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Molecules

Published by MDPI AG.

ISSN 1420-3049 / 1420-3049

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Molecules publishes peer-reviewed research. Manuscripts pass a technical check and a scope check by the handling editor before going to independent reviewers.

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Enzymatic Valorization of Sour Cherry Pomace as Multifunctional Biopolymer Matrix for Active and Intelligent Food Packaging

Tatjana Đorđević, Ljiljana Popović, Nevena Hromiš, Senka Popović, Zorica Stojanović, Jelena Vulić, Di Zhang, Jaroslav Katona · 2026

DOI 10.3390/molecules31213882

Delay-Selected Energy Coupling and Ablation Enhancement in Femtosecond Double-Pulse Irradiation of Aluminum

Feifei Wang, Jiaxuan Liu, Kai Sun, Yimo Liu, Zhe Peng, Yuntao Lang, Yueyuan Liu, Changji Pan · 2026

DOI 10.3390/molecules31213894

A Durable Hierarchical ZnO/Epoxy Superhydrophobic Coating for Dual-Mode Drag Reduction of Surface and Underwater Vehicles

Ruoyu Sun, Yan Huang, Jing Zhao, Jiangpeng Qu · 2026

DOI 10.3390/molecules31213896

Molecular Dynamics Study on Combustion Characteristics and Soot Formation Reactions of C4 Isomers Blended with NH3

Yang Wang, Jinhao Chen, Junjie Lu, Zhenhui Zhang, Yiju Zhao, Lumin Chen, Mingyan Gu · 2026

DOI 10.3390/molecules31213893

Coordination-Crosslinked Carboxymethyl Chitosan-Mn2+ Hydrogel: Structure–Activity Relationship for In Vitro cGAS-STING Immune Stimulation

Yue Yang, Xiaoxin Chen, Shijie Li, Yuncai Xiao, Xianwen Hu · 2026

DOI 10.3390/molecules31213891

Design of a Human Defensin 5-Derived Linear Peptide with Potent Antibacterial Efficacy Against Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Gaomei Zhao, Chengzhang Tan, Xin Li, Chenwenya Li, Mingrui Shu, Chao Wang, Kainuo Quan, Yongwu He, Jining Gao, Songling Han, Junping Wang, Cheng Wang · 2026

DOI 10.3390/molecules31213885

The Complexity and Fuzziness of Conformational Chemistry: Theory and Applications

Pier Luigi Gentili, Vladimir N. Uversky · 2026

DOI 10.3390/molecules31213886

Carbon Dots Derived from Carbonized Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chenpi) Alleviate Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis

Juan Luo, Xiangling Chen, Ping Zhang, Yuanchao Shi, Yanling Li, Peng Cui, Qiongye Dong · 2026

DOI 10.3390/molecules31213888

Dietary Polyphenol-Based, Tumor Microenvironment-Responsive Carrier-Free Nanoplatforms for Synergistically Enhanced Tumor-Targeted Therapy

Liyan Yang, Xianqing Song, Zhonglei Wang · 2026

DOI 10.3390/molecules31213895

Can Potentiometric Titration Be Almost as Accurate as 1H NMR to Determine the Degree of Deacetylation of Modified Chitosan?

Sébastien Cardinal, Tommy Fraser, Sarah Kefil · 2026