Communications Chemistry is thrilled to present our Queer in Chem series — a collection of Q&A articles in which we interview accomplished queer chemists.

This Collection aims to bring together latest findings from the interdisciplinary field of high-pressure chemistry.

The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) is a key technology to combat global climate issues. By utilizing renewable energy, we can convert greenhouse gases into value-added commodity chemicals. While there has been a growing number of CO2 research in recent years, there are still many unanswered fundamental questions and engineering challenges. With this collection, we encourage scientists from different academic backgrounds to explore these remaining challenges in the CO2 electrochemical reduction reaction and provide a forum for the CO2 community to share their latest research results. We welcome all submission of original research articles, reviews and perspectives related to the theme of CO2 electrocatalytic reduction.

This Guest Edited Collection aims to bring together research focused on polymeric transformations mediated by organocatalysts, primarily focusing on organomediated polymeric transformations, but also other sustainable catalysts such as work on biocatalytic polymerizations and work using earth abundant sustainable metals, as well as new perspectives on the depolymerization of polymers synthesized by the above or related methodologies.

This collection aims to cover a comprehensive range of topics related to plasmon-mediated chemical reactions.

Recent years have seen a rapid acceleration of research on framework materials, including, among others, metal–organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, supramolecular organic frameworks, porous organic polymers, and inorganic framework materials. This Collection brings together research focused on advanced characterization and computational modelling, providing new molecular insight on the structure and behaviour of framework materials.

In spite of decades of research and the enormous progress made, chemists continue to grapple with poorly understood aspects of the world around us. This collection aims to uncover open questions across the breadth of the chemical sciences. Each Comment provides an overview of a focused field of research, identifies key open questions, and gives expert opinion on how challenges in answering these questions might be overcome.

This Collection aims to bring together the latest research on mechanically interlocked molecules, including with respect to their design, construction, characterization, properties, function and application.

This Collection, a partnership between Nature Synthesis, Nature Communications and Communications Chemistry, will serve to bring together articles describing advances across the field of organic synthesis.

This Collection aims to present the latest progress in the synthesis, characterization, functionalization, self-assembly, and applications of atomically-precise nanomaterials. It is also our intention for the Collection to highlight ongoing challenges and opportunities that such nanomaterials present, allowing us to press forward in nanoscience and nanotechnology. We welcome both experimental and theoretical studies.

This Guest Edited Collection aims to bring together research at the intersection of systems chemistry and coacervation. We welcome both experimental and theoretical studies.

This Collection aims to bring together the latest progress in the synthesis, characterization, and functionalization of covalently bonded nanomaterials fabricated by the on-surface synthesis approach, as well as highlighting advances in the synthesis of coordination polymers, macrocycles and other compounds obtained on surfaces.