What were chemists reading in June of 2017? To find out, we’ve compiled lists of the five most-read chemistry articles that appeared in each multidisciplinary chemistry ACS Publications journal in June 2017, including research, reviews, perspectives and editorial pieces. These lists were not chosen by the journals’ editors. The lists also don’t take other factors, […]

What were chemists reading in June of 2017? To find out, we’ve compiled lists of the five most-read chemistry articles that appeared in each multidisciplinary chemistry ACS Publications journal in June 2017, including research, reviews, perspectives and editorial pieces. These lists were not chosen by the journals’ editors. The lists also don’t take other factors, such as citations, into account. This article should not be taken as a “best of” compilation, but rather as an interesting perspective on where the chemistry community allocated their attention recently. Don’t see your favorite paper on the list? Include it in the comments below.

Read More Great June 2017 Chemistry Research:

Analytical Chemistry | Applied Chemistry | Biological Chemistry | Materials Science & Engineering | Organic/Inorganic Chemistry | Physical Chemistry

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Accounts of Chemical Research

Protein Domain Mimics as Modulators of Protein–Protein Interactions
Published as part of the Accounts of Chemical Research special issue “Chemical Biology of Peptides”.
Acc. Chem. Res., 2017, 50 (6), pp 1313–1322
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00130

Metal–Organic Frameworks at the Biointerface: Synthetic Strategies and Applications
Acc. Chem. Res., 2017, 50 (6), pp 1423–1432
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00090

Protein Epitope Mimetics: From New Antibiotics to Supramolecular Synthetic Vaccines
Acc. Chem. Res., 2017, 50 (6), pp 1323–1331
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00129

New Approaches for Biaryl-Based Phosphine Ligand Synthesis via P═O Directed C–H Functionalizations
Acc. Chem. Res., 2017, 50 (6), pp 1480–1492
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00167

Direct Observation of Interactions between Nanoparticles and Nanoparticle Self-Assembly in Solution
Published as part of the Accounts of Chemical Research special issue “Direct Visualization of Chemical and Self-Assembly Processes with Transmission Electron Microscopy”.
Acc. Chem. Res., 2017, 50 (6), pp 1303–1312
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.7b00063

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ACS Central Science

Record Atmospheric Fresh Water Capture and Heat Transfer with a Material Operating at the Water Uptake Reversibility Limit
Open access through ACS AuthorChoice
ACS Cent. Sci., 2017, 3 (6), pp 668–672
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.7b00186

Redox Catalysis Facilitates Lignin Depolymerization
Open access through ACS AuthorChoice
ACS Cent. Sci., 2017, 3 (6), pp 621–628
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.7b00140

Grand Challenges and Future Opportunities for Metal–Organic Frameworks
Open access through ACS AuthorChoice
ACS Cent. Sci., 2017, 3 (6), pp 554–563
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.7b00197

A General Small-Scale Reactor To Enable Standardization and Acceleration of Photocatalytic Reactions
Open access through ACS AuthorChoice
ACS Cent. Sci., 2017, 3 (6), pp 647–653
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.7b00159

Novel Strategy for Photopatterning Emissive Polymer Brushes for Organic Light Emitting Diode Applications
Open access through ACS AuthorChoice
ACS Cent. Sci., 2017, 3 (6), pp 654–661
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.7b00165

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ACS Omega

Tunable Surface Properties of Aluminum Oxide Nanoparticles from Highly Hydrophobic to Highly Hydrophilic
Open access through ACS AuthorChoice
ACS Omega, 2017, 2 (6), pp 2507–2514
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b00279

Ru(II)-Catalyzed Regiospecific C–H/O–H Oxidative Annulation to Access Isochromeno[8,1-ab]phenazines: Far-Red Fluorescence and Live Cancer Cell Imaging
Open access through ACS Editors’ Choice
ACS Omega, 2017, 2 (6), pp 2694–2705
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b00335

Guest Editorial: Open Access: Principles, Practice, and Potential
ACS Omega, 2017, 2 (6), pp 2803–2804
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b00707

Perspective
Open access through ACS AuthorChoice
ACS Omega, 2017, 2 (6), pp 2740–2748
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b00721

Magnetic Ordering in Gold Nanoclusters
Open access through ACS AuthorChoice
ACS Omega, 2017, 2 (6), pp 2607–2617
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b00472

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Chemical Reviews

Atomically Precise Clusters of Noble Metals: Emerging Link between Atoms and Nanoparticles
Chem. Rev., 2017, 117 (12), pp 8208–8271
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00769

Metal Sensing by DNA
Open access through ACS AuthorChoice
Chem. Rev., 2017, 117 (12), pp 8272–8325
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00063

Emerging Droplet Microfluidics
Chem. Rev., 2017, 117 (12), pp 7964–8040
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00848

Metal–Organic Frameworks for Heterogeneous Basic Catalysis
Chem. Rev., 2017, 117 (12), pp 8129–8176
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00091

α-Imino Esters in Organic Synthesis: Recent Advances
Chem. Rev., 2017, 117 (12), pp 8326–8419
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00064

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Journal of the American Chemical Society

Simple and Efficient Generation of Aryl Radicals from Aryl Triflates: Synthesis of Aryl Boronates and Aryl Iodides at Room Temperature
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139 (25), pp 8621–8627
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b03538

β-Cyclodextrin Polymer Network Sequesters Perfluorooctanoic Acid at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations
Open access through ACS Editors’ Choice
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139 (23), pp 7689–7692
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b02381

Enantioselective CuH-Catalyzed Hydroacylation Employing Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids as Aldehyde Surrogates
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139 (24), pp 8126–8129
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b04937

General Oriented Formation of Carbon Nanotubes from Metal–Organic Frameworks
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139 (24), pp 8212–8221
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b01942

Scalable, Electrochemical Oxidation of Unactivated C–H Bonds
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139 (22), pp 7448–7451
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b03539
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Journal of Chemical Education

A Python Program for Solving Schrödinger’s Equation in Undergraduate Physical Chemistry
J. Chem. Educ., 2017, 94 (6), pp 813–815
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.7b00003

Linear or Nonlinear Least-Squares Analysis of Kinetic Data?
J. Chem. Educ., 2017, 94 (6), pp 669–672
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00629

pKa Values in the Undergraduate Curriculum: What Is the Real pKa of Water?
J. Chem. Educ., 2017, 94 (6), pp 690–695
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00623

Blue Bottle Experiment: Learning Chemistry without Knowing the Chemicals
J. Chem. Educ., 2017, 94 (6), pp 730–737
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00844

Agreement, Complement, and Disagreement to “Why Are Some Reactions Slower at Higher Temperatures?”
J. Chem. Educ., 2017, 94 (6), pp 821–823
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.7b00208

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