Featured Reviews, Perspectives, and Commentaries in Contemporary Chemistry

A topical collection in Chemistry (ISSN 2624-8549).

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Interests: chemical reactivity; organic; organometallic; main group chemistry; reaction mechanisms; carbon-rich materials; stereoelectronic effects; radical transformations; organic photochemistry; electron and hole upconversion
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Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce this Topical Collection, entitled “Featured Reviews, Perspectives, and Commentaries in Contemporary Chemistry”. This Topical Collection will publish high-quality review, perspective and commentary papers written by our Editorial Board Members and leading researchers worldwide. It will provide clear overviews and forward-looking insights into the most critical and timely research areas in modern chemistry.

Chemistry is the central science: it bridges fundamental disciplines from physics to biology and drives advances in applied fields such as medicine, engineering and environmental science. Today’s chemistry also thrives on synergies with mathematics, computer science and artificial intelligence. Positioned at the intersection of the molecular and macroscopic worlds, chemistry underpins materials science, enables new technologies and illuminates humanity’s place in the universe, reminding us that the carbon atoms in our bodies were forged in stars from smaller elements via nuclear fusion.

This Topical Collection welcomes contributions spanning both fundamental and applied research that highlight chemistry’s central role across the natural sciences. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Chemistry and energy;
  • Chemistry and materials;
  • Chemistry and the environment;
  • Chemistry and health;
  • Chemistry and artificial intelligence;
  • Chemistry and information storage/processing.

By curating accessible yet forward-looking articles, this collection will serve as a valuable resource for researchers, students and broader audiences interested in advancements in chemistry. We anticipate that the published works will be widely read, highly influential and instrumental in shaping the future directions of the field.

Prof. Dr. Igor Alabugin
Collection Editor

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Keywords

  • analytical, physical, inorganic, and organic chemistry
  • biological and medicinal chemistry
  • chemistry at the nanoscale
  • computational and theoretical chemistry
  • energy and catalysis
  • green and environmental chemistry
  • polymers and soft materials
  • machine learning, artificial intelligence, automation in chemistry
  • spectroscopy and physical methods of analysis
  • earth, atmospheric, and space chemistry

Published Papers (1 paper)

2025

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Review
High-Entropy Alloys for Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation: Recent Advances on Mechanism and Design
by Luyu Liu, Xiang Ding, Haotian Qin, Siyuan Tang, Linlin Xu and Fuzhan Song
Chemistry 2025, 7(6), 190; https://doi.org/10.3390/chemistry7060190 - 28 Nov 2025
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Hydrogen energy has been regarded as a promising alternative to fossil fuels due to its high energy density and zero-pollution combustion nature. Compared to other hydrogen generation technologies, water electrolysis provides a promising route for high-purity hydrogen production. Therefore, the development of efficient [...] Read more.
Hydrogen energy has been regarded as a promising alternative to fossil fuels due to its high energy density and zero-pollution combustion nature. Compared to other hydrogen generation technologies, water electrolysis provides a promising route for high-purity hydrogen production. Therefore, the development of efficient electrocatalysts is of great significance. Particularly, high-entropy engineering strategies supply a novel multi-principal element catalyst platform due to their unique structural and electronic properties. This work systematically summarizes recent advancements on high-entropy alloys (HEAs) catalysts on electrocatalytic water oxidation. Especially, it focuses on elucidating two competing fundamental mechanisms: the adsorbate evolution mechanism (AEM) and the lattice oxygen-mediated mechanism (LOM), via high-entropy engineering, which can efficiently modulate electronic configurations and adsorption/desorption behavior. This work aims to supply a theoretical foundation and rational design principles for developing next-generation OER catalysts with high activity and stability. Full article
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