This article is published as part of the Dalton Transactions themed issue entitled: New Talent Showcasing the strength of research being carried out by tomorrow's leaders in the field of inorganic chemistry Guest Editor Polly Arnold University of Edinburgh, UK Published in issue 2, 2010 of Dalton Transactions Image reproduced with permission of Mark Muldoon Articles in the issue include: PERSPECTIVES: Modern multiphase catalysis: new developments in the separation of homogeneous catalysts Mark J. Muldoon, Dalton Trans., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/b916861n Probing bioinorganic chemistry processes in the bloodstream to gain new insights into the origin of human diseases Elham Zeini Jahromi and Jürgen Gailer, Dalton Trans., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/b912941n COMMUNICATIONS: Facile entry to 3d late transition metal boryl complexes Ba L. Tran, Debashis Adhikari, Hongjun Fan, Maren Pink and Daniel J. Mindiola, Dalton Trans., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/b912040h Probing the kinetics of ligand exchange on colloidal gold nanoparticles by surface-enhanced raman scattering Yuhua Feng, Shuangxi Xing, Jun Xu, Hong Wang, Jun Wei Lim and Hongyu Chen, Dalton Trans., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/b912317b Visit the Dalton Transactions website for more cutting-edge inorganic and organometallic research www.rsc.org/dalton EDITORIAL www.rsc.org/dalton | Dalton Transactions New Talent; Inspiration for the future DOI: 10.1039/b924492c This editorial is being written on the 5th November—known as Guy Fawkes’ night, or Bonfire night, in the UK. On this date we commemorate the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when the restorationists tried to displace Protestant rule by blowing up the Houses of Parliament, with King James I and a large number of the aristocracy and nobility inside. The plot failed, and Guy Fawkes was executed for treason, but every year as we build bonfires and let off fireworks, at least a few of us wonder if the sights enthuse a new generation of chemists in the crowds of children. This themed issue of Dalton Transactions may not contain fireworks or treasonous ideas, but it certainly contains a range of articles by enthusiastic and excellent young academics. The Dalton Transactions Editorial Board have allowed the younger chemists to take over! I owe thanks to the Editorial Office for their swift and efficient handling of the large volume of manuscripts that we received, and I congratulate all the authors for their interesting contributions. I hope that reading the articles, you will appreciate the broad church that inorganic chemistry is these days. I invited a number of chemists working at the edges of what one might consider inorganic chemistry to submit some of their interesting new work, and I think this has been a success. As with all Dalton Transactions themed issues, This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2010 we also issued a general call for younger academics to put their work forward for publication in this issue—the bravery this requires is certainly a requisite skill for a young academic in any country these days. The interest in this issue already has prompted the Editorial Board to consider running another themed issue of this type in the future, and I hope that many more of the younger readership will consider contributing a Communication, Full Paper, or Perspective when the call appears. Keep your eye on the Dalton Transactions webpage, and in the meantime, enjoy the issue! Polly Arnold Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 295 | 295