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Journal of Materials Chemistry B themed issue on Bioinspired Surfaces Engineering for Biomaterials

11 Apr 2022

We are delighted to present this Journal of Materials Chemistry B themed issue on Bioinspired Surfaces Engineering for Biomaterials, guest edited by Professor Jian Ji (Zhejiang University), Professor Kazuhiko Ishihara (The University of Tokyo), Professor Shaoyi Jiang (Cornell University), Professor M. Cristina L. Martins (Universidade do Porto) and Professor G. Julius Vancso (University of Twente).

Understanding the sophisticated functionalities offered by objects and processes found in nature will guide the design of materials with desirable properties to meet challenging applications. Zwitterionic and other materials, inspired by biological structures and functions at different levels (e.g. cell membrane, protein, tissues etc.) have shown great potential in diagnostic, drug delivery and tissue regeneration applications.

This themed issue of Journal of Materials Chemistry B is focused on recent rapid development in bioinspired biomaterials. It aims at covering the recent progress on zwitterionic materials specifically and other bioinspired biomaterials broadly, including properties, applications, and synthesis of bioinspired and zwitterionic materials related to biology and medicine, bioinspired surfaces/interfaces, fabrication and functionality of bioinspired nanoparticles, high-throughput methods and applications in nanomedicine, nanodiagnostics, medical devices, sensors, and scaffolds for tissue regeneration.

All of the articles in the issue are free to access until 8 May 2022. A selection of articles from the issue is provided below.

Editorial

Introduction to bioinspired surfaces engineering for biomaterials

G. Julius Vancso, Jian Ji, Kazuhiko Ishihara, M. Cristina L. Martins and Shaoyi Jiang

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2022, 10, 2277-2279 DOI: 10.1039/D2TB90044K

Reviews

Fundamentals and exploration of aggregation-induced emission molecules for amyloid protein aggregation

Yijing Tang, Dong Zhang, Yanxian Zhang, Yonglan Liu, Lirong Cai, Eleanor Plaster and Jie Zheng

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2022, 10, 2280-2295 DOI: 10.1039/D1TB01942B

Antimicrobial peptide-based materials: opportunities and challenges

Akhilesh Rai, Rafaela Ferrão, Paulo Palma, Tatiana Patricio, Paula Parreira, Elsa Anes, Chiara Tonda-Turo, M. Cristina L. Martins, Nuno Alves and Lino Ferreira

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2022, 10, 2384-2429 DOI: 10.1039/D1TB02617H

Articles

Bioinspired NO release coating enhances endothelial cells and inhibits smooth muscle cells
Sheng-yu Chen, Jing Wang, Fan Jia, Zhi-da Shen, Wen-bin Zhang, You-xiang Wang, Ke-feng Ren, Guo-sheng Fu and Jian Ji
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2022, 10, 2454-2462 DOI: 10.1039/D1TB01828K

Molecular simulations of zwitterlation-induced conformation and dynamics variation of glucagon-like peptide-1 and insulin
Qi Qiao, Lirong Cai and Qing Shao
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2022, 10, 2490-2496 DOI: 10.1039/D1TB02561A

A natural polysaccharide-based antibacterial functionalization strategy for liquid and air filtration membranes
Ruonan Wu, Mengkai Song, Dandan Sui, Shun Duan and Fu-Jian Xu
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2022, 10, 2471-2480 DOI: 10.1039/D1TB02273C

A biomimetic anti-biofouling coating in nanofluidic channels
Sumire Fukuda and Yan Xu
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2022, 10, 2481-2489 DOI: 10.1039/D1TB02627E

Zwitterionic choline phosphate conjugated folate-poly (ethylene glycol): a general decoration of erythrocyte membrane-coated nanoparticles for enhanced tumor-targeting drug delivery
Yuyue Zhang, Yuemin Wang, Qiangwei Xin, Mingjing Li, Peng Yu, Jun Luo, Xinyuan Xu, Xingyu Chen and Jianshu Li
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2022, 10, 2497-2503 DOI: 10.1039/D1TB02493K

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Journal of Materials Chemistry A: themed issue on single-atom catalysis

21 Mar 2022

We are delighted to present this Journal of Materials Chemistry A themed issue on single-atom catalysis, guest edited by Zhiqun Lin (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA), Maria Escudero Escribano (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) and Jun Li (Tsinghua University, China).

Single-atom catalysts (SACs) with isolated metal atoms dispersed on solid supports have emerged as a new frontier in catalysis science owing to their great potential to bridge the gap between heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis. The active centers of this new class of materials possess unique electronic structure and unsaturated coordination environments, which have been proven to improve catalytic activity in a variety of reactions. Moreover, the homogeneity in the active sites and geometric structure of SACs, which show similarities to their homogeneous catalyst analogs, afford them a great potential to enhance selectivity because of similar spatial and electronic interactions to substrates.

To this end, this themed collection of Journal of Materials Chemistry A aims to provide a platform for recent developments in this rapidly evolving field of SACs including synthetic strategies, selectivity regulation, theoretical understanding of the catalytic activity and stability, single-atom alloy, support effect, and novel applications in electrocatalysis, photocatalysis, photoelectrocatalysis, selective hydrogenation, and other fields. We hope that readers find this themed collection informative and useful.

All of the articles in the collection are free to access until 18 April 2022. A selection of articles from the issue is provided below.

Editorial

Recent progress and perspectives on single-atom catalysis

Zhiqun Lin, María Escudero-Escribano and Jun Li

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 5670-5672 DOI: 10.1039/D2TA90050E

Reviews

Support-based modulation strategies in single-atom catalysts for electrochemical CO₂ reduction: graphene and conjugated macrocyclic complexes
Zhanzhao Fu, Mingliang Wu, Yipeng Zhou, Zhiyang Lyu, Yixin Ouyang, Qiang Li and Jinlan Wang
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 5699-5716 DOI: 10.1039/D1TA09069K

Synergistically enhanced single-atomic site catalysts for clean energy conversion

Fa Yang and Weilin Xu

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 5673-5698 DOI: 10.1039/D1TA08561A

Articles

Metal coordination in C₂N-like materials towards dual atom catalysts for oxygen reduction
Jesús Barrio, Angus Pedersen, Jingyu Feng, Saurav Ch. Sarma, Mengnan Wang, Alain Y. Li, Hossein Yadegari, Hui Luo, Mary P. Ryan, Maria-Magdalena Titirici and Ifan. E. L. Stephens
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 6023-6030 DOI: 10.1039/D1TA09560A

Multiscale porous single-atom Co catalysts for epoxidation with O₂
Xiao Chen, Yong Zou, Mingkai Zhang, Wangyan Gou, Sai Zhang and Yongquan Qu
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 6016-6022 DOI: 10.1039/D1TA09227H

Zinc/graphitic carbon nitride co-mediated dual-template synthesis of densely populated Fe–N_x-embedded 2D carbon nanosheets towards oxygen reduction reactions for Zn–air batteries
Xiao-Fei Gong, Yun-Long Zhang, Lei Zhao, Yun-Kun Dai, Jia-Jun Cai, Bing Liu, Pan Guo, Qing-Yan Zhou, Ichizo Yagi and Zhen-Bo Wang
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 5971-5980 DOI: 10.1039/D1TA08007E

We hope you enjoy reading this collection of papers in Journal of Materials Chemistry A on single atom catalysis and guest edited by Zhiqun Lin, Maria Escudero Escribano and Jun Li.

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2021 Termis-AP Webinar Student Paper Contest

09 Mar 2022

Congratulations to the Journal of Materials Chemistry B winners of the Student Paper Contest at the 2021 Termis-AP. The 2021 TERMIS-AP Webinar Student Paper Contest was held as an on-line international symposium on 18-19 December 2021 in order to promote students for their research activity in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine in Asia and Pacific regions.

	Ian Chin The Univ. Western Australia @IanLChin
	Chen Qin Chinese Academy of Sciences
	Kang-Gon Lee Korea University
	Junghyeon Ko Seoul National University
	Huajian Chen University of Tsukuba
	Ming Wang The Chinese University of Hong Kong
	Tony Huynh Monash University
	Jasmine Pye University of Technology Sydney
	Jiaxin Guo The Chinese University of Hong Kong
	Yi Sun Choi Yonsei University

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Journal of Materials Chemistry C and Materials Advances welcome Professor Ana Flavia Nogueira and Professor Zhiguo Xia to our Editorial Boards

04 Mar 2022

Professor Ana Flavia Nogueira, Associate Editor, University of Campinas, Brazil

Professor Ana Flavia Nogueira obtained her bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of São Paulo (1996) and Master (1998) and PhD degrees in Chemistry from the University of Campinas (2001). She worked as a post-doctorate fellow at the Imperial College, UK, in 2001-2002 and as visiting researcher at Stanford University in 2017-2018. At the moment, she is Full Professor in the Chemistry Institute at UNICAMP and Director of the Center for Innovation on New Energies (CINE, www.cine.org.br). Professor Nogueira’s research focuses on the development of functional (nano)materials and their application in solar energy conversion. She has experience in the field of perovskite solar cells, perovskite quantum materials and dense energy carriers (generation of solar fuels through photoelectrocatalytic systems using water, CO₂ and other low-added values substrates).

Read these publications by Professor Ana Flavia Nogueira in Royal Society of Chemistry journals:

Effect of the incorporation of poly(ethylene oxide) copolymer on the stability of perovskite solar cells

Jeann Carlos da Silva, Francineide Lopes de Araújo, Rodrigo Szostak, Paulo Ernesto Marchezi, Raphael Fernando Moral, Jilian Nei de Freitas and Ana Flávia Nogueira
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 9697-9706, DOI: 10.1039/D0TC02078H

Reduced graphene oxide in perovskite solar cells: the influence on film formation, photophysics, performance, and stability
Paulo Ernesto Marchezi, Francineide Lopes de Araújo, Rodrigo Szostack, José Carlos Germino, Eralci M. Therézio, Alexandre Marletta and Ana Flavia Nogueira
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 14648-14658, DOI: 10.1039/D1TC01360B

Professor Zhiguo Xia, Associate Editor, South China University of Technology, China

Professor Zhiguo Xia obtained his bachelor degree in 2002 and master degree in 2005 from Beijing Technology and Business University, and he received his PhD degree in chemistry from Tsinghua University in 2008. He worked at the China University of Geosciences, Beijing from 2008 to 2014 as an Assistant Professor and Associate Professor. He has been a full Professor at the University of Science and Technology Beijing since 2014. In 2018, he moved to South China University of Technology and worked as a full professor at The State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices. His research interest focuses on the structural design of inorganic luminescence materials including the rare earth phosphors and luminescent metal halides for emerging photonics applications, such as light-emitting diodes, scintillators and sensors.

Read these publications by Professor Zhiguo Xia in Royal Society of Chemistry journals:

Design optimization of CsPbBr₃ nanocrystals into zeolite Beta composites as ultra-stable green emitters for backlight display applications
Bohan Li, Yuchi Zhang, Yan Xu and Zhiguo Xia
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 12118-12123, DOI: 10.1039/D1TC02757C

Recent progress of zero-dimensional luminescent metal halides
Mingze Li and Zhiguo Xia
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2021, 50, 2626-2662, DOI: 10.1039/D0CS00779J

We encourage you to submit your best work to Ana, Zhiguo and our team of Associate Editors now! Check out the Journal of Materials Chemistry C and Materials Advances author guidelines for more information on our article types.

Please join us in welcoming Professors Ana Flavia Nogueira and Zhiguo Xia to the Journal of Materials Chemistry C and Materials Advances Editorial Boards.

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Centre for Plastic Electronics Annual Symposium 2019

10 May 2019

The Centre for Plastic Electronics is hosting its prestigious annual symposium on 10 and 11 June 2019. It will take place at Imperial College London and has already attracted several high-profile speakers to discuss their latest advances in the science and technology of organic conducting materials and of organic/flexible electronics and photonics. The program includes a day of short talks and poster presentations by students and early career scientists giving them a platform to highlight their recent work.

More information and details of how to register is available on our website: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/centres/plasticelectronics/eventssummary/event_20-2-2019-14-14-7. Abstracts submissions for poster presentations are open until the 31 May.

We are also delighted to host Prof Erwin Reisner of the University of Cambridge who will be giving his RSC Corday-Morgan Prize talk for his work on the development of solar-driven catalysis with molecularly engineered semiconductors and semi-artificial photosynthesis.

The symposium will cover all areas related to organic/plastic electronics and photonics, including chemistry, physics, materials science and device engineering. Confirmed speakers include:

Christine Luscombe, University of Washington
Andy Cooper, University of Liverpool
Iain McCulloch, KAUST and Imperial College London
Erwin Reisner, University of Cambridge
Kwanghee Lee, GIST, South Korea
Henry Yan, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ji-Seon Kim, Imperial College London
Artem Bakulin, Imperial College London
Maria Ibáñez, Institute of Science and Technology, Austria
Rachel Evans, University of Cambridge
Oliver Dumele, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
Hyejeong Seong, Imperial College London
Rowena Brugge, Imperial College London
Ludmilla Steier, Imperial College London
Jess Wade, Imperial College London
Alex Clark, Imperial College London

With more speakers being confirmed in the coming weeks, this will be an event not to miss!

If you cannot attend the Symposium next month, you can follow the hashtag #CPESymp19 on Twitter.

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Announcing the Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship Winner 2018

26 Oct 2018

We are delighted to announce that Professor Shaojun Guo has been selected as the winner of the Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship 2018.

Professor Shaojun Guo received his BSc in chemistry from Jilin University (2005), PhD from Chinese Academy of Sciences (2010), worked as a postdoctoral research associate at Brown University (2011-2013) and as a prestigious Oppenheimer Distinguished Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory (2013-2015). In 2015, he joined the college of engineering, Peking University.

Professor Guo has received many awards including Clarivate Analytics World Highly Cited Researchers (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Elsevier Chinese Most Cited Researchers, International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)-Elsevier Prize for Applied Electrochemistry, Young Analyst Prize of China and Young Scientist Prize for China Electrochemical Society, etc.

Professor Guo has published more than 100 papers in Top Journals with over 24000 citations (H-index: 81). His current research interests focus on materials chemistry for catalysis, battery and sensor applications.

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Congratulations to the oral prize winner at the 9th International Nanomedicine Conference

07 Aug 2018

Congratulations to Mr Raoul Walther (Aarhus University, Denmark) who won the Journal of Materials Chemistry B poster prize at the 9th International Nanomedicine Conference for his presentation on Investigation of Non-covalent Albumin-ligand Interactions as a Tool to Improve Pharmacokinetics in Drug Delivery.

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Congratulations to poster prize winners at ICCC-2018

07 Aug 2018

Congratulations to Mr Philipp Lang, Ms Lingjun Kong and Mr Naoki Ogiwara, winners of the Journal of Materials Chemistry A poster prizes at ICCC-2018-S3: Coordination Chemistry for Energy and Environment. ICCC-2018, the 43rd International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, was held in Sendai, Japan from the 30^th of July to 4^th of August 2018. Awards were presented by Journal of Materials Chemistry A Advisory Board member Professor Jing Li.

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Editor’s Choice collection: Recent advances in solar fuels and photocatalysis research

24 May 2018

Our first Journal of Materials Chemistry A Editor’s Choice collection highlights the recent advances in solar fuel generation and photocatalysis research.

Journal of Materials Chemistry A’s Associate Editor Frank E. Osterloh (University of California, Davis, USA) has gathered together the journal’s most outstanding recent papers on solar fuel generators and photocatalysts.

Browse the collection
Browse the full Editor’s Choice collections here: https://rsc.li/PhotoCat.

Read a selection of the articles:

Articles in this collection are free to access upon registration until the end of June.

Nanostructured catalysts for electrochemical water splitting: current state and prospects

Xiumin Li, Xiaogang Hao, Abuliti Abudula and Guoqing Guan

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 11973-12000 DOI: 10.1039/C6TA02334G

Two-dimensional nanosheets for electrocatalysis in energy generation and conversion

Hengcong Tao, Yunnan Gao, Neetu Talreja, Fen Guo, John Texter, Chao Yan and Zhenyu Sun

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 7257-7284 DOI: 10.1039/C7TA00075H

Two-step synthesis of binary Ni–Fe sulfides supported on nickel foam as highly efficient electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction

Bin Dong, Xin Zhao, Guan-Qun Han, Xiao Li, Xiao Shang, Yan-Ru Liu, Wen-Hui Hu, Yong-Ming Chai, Hui Zhao and Chen-Guang Liu

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 13499-13508 DOI: 10.1039/C6TA03177C

Ni₁₂P₅ nanoparticles embedded into porous g-C₃N₄ nanosheets as a noble-metal-free hetero-structure photocatalyst for efficient H₂ production under visible light

Deqian Zeng, Wee-Jun Ong, Hongfei Zheng, Mingda Wu, Yuanzhi Chen, Dong-Liang Peng and Ming-Yong Han

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 16171-16178 DOI: 10.1039/C7TA04816E

MXene: a promising photocatalyst for water splitting

Zhonglu Guo, Jian Zhou, Linggang Zhu and Zhimei Sun

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 11446-11452 DOI: 10.1039/C6TA04414J

Read the full collections here: https://rsc.li/PhotoCat

Enjoy reading this Editor’s Choice collection on recent advances in solar fuels and photocatalysis research.

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9th International Nanomedicine Conference

11 May 2018

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, Nanoscale Horizons and Materials Horizons are proud to support the 9th International Nanomedicine Conference.

The International Nanomedicine Conference is regarded as the most significant nanomedicine meeting in the Southern Hemisphere, taking place annually at our local beach, Coogee Beach Sydney. This event will be brought to you by the Australian Centre for NanoMedicine (ACN) and the ARC Centre for Bio-Nano Science (CBNS). The conference aims to showcase great research, in an environment conducive to networking with colleagues from around the world.

Visit the website to find out more! http://www.oznanomed.org/

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