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An Editorial by Norio Nakatsuji (Director WPI-iCeMS) is now published. The Editorial explains that the mesoscopic domain exists between the nano-space and the bulk space, the scale between nanometers and micrometers. It goes on to say that understanding processes that occur in the mesoscopic domain will lead to breakthroughs in biomaterials science and biotechnology.

Biomater. Sci., 2012, DOI: 10.1039/c2bm90001g, Advance article

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Biomaterials Science has been featured in the Japanese magazine Kagaku Chemistry. If you’re not familiar with it its described as “One of the most widely read monthly magazines in Japan. With sound popularity among students, researchers and engineers of chemistry for over 40 years, “Kagaku”(Chemistry) has been addressing topics on chemistry and related fields from a unique viewpoint. Bearing the slogan ‘Quality content with comprehensible description’, it not only introduces cutting-edge studies, but also tackles environmental issues, chemical education and science policies, while gaining a high reputation as one of the most inspiring magazines in chemistry” 

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Biomaterials Science is now accepting submissions. All articles will be free to access until the end of 2014. Please contact the editorial office if you have any questions about the journal. 

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I’ve been having a look at some of the reviews we’ve published in the RSC materials journals and thinking about why we publish review articles. Journals publish different types of reviews. Many are in-depth critical overviews of a topic, others act as tutorials for people moving into a new areas or learning new techniques, some focus specifically on applications or highlight just the most important developments over the last couple of years. I’d be interested to hear what you think makes up a good review. For our part we see reviews as an integral part of our journals and we hope they provide a great overview of the latest trends, opinion, and groundbreaking research for our readers. If you’re interested Biomaterials Science will publish just two broad types of review: reviews and mini-reviews. 

Below I’ve gathered together a selection of reviews on biomaterials and materials interfacing with biology. Hopefully this will give you a flavour of the reviews published by RSC journals in this area. The articles are all free to download until 3^rd September. I hope you enjoy reading them. 

Feature Article
Interactions of cells with silk surfaces
Aldo Leal-Egaña and Thomas Scheibel
J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 14330-14336

Frontier
Microengineered physiological biomimicry: Organs-on-Chips
Dongeun Huh ,  Yu-suke Torisawa ,  Geraldine A. Hamilton ,  Hyun Jung Kim and Donald E. Ingber
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 2156-2164

Critical Reviews
Designer nanomaterials using chiral self-assembling peptide systems and their emerging benefit for society
Zhongli Luo and Shuguang Zhang
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 4736-4754

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Biomaterials Science (a new journal from RSC Publishing and the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan) invites you to submit your next high impact article to the journal.

Publishing only very high quality articles, the journal will cover the fundamental science of biomaterials though to their biomedical applications, including ‘Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine’.

Articles will be free to access* until the end of 2014 giving your article the widest possible audience.

We encourage you to support Biomaterials Science and not-for-profit publishing by submitting your next high impact article on the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. You can find our online submission system at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/bmsci

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Here’s a medley of biomaterials related reviews published in Soft Matter & Journal of Materials Chemistry. To celebrate the launch of Biomaterials Science we’ve made them all free to download until 31^st May. I hope you enjoy reading them.

Highlight
Biofabrication: programmable assembly of polysaccharide hydrogels in microfluidics as biocompatible scaffolds
Yi Cheng,  Xiaolong Luo,  Gregory F. Payne and Gary W. Rubloff,
J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 7659-7666

Review Article
Surface modification of magnetic nanoparticles for stem cell labeling
Koon Gee Neoh and En Tang Kang,
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2057-2069

Emerging Area
Inhibiting, promoting, and preserving stability of functional protein fibrils
Owen Griffith Jones and Raffaele Mezzenga,
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 876-895

Review
Shear-thinning hydrogels for biomedical applications
Murat Guvendiren ,  Hoang D. Lu and Jason A. Burdick,
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 260-272

Feature Article
Biomimetic composites and stem cells interaction for bone and cartilage tissue regeneration
N. Naveena ,  J. Venugopal,  R. Rajeswari,  S. Sundarrajan,  R. Sridhar,  M. Shayanti,  S. Narayanan and S. Ramakrishna,
J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 5239-5253

Feature Article
Biofunctionalization of nanoparticles for cytosensing and cell surface carbohydrate assay
Lin Ding and Huangxian Ju,
J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 18154-18173

Feature Article
Biological modifications of materials surfaces with proteins for regenerative medicine
Binata Joddar and Yoshihiro Ito,
J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 13737-13755

Feature Article
Single-walled carbon nanotubes in biomedical imaging
Zhuang Liu, Kai Yang and Shuit-Tong Lee,
J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 586-598

Feature Article
Emerging functional nanomaterials for therapeutics
Xuejia Xue,  Feng Wang and Xiaogang Liu,
J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 13107-13127

Feature Article
Mesoporous silica nanoparticle based nano drug delivery systems: synthesis, controlled drug release and delivery, pharmacokinetics and biocompatibility
Qianjun He and Jianlin Shi,
J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 5845-5855

Review Article
Designing biomimetic scaffolds for bone regeneration: why aim for a copy of mature tissue properties if nature uses a different approach?
Bettina M. Willie,  Ansgar Petersen,  Katharina Schmidt-Bleek,  Amaia Cipitria,  Manav Mehta,  Patrick Strube,  Jasmin Lienau,  Britt Wildemann,  Peter Fratzl and Georg Duda,
Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 4976-4987

Review Article
Design of biomaterials to enhance stem cell survival when transplanted into the damaged central nervous system
M. J. Cooke,  K. Vulic and M. S. Shoichet,
Soft Matter, 2010, 6, 4988-4998

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