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With the publication of Polymerized Ionic Liquids edited by Ali Eftekhari, the Smart Materials Series sees the milestone publication of 30 books in the series.

Led by Series Editors Hans-Jorg Schneider and Mohsen Shahinpoor, the series provides students and researchers with the fundamentals and applications of different smart materials from renowned international experts.

Since the publication of its first book in 2012 on Janus particles, the series has gone on to cover hot topics from smart materials for drug delivery and tissue engineering to opto-electronics and environmental applications.

Books in the series include:

• Materials Design Inspired by Nature: Function Through Inner Architecture edited by Peter Fratzl, John Dunlop, and Richard Weinkamer, Max Planck Institute, Germany (ISBN 978-1-84973-553-7, 2013)
• Responsive Photonic Nanostructures: Smart Nanoscale Optical Materials edited by Yadong Yin, University of California Riverside, USA (ISBN 978-1-84973-653-4, 2013)
• Self-cleaning Coatings edited by Junhui He, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (ISBN 978-1-78262-286-4, 2016)

View all 30 titles in the Smart Materials Series.

Don’t forget you can freely access the table of contents, preface, front matter and first chapter of every eBook in the series.

If you have an idea for a book in the series or just want to know more then please contact Commissioning Editor Leanne Marle.

The RSC Polymer Chemistry Series are celebrating the publication of 20 books in the series with the publication of Polymers for Personal Care Products and Cosmetics by Xian Jun Loh, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore.

With contributions from leading international experts, each book in the series covers key themes in polymer chemistry research providing the perfect introduction for graduate students and researchers.

Series Editor-in-chief Ben Zhong Tang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, says “our series has published books over a wide variety of important topics in the area of polymer research, from fundamental studies to practical techniques, benefiting a large spectrum of audience. The success is due to the enthusiastic support of our editors and authors. I must thank the editorial staff of Royal Society of Chemistry, especially Leanne Marle, for their very professional assistance over the years.”

Titles in the series include:

• Polymer Photovoltaics: Materials, Physics, and Device Engineering edited by Fei Huang, Hin-Lap Yip and Yong Cao
• Cationic Polymers in Regenerative Medicine edited by Sangram Samal and Peter Dubruel
• Conjugated Polymers: A Practical Guide to Synthesis edited by Klaus Müllen, John R Reynolds and Toshio Masuda
• Thiol-X Chemistries in Polymer and Materials Science edited by Andrew Lowe and Christopher Bowman
• Fundamentals of Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization edited by Nicolay V Tsarevsky and Brent S Sumerlin

View all 20 titles in the RSC Polymer Chemistry Series.

Don’t forget you can read the table of contents, preface, front matter and first chapter of the eBooks in the series for free.

If you have an idea for a book in the series or just want to know more then please contact Commissioning Editor Leanne Marle.

With the publication of Smart Materials for Advanced Environmental Applications edited by Peng Wang, we celebrate publishing 20 books in the RSC Smart Materials series.

Led by Series Editors Hans-Jorg Schneider, Universität des Saarlandes, Germany and  Mohsen Shahinpoor, University of Maine, USA, the series covers the fundamentals and applications of different functional material systems from renowned international experts. The first book in the series was published in 2012 on Janus Particle Synthesis, Self-Assembly and Applications edited by Shan Jiang and Steve Granick, since then the series has continued to cover key topics such as opto-electronics, smart materials for drug delivery and chemoresponsive materials.

Titles include:

• Conducting Polymers: Bioinspired Intelligent Materials and Devices by Toribio Fernandez Otero
• Semiconductor Nanowires edited by Wei Lu and Jie Xiang
• Responsive Photonic Nanostructures edited by Yadong Yin
• Materials Design Inspired by Nature edited by Peter Fratzl, John W.C. Dunlop, Richard Weinkamer

View all 20 titles in the RSC Smart Materials series.

Don’t forget you can freely access the table of contents, preface, front matter and first chapter of every eBook in the Series via the RSC Publishing website.

If you have an idea for a book in the series or just want to know more then please contact Commissioning Editor Leanne Marle.

Also of interest:

A new textbook on Stimuli-Responsive Materials by Marek W Urban – coming soon!

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