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Analytical Chemistry
The ‘Analytical Chemistry’ section of Molecules publishes original research articles, communications, and reviews on all aspects of analytical chemistry. This section welcomes a wide array of research including fundamental investigations on the identification and quantitation...
Applied Chemistry
The Applied Chemistry Section of the journal Molecules publishes original research and timely review articles covering all aspects of Applied Chemistry. The Section aims to update our knowledge on all related fields of chemistry, including applied inorganic chemistry, applied organic che...
Bioorganic Chemistry
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
chemoenzymatic synthesis & use of enzymes in organic chemistry
enzyme inhibitors
enzyme immobilization & controlled enzyme immobilization
biocatalysis (ribozymes & catalytic antibodies)
biosynthesis
co...
Chemical Biology
The section of Chemical Biology of the ‘Molecules’ journal aims to publishes reviews and original research articles within the field of Chemical Biology. While the definition of the field overlaps with medicinal and bioorganic chemistry, distinct aspects can be defined which earmarks ...
Colorants
The Section “Colorants” of Molecules publishes original research articles and reviews on all aspects of natural and synthetic colorant chemistry, analysis, and properties, spanning from the food and cosmetic sectors to the materials science field.
The main scope is co...
Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
The Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Section of the open access journal, Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049) publishes original research and review articles on the application and development of computational and theoretical chemistry. These fields have established themselves as a critical...
Cross-Field Chemistry
Electrochemistry
A so-called “renaissance” in electrochemistry is being witnessed, with a flurry of research activity and interest. This is an exciting time, with opportunities for advancements abound—the field is becoming more and more broad and rich.
The Electrochemistry Section of the...
Flavours and Fragrances
The Flavours and Fragrances section of the journal Molecules publishes research articles, communications and reviews on various aspects of flavour and fragrance compounds. This section focuses on chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology, biogeneration, perception and analysis of flavour mo...
Food Chemistry
The Section “Food Chemistry” of the journal Molecules publishes original research and review articles on all aspects of Food Chemistry. The Section is open to research on Food Chemistry, including functional foods and ingredients, nutraceuticals and edible traditional medicin...
Green Chemistry
The Green Chemistry Section of the journal Molecules publishes original research and review articles in this dynamically developing discipline in fundamental and applied research even in academia and industry in all domains such as fine chemicals, pharma, cosmetic, nutraceutical, food in...
Inorganic Chemistry
The Inorganic Section of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049) covers all fundamental and applied aspects of inorganic chemistry on discrete and condensed matter inorganic compounds and materials. Coverage includes studies on the synthesis of new compounds and materials, the characterization of the...
Macromolecular Chemistry
The Macromolecular Chemistry Section of the journal Molecules publishes original, fundamental, and impactful research and timely review articles on all aspects of polymer science. The journal covers all aspects of polymer synthesis, including polymerization m...
Materials Chemistry
The Materials Chemistry Section of the journal Molecules publishes high quality original research and review articles across all fields of materials chemistry, at the interdisciplinary interface between chemistry, biotechnology, chemical engineering, physical chemistry, and materials sci...
Medicinal Chemistry
The Medicinal Chemistry Section of the journal Molecules publishes original research and review articles that increase our understanding of how the chemical structure of bioactive molecules determines their pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetic, and physicochemica...
Microwave Chemistry
Molecules has announced a new Section—Microwave Chemistry. The Microwave Chemistry Section publishes original, fundamental, applied, and impactful research and timely review articles on all aspects of microwave-assisted or induced chemical reactions and processing, such as organic ...
Molecular Liquids
The Molecular Liquids Section of the journal Molecules publishes original research and review articles that range from fundamental to applied research. This section seeks to advance the knowledge of simple liquids or liquid mixtures comprised of molecular and...
Molecular Structure
The Molecular Structure Section of the open access journal Molecules publishes original research articles, reviews, short communications, and invited perspective articles on all aspects of molecular structure, broadly defined as the study of condensed and gaseous states of matter in the ...
Nanochemistry
The Nanochemistry section of Molecules publishes original research articles, communications and reviews that emphasize how chemistry can help design materials at the nanoscale for applications in areas including medicine and healthcare, electronics, the environment, optics, ener...
Natural Products Chemistry
The Natural Products Chemistry Section of the journal Molecules publishes original research and timely review articles on all aspects of natural product chemistry. The Section aims to increase our knowledge on the isolation, analytical characterization, chemical structure, biologica...
Organic Chemistry
The Organic Chemistry Section of the journal Molecules publishes original research and review articles in all areas of organic chemistry involving synthesis focusing on the advancement of the science of synthetic chemistry. In general, this Section invites contributions that report ...
Organometallic Chemistry
The Organometallic Chemistry Section of Molecules provides an open platform to disseminate original Research Articles and Reviews covering all areas of organometallic chemistry. Articles on the synthesis of organometallic complexes, catalysis, design of catalytic processes, bioor...
Photochemistry
This section of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049) will provide an open platform for research into all aspects of photochemistry. The subject stands as the principal artery into the heart of interactions of UV, visible, and IR radiation with molecules and materials. Photochemistry has important ...
Physical Chemistry
The Physical Chemistry Section of the open access journal, Molecules, publishes original research articles, reviews, short communications, and invited perspective articles in all areas of physical chemistry involving fundamental and applied research of experiment, theory, computation, an...
Ultrasound Chemistry
The intensification of chemical processes by means of ultrasound has been extensively investigated. The main phenomenon that can explain chemical effects under sonication is the acoustic cavitation generated by piezoelectric or magnetostrictive ultrasonic units. A similar behaviour is obser...
Closed Sections
Bioactive Lipids
The Bioactive Lipids Section of the journal Molecules publishes original, fundamental, and impactful research and timely review articles on bioactive lipids. The Section covers all aspects of this rapidly growing field of investigation, with the aim of increa...
Metabolites
Molbank Section of Molecules, 1997-2001
Molbank was published as a section of Molecules during 1997-2001. Molbank is an independent journal since 2002, see the Molbank website. Molbank publi...

