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The breadth of main group elements spanning the period table inherently lends itself to diverse chemistry, not least owing to the versatile reactivity of the s- and p-block elements. Research into main group chemistry stretches from enhancing our fundamental understanding of these elements, including with respect to their bonding and reactivity in organometallic and coordination complexes, to exploiting such elements in the design of new catalysts and materials. Indeed, main group elements have afforded efficient catalysts for organic synthesis and polymerization reactions and have enabled diverse properties and structures in the context of materials, frameworks and polymers. Additionally, as main group elements comprise some of the most abundant elements on earth, their prevalence unsurprisingly makes them indispensable for many technological applications.
This Collection brings together research from across the breadth of main group chemistry. We encourage submissions in the fields of synthesis, structure and bonding; reactivity and catalysis; clusters; and materials and polymers. We welcome both fundamental and applied research, and both experimental and theoretical contributions.
The Collection primarily welcomes original research papers, and all submissions will be subject to the same peer review process and editorial processes as regular Nature Communications, Communications Chemistry and Scientific Reports articles.