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Were you a winner at the SOT meeting?

02 Apr 2014

booth Thanks to everyone who visited our booth last week at the Society of Toxicology Meeting in Phoenix – it was great to meet you!

We had a range of toxicology resources on display, including Toxicology Research and our Issues in Toxicology book series.

Congratulations to Lawrence Kennedy (United States Naval Academy), the lucky winner of our prize draw.

Please stay in touch

All competition entrants are now signed up to the Toxicology Research table of contents e-alert.

Also of interest

Subscribe to Toxicology Research for just £50

£50* – that’s all it costs Royal Society of Chemistry members to subscribe to Toxicology Research online in 2014.

If you want to stay up-to-date with all the latest research in the toxicology field, don’t miss out on what Toxicology Research has to offer – join the world’s leading chemical science community and make the most of this special members’ rate.

* VAT at 20% will be added to subscriptions from EU members, making the total price £60.

Forthcoming new books in the Issues in Toxicology series


Heavy Metals In Water: Presence, Removal and Safety Edited by Sanjay Sharma	Histological Techniques: An Introduction for Beginners in Toxicology Robert Maynard, Noel Downes and Brenda Finney

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Environmental Science: Nano: issue 1 now online!

22 Jan 2014

The very first issue of Environmental Science: Nano has just been published online.

The issue features cutting-edge reports on nanomaterial interactions with biological and environmental systems as well as the sustainable design and use of engineered nanomaterials. And the great news is that all the articles are FREE to access.

Read the issue now and sign up for the e-alert to get details of subsequent issues delivered to your inbox.

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Were you a winner at the 2013 MRS Fall meeting?

13 Dec 2013

ChemComm author Wei Luo from Oregon State University displays the copy of ChemComm in which his article appears

Thanks to everyone who visited our booth last week at the MRS Fall Meeting in Boston – it was great to meet you!

We had a range of our top books and journals on display, including the very first issue of our new journal, Materials Horizons.

Congratulations to Ashok Kumar (University of South Florida), the lucky winner of our Kindle Fire prize draw.

Commiserations to everyone else who entered but we’ve got some exciting offers that we think you’ll be interested in:

Free access to Materials Horizons and Biomaterials Science

Simply fill in this short form on our Publishing Platform and you can read all issues of new journals Materials Horizons and Biomaterials Science for free until the end of 2015 and 2014 respectively. Plus, you’ll get access to all other free content across our journals and books, including a sample chapter from each book in the RSC eBook Collection.

20% off affiliate membership – with free access to Chemical Science

Join the Royal Society of Chemistry before 31 December 2013 using promotional code MRS13 and you’ll pay just £56 and receive a complimentary online subscription to our award-winning flagship journal Chemical Science.

We’ll also keep you up-to-date with the latest chemical science news from around the world with a free subscription to Chemistry World magazine.

And there are plenty more benefits to support you throughout your career.

Please stay in touch

All competition entrants are now signed up to the Materials Horizons table of contents e-alert. You can sign up to stay in touch with books and journals relevant to your field here.

Delegates were challenged by our Visual Elements Periodic Table jigsaw

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Environmental Science: Nano: Advance articles now online

28 Nov 2013

The first articles for new journal Environmental Science: Nano are now available online.

Cutting-edge research on the effects of nanotechnologies on environmental and human health

Environmental Science: Nano publishes the latest work on nanomaterial interactions with biological and environmental systems, and the design and use of engineered nanomaterials for sustainability. It’s the only high impact journal dedicated to publishing environmental nanoscience papers and, as these first articles show, it is already attracting strong support and attention from the community.

A chemical free, nanotechnology-based method for airborne bacterial inactivation using engineered water nanostructures
Georgios Pyrgiotakis, James McDevitt, Andre Bordini, Edgar Diaz, Ramon Molina, Christa Watson, Glen Deloid, Steve Lenard, Natalie Fix, Yosuke Mizuyama, Yamauchi Toshiyuki, Joseph Brain and Philip Demokritou

Alterations of intestinal serotonin following nanoparticle exposure in embryonic zebrafish
Rıfat Emrah Özel, Kenneth N. Wallace and Silvana Andreescu

A minor lipid component of soy lecithin causes growth of triangular prismatic gold nanoparticles
Benjamin R. Ayres and Scott M. Reed

Natural water chemistry (dissolved organic carbon, pH, and hardness) modulates colloidal stability, dissolution, and antimicrobial activity of citrate functionalized silver nanoparticles
Lok R. Pokhrel, Brajesh Dubey and Phillip R. Scheuerman

Discover, read, share

All Environmental Science: Nano articles will be free to access online until the end of 2015*, so researchers worldwide can benefit from the latest research.

Join these leading authors: submit your work to Environmental Science: Nano.

And ensure you don’t miss an article: sign up for the Environmental Science: Nano e-alert.

*All articles published in 2014 and 2015 issues are free to access online to all individuals who have signed up for an RSC Publishing Personal Account, and to all existing Royal Society of Chemistry customers with an IP address registered.

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SET for Britain 2014 competition

19 Nov 2013

If you’re an early-stage researcher undertaking an exciting scientific project, why not enter the 2014 SET for Britain competition for a chance to win up to £3000?

SET for Britain is an annual poster competition supported by the Royal Society of Chemistry along with other learned societies. The event aims to encourage and promote early-career scientists and engineers, as well as raising the profile of science and engineering within the Houses of Parliament.

There are five subject categories – biological and biomedical science, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, physics – and prizes are awarded in each category for the posters that best communicate high level science to a lay audience. The gold prize is £3,000, silver is £2,000 and bronze is £1,000.

Finalists will have the opportunity to present their research at the House of Commons Marquee on 17th March 2014, hosted by Andrew Miller MP, Chair of the Science and Technology Select Committee, where the prizes will be awarded and the overall winner will receive the Westminster medal.

The closing date for entries is Monday 20th December 2013. Find out more on our website.

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Join us at the 2013 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston

11 Nov 2013

We’ll be attending the 2013 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit in Boston at the start of next month. If you’ll be there too, please drop by our booth (#1300) and discover more about the Royal Society of Chemistry.

More about….

…our high impact publications

We’ll have our high quality journals on show, including the very first issue of our new journal Materials Horizons. Sign up for the Materials Horizons e-alert at the booth to enter our prize draw to win a Kindle Fire.

Plus, you can browse our books and enjoy a 30% conference discount (or 35% if you are a Royal Society of Chemistry member) on all titles on display.

…becoming a Royal Society of Chemistry member

Connect with our vibrant worldwide network to develop and share new ideas and advance your career.

Ask us about our special 20% discount for MRS delegates and find out why we are the world’s leading chemistry community.

…the people that work for us – and the work that they do

Liz Dunn, Philip Earis, Leanne Marle and Joanne Thomson will all be in Boston and would be delighted to tell you more about how the Royal Society of Chemistry is advancing excellence in the chemical sciences.


Liz Dunn Editor, Soft Matter and Materials Horizons Managing Editor, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B & C, Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials Science	Philip Earis Managing Editor, Energy & Environmental Science, Nanoscale, Faraday Discussions and PCCP	Leanne Marle Commissioning Editor, Books	Joanne Thomson Campaigns Manager

We look forward to meeting you!

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Royal Society of Chemistry Symposium at the University of Edinburgh

30 Oct 2013

Thank you to everyone who attended the Royal Society of Chemistry Symposium at the University of Edinburgh on 28th October.

After escaping the storms in the south of England, our team were ‘blown away’ by the warm welcome we received in Edinburgh.

We presented sessions on publishing, careers, education and communication and had some great discussions with students and staff, on topics ranging from open access publishing to working at the Royal Society of Chemistry and joining as a member.

We’d like to say a massive thank you to RSC education coordinator Margaret Ritchie for her enthusiasm and help both on the day and in the run up to the symposium.

Did you find the event useful? Please contact us with your feedback or leave your comments below.

Find out which other universities we’ll be visiting in the coming months on our website.

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Less than one week left to register for free Chemistry World webinar

19 Sep 2013

Characterization of polymer blends by ion mobility mass spectrometry

Tuesday 24th September 2013
3pm BST / 10am EDT

The coupling of atmospheric solid analysis probe with ion mobility-mass spectrometry is an efficient tool for the characterization of polymers and additives.

Join Professor Carlos Afonso from the University of Rouen, and Chemistry World editor Bibiana Campos-Seijo, for this new webinar and learn more about the use of this approach for the characterization of polymer blends involving biodegradable polymers.

Register free of charge >

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Altmetrics added to Royal Society of Chemistry journals

12 Sep 2013

We are pleased to announce the inclusion of Altmetrics on 5 Royal Society of Chemistry journals.

Energy and Environmental Science
Dalton Transactions
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Chemical Society Reviews
Lab on a Chip

With a constantly changing publishing landscape and changes to the way people use scientific literature, altmetrics is a measure that can monitor the level of conversation and interest in a particular piece of research at the article level. Thus altmetrics provides an additional modern metric for our authors to measure the impact of their work, rather than rely solely on citations and impact factor.

To view the altmetrics on articles within these journals, from the article landing page use the Metrics tab as pictured below.

A press release from Altmetrics is available on our website.

We are interested to hear your feedback on this new development and how you are utilising these new types of metrics. Please leave your comments below.

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英国皇家化学学会中文网站上线了

09 Sep 2013

我们很高兴展示新的中文网站。

作为世界上领先的化学社区，我们致力于科技领域的跨国交流与合作。

我们因与中国化学科学领域的紧密联系而自豪，希望通过新的网站，加强联系并深入扩展与中国的合作伙伴和同行的合作网络。

我们全新的中文网站是一个中心，在这里，中国科学家可以发现了解我们的传统、活动、出版业务、合作伙伴与社区信息，并了解如何参与进来。

通过全球的合作伙伴，我们能够推进卓越，支持创新并构架化学科学的未来–造福科学和人类福祉。

访问中文网站

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