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Themed issue: Celebrating the 70th birthday of Professor Fred Wudl

20 Jan 2011

The themed issue celebrating the 70th birthday of Professor Fred Wudl is now online.

Featured on the outside front cover is ‘Carbon nanotubes from short hydrocarbon templates. Energy analysis of the Diels–Alder cycloaddition/rearomatization growth strategy’ by Eric H. Fort and Lawrence T. Scott.

The Feature Article highlighted on the inside front cover is ‘Exotic materials for bio-organic electronics’ written by Mihai Irimia-Vladu, Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci and Siegfried Bauer.

The back cover showcases ‘The thiophene/phenylene co-oligomers: exotic molecular semiconductors integrating high-performance electronic and optical functionalities’ by Shu Hotta and Takeshi Yamao.

The Editorial Fred Wudl. Discovering new science through making new molecules can be read for free here.

Or you can read the full themed issue here:

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Hot Article: A general strategy to bismuth chalcogenide films by chemical vapor transport

18 Jan 2011

A general strategy for making highly efficient thermoelectric films from bismuth chalcogenides has been developed by Chinese scientists. The team from Shanghai Institute of Ceramics created the films by chemical vapor transport on presynthesized Bi films. They say the process is a promising technique for making thermoelectric films.

Graphical abstract: A general strategy to bismuth chalcogenide films by chemical vapor transport

Read the full article for free until the 15th February: Zhengliang Sun, Shengcong Liufu, Riuheng Liu, Xihong Chen and Lidong Chen, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03561K (Advance Article)

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Hot Article: Improvement of the wet tensile properties of nanostructured hydroxyapatite and chitosan biocomposite films through hydrophobic modification

14 Jan 2011

Hydrophobic modification of chitosan/hydroxyapatite composites and chitosan films has been performed by a team of scientists at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. The team say that this approach provides a simple method to improve the wet tensile properties of chitosan/hydroxyapatite composite films making them more suitable for biomedical applications.

Interested to know more? Read the full article for free: Clementine Pradal, Prakash Kithva, Darren Martin, Matt Trau and Lisbeth Grøndahl, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03080E (Advance Article)

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Have you read Journal of Materials Chemistry issue 4 out now!

12 Jan 2011

The Feature Article on the outside front cover was Graphene: learning from carbon nanotubes. Liping Huang, Bin Wu, Gui Yu and Yunqi Liu, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 919-929.

The outside back cover highlighted the Feature Article Physical gels based on supramolecular gelators, including host–guest complexes and pseudorotaxanes by Yuji Suzaki, Toshiaki Taira and Kohtaro Osakada (J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 930-938).

You can read the whole of issue 4 here. Issue 4, 2011 also feature 3 Hot Articles and a Hot Highlight:

Highlight: Gold–iron oxide nanoparticle chains scaffolded on DNA as potential magnetic resonance imaging agents

Hot Articles

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Hot Highlight: What controls triplet exciton transfer in organic semiconductors?

12 Jan 2011

Anna Köhler and Heinz Bässler discuss the recent progress in the description of triplet energy transfer in π-conjugated molecules in this Hot Highlight.

Read the full article (free until 9th February):
Anna Köhler and Heinz Bässler, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02886J (Advance Article)

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Hot Article: Visible light driven photocatalysts with oxidative energy storage abilities

11 Jan 2011

A material that combines oxidative energy storage with a visible light driven photocatalyst has been developed by Japanese scientists. The team led by Tetsu Tatsuma at the University of Tokyo, Japan, used photocatalysts based on TiO2 or WO3 and combined them with Ni(OH)2 to provide oxidative energy storage.

Read the full article here: Fei Yang, Yukina Takahashi, Nobuyuki Sakai and Tetsu Tatsuma, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, DOI:10.1039/C0JM03434G (Advance Article)

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Hot Article: Layer-by-layer assembly of layered double hydroxide/cobalt phthalocyanine ultrathin film and its application for sensors

10 Jan 2011

Dopamine sensors made from layered double hydroxide nanosheets and cobalt phthalocyanines have been created by a team of Chinese scientists. The team behind the research claim that the modified electrode exhibits a low detection limit, fast response and excellent long-term stability for the determination of dopamine. Interested to know more? Why not read the full article.

Graphical abstract: Layer-by-layer assembly of layered double hydroxide/cobalt phthalocyanine ultrathin film and its application for sensors

Jingbin Han, Xiangyu Xu, Xiuying Rao, Min Wei, David G. Evans and Xue Duan, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0JM02430A, Advance Article

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RSC Prizes and Awards in Materials Chemistry

07 Jan 2011

Do you know someone who has made an exceptional contribution in the field of materials chemistry, helped to develop new materials with industry or pioneered new techniques for the benefit of materials research? The RSC Prizes and Awards recognise achievements by individuals, teams and organisations. There are over 60 Prizes and Awards available, covering all areas of the chemical sciences. Nomination is quick and easy using our online system and you can nominate yourself or a colleague. The closing date for nominations is 31 January 2011 so please don’t wait click on the link and find out more.

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Hot Article: Effect of calcination on the structure and catalytic activities of titanium incorporated SBA-15

06 Jan 2011

Materials made from Ti-incorporated into mesoporous silica have been synthesized using a one pot method by a team of scientists from Taiwan and Japan. The team studied that structure and properties of these materials as epoxidation catalysts. Fancy knowing more? Click on the link below to read the full article for free.

Shih-Yuan Chen, Chih-Yuan Tang, Jyh-Fu Lee, Ling-Yun Jang, Takashi Tatsumi and Soofin Cheng, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03111A, Advance Article

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Sneak preview of the issue the celebrating 70th birthday of Professor Fred Wudl

05 Jan 2011

Journal of Materials Chemistry is publishing a themed issue in celebration of the 70th birthday of Professor Fred Wudl later this year; however as there’s a symposium in honor of Fred Wudl’s 70th birthday starting on the 7th January I thought I’d give you a sneak preview of the articles.

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