; structure– activity relationship; drug discovery; biomedical applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Heterocyclic Bioactive Small Molecules: Advances in Structure Analysis and Drug Discovery in Heterocyclic Chemistry

edited by

Annamaria Martorana

and

Antonino Lauria

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6437 | Submission Open

Keywords: small molecules; heterocyclic chemistry; in silico study; drug discovery; medicinal chemistry; targeted therapy; natural heterocyclic compounds; phytochemical extraction; combinatorial chemistry; flow chemistry; green chemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Extraction and Analysis of Natural Products in Food—2nd Edition

edited by

Amenta Margherita

and

Valeria Guarrasi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5641 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural products; extraction methodologies: green impacts and sustainability; separation and purification techniques; agri-food byproducts; natural bioactive compounds; food ingredients; industrial application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)

Analytical Methods for Food and Environmental Pollutants: Current and Future Perspectives

edited by

Julia Martín

and

Esteban Alonso

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5146 | Submission Open

Keywords: emerging pollutants; food samples; environmental samples; sampling; sample preparation; analytical instrumentation; chemometric tools

(This special issue belongs to the Section Analytical Chemistry)

Design, Synthesis and Biological Activity of Novel Antitumor Drugs

edited by

Alessia Bertamino

and

Tania Ciaglia

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5030 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel target; anticancer; small molecules; biological evaluation; synthesis; activity assay; molecular modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

State-of-the-Art Analytical Methods for Natural Products

edited by

Dimitrina Zheleva-Dimitrova

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4925 | Submission Open

Keywords: phytochemical analysis; hyphenated techniques; HPLC; LC-MS; LC-NMR; GC-MS; secondary metabolites; natural products analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)

Explorations in Luminescent Molecular Materials

edited by Ángeles Farrán Morales

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4647 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluorescence; phosphorescence; luminescent materials; organic dyes; electroluminescent materials; carbon dots; quantum dots

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)

Advanced Analytical Techniques for the Detection and Quantification of Emerging Contaminants

edited by

Maria Christina Nika

and

Dimitrios E. Damalas

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4644 | Submission Open

Keywords: extraction protocols; method development; determination of emerging contaminants; fate and transformation of contaminants; environmental monitoring; advanced separation techniques; high-resolution mass spectrometry; identification workflows

(This special issue belongs to the Section Analytical Chemistry)

Nanomaterials for Advanced Biomedical Applications, 2nd Edition

edited by

Zyta M. Ziora

and Ahmed M. Omer

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4638 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; wound healing; drug delivery; tissue regeneration; bioactive nanoparticles; polymeric nanocomposites

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)

Fluorescent Probes in Biomedical Detection and Imaging

edited by Haihao Han

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4449 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluorescent probes; fluorescent sensors; chemosensors; organic fluorescent molecules; detecting; bioimaging; theranostics; biomedicine; in vitro imaging; in vivo imaging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Analytical Chemistry)

Recent Advances in (Phospho)lipid-Based Drug Delivery Nanosystems

edited by

Željka Vanić

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4427 | Submission Open

Keywords: liposomes; solid lipid nanoparticles; nanostructured lipid carriers; nanoemulsions; niosomes; controlled drug delivery; targeted drug delivery; topical drug delivery; parenteral drug delivery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Macromolecular Chemistry)

Porous Organic Materials: Design and Applications: Volume II

edited by

Yan’an Gao

and Qi Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4133 | Submission Open

Keywords: topology design; synthesis; structure— function correlation; adsorption and separation; catalysis; energy storage and conversion; mass transportation; biological application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)

Novel Studies of Organic Electrosynthesis

edited by

César Augusto Correia de Sequeira

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3854 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic electrosynthesis; microreactors; modern redox mediators; organic reactions; room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs); production plants design; bipolar/monopolar charge flow

(This special issue belongs to the Section Electrochemistry)

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Multitarget-Directed Ligands for the Treatment of Multifactorial Diseases

edited by

Dimitra Hadjipavlou-Litina

and

Simona Rapposelli

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3687 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Recent Advances in Metal–Organic Frameworks

edited by

Pengcheng Huang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3666 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal– organic framework; fluorescent detection and imaging; visual analysis; MOF-based nanozyme

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)

New Insights into Kinase Inhibitors II

edited by

Roberta Bortolozzi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3401 | Submission Open

Keywords: kinase inhibitors; kinase inhibitors chemistry; therapy resistance; combination therapy; antitumoral activity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioorganic Chemistry)

Advances in Membrane Preparation and Applications in Green Chemistry

edited by

Weiwei Cai

and

Jingwei Wang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3349 | Submission Open

Keywords: membrane fouling; membrane fabrication; separation; filtration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Chemistry)

Chemopreventive and Antioxidant Activity of Plant Extracts and Other Phytochemical Compounds

edited by

Dimitrios Stagos

Nikolaos Goutzourelas

and

Varvara Trachana

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3207 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant extracts; natural compounds; antioxidants; anticancer; polyphenols; ROS-induced DNA damage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

The Application of Vibrational Spectroscopy Techniques Coupled with Chemometrics in Agro-Food-Pharmaceutical Products

edited by

Ricardo N. M. J. Páscoa

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3118 | Submission Open

Keywords: vibrational spectroscopy; chemometrics; agro-food-pharmaceutical products; quantitative analysis; qualitative analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Analytical Chemistry)

Fundamental Aspects of Chemical Bonding—2nd Edition

edited by

Demeter Tzeli

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2808 | Submission Open

Keywords: chemical bonding; bonding analysis; calculations; interactions; MO analysis; VB analysis; electron localization function (ELF); quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Computational and Theoretical Chemistry)

Advances of Enzyme Inhibitors and Activators in Drug Research

edited by

Xiaoli Xu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2756 | Submission Open

Keywords: enzyme inhibitors and activators; drug discovery; allosteric inhibition; structure– activity relationships; chemical biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Progress in Drug Development for Inflammatory Diseases

edited by

Guglielmi Paolo

Daniela Secci

and

Emanuela Berrino

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2456 | Submission Open

Keywords: inflammation; rheumatic diseases; neurodegeneration; monoamine oxidases (MAOs); cholinesterases (ChEs); antioxidants; structure-activity relationship; drug design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)

Thermal and Photocatalytic Analysis of Nanomaterials: 2nd Edition

edited by

Imre Miklós Szilágyi

Klára Hernádi

and

Ottó Horváth

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2456 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanotechnology; thermal; decomposition; nanofluid; photocatalysis; decontamination; synthesis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)

Organoselenium Compounds: Synthesis, Catalysis and Biological Activities

edited by

Luana Bagnoli

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2366 | Submission Open

Keywords: organoselenium compounds; catalysis; sustainable synthesis; redox processes; asymmetric synthesis; bioorganic chemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Organic Chemistry)

Natural Products: Extraction, Analysis and Biological Activities

edited by

Dorota Wianowska

and Łukasz Paprotny

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2178 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant products; secondary metabolites; extraction; analysis; quality of natural products; biological activity; health-promoting properties; agricultural waste

(This special issue belongs to the Section Natural Products Chemistry)

Glycomimetics: Design, Synthesis and Bioorganic Applications

edited by

Francesca Cardona

and

Macarena Martínez-Bailén

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2035 | Submission Open

Keywords: glycomimetics; glycosidase inhibition and/or enhancement; C- and N-glycosides; bioorganic chemistry; glycobiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioorganic Chemistry)

New Achievements and Challenges in Food Chemistry

edited by

Jie Chen

and Qiuming Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2022 | Submission Open

Keywords: food processing innovations; alternative proteins; bioactive compounds; food safety; food storage; flavour chemistry; food enzyme design; AI-assisted technologies; novel analytical methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Food Chemistry)

Tetrapyrrolic Macrocycles: Synthesis, Functionalization and Applications, Volume IV

edited by

Maria G. P. M. S. Neves

M. Amparo F. Faustino

and

Nuno M. M. Moura

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1977 | Submission Open

Keywords: porphyrins; corroles; phthalocyanines; sapphyrins; heteroporphyrins; expanded (hetero)porphyrins; BODIPY; synthetic methodologies; pyrrolic-based macrocycles; photophysical/photochemical properties; supramolecular chemistry; catalysis; materials; sustainable synthetic methodologies; medicine; solar cells

(This special issue belongs to the Section Organic Chemistry)

Lignocellulosic Materials 2.0

edited by

Bruno Medronho

and

Hugo Duarte

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1791 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomass valorization; biopolymers; lignocellulose; green chemistry; bio-based materials; environmental remediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)

The Latest Trends in Catalyst Immobilization II

edited by

Alessandra Puglisi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1708 | Submission Open

Keywords: immobilized catalysts; solid support; organocatalysis; metal catalysis; biocatalysis; enzymes; recyclable catalyst; smart materials; sustainable process; flow chemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Organic Chemistry)

Promising Catalytic Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications

edited by Leticia M. Torres-Martínez and

Edith Luévano-Hipólito

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1627 | Submission Open

Keywords: CO2 reduction; H2 generation; emerging pollutants degradation; generation of value-added compounds; air pollutants removal (NOx; SOx; VOCs); soil remediation; antimicrobial applications; elucidation of new catalytic mechanisms; electrocatalysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cross-Field Chemistry)

Theoretical Research of Carbon Nanomaterials

edited by

Jingshuang Dang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1615 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon nanomaterials; density functional theory calculations; ab initio molecular dynamics; machine learning; formation mechanisms; reactivity; catalysts; photovoltaics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)

Advanced Materials for Environmental Remediation: Design and Applications

edited by Meijuan Chen and Yuru Wang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1574 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced materials; environmental remediation; nanomaterials; biomaterials; porous materials; composites; water purification; air purification; soil remediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials Chemistry)

Functional Nanomaterials for Food Safety and Biomedicine Analysis Applications

edited by

Fengna Xi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1372 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional nanomaterials; biosensors; food safety; biomedicine analysis; disease diagnosis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Applied Chemistry)

Ionic Liquids and Deep Eutectic Solvents in Catalysis: Current Status and Future Outlook

edited by

Ignacio López-Coca

and Peter A. Goodrich

submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1293 | Submission Open

Keywords: ionic liquids; deep eutectic solvents; green chemistry; catalysis; sustainable synthesis; homogeneous catalysis; heterogeneous catalysis; enzymatic catalysis; microwave irradiation; ultrasonic activation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Green Chemistry)

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