NEW #FirstRxns go.acs.org/1hC by David Xiulei Ji @Xiulei & @SeanKSandstrom on research by @TaoGao2020 & team go.acs.org/1hD Unlocking the Longevity of the Iron Metal Anode

NEW #FirstRxns go.acs.org/1aE by Yat Li and Dun Lin @ucsc on research by @UT_YuGroup & co-workers go.acs.org/1aD When confined between directionally growing ice crystals, colloidal nanoparticles can be assembled into large 2D nanosheets.

A smartphone-readable, edible matrix code composed of fluorescent silk proteins enables patients to verify their own medicines. Check out #FirstRxns go.acs.org/XG by Xiaofan Ji on research go.acs.org/XH by Young L. Kim @PurdueBME, Seong-Wan Kim & team.

#ICYMI Abiotic main group pharmacophore renders a new class of antimicrobial agents Read #FirstRxns go.acs.org/T4 by @organomimetic & @yueyingwang on research go.acs.org/T5 by Stijn van der Veen, Simon Duttwyler & team from Zhejiang University

Fast Decoding of the First Steps of Protein Aggregation Using a Nanopipette. Check out #FirstRxns go.acs.org/JX by Juan Pelta @UnivParisSaclay @CNRS and @CressiotB on research go.acs.org/JW by @s_balme, @MeyerNathan9, and team @umontpellier.

Abiotic main group pharmacophore renders a new class of antimicrobial agents Read #FirstRxns go.acs.org/Dq by @organomimetic & @yueyingwang on research go.acs.org/Dp by Stijn van der Veen, Simon Duttwyler & team from Zhejiang University

A new photoacclimation process identified in cryptophyte algae reveals how natural systems can regulate photosynthesis Check out NEW #FirstRxns go.acs.org/uH by Elisabetta Collini @UniPadova on research go.acs.org/uG by Gregory Scholes & team @PrincetonChem

A room temperature synthesis of phosphite from the reduction of polyphosphates with potassium hydride in a ball-milling reaction. #FirstRxns go.acs.org/rw by Ching-Wen Chiu from National Taiwan University on research go.acs.org/rv by @ccclabmit & co-workers

Two-in-one MOF structure with tunable porosity for enhanced separation NEW #FirstRxns go.acs.org/p1 by Guanxing Li & Yu Han @KAUST_News on research go.acs.org/p0 by Hong-Cai Zhou @GroupZhou, Zhi-Yuan Gu & team!

Local ordering for decoupling bonding of mobile ions and polymer matrixes by zwitterionic solid polymer electrolytes Read NEW #FirstRxns go.acs.org/nT by Wenzhuo Cao & Hong Li from Chinese Academy of Sciences on research go.acs.org/nS by @rsegalman & team!

Asymmetry expands signaling potential of chromatin. Applying a SpyCatcher/SpyTag approach makes asymmetric chromatin templates widely accessible: go.acs.org/lz #FirstRxns by Karthik Eswara & Wolfgang Fischle @KAUST_News on research go.acs.org/ly by @MuirLab

A nanozymatic solution to acute lung injury Read #FirstRxns go.acs.org/7q by Xiaoman Duan & Biwu Liu @ Xi’an Jiaotong University on research go.acs.org/7r by Hongwei Gao, Yang Yang, Yu Yang & team!

Handcuffing peptides by a key of gold Check out #FirstRxns fal.cn/3kFw2 by Jan van Maarseveen @HimsUva on research fal.cn/3kFw1 by @AshrafBrik & co-workers @TechnionLive

A chemical tool for guiding Li therapy Check out #FirstRxns fal.cn/3jSFQ by Ankona Datta @TIFRScience on research fal.cn/3jSFP by by Yi Lu & team @ChemistryUIUC

Check out #FirstRxns fal.cn/3jqnO by Lena Daumann @DaumannL on research fal.cn/3jqnM by Dan Park, @CotruvoLab, and coworkers @CMI_hub @Livermore_Lab @PSUScience

Our article by Joseph Cotruvo @CotruvoLab, Dan Park @Livermore_Lab & team has been highlighted in @cenmag! Read it here: fal.cn/3jl7F Check out #openaccess article here fal.cn/3jl7G & #FirstRxns by Lena Daumann @DaumannL here fal.cn/3jl7H

A new Fe III-oxo that challenges the status quo Check out #FirstRxns fal.cn/3jfjC by Corinna Hess @TU_Muenchen on research fal.cn/3jfjB by Jeremy Smith & team @IUBChemistry

Shape-memory polymers designed in view of thermomechanical energy storage and conversion systems Check out #FirstRxns fal.cn/3iSOC by Andreas Lendlein & Matthias Heuchel @HereonHelmholtz on research fal.cn/3iSOE by @zhenanbao & co-workers!

Ultrahigh Affinity and Selectivity Nanotraps for Uranium Extraction from Seawater NEW #FirstRxns fal.cn/3iREh by Wei-Qun Shi & co-workers @ Chinese Academy of Sciences on research fal.cn/3iREf by Qi Sun, @shengqianma & team @UNTChemistry

Biomimetic nacrelike membranes for selective ion transport NEW #FirstRxns fal.cn/3iepU by Li-Bo Mao & Shu-Hong Yu from University of Science and Technology of China on research fal.cn/3iepV by Liping Wen & team @ Chinese Academy of Sciences!