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Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C 10th Anniversary Community Spotlight: Dedicated Authors

12 May 2023

This year we are pleased to celebrate 10 years since Journal of Materials Chemistry was split into three respective journals: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C, each focusing on a different aspect of materials chemistry. We are grateful to our fantastic community of authors, reviewers, Board members and readers and wanted to showcase just some of them in a series of ‘Community Spotlight’ blog articles.

Next in our ‘Community Spotlight’ series, we feature some of our authors who have supported us by publishing in Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B or C regularly over the last ten years. We have asked them what they like most about publishing with the journal and how their research has evolved over the years. Check out their interview responses below.

Prof. Ghim Wei Ho

Prof. Ghim Wei Ho is currently the Vice Dean of Student Life and a full professor of the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). She leads the Sustainable Smart Solar System research group working on fundamental and applied research on nanosystems with emerging low-dimensional nanomaterials, interfacial interactions, and hybridized functionalities for energy, environment, electronics, and healthcare. She has co-authored more than 200 papers in international refereed journals. She was an elected Scholar at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge, and is a Cambridge Commonwealth Society Fellow since 2006. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). In 2014, she was awarded the L’OREAL UNESCO for Women in Science Fellowship. In 2015, she was the honoree winner of the JCI’s Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) Award in the Science and/or Technological Development category. In 2016, she was honored as the Science & Technology winner for the Great Women of Our Time and the ASEAN-US Science Prize for women. She is serving as an Associate Editor of Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Materials Advances, as well as Editorial Advisory Boards of Advanced Sustainable Systems, ChemPlusChem, Advanced Materials Technologies, and ChemNanoMat.

What do you like most about Journal of Materials Chemistry A as a place to publish your latest materials chemistry research?

What I appreciate most about Journal of Materials Chemistry A as a platform for publishing my latest materials chemistry research is the journal’s commitment to showcasing high-quality, cutting-edge research. The rigorous peer-review process and the esteemed editorial board ensure that the published works maintain a high standard, which adds value to the research community. Additionally, the wide readership and accessibility of the journal facilitate the dissemination of knowledge and allow for fruitful collaborations.

How has your research evolved from your first Journal of Materials Chemistry A article to your most recent publication in the journal?

The evolution of my research from my first Journal of Materials Chemistry A article to my most recent publication in the journal is evident in the breadth and depth of the topics explored. My first publication focused on the development of a cost-effective optical technique for real-time monitoring of nucleation and growth dynamics in Ga:ZnO films. This work demonstrated the potential for controlled, low-cost aqueous routes to produce high-quality transparent conductor films. Fast forward to my latest publication, which is a review of the recent advances in atmospheric water harvesting and moisture-enabled energy generation technologies. This demonstrates the progression in my research interests, moving from materials synthesis and characterization to broader applications in sustainability and energy conversion. Throughout this journey, the Journal of Materials Chemistry A has provided an excellent platform for sharing my research with the scientific community.

Prof. Guoping Chen

Guoping Chen was an Associate Editor for Journal of Materials Chemistry B for 9 years until last June. He is a Group Leader at National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and a Professor at University of Tsukuba, Japan. He received his Ph.D. from Kyoto University in 1997 majoring in polymer biomaterials and did postdoctoral research until 2000. He joined the Tissue Engineering Research Center, National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology as a Researcher in 2000 and a Senior Researcher in 2003. He moved to the Biomaterials Center, NIMS as a Senior Researcher in 2004 and was promoted to Group Leader in 2007. He served as a Principal Investigator and Unit Director of the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, NIMS from 2011 to 2017. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC, 2015), the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE, 2017) and the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE, 2020). His research focuses on biomaterials, scaffolds, biomimetic matrices, micro-patterning, surface modification, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and nanomedicine.

What do you like most about Journal of Materials Chemistry B as a place to publish your latest materials chemistry research?

I think Journal of Materials Chemistry B is one of the most prestigious journals in the field of materials chemistry. It bridges a broad scope in materials chemistry from fundamental research to biological and medical applications. Its high quality, reputation and broad readership provide an excellent opportunity to rapidly share and disseminate the latest research findings in the community.

What made you decide to keep publishing your work with the journal over the past years?

In addition to the high quality, the fast turn-around time and good service are very attractive. There are many channels for authors to communicate and discuss their manuscripts with the editors.

How has your research evolved from your first Journal of Materials Chemistry B article to your most recent publication in the journal?

Significant progress has been made in our research since our first Journal of Materials Chemistry B article that is related to bioactive scaffolds was published in 2014. Reading the high-quality articles in this journal allows us to follow the innovative knowledge and latest development in materials chemistry. We have been incorporating some novel ideas and methods in our research to synthesize bioadaptive materials with more biomimetic structures and higher functions.

Prof. Antonio Facchetti

Prof. Antonio Facchetti is a Research Professor at Northwestern University and a Guest Professor at Linkoping University. He is also a co-founder and currently the Chief Technology Officer of Flexterra Corporation. He has published more than 560 research articles, 15 book chapters, and holds more than 120 patents. In 2010 he was selected among the “TOP 100 MATERIALS SCIENTISTS OF THE PAST DECADE (2000-2010)” by Thomson Reuters and has been recognized as a Highly Cited Scientist since 2015. He received the ACS Award for Creative Invention, the Giulio Natta Gold Medal of the Italian Chemical Society, the team IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe Award, the corporate Flextech Award. He is a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Inventors, MRS, AAAS, PMSE, Kavli, and RSC. Facchetti is an Associate Editor of Journal of Materials Chemistry C. Prof. Facchetti’s research interests include synthesis of organic and metal oxide semiconductor, conductor and dielectric materials, electronic and mixed ionic-electronic conductors, molecular doping, transistors, circuits, organic SERS devices, sensors, batteries, and photovoltaics.

What made you decide to keep publishing your work with Journal of Materials Chemistry C over the past years?

Since my research spans from new synthetic methodologies to engineering of devices based on novel materials, JMCC is ideal to disseminate very novel results to a broad audience comprising scientists from academia, national labs and industrial research laboratories.

How has your research evolved from your first Journal of Materials Chemistry C article to your most recent publication in the journal?

I have been interested in developing materials for opto-electronics for my entire career. However, while my initial work had more emphasis in the molecular design and synthetic aspects of electro-optic and electron transporting semiconductors now I am more focussed on combining new materials for different device functions particularly where photonic and electronic signals are coupled and ionic-electronic conductors for bioelectronics.

Prof. Jean’ne Shreeve

Jean’ne M. Shreeve is a Montana native and received a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry at the University of Washington, Seattle. She has been at the University of Idaho since 1961 where she served as chemistry department head and vice president for research and graduate studies. In 2011, Shreeve was named a University Distinguished Professor. Her research interests include the design, syntheses, characterization, and reactions of energetic materials, fluorine-containing compounds, and energetic ionic liquids published in more than 725 papers in refereed journals.

What do you like most about Journal of Materials Chemistry A as a place to publish your latest materials chemistry research?

Having grown up with various Royal Society of Chemistry journals, we expected that this new venture, Journal of Materials Chemistry, would be high class. We were not disappointed nor surprised when the manuscript quality and pressure demanded division into three journals with one – Journal of Materials Chemistry A having a main focus on the materials for energy, including materials for energy storage and conversion, conservation of scarce natural resources and sustainability and green processes. This enables attraction of the very best science resulting in a surging publication pressure leading to an almost sky rocketing Impact Factor value. The Journal of Materials Chemistry A has led the way as the progress and direction of these fields have been modified with changing sophistication and interest of the science.

What made you decide to keep publishing your work with the journal over the past years?

Being published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A acknowledges that the work being done in our lab is at the very top of the field and that it will share pages in every issue only with the very best. This will tend to draw attention to our chemistry while simultaneously keep us up to date as we peruse the contents of each issue.

Prof. Neil Robertson

Neil Robertson is an Associate Editor of Journal of Materials Chemistry C. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh and worked in FU Berlin, University of Wales and Imperial College London before returning to University of Edinburgh. He leads research on molecular materials and nanomaterials for solar photovoltaics, photocatalytic water treatment and electrical energy storage. His team won the Kerr Macgregor Award for solar innovation in 2021. He is Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK). He has previously served as Elected Member of RSC Dalton Council and RSC Materials Chemistry Division Council and is currently Dean International Partnerships for Science and Engineering at the University of Edinburgh.

What do you like most about Journal of Materials Chemistry A as a place to publish your latest materials chemistry research?

I have always found that the J. Mater. Chem. journal family, and RSC journals more generally, are run for the benefit of the chemistry community, with high editorial standards and a commitment to strive towards diversity and inclusion.

What made you decide to keep publishing your work with the journal over the past years?

The quality and constructive approach of referees has provided very valuable feedback on manuscripts and has greatly helped to improve the final published papers. I’m always very grateful to referees for their expert input and advice.

Prof. Cheol Seong Hwang

Cheol Seong Hwang received an MSc degree in 1989 and a Ph.D. in 1993 in the department of inorganic materials science and engineering, both from Seoul National University-Seoul, South Korea. In 1993 he joined the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, MD USA, as a postdoctoral research fellow. Then, he joined Samsung Electronics as a senior researcher in 1994 and contributed to semiconductor memory device fields by researching high-k dielectrics, including (Ba,Sr)TiO₃. Since 1998, he has been a professor in the materials science and engineering department at Seoul National University. He has authored or co-authored more than 686 papers in international peer-reviewed scientific journals, cited ~40,000 times (H-index 93), and has given over 100 invited presentations at international conferences. He also holds 183 (89 approved, 94 under review) international/domestic patents. His research interests include high-k gate oxide, DRAM capacitors, new memory devices including RRAM/PRAM, ferroelectric materials and devices, negative capacitance effect, and thin-film transistors. He is also working actively in neuromorphic computing devices/materials. He is a member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology, the National Academy of Engineering of Korea, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK.

What made you decide to keep publishing your work with the Journal of Materials Chemistry C over the past years?

The journal’s review process has always been plausibly accurate and timely. In addition, the reviewer selections have been encouraging, and their comments were generally helpful in improving the quality of the submission. Besides, many other journals, mainly from commercial publishers, went to commercialize their products. As a result, the review process has been degraded, although their journal’s impact factors have been increased. Journal of Materials Chemistry C has not been strived in this way, rendering it a notable venue for sincere scientific work in the field.

Which of your Journal of Materials Chemistry C publications would you say you are most proud of and why?

Jeon et al., Enhanced Pseudo-Atomic Layer Deposition of Antimony Telluride Thin Films by Co-injecting NH₃ Gas with Both Precursors (DOI: 10.1039/d3tc00007a). The reviewers have very favourably reviewed this work, and, as a result, the paper has been selected as the cover paper of the 10^th-anniversary issue of the journal.

Thank you to all of our loyal and regular authors for their support of the Journal of Materials Chemistry family of journals over the years.

We hope you enjoyed finding out more about some of our authors. Keep an eye out for our next ‘Community Spotlight’!

If you missed any of our previous ‘Community Spotlight’ blog posts, check them out here.

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Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship- nominations now open!

11 May 2023

We are delighted to announce that nominations are now OPEN for the prestigious 2023 Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship. Do you know an outstanding emerging scientist in the field of materials chemistry who deserves recognition? Nominate them today for a chance to win this respected award!

Established in 2010, this international lectureship honours early-career scientists who have made significant contributions to the field of materials chemistry, with previous recipients including Shaojun Guo, Christopher Bettinger, Henry Snaith, Maria Escudero-Escribano and last year’s winner Sahika Inal.

For more information and details on eligibility criteria and how to nominate a candidate, please visit the Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship webpage.

The deadline for nominations is 25 June 2023

Nominate your candidate now

You are of course welcome to circulate this information more widely with any colleagues who might be interested in making a nomination. We look forward to receiving your nominations!

Find out more about our previous Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship winner, Prof. Sahika Inal and our runners-up Prof. Luisa Whittaker-Brooks and Dr Jessica Wade in our blog post

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Call for papers: Injectable Hydrogels

20 Apr 2023

Call for papers: Injectable Hydrogels

Guest Edited by Dr Khoon Lim and Dr Julieta Paez

We are delighted to announce a special themed collection on Injectable Hydrogels to be published across Biomaterials Science and Journal of Materials Chemistry B. This collection is Guest Edited by:

Dr Khoon Lim (University of Sydney, Australia)

Dr Julieta I Paez (University of Twente, The Netherlands)

Injectable hydrogels have emerged as intelligent and versatile materials that have been proven to possess huge potential for many biomedical applications including drug delivery, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine. Hydrogels are a class of polymers with highly hydrated 3D networks that have microenvironmental properties such as oxygen/nutrient permeability that are similar to the native extracellular matrix. In addition to possessing the typical advantages of conventional hydrogels, injectable hydrogels offer an extra unique feature, which enables minimally invasive injectability and durability for irregularly shaped sites. As such, there has been a growing interest of using injectable hydrogels as scaffolds/carriers for therapeutic agents, including but not limited to drugs, cells, proteins, and bioactive molecules, targeted to treat chronic diseases including cancer, but also to facilitate the repair and regeneration of damaged organs/tissues.

In this context, it is pertinent to compile this themed collection focusing on recent rapid development in the field of injectable hydrogels. To this end, this themed collection in Journal of Materials Chemistry B and Biomaterials Science aims at providing a platform for recent developments in this rapidly evolving field of injectable hydrogels including, but not limited to:

Emerging chemistries
Synthesis pathways
Fabrication methods
Cell-material interactions
In vitro and in vivo performances
Targeted applications (drug delivery, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine)

Submissions to the journal should fit within the scope of Journal of Materials Chemistry B or Biomaterials Science – Please see the journal’s website for more information on the journal’s scope, standards, article types and author guidelines. We encourage you to submit your work to the journal you feel is most appropriate.

For this collection, we strongly encourage full primary research in the way of Full Papers or Communications.

Submission Deadline: 10 September 2023

If you would like to contribute to this themed collection, please submit your article directly through the Biomaterials Science submission service or the Journal of Materials Chemistry B submission service. Please mention that your submission is a contribution to the Injectable Hydrogels collection in the “Themed issues” section of the submission form and add a “Note to the Editor” that this is from the Open Call. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of both the journal and the collection, and as such inclusion of accepted articles in the final themed collection is not guaranteed. All submissions will be subject to initial assessment and sent for peer review, if appropriate. We cannot guarantee peer review or acceptance of your submission in the journal.

If you have any questions about the collection or the submissions process, please do contact the Editorial Office at materialsb-rsc@rsc.org and they will be able to assist.

We look forward to receiving your latest work and considering it for this collection!

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Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C 10th Anniversary Community Spotlight: Advisory board

17 Apr 2023

In the second of our ‘Community Spotlight’ series, we feature some more of the Advisory Board members who have supported Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B or C over the years and have asked them what they like most about being on the journal’s Advisory Boards and about their recent Journal of Materials Chemistry publications. Check out their interview responses below.

Prof. Magda Titirici

Prof. Magda Titirici is a Chair of Sustainable Energy Materials in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London. Her research interests are related to the development of sustainable materials for energy storage and conversion in particular batteries beyond Li ion as well as sustainable electrocatalytic processes for oxygen reduction free of critical metal or biomass oxidation with H₂ production. She has served as an Associate Editor for Journal of Materials Chemistry A between 2013-2022. She has published over 300 papers in this area among which > 15 are in J Mater Chem A. She remains currently in the J Mater Chem A advisory board and continues to engage with the materials chemistry community in her role of the President of the RSC Materials Chemistry Community.

What do you like most about being on the Advisory Board for Journal of Materials Chemistry A?

I like being at the forefront of materials chemistry research by being involved in reviewing topical papers, setting new strategies for the journal, suggesting special issues, and indirectly interacting with different scientific topics, especially following on from my previous role as an Associate Editor for J Mater Chem A. I believe that the J Mater Chem family works with the materials chemistry community for the materials chemistry community, and you always feel included as scientist no matter where you work in the world.

What do you think of Journal of Materials Chemistry A as a place to publish impactful materials chemistry research?

J Mater Chem A is indeed the ideal place to publish research in materials chemistry related to green materials, energy and other environmental applications in order to maximise impact and visibility of research. This is due to the journal’s great scientific reputation and the professionalism of to its editorial team. J Mater Chem was one of the first journal I have published in at the very start of my academic career. It has been instrumental for my academic career especially during my early days.

Where do you see the materials chemistry field in the next 10 years?

I believe that theory driven materials discovery using high throughput automatic robots optimised by AI to balance cost performance and sustainability will increase significantly. This is where I see the future of materials chemistry.

Prof. Markus Niederberger

Markus Niederberger is an Advisory Board member for Journal of Materials Chemistry A. He is a Professor of Multifunctional Materials in the Department of Materials at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He received his diploma in Chemistry and his doctoral degree from ETH Zurich. After a postdoctoral stay at the University of California Santa Barbara he was a group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces. His group is active in diverse research areas ranging from nanoparticle synthesis to aerogels for gas-phase photocatalysis, flexible, transparent and degradable batteries, polymers for corrosion protection and luminescent materials.

What do you like most about being on the Advisory Board for Journal of Materials Chemistry A?
As an Advisory Board member I often act as adjudicative referee for manuscripts with conflicting reports. I like doing this because it is very instructive for me. I learn about the different views and opinions of experts on certain topics and I have to weigh them carefully so that I can make a sound and fair recommendation.

Where do you see the materials chemistry field in the next 10 years?
It is clear that sustainability will become a focus. However, I also believe that the aspect of rapid implementation of research results in industry and technology will continue to gain in importance, which will strongly influence research and publication activities.

Prof. Ross Forgan

Prof Ross Forgan is an Advisory Board member for Journal of Materials Chemistry B and is a Professor of Supramolecular and Materials Chemistry at the University of Glasgow. His research into the application of metal-organic frameworks in biomimetic catalysis and nanoscale drug delivery is underpinned by fundamental studies into molecular recognition and self-assembly processes inside nanoporous materials. He graduated with a PhD in supramolecular inorganic chemistry, under the supervision of Prof Peter Tasker, from the University of Edinburgh in 2008. A three year postdoctoral position (2008-2011) with Nobel Laureate Prof Sir J Fraser Stoddart at Northwestern University, USA, saw him research organic interlocked molecules, chemical topology and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). He returned to Scotland in 2011 as a senior research fellow in Prof Lee Cronin’s group at the University of Glasgow, investigating hybrid materials and applications of 3D-printing. After 11 months, he was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship (2012-2021) to begin his independent academic career, with subsequent promotions to Reader in 2016 and Professor in 2019.

What do you like most about being on the Advisory Board for Journal of Materials Chemistry B?

Having an overview of the wide range of exciting materials research that is being published, building links with others in the field through things like special issues (I am co-editing a special issue for JMC B in 2023), and supporting the younger members of the community through initiatives such as the JMC lectureship.

Could you provide a brief summary of your most recent Journal of Materials Chemistry B publication?

Our most recent publication was a review article on the application of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as nanoscale imaging agents led by Dr Fatma Demir Duman. The review covers a wide range of potential imaging applications to which MOFs can be applied, focussing on structure-activity relationships and highlighted the great potential for MOFs to act as multifunctional vectors in nanomedicine.

Prof. Marta Mas-Torrent

Prof. Marta Mas-Torrent is an Advisory Board member for Journal of Materials Chemistry C. She received her PhD in 2002 working at the Institut de Ciència de Materials (ICMAB-CSIC) in Barcelona (Spain) and at The Royal Institution of Great Britain in London (UK). Afterwards, she carried out postdoctoral research at Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft (The Netherlands). Since June 2007 she obtained a research position at ICMAB-CSIC. In 2012 she was awarded with an ERC Starting Grant project and one year later an ERC-PoC project. She has also participated in many other European and national projects as well as in two industrial related projects. She is co-author of around 190 publications and co-inventor of 7 patents. Prof. Mas-Torrent received the 2013 Oliver Kahn International Award for her contributions in the field of materials science and the Prize of Young Researcher 2006 of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ). Currently she is leading an interdisciplinary research group focused on the design and preparation of new functional molecular materials for their application in organic electronic devices.

Her interests range from fundamental studies in order to better understand materials properties to a more applied perspective aiming at developing proof-of-principle devices. Particularly, she is interested in structure-property correlation studies, surface self-assembly, processing of organic semiconductors, organic field-effect transistors (OFETs), electrolyte-gated organic field effect transistors (EGOFETs), charge transport and sensors.

What do you think of Journal of Materials Chemistry C as a place to publish impactful materials chemistry research?

The J. Mater. Chem. C is a widely read journal among the materials science community and holds a strong and long history. The journal is suitable to publish novel materials, fundamental studies of appealing materials as well as advanced applications. In particular, related to my research field of molecular electronics, I always found here very inspiring works.

Could you provide a brief summary of your most recent Journal of Materials Chemistry C publication?

In my last publication, we report the fabrication of organic field-effect transistors (OFETs) that respond to UV radiation. The OFETs have been prepared using as active layer a blend of an organic semiconductor with different insulating polymers. We show that the nature of the binding polymer has a significant impact on the device performance and photoresponse due to the tuning of the charge traps. Therefore, this work demonstrates that the use of a binding polymer is a useful tool to optimise the OFET electrical characteristics as well as its photoresponsivity.

Prof. Yanlin Song

Yanlin Song is on the Advisory Board for Journal of Materials Chemistry C and is a professor and director of Key Laboratory of Green Pringting at Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS). He received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Chemistry at Peking University in 1996. Then he conducted research as a postdoctoral follow at Tsinghua University from 1996 to 1998. He has been working at ICCAS since 1998. His research interests include nano-materials and green-printing technology, printed electrics and photonics, fabrication and applications of nanostructured devices. He has published more than 400 papers and 15 books and chapters, with a H-index of 95, and has been granted more than 130 patents from China, USA, European Union , Japan and Korea, etc.

Where do you see the materials chemistry field in the next 10 years?

In the next 10 years, the design and preparation of new molecules and materials will be influenced greatly by Artificial Intelligence, such as DNA Synthesis and Materials Genome, and the disciplinary crossing and integration of Chemistry, Materials and Bioscience will be more and more important and popular.

Could you provide a brief summary of your most recent Journal of Materials Chemistry C publication?

Recently, we have published a review article with the title “Interface engineering of perovskite nanocrystals: challenges and opportunities for biological imaging and detection”. Perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) have attracted much attention due to their unique optical properties, including high photoluminescence quantum yield, narrow emission and tunable wavelength. This perspective focuses on the recent progress of these promising materials as fluorescent probes for biological diagnosis. Efforts on the interface engineering are presented on how to construct water-resistant and biocompatible PNC probes. Their applications in biological diagnosis are discussed with a focus on cell and tumor imaging, biomolecular detection, and fluorescence immunoassay. With the high tolerance of defect, precisely tunable emission, and strong light absorption coefficient, the physical and optical properties of PNCs are superior to traditional fluorescent dyes. Finally, this perspective discusses the challenges and opportunities for the application of PNCs as fluorescent labeling probes in biological fields.

We hope you enjoyed finding out more about some more of our Advisory Board members. Keep an eye out for our next ‘Community Spotlight’!

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Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C 10th Anniversary Community Spotlight: Advisory Board

15 Mar 2023

In this blog post, we feature some of the Advisory Board members who have supported Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B or C over the years and have asked them what they like most about being on the journal’s Advisory Boards. Check out their interview responses below.

Prof. Hiroshi Imahori

Hiroshi Imahori is an Advisory Board member for Journal of Materials Chemistry A. He received his Doctor of Science from Kyoto University in 1990. After post-doctoral training at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, he was Assistant and Associate Professors at Osaka University. Since 2002, he has been a Professor at Kyoto University. His current interests involve solar energy conversion and organic functional materials. For his work, he has been awarded the Japanese Photochemistry Association Prize (2004), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Prize (2006), the Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work (2006), the Osaka Science Prize (2007), Fellow of the Electrochemical Society (2016), and the Chemical Society of Japan Award (2022).

What do you like most about being on the Advisory Board for Journal of Materials Chemistry A?

I have the privilege to access the academic network of JMCA and enjoy working together with people involved closely in JMCA.

What do you think of Journal of Materials Chemistry A as a place to publish impactful materials chemistry research?

I believe JMCA is one of the prestigious platforms for promoting recent results in energy-related science and technology.

Prof. Sahika Inal

Sahika Inal is an Advisory Board member for Journal of Materials Chemistry B and is the recipient of the 2022 Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship. She is an Associate Professor of Bioengineering with co-affiliations in Electrical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering programs at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Her expertise is in polymer science and bioelectronic devices, particularly in the photophysics of conjugated polymers, characterization of polymer films, and the design of biosensors and actuators. Since 2016, the Inal lab at KAUST exploits the functionalities of organic electronic materials, investigates ionic/electronic charge transport, and designs electronic devices that record/stimulate biological signals.

What do you like most about being on the Advisory Board for Journal of Materials Chemistry B?

RSC, in general, is a publisher that works for and alongside scientists. JMC B editorial team has been very open to the advisory board’s suggestions, and they want the journal to be a home for good science and a community with members that support each other. So, I feel that my voice is valued and all decisions taken are for the good of the community.

What do you think of Journal of Materials Chemistry B as a place to publish impactful materials chemistry research?

I have been reading papers in JMC B since I was in graduate school and some have affected the direction of research we took in my group. I have been writing and reviewing for JMC B and I can certainly say that the peer review process is thoughtful and done in a way to make the science in that paper more complete. The editors in JMC B work to help authors make their work better. Even when I got a paper rejected, the reviewer’s comments were helpful in resubmitting it.

Could you provide a brief summary of your most recent Journal of Materials Chemistry B publication?

I wrote an editorial piece on the recent work about conducting gels developed for wearable electronics. Mechanically compliant and electronic materials are at the core of devices that can electronically interface soft biological tissues. I summarized some of the work that was published in this area in the past year in JMC B and aimed to highlight the novelties and opportunities presented by each research idea. It is very interesting to read all these papers, see a common thread, and witness how each, even maybe small, development shown in each paper is now contributing to our common knowledge about this special class of materials. In a decade from now on, this collective knowledge in this class of materials will either generate a new materials type or will directly form the basis of wearable sensors, sensor-integrated prosthetics, and robotics technologies.

Prof. Christian Müller

Christian Müller is an Advisory Board member for Journal of Materials Chemistry C and is a professor in Polymer Science at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. He is a Wallenberg Scholar and received an ERC Consolidator Grant in 2022. Prior to Chalmers he completed postdoctoral stays at ICMAB-CSIC in Barcelona and Linköping University. He holds a Dr.Sc. in Materials Science from ETH Zürich (2008) and a M.Sci. in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University (2004). His research interests include the use of organic semiconductors and polymer blends in the fields of wearable electronics and energy technology.

What do you like most about being on the Advisory Board for Journal of Materials Chemistry C?

I have the opportunity to aid the community work of the RSC, especially the support of young faculty.

Where do you see the materials chemistry field in the next 10 years?

I anticipate that sustainability will be the central theme.

In your opinion, how could members of the community be more involved with the journal?

Involvement could be through the proposal of focus issues and perspective style manuscripts that highlight important trends in materials chemistry.

Dr Jun Fu

Dr. Jun Fu received his B.Sc. at Wuhan University and Ph.D. at the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science (CAS). After working in Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research and Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Jun took a full professor position in Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS. In 2019, he moved to Sun Yat-sen University in 2019. His research focuses on the synthesis and engineering of biomimetic and bio-functional polymers for applications as medical implants, wearable flexible electronics, and soft actuators. Jun joined the Advisory Board of Journal of Materials Chemistry B since 2017.

What do you like most about being on the Advisory Board for Journal of Materials Chemistry B?

It has been an amazing experience. I am excited to discuss with peer Board Members on the development of this esteemed journal. I have learned a lot from my peers and the Editors. I also enjoy recommending young scientists to this journal for its awards and special issue collections. It greatly helps promote the young scientists and spread the outreach of this journal.

Where do you see the materials chemistry field in the next 10 years?

Materials chemistry provides very powerful toolkits to confront these challenges in the fields of healthcare, resources, energy, environment, and sustainability, among others. People are endowing great efforts in the development of smart biomedical devices, flexible electronics, soft robotics, tissue engineering scaffolds, and 3D/4D bioprinting, for example, to promote breakthrough and practical applications in the next 10 years. I believe innovations in these fields will highly benefit our welfare.

Could you provide a brief summary of your most recent Journal of Materials Chemistry B publication?

Journal of Materials Chemistry B is always one of our first choices to publish our articles. To date, I have published 20 papers in Journal of Materials Chemistry B. In 2021, we published a review article “Tissue adhesive hydrogel bioelectronics” in Journal of Materials Chemistry B. In this publication, we reviewed recent progress on strategies to prepare tissue adhesive hydrogels and representative adhesion mechanisms for conductive hydrogels to adhere on biotissues. We are delighted that this review article is well recognized by readers and receives good citations.

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Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C

13 Mar 2023

This year we are proud to celebrate 10 years since the launch of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C as three separate titles.

The vision of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C was to provide venues for highly topical research in a broad range of materials chemistry across three distinguished journal scopes. Since the pilot issues were published at the beginning of 2013, we have continued to publish a diverse range of impactful research across the global materials chemistry community and covering the full breadth of our discipline.

We are delighted to announce a number of initiatives to celebrate the 10^th anniversary of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C. You can find out more about our activities below:

10th Anniversary Activities

Editorial

Editors-in-Chief Anders Hagfeldt, Jeroen Cornelissen and Natalie Stingelin introduce the anniversary year with an Editorial: Celebrating ten years of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C.

Read the introductory Editorial

The three Editors-in-Chief have also reflected on all the celebrations and activities that took place during the anniversary year with an Editorial published in issue 1 of 2024.

Read the reflection Editorial

Celebratory Themed Collections

We have published special 10th anniversary themed collections across each of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C featuring work from members of the community who have supported the journals over the last 10 years. We would like to thank and celebrate our community for their ongoing support and for sharing their latest discoveries with us. Articles included in the anniversary issues feature ’10th Anniversary Statements’ to highlight the author’s relationship to the journal and to hear from our community what they value about the long history of the JMCs!


Journal of Materials Chemistry A anniversary issue	Journal of Materials Chemistry B anniversary issue	Journal of Materials Chemistry C anniversary issue

To introduce the anniversary collections, we also heard from past and present Editors-in-Chief and Editorial Board Chairs from throughout the long history of Journal of Materials Chemistry.

” Looking ahead to the future of the journals, we hope that this community continues to grow and develop. The past ten years and beyond have seen major shifts in the research community for the better, with more international collaboration and more interaction between experimentalists and theoreticians, fundamental and applied researchers, along with researchers working together from across different disciplines to advance understanding and solve problems. The journals have also been actively engaged in equality, diversity and inclusion and we are proud to have been involved in addressing balances and valuing input from all members of our community at all stages of their careers.”

Check out the Editorial introducing the anniversary issues here.

Post-publication collections

10th Anniversary: Most popular articles

We wanted to celebrate some of the most exceptional research that our authors have published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry family of journals over the last 10 years. The collections feature some of our most popular articles and reviews since the launch of the journals in 2013. The featured articles have been hand picked from a decade of exceptional work, including some of the most highly cited and downloaded content that has been published in the journals.

Read the collections now:

JMCA most popular articles

JMCB most popular articles

JMCC most popular articles

10th anniversary: Dedicated authors

We wanted to celebrate some of our most dedicated authors that have published in the journals over the past 10 years. These online collections feature articles and reviews from some of our most frequent authors since the launch of the journal in 2013. The collections have been curated in honour of those authors who have provided truly impactful, timeless, and high-quality research articles and reviews, time and time again.

Read the collections here:

JMCA dedicated authors

JMCB dedicated authors

JMCC dedicated authors

Anniversary Perspectives

We asked key figures in our community to look forward to the next 10 years of developments in their respective fields by contributing a forward looking Perspective article on hot topics across materials chemistry.

From molecular engineering in organic semiconductors, to DNA-based biosensors to the safety issues of lithium battery materials, these Perspectives offer a glimpse into the key challenges facing materials chemists as we move forward into the next decade of research. We hope that many solutions to these problems will feature in the exciting work we publish every week in the journal family.

Check out our Anniversary Perspectives collection

Community Spotlight

We have published a series of 10 blogs featuring interviews with various members of our communities who have supported the journals over recent years.

Check out our Community Spotlight Series here.

10^th Anniversary Covers

Since the start of 2023, we have encouraged authors to include a 10 in their cover designs to celebrate the 10^th anniversary of the journals. These covers have been promoted on Twitter using the hashtag #JMCs10Years. A selection of these 10^th anniversary covers are included below and you can find monthly round-ups on our blog.

Check them out!

#MyFirstJMC

We have showcased some of the authors who have published for the first time in Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B or C in 2023. Authors can opt-in to be included if it is their first time publishing with the journal as a corresponding author. Check out the ongoing collections below to meet the next generation of our community and keep an eye on our socials for #MyFirstJMC promotion. We thank these authors for choosing to publish their work with us! Read the collections here:

#MyFirstJMCA

#MyFirstJMCB

#MyFirstJMCC

Journal of Materials Chemistry 10 Year Anniversary Survey

To celebrate 10 years of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C we asked you to contribute your thoughts and perspectives about the development of materials chemistry and the future of the field!

Check out the results on this blog post!

Follow us on Twitter (@JMaterChem), LinkedIn (#RSCMat),WeChat and sign up to our mailings to keep up to date with our latest anniversary activities.

We are excited to celebrate our anniversary year and we are grateful to our community for all their support!

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Open call for a themed collection on Nanozymes: Meet the Guest Editors

01 Feb 2023

Journal of Materials Chemistry B and companion journal Nanoscale have recently announced an open call to submit to a cross-journal themed collection on ‘Nanozymes’

This cross-journal themed collection aims to highlight recent progress in the field of nanozymes research with applications ranging from biosensing and therapeutics to environmental protection and national security and beyond. This collection will serve as a platform to not only accelerate the development of the nanozyme field but also attract more researchers to explore the hidden characteristics of nanomaterials for broad applications.

The Guest Editors for this themed collection are Prof. Shaoqin Liu (Harbin Institute of Technology, China), Prof. Vincent Rotello (University of Massachusetts, USA), Prof. Asier Unciti-Broceta (University of Edinburgh, UK) and Prof. Hui Wei (Nanjing University, China)

Find out more about our Guest Editors below:

Prof. Shaoqin Liu

Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Professor Shaoqin Liu is an Associate Editor for Journal of Materials Chemistry B. She received her Bachelor degree and Ph. D degree from Wuhan University of Hydraulic and Electric Engineering in 1994 and from Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (Chinese Academy of Science) in 1999, respectively. She started her chemistry research career under Professor Shaojun Dong group at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry to develop polyoxometalates-based thin film. After her Ph. D degree, she moved to Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interface as Humboldt Fellow. She developed polyoxometalates-based functional materials. In 2004, she joined National Research Council of Canada as NESRC fellow to study direct methanol fuel cells. In 2007, she started her academic career as a Full Professor in Harbin Institute of Technology. Her current research interests include preparation of nanostructured materials and their applications in energy, biosensing and cancer therapy.

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Prof. Vincent Rotello

University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA

‘Bioorthogonal nanozymes use the versatility and unique properties of nanomaterials to provide in situ drug factories for treating diseases at their source’

Vincent Rotello is the Charles A. Goessmann Professor of Chemistry and a University Distinguished Professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He received his B.S. in Chemistry in 1985 from Illinois Institute of Technology, and his Ph. D. in 1990 in Chemistry from Yale University. He was an NSF postdoctoral fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1990-1993, and joined the faculty at the University of Massachusetts in 1993. He has been the recipient of the NSF CAREER and Cottrell Scholar awards, as well as the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, the Sloan Fellowships. He has received the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award (2023), the Transformational Research and Excellence in Education Award presented by Research Corporation, the Bioorganic Lectureship of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), the Australian Nanotechnology Network Traveling Fellowship, the Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s International Fellowship for Distinguished Researchers. (2016) and the Langmuir Lectureship (2010), and He is a Fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and of the Royal Society of Chemistry (U.K.). He is also recognized in 2014, 2015, 2018-2022 by Thomson Reuters/Clarivate as “Highly Cited Researcher” His research program focuses on using synthetic organic chemistry to engineer the interface between the synthetic and biological worlds, and spans the areas of devices, polymers, and nanotechnology/bionanotechnology, with over 625 peer-reviewed papers published to date. He is actively involved in the area of bionanotechnology, and his research includes programs in delivery, imaging, diagnostics and nanotoxicology.

Prof. Asier Unciti-Broceta

University of Edinburgh, UK

‘The synergistic combination of nanotechnology, metal catalysis and medicinal chemistry has opened new avenues to mediate controlled pharmacological activity in living environments. This distinctive field of the bioorthogonal realm is driven by therapeutic aspirations that are yet to achieve their full potential. I am interested in facing these challenges with novel technologies such as bioorthogonal nanozymes that can deliver new-to-life functions to treat disease where and when needed.’

Asier Unciti-Broceta is Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He received his PhD from the Universidad of Granada, Spain, in 2004. After postdoctoral training in the fields of cell delivery and chemical biology at the School of Chemistry of the University of Edinburgh, he took a group leader position in 2010 at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer to create the first chemistry lab of the Institute. He was promoted to Reader in 2015 and to Full Professor in 2018. His lab is interested in the exploration of novel chemical strategies to improve the efficacy and safety of cancer treatments, including the development of catalytic nano- and microdevices for the controlled activation of anticancer drug precursors.

Prof. Hui Wei

Nanjing University, China

‘Nanozymes are emerging enzyme mimics. They are functional nanomaterials with enzyme-like activities, and advantageous over conventional enzyme mimics. Recently, nanozyme is selected as one of the 2022 Top Ten Emerging Technologies in Chemistry. I am interested in rational design of nanozymes and exploring their killer applications, and look forward to the contributions in these areas.’

Hui Wei is a Professor at Nanjing University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He received his B.S. degree from Nanjing University (advisor: Professor Xinghua Xia) and Ph.D. degree from Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (advisor: Professor Erkang Wang). He then joined Professors Yi Lu’s and Shuming Nie’s groups for two Postdoctoral trainings before he started his independent career at Nanjing University. His research interests are focused on the design and synthesis of functional nanomaterials (such as nanozymes) and the development of new methodologies for analytical and biomedical applications.

Submit your work to the collection by 1 May 2023

For more information on how to submit, see our open call blog post

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

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Congratulations to our shortlisted candidates for the 2022 Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship

01 Feb 2023

The Journal of Materials Chemistry annual lectureship, established in 2010, honours early-career scientists who have made a significant contribution to the field of materials chemistry. This year we were delighted to have awarded Prof. Sahika Inal (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia) the 2022 Lectureship.

We received numerous excellent nominations and wanted to recognise our shortlisted candidates for their contributions to materials chemistry. We have listed the names of the shortlisted candidates below and have put together a collection featuring some of their recent work published in Journal of Materials Chemistry journals.

Please note that we have only included candidates who have consented to recognition of their name in this way.

Runners-Up

Prof. Luisa Whittaker-Brooks (University of Utah, USA)

Dr Jessica Wade (Imperial College London, UK)

Shortlisted candidates

Prof. Chibueze Amanchukwu (University of Chicago, USA)

Prof. Federico Bella (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)

Prof. Laure Biniek (Institut Charles Sadron – Strasbourg, France)

Prof. Jakoah Brgoch (University of Houston, USA)

Prof. Federico Calle-Vallejo (Basque Foundation for Science (Ikerbasque) and University of the Basque Country, Spain)

Prof. Maytal Caspary Toroker (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)

Prof. Tan Chaoliang (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Prof. Raphaële Clément (UC Santa Barbara, USA)

Prof. Cole DeForest (University of Washington, USA)

Prof. Xu Deng (University of Electronic Science and Technology, China)

Dr Ramendra Sundar Dey (Institute of Nano Science and Technology, India)

Dr Emily Draper (University of Glasgow, UK)

Prof. Ludovic Favereau (Institute of Chemical Sciences of Rennes, France)

Prof. Wei Gao (California Institute of Technology, USA)

Prof. Xu Hou (Xiamen University, China)

Prof. Jingwei Hou (School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia)

Prof. Ashlee Howarth (Concordia University, Canada)

Prof. Shu Hu (Yale University, USA)

Dr Kirsten Marie Jensen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Prof. Thomas Kempa (John Hopkins University, USA)

Prof. Matt Pharr (Texas A&M University, USA)

Dr Loredana Protesescu (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

Prof. Nuria Tapia Ruiz (University of Lancaster, UK)

Prof. Gyorgy Szekely (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia)

Prof. Robert Weatherup (University of Oxford, UK)

Prof. Zhijie Yang (Shandong University, China)

Prof. Bin-Wei Zhang (Chongqing University, China)

Prof. Shrike Zhang (Harvard Medical School, USA)

Read the collection featuring some of the recent work from some of our shortlisted candidates published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C

Congratulations to all our shortlisted candidates!

Know anyone deserving of the 2023 Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship? Nominations will be open around mid-April so keep an eye out for updates on our Twitter and by signing up to our e-alerts.

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Open call for papers: Themed collection on Nanozymes

11 Jan 2023

Journal of Materials Chemistry B and companion journal Nanoscale are delighted to announce an open call for submissions to a themed collection on ‘Nanozymes’ to be published in Summer 2023.

Guest Edited by:

Professor Shaoqin Liu (Harbin Institute of Technology, China), Professor Vincent Rotello (University of Massachusetts, USA), Professor Asier Unciti-Broceta (University of Edinburgh, UK) and Professor Hui Wei (Nanjing University, China)

Deadline to submit: 1 May 2023

Nanozymes are nanomaterials with enzyme-like characteristics. They have been developed to address the limitations of natural enzymes and conventional artificial enzymes. Along with the significant advances in nanotechnology, biotechnology, catalysis science, and computational design, great progress has been achieved in the field of nanozymes since the discovery of peroxidase-like iron oxide nanozyme in 2007. Nanozymes have been explored for a variety of applications, ranging from biosensing and therapeutics to environmental protection and national security. To our knowledge, more than 400 laboratories from 35 countries are working on nanozymes. Notably, both the publications and citations on nanozymes have been growing rapidly, showing the enormous research interest from the field.

To further advance the field of nanozymes and highlight recent progress, we are delighted to invite you to contribute to this themed collection. We believe such a special collection will not only accelerate the development of the nanozyme field, but also attract more researchers to explore the hidden characteristics of nanomaterials for broad applications.

We welcome submissions from now until the deadline, with articles being published in the next available issue on acceptance and collated into an online collection. This allows greater flexibility for you to publish your research when it is ready, while ensuring your article is published quickly. The collection will be promoted in the second half of 2023 and beyond, ensuring maximum visibility of your article within the materials chemistry community.

Submissions to the collection should fit within the scope of Journal of Materials Chemistry B or Nanoscale. Please see the journal websites for more information about the scope, standards, article types and author guidelines. We would suggest that any manuscript focusing on the materials chemistry and bio-application of the nanozyme material would be better suited to Journal of Materials Chemistry B, whereas work more focused on the nanoscience, properties and insights of nanozymes with application in the biosciences, environmental sciences and beyond would be better suited to Nanoscale.

For this collection, we welcome full Papers and Communications. Review article submissions are by invite-only and as such we generally will not consider review proposals as a result of the open call.

All submissions will undergo a rigorous initial Editorial assessment as to suitability for the journal before potential peer review. Please note that peer review and acceptance of your submission will not be guaranteed.

We look forward to receiving your submissions and to featuring your latest nanozymes work in the collection.

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Open call for papers: Themed collection on Microneedles

31 Oct 2022

Journal of Materials Chemistry B is delighted to announce an open call for submissions to a cross-journal themed collection on ‘Microneedles’ with companion journal Biomaterials Science.

Guest edited by Dr Ester Caffarel-Salvador (Scientific Consultant, USA) Professor Ryan Donnelly (Queen’s University Belfast, UK), Professor Harvinder Gill (Texas Tech, USA) and Professor Hyungil Jung (Yonsei University, Korea).

Submissions open until 1 March 2023

Microneedles, since their inception as a unique transdermal drug and vaccine delivery system, have become a noteworthy system used in multiple routes, including gastrointestinal, oral (mouth cavity) and ocular, to name a few. The range of illnesses being targeted by microneedles has also increased significantly and includes infectious diseases, pain, diabetes, and allergies for example. Sensing is another upcoming application of microneedles. Innovation in microneedle fabrication continues to not only push the drug-carrying and delivering capacity of microneedles, but also making mass manufacturing feasible and economical. There is also increased activity in the commercial sector with different companies attempting to bring the first microneedle-based medical device to market.

This cross-journal themed collection on ‘Microneedles’ in Journal of Materials Chemistry B and Biomaterials Science aims to bring together recent advancements in the field of microneedles that readers will find informative and useful. The topics could include microneedle fabrication and development approaches, applications of microneedles that add a new dimension to existing core knowledge in the microneedles field, sensing applications and clinical studies that evaluate efficacy or other aspects of microneedle use in humans.

Submissions to the journal should fit within the scope of Journal of Materials Chemistry B or Biomaterials Science – Please see the journal website for more information on the journal’s scope, standards, article types and author guidelines. We encourage you to submit your work to the journal that you feel best reflects the scope of your work.

The call for papers is open for the following article types:

Communications
Full papers
Reviews
Perspectives

If you would like to submit to this themed collection, you can submit your article directly to the online submission platform for Journal of Materials Chemistry B or Biomaterials Science. Please mention that this submission is a contribution to the Microneedles collection in the “Themed issues” section of the submission form and add a “Note to the Editor” that this is from the Open Call. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of both the journal and the collection, and inclusion of accepted articles in the final themed issue is not guaranteed.

Please note that all submissions will be subject to initial assessment by the journal editors and as such we cannot guarantee peer review or final acceptance of your manuscript. If you have any questions about the collection, email us at materialsb-rsc@rsc.org. We look forward to receiving and featuring your submissions in this exciting collection!

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Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C

This year we are proud to celebrate 10 years since the launch of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C as three separate titles.

We are delighted to announce a number of initiatives to celebrate the 10^th anniversary of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C. You can find out more about our activities below:

10th Anniversary Activities

Open call for a themed collection on Nanozymes: Meet the Guest Editors

Congratulations to our shortlisted candidates for the 2022 Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship

Open call for papers: Themed collection on Nanozymes

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This year we are proud to celebrate 10 years since the launch of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C as three separate titles.

We are delighted to announce a number of initiatives to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C. You can find out more about our activities below:

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We are delighted to announce a number of initiatives to celebrate the 10^th anniversary of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C. You can find out more about our activities below: