Inorganic journals: open calls for papers

Fluorine embodies reactivity and inertness, both of which are exploited by inorganic chemists. It is the most electronegative element in the periodic table (3.98 on the Pauling scale) and has a remarkably high reduction potential (2.87 V).  The van der Waals and covalent radii of fluorine are quite short (ranked third, only after the first-row elements hydrogen and helium), making it unusually small for its atomic number. The homonuclear bond in F₂ is particularly reactive while some heteronuclear bonds involving fluorine are remarkably stable. The combined effects of these features on fluorine-containing molecules are often unmatched by any other element, for example with carbon, where it forms very robust, chemically inert single bonds; the BDE of C-F compared to C-H bonds in CF₄ and CH₄ are 546.8 and 439.3 kJ/mol, respectively. 

Metal complexes of fluorinated ligands in comparison to their non-fluorinated, hydrocarbon counterparts, usually display different properties such as relatively high thermal and oxidative stability, volatility, diminished vibrational modes and shifted spectroscopic features (absorption and emission), as well as unique reactivity profiles. They are also ideal for applications in fluorous-biphase media and supercritical CO₂. Additionally, fluorine containing anions such as [BF₄]-, [SbF₆]-, [B(C₆F₅)₄]−, and [B{3,5-(CF₃)₂C₆H₃}₄]− are among the weakest donors known.

This Spotlight Collection is focused on recent advances in fluorinated supporting ligands published in Dalton Transactions, covering C-F inertness, electron-withdrawing effects of fluoro-substituents, the weakly-coordinating nature of fluorinated anions, efforts to functionalize C-F bonds, and species that selectively deliver F, F^· and F^-.

All types of manuscript – communications, full papers, perspective, frontiers and comments – will be considered for publication. The manuscript should be prepared according to our article guidelines and submitted via our online system.

All manuscripts will be subject to the usual initial assessment and peer review processes as necessary, and inclusion in the Spotlight Collection will be at the discretion of the Guest Editors. Please indicate in your submission that you are submitting to this Spotlight Collection and inform the Editorial Office by email.

Articles will be added to this spotlight collection as soon as they are published. You can find all of the published articles in the collection here.

Dalton Transactions is a Transformative Journal, and Plan S compliant

Artificial nitrogen cycle electrocatalysis with high flexibility, sustainability, and compatibility can convert intermittent renewable energy to harmless (nitrogen) or value-added chemicals (ammonia, nitrate, hydrazine, hydroxylamine, etc.). This themed collection will highlight new advances in the growing field of N-cycle electrocatalysis.

Topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Artificial nitrogen fixation
• Nitrate/nitrite reduction reaction
• Nitric oxide oxidation reaction
• Nitric oxide oxidation reaction
• Nitric oxide reduction reaction
• Ammonia oxidation reaction
• Hydrazine oxidation reaction
• Nitrogen oxidation reaction

How to submit:

Both Research and Review articles will be considered for this collection. The manuscript should be prepared according to our article guidelines and submitted via our online system.

All manuscripts will be subject to the usual initial assessment and peer review processes, and inclusion in the themed collection will be at the discretion of the Guest Editors. If you are willing to contribute, please mention that this manuscript is a contribution to the nitrogen cycle electrocatalysis collection in the “Comments to the Editor” section during submission.

The Emerging Investigator Series has an overall objective to showcase significant research by newer voices from across the worldwide inorganic chemistry research community. We will consider additional applications and nominations on their own merit. Self-nominations are also strongly encouraged.

Both research articles and review articles are welcome to the series. Papers accepted for publication in the Emerging Investigator Series will be published in the earliest available issue and collated together in a dedicated Emerging Investigator Series page that will appear across Frontiers journals’ websites. All submissions to the Emerging Investigator Series will be subject to the journal’s high standards in peer review.

In order to be featured in the Emerging Investigator Series, contributors must:

• currently, be an independent research leader
• be the lead author (first author and/or corresponding author) of their article at the journal
• have either a) hold a PhD degree and be at the age of 40 or less in the year of submission, or b) received their PhD no earlier than 01 January of the year 12 years prior to the year of submission, or c) have no more than 12 years of post-PhD research experience on 01 January in the year of submission when taking into account any career breaks.

If you are interested to contribute to this series, please provide an up-to-date CV to the Editorial Office before submission, or simply opt-in for this series during submitting your manuscript and attach the CV as a supporting document.