Aims & Scope
Future Molecular Science is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary flagship journal dedicated to publishing transformative breakthroughs at the intersection of chemistry, physics, biology, and advanced materials science. As part of Future Vertex's core commitment to research equality, Future Molecular Science ensures fair evaluation, full open accessibility, and global visibility for scientific contributions regardless of authors' geographic location or institutional background.
The journal serves as a premier global platform for the design, synthesis, characterization, and application of matter, bridging fundamental molecular precision with macroscopic emergent phenomena and system-level functionality.
The core mission of Future Molecular Science is to capture pioneering discoveries that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries through a multi-scale lens. We focus on how atomic and molecular building blocks can be precisely engineered into complex architectures, how these structures undergo transformations across different spatial and temporal scales, and how they drive the dynamics of next-generation functional systems. By mapping the continuum from the chemical bond to the device interface, the journal aims to define the future of molecular-driven technologies in energy, sustainability, human health, and quantum information.
Interdisciplinary Focus & Core Pillars of Scope
Future Molecular Science welcomes high-quality original research, forward-looking reviews, and incisive perspectives. Submissions must demonstrate significant conceptual novelty, mechanistic depth, or paradigm-shifting application potential. We particularly encourage interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research, as well as cross-field dialogue that bridges fundamental chemistry, analytical measurement, materials physics, and chemical biology.
Scope Flexibility Note: The six pillars below serve as primary thematic anchors to highlight key areas of interest. However, Future Molecular Science is not limited to the specific topics listed within these pillars. The journal actively welcomes all innovative, high-impact research across the full breadth of the chemical and molecular sciences, provided it offers significant conceptual or technological advancement.
Synthetic Chemistry & Precision Molecular Design
Organic & Organometallic Synthesis: C-H functionalization and activation, asymmetric catalysis, organocatalysis, radical/photoredox chemistry, electrocatalytic organic synthesis, skeletal editing, late-stage functionalization, and total synthesis of complex natural products.
Inorganic & Coordination Synthesis: Inorganic molecular and solid-state synthesis, coordination complexes, bioinorganic chemistry, main-group element and cluster chemistry (including sub-valent p-block species and frustrated Lewis pairs), transition-metal complexes, and precursor-driven inorganic material synthesis.
Structural Diversification & Total Synthesis: Methodologies for complex molecular assembly, natural product mimics, and specialized chemical/biological probes.
Automated & Digital Synthesis: High-throughput experimentation (HTE), robotic screening, automated AI-driven retrosynthesis/closed-loop platforms, flow chemistry, continuous processing, and chemoenzymatic/biocatalytic synthesis.
Mechanisms, AI-Driven Discovery & Analytical Chemistry
Advanced Measurement Science: Mass spectrometry, spatial mass spectrometry imaging, ion mobility, high-field NMR/EPR spectroscopy, single-molecule detection/imaging, single-cell analytics, and separation science.
Computational Chemistry: Artificial intelligence in chemical discovery, machine-learning force fields, data-driven reaction prediction, quantum chemical modeling, and predictive physical organic/inorganic chemistry.
Fundamental Dynamics & Photophysics: Ultrafast photophysics, excited-state dynamics, transient spectroscopic methods, polariton chemistry (strong light-matter coupling), and reaction kinetics.
Interfacial & Non-Equilibrium Mechanisms: Operando and in-situ characterization of solid-liquid-gas interfaces, mechanochemistry, and non-equilibrium systems.
Energy, Environmental Chemistry & Sustainability
Electrochemical & Solar Energy Conversion: Molecular and interfacial mechanisms in batteries, fuel cells, solid-state electrolytes, photoredox harvesting, and molecularly engineered photovoltaics.
Small-Molecule Activation & Green Electrosynthesis: CO2 capture, fixation, and utilization; hydrogen evolution and water splitting; nitrogen reduction; and green electrosynthesis of value-added fine chemicals.
Environmental Remediation & Pollutant Degradation: Photocatalytic and electrocatalytic degradation of environmental pollutants, remediation of persistent contaminants (e.g., PFAS, microplastics), and advanced sorbents for water purification and atmospheric gas capture.
Circular Chemistry & Polymer Upcycling: Catalytic depolymerization, monomer recovery, selective conversion of waste plastics into high-value chemicals, and green chemistry processes.
Hierarchical Assemblies, Frameworks & Soft Matter
Supramolecular Architectures: Non-covalent interactions, host-guest chemistry, crystal engineering, supramolecular self-assembly, and biomimetic functional assemblies.
Porous & Crystalline Frameworks: Metal-organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks, as well as glassy, liquid, and disordered porous materials evaluated from linkage to membrane/crystal scale.
Macromolecular & Polymer Chemistry: Polymer synthesis, macromolecular design, circular/sustainable plastics, dynamic covalent networks, and functional colloids.
Responsive & Bio-Hybrid Soft Matter: Stimuli-responsive smart soft matter, soft actuators, and engineered bio-hybrid materials integrating synthetic frameworks with living cells or enzymes.
Molecular Photophysics, Electronics & Quantum Architectures
Molecular Devices & Sensing: Single-molecule devices, chemical/biological molecular sensors, optical/photonic molecular systems, and bio-interfaced flexible electronics.
Controllable Molecular Machines: Molecular switches, motors, logic gates, and artificial molecular machinery.
Chiroptics & Spintronics: Circularly polarized luminescence (CPL), Chiral-Induced Spin Selectivity (CISS), molecular spintronics, and enantio-selective sensing.
Optoelectronic & Quantum Materials: Organic/inorganic semiconductors, quantum dots, low-dimensional/2D materials, molecular spin qubits, molecular magnetism, topological molecular architectures, and quantum sensing materials.
Chemical Biology, Biomolecules & Precision Therapeutics
Chemical Tools & In Vivo Chemistry: Chemoproteomics, bio-orthogonal click chemistry, in vivo catalysis, and fluorescent molecular probes for cellular imaging and target identification.
Biomolecular Assembly & Phase Dynamics: Biomolecular condensates, liquid-liquid phase separation, protein/RNA dynamics, and macromolecular condensate engineering.
Targeted Modulators & Drug Design: Proximity-inducing therapeutics (PROTACs, LYTACs, RIBOTACs, DUBTACs, molecular glues), computer-aided drug design (CADD), and medicinal chemistry.
Precision Delivery & Nucleic Acid Therapeutics: Targeted drug delivery platforms, nanomedicine, bio-inspired carriers, and novel nucleic acid or peptide therapeutics.