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Open Call for Papers: Materials and Devices for the Energy Transition in Latin America themed collection in Materials Advances

08 Aug 2023

We are delighted to invite papers for a new themed collection on Materials and Devices for the Energy Transition in Latin America, to be published in Materials Advances, a gold open access journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Guest Editors: Professor ‪Ana Flávia Nogueira‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬, Professor Gustavo Doubek, & Professor Hudson Zanin (UNICAMP, Brazil)

The collection will aim to gather and publish high-quality research papers, reviews, and perspectives on the latest developments in materials and devices for the energy transition in Latin America. This themed collection is aimed at a broad audience, including academics, researchers, policymakers, and industry professionals interested in the energy transition and sustainable development in Latin America.

We welcome submissions that focus on materials, devices, and characterisation techniques including but not limited to:

Materials for energy storage: new materials and their properties that can be used for energy storage, including batteries, supercapacitors, solar cells, hydrogen evolution and storage, biomass products and other technologies.
Solar energy: solar energy generation and conversion, including solar cells and solar thermal technologies.
Wind energy: wind energy generation, including wind turbines and energy storage technologies.
Bioenergy: bioenergy generation, including biofuels and biogas technologies.
Energy efficiency: materials and devices for improving energy efficiency, including smart grids, energy-efficient buildings, and energy-efficient appliances.
Green Hydrogen: PEM, SOFCs, Green hydrogen from (m)ethanol etc.
Scaling up challenges: projects implementation at course and their unique challenges at different parts of LATAM.

The objectives of this themed collection are to:

– Provide a platform for researchers to share their latest findings, developments, and innovations in materials and devices for the energy transition in Latin America.

– Foster collaboration and exchange of ideas among researchers, policymakers, and industry professionals working in this field in Latin America.

– Highlight the potential of materials and devices for the energy transition.

– Encourage the development and implementation of policies that support the adoption of materials and devices for the energy transition and support sustainable development in Latin America.

New submission deadline: Submit before 31st March 2024!

Manuscripts can be submitted here https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ma

Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for this themed collection. The Editorial Office and Guest Editors reserve the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the collection as soon as they are online, and they will be published in a regular issue of Materials Advances.

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Open Call for papers: Emerging thermoelectric materials themed collection in Materials Advances

03 Aug 2023

We are delighted to invite papers for a new themed collection on emerging thermoelectric materials, to be published in Materials Advances, a gold open access journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Guest Editors:

Dr Krishna Nama Manjunatha, Emerging Technologies Research Centre, De Montfort University, UK,

Prof. Satyajit Sahu, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, India,

Prof. Mona Zebarjadi, University of Virginia, USA,

Prof. Shashi Paul, Emerging Technologies Research Centre, De Montfort University, UK

We welcome the latest research on new and novel thermoelectric materials and their uses in thermoelectric generators (TEGs) for energy harvesting applications.

This collection will cover (but not be limited to) the following topics:

Novel thermoelectric materials for TEGs
Advanced synthesis and processing techniques for thermoelectric materials
Nanoscale materials for TEGs
High-throughput and combinatorial approaches for thermoelectric materials discovery
Advanced characterisation techniques for thermoelectric materials and devices
Theoretical and computational methods for predicting and optimizing thermoelectric properties
Novel approaches to enhance the performance of thermoelectric materials in TEGs
Applications of thermoelectric materials in waste heat recovery, solar energy conversion, and other energy harvesting applications
Challenges and opportunities in the development of thermoelectric materials for TEGs.
Novel deposition methods, synthesis and characterisation of novel nanomaterials for thermoelectric applications.
Advances in silicon nanostructures for thermoelectric applications.
New trends in novel alloy materials and investigation of their properties for TEG applications

If you are interested in contributing to this collection, please get in touch with the Editorial Office or directly submit to: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ma (Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for this themed collection.)

Submission deadline: Submit before 2nd September 2024!

All submitted papers will go through the standard peer review process of Materials Advances and should meet the journal’s standard requirements as well as fit into the general scope of materials science. The Editorial Office and Guest Editors reserve the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the collection as soon as they are online, and they will be published in a regular issue of Materials Advances.

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New Materials Advances themed collection on Materials Informatics

03 Aug 2023

Materials Advances is delighted to introduce a special online collection on ‘Materials Informatics‘, guest edited by Chris Pickard, Krishna Rajan & Jörg Behler.

The discipline of Materials Informatics has emerged from a fusion of increasing availability of materials data, high throughput experimental & computational methods, first principles & other advanced materials models, and machine learning. It is being fuelled by the dramatic growth in available computational power and its ubiquity.

This Themed Collection features articles from across the wide diversity of Materials Informatics. Articles in the collection are published in Materials Advances so they are all open access and freely available.

A small selection of the papers are featured below:

Introduction to Materials Informatics, Chris Pickard, Krishna Rajan & Jörg Behler, Mater. Adv., 2023,4, 2695-2697, DOI: 10.1039/ D3MA90047A

Experimental absence of the non-perovskite ground state phases of MaPbI3 explained by a Funnel Hopping Monte Carlo study based on a neural network potential, Jonas A. Finkler and Stefan Goedecker, Mater. Adv., 2023,4, 184-194, DOI: 10.1039/ D2MA00958G

ICHOR: a modern pipeline for producing Gaussian process regression models for atomistic simulations, Matthew J. Burn and Paul L. A. Popelier, Mater. Adv., 2022, 3, 5383-5392 DOI: 10.1039/ D2MA00673A

Selected machine learning of HOMO–LUMO gaps with improved data-efficiency, Bernard Mazouin, Alexandre Alain Schöpfer and O. Anatole von Lilienfeld, Mater. Adv., 2022,3, 8306-8316, DOI: 10.1039/ D2MA00742H

We hope you enjoy reading the special collection.

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Open Call – Multimodal Remote Actuation and Sensing in Polymers for Advanced Applications

26 Jul 2023

Now open for submissions

A new themed collection in Materials Advances will focus on the theory, the manufacturing, the characterization, and the applications of stimuli-responsive polymers, with particular emphasis on their remote actuation.

Actuators play a crucial and indispensable role in shaping the landscape of modern technology. These remarkable devices are the driving force behind the controlled motion and enable a wide array of applications across various industries. Customized functionality and optimized performance, leading to versatile and adaptable actuation systems, can be achieved through the capability of designing and tailoring properties in polymer actuators. To reach this goal, a reliable, thermodynamically-consistent and computationally affordable multiphysics modeling plays a crucial role. Following a thermodynamically-consistent approach is essential to properly couple mechanics with other realms of physics, such as actuation and sensing can be studied within the same theoretical framework. Additionally, the development of computationally affordable modeling techniques enables efficient and practical analysis along with the exploration of a wide range of actuator designs and operating conditions. The integration of these two modeling features not only promotes optimized analysis and design but also enhances the fundamental understanding of stimuli-responsive. Ad hoc experimental characterization facilitating the identification of the model parameters constitutes a key aspect of this process.; this should possibly leverage on the duality between actuation and sensing.

The integration of 0D, 1D, and 2D nanomaterials in polymer composites revolutionizes the multimodal actuation and control and offers unprecedented miniaturization and enhanced functionality. Moreover, development of Hybrid nanocomposites further expands the possibilities by combining different materials, resulting in synergistic effects and improved actuation performance. In recent times, actuators based on biodegradable and natural polymers are gaining significant importance. These materials not only offer sustainable alternatives but also exhibit impressive actuation properties. This enables actuators to cater to a wide range of application-specific requirements, from soft robotics to adaptive structures. These actuators are revolutionizing robotics, healthcare, automation, and many other domains. Their unique capabilities, such as precise motion control and adaptive response, enable the development of innovative solutions and pave the way for new technological advancements.

The goal of this themed collection will be to bring together contributions concerned with the most recent advances in the multimodal actuation and sensing of polymers. Topics include, but are not limited to:

Designing and tailoring properties in polymer actuators
0D, 1D, and 2D nanomaterials for remote actuation in composites
Hybrid nanocomposites for remote actuation
Biodegradable/natural polymeric actuators
Stimuli for enhanced remote control in polymer actuators
Breakthroughs and transformative applications of actuators
Thermodynamically-consistent multiphysics modeling of stimuli-responsive polymers
Modeling charged species and solvent transports in ionic-electroactive polymers
Ionic polymer metal composites: characterization of boundary layers of charged species and performance as a function of the environmental conditions

We look forward to seeing your latest work in this field!

Guest Edited by

Lorenzo Bardella, University of Brescia, Italy
Mohammad Luqman, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia
Vinay Deep Punetha, P P Savani University, India

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Molecular Scale Electronics – Open Call for Papers

17 Jul 2023

Journal of Materials Chemistry C are pleased to announce an open call for papers to contribute to our upcoming collection on ‘Molecular Scale Electronics’

The concept of using molecules as electronic components has received significant attention over the past 3 decades, initially motivated by the decreasing size of semiconductor-based circuit elements in line with Moore’s Law. It is now recognized that molecular devices can demonstrate properties unique from those observed in conventional electronics, resulting from quantum interference effects, changes in molecular redox state and/or the immediate nanoscale environment (solvent, temperature, light, magnetic field). With robust and reproducible measurement techniques now established, and great gains made in reconciling experimental and theoretical results, attention has turned to the discovery of useful wires, switches, diodes, and resistors – and how best to utilize them.

This Journal of Materials Chemistry C collection will capture the cutting-edge innovations in synthesis, measurement, data science, and theory that are driving this field forward.

Guest Edited by:

Timothy A. Su

Assistant Professor

University of California, Riverside

Timothy A. Su is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering Program at the University of California, Riverside. He received his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 2011 working in Prof. Jean Fréchet’s laboratory. Tim obtained his PhD in Chemistry from Columbia University in 2016 as an NSF Graduate Fellow with Prof. Colin Nuckolls. Tim returned to UC Berkeley as an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Chris Chang before starting his independent career in 2019. His laboratory at UC Riverside focuses on the synthesis of inorganic clusters and polymers and exploration of their quantum transport and optoelectronic properties.

Michael S. Inkpen

Assistant Professor

University of Southern California

Michael S. Inkpen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Southern California (USC). He obtained his M.Chem. from Durham University in 2008, and his Ph.D. from Imperial College London in 2013 under the mentorship of Prof. Nicholas J. Long and Prof. Tim Albrecht (now at the University of Birmingham). In 2015 he joined Prof. Latha Venkataraman’s group at Columbia University as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow. Mike returned to Europe in 2017 for the final year of his fellowship, where he worked with Prof. Philippe Hapiot at the University of Rennes 1. Research in the Inkpen Lab at USC focuses on the design and study of single-molecule devices and self-assembled monolayers, applying electrochemical and scanning probe microscope-based methods to address fundamental questions in energy storage, catalysis, and electron transfer/transport.

Haixing Li

Assistant Professor

City University of Hong Kong

Haixing Li is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at City University of Hong Kong. She obtained her B.S. in Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2012 where she did her undergraduate thesis with Prof. Xianhui Chen growing oxides in search of superconductors. During her undergraduate studies, she also spent a summer at the University of Oxford learning quantum optics. She then moved to Columbia University and earned her Ph.D. in Applied Physics in 2017 under the guidance of Prof. Latha Venkataraman uncovering electronic properties of molecular silicon. She worked as a postdoctoral fellow and later a Charles H. Revson Senior Fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Ruben L. Gonzalez Jr. at Columbia University studying mechanisms of ribosomal frameshifting from 2017 to 2021. Her research group at City University of Hong Kong examine molecules and bio-inspired architectures at the single molecule level to spark advances in electronics, health, and sustainability.

Open for Submissions until 13^th October 2022

Submissions to the journal should contain chemistry in a materials context and should fit within the scope of Journal of Materials Chemistry C. Please see the journal’s website for more information on the journal’s scope, standards, article types and author guidelines.

Appropriate topics include, but are not limited to:

Synthetic routes to molecular electronic components.
Single-molecule conductance experiments.
Large-area molecular electronic device characterization.
First principles calculations of molecular charge transport.
Integrating molecules into functional circuits.
Metal surface functionalization chemistry.
On-surface synthesis and electronics of molecular wires.
Intramolecular charge transfer and mixed valence chemistry.

If you would like to contribute to this themed collection, please submit your article directly through the Journal of Materials Chemistry C submission service. Please mention that your submission is a contribution to the ‘Molecular scale electronics ‘collection in the “Themed issues” section of the submission form and add a “Note to the Editor” that this is from the Open Call.

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Photofunctional materials and transformations Guest edited by Professor Li-Zhu Wu

29 Jun 2023

A collaborative themed collection from Chemical communications, Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Journal of Materials Chemistry C.

Royal Society of Chemistry, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Journal of Materials Chemistry C and Chemical Communications, are delighted to announce the completion of our latest cross journal themed collection on Photofunctional Materials and Transformations.

This collaborative collection was guest edited by Professor Li-Zhu Wu, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS, China.

Photofunctional materials and transformations are lively fields dedicated to the utilization and transduction of photons for fundamental understanding and diverse applications. It arouses interdisciplinary interests in physics, chemistry, material science, biology, photonics and engineering, which stimulates breakthroughs in photovoltaics, photolithography, photoelectronics, photocatalysis, photobiology and phototherapy. The charm of photofunctional materials and transformations attracts a growing number of researchers that push forward this field with inspiration and endeavor. We hope the themed issue will present the landscape of photochemistry in diverse and burgeoning branches.

All articles are free to access until 20th July 2023 You can find a selection of our articles featured in this collection below.

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Chemical Communications

Have an idea for our next themed collection? Suggest a topic using our online form.

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New Themed Collection on thin films and nanotechnology in honor of Prof. K.L. Chopra

23 Jun 2023

Materials Advances is delighted to introduce a special online collection on ‘Shaping the future using thin films and nanotechnology‘, featuring contributions from the 1^st International Conference on Thin Films and Nanotechnology: Knowledge, Leadership and Commercialisation (ICTN-KLC).

The ICTN-KLC conference was organised by the alumni of Thin Film Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), India to take forward the legacy of Padma Shri Prof. K.L. Chopra in motivating and nurturing young students to become dedicated scientists, leaders and entrepreneurs for paying back to the society via scientific discoveries, development of path breaking technologies, and commercialization.

Articles in the collection are published in Materials Advances so they are all open access and freely available.

A small selection of the papers are featured below:

Editorial:

Shaping the future using thin films and nanotechnology

Aruna Ivaturi and Oomman Varghese

Review:

Solution-processed colloidal quantum dots for light emission

Alexander R. C. Osypiw, Sanghyo Lee, Sung-Min Jung, Stefano Leoni, Peter M. Smowton, Bo Hou, Jong Min Kim and Gehan A. J. Amaratunga

Articles:

NiO-GDC nanowire anodes for SOFCs: novel growth, characterization and cell performance

Mandeep Singh, Dario Zappa and Elisabetta Comini

Template-free chemical deposition of highly crystalline ZnO nanorod thin films

Rajagopalan Thiruvengadathan, Swati Dhua, Sanju Rani, Cherian Joseph Mathai, Mengjun Bai, Keshab Gangopadhyay and Shubhra Gangopadhyay

Light induced quasi-Fermi level splitting in molecular semiconductor alloys

Nakul Jain, Rishabh Saxena, Sumukh Vaidya, Wenchao Huang, Adam Welford, Christopher R McNeill and Dinesh Kabra

We hope you enjoy reading this special collection.

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Open call for papers: Cross-Journal Themed Collection on Sustainable Composites

22 Jun 2023

The Royal Society of Chemistry are delighted to announce our cross-journal themed collection on Sustainable Composites, guest edited by Professor Ian Hamerton, (University of Bristol), Dr Lois Hobson (Centre for Process Innovation), Dr Jonathan Wagner (Loughborough University). Read more about our guest editors here.

The Royal Society of Chemistry is committed to championing new research and promoting skills and development in the composites sector. This cross-journal themed collection contributes to the action plan from the Sustainable Composite Materials report by the RSC. It aims to create opportunities for researchers to publish peer-reviewed studies on sustainable composites.

This cross-journal themed collection on Sustainable Composites will bring together articles* tackling the sustainability of the entire composite lifecycle, including new composite feedstocks, low-energy manufacturing, design for end-of-life, in-use benefits, extended composite lifetime and repair, material recovery and recycling. Contributions should clearly address the sustainability aspects associated with the chosen approach. The scope of this collection extends to the management, regulatory, policy, and economic aspects associated with improving composite sustainability.

Topics include:

Sustainable composite materials: These might include, but are not limited to bio-derived and low-carbon pathways to carbon fibre and composite resins (both drop-in and new resins); natural fibres (g., hemp, bamboo, and flax); new chemistries or new ways to existing chemistries; modelling for material prediction;
Low-energy manufacturing: Efficient manufacturing processes, covering both resource and energy efficiency, g., UV radiation, fast curing resins, additives for low temperature curing, additive manufacturing (3D printing composites);
Design for end of life: recyclable materials g., triggered degradation of thermosets, reversible adhesives, vitrimers; application of reactive modelling and machine learning.
Enhanced composite lifetime: Self-healing technologies for composite repair e.g., vitrimers; underpinning tools g., accelerated testing of polymers and composites, detecting material degradation e.g., microscopy, FTIR; secondary composite applications; repair strategies; and the potential for adoption of imbedded sensor technology.
Composite recovery and recycling: Strategies for the potential combination of chemical, biochemical and physical recycling technologies for key resin types to deliver both recycled input materials and structural building blocks as second-life materials , analytical techniques to identify composites from waste streams g., FTIR and laser induced breakdown spectroscopy, digital labels such as QR codes and RFID tags;
Composite additives: g., adhesives, conductors, core, curing agents (including hardeners and catalysts), sizing, toughening agents, flame retardants and UV stabilisers; nanocomposites as an additive in FRP providing thermal, electrical and/or mechanical properties; additives for enhancing performance e.g., toughening agents, UV absorbers/stabilisers, sizing (coating applied to surface of fibres);
Sustainable composite applications: These might include, but are not limited to g., wind turbine blades, ship hulls, hydrogen storage tanks, airplanes, and automotive parts;
Whole system evaluation: LCA, LCE, TEA, social-economic analysis across whole composite cycle; opportunities to explore concept of ‘sustainability in use’
Regulatory and Policy: REACH, material passporting, approval for new materials, verification, testing, adoption of standards to cover use of second-life materials

*This collection welcomes research articles, communications, and review articles. Opinion articles and perspectives will be included at the discretion of the Guest Editors and Editorial Office.

Open for submissions until 29 September 2023

20 RSC Journals** are welcoming articles for this collection, please find the list of participating journals below. Submissions should fit within the scope of each Royal Society of Chemistry journal. For more information about the scope, standards, article types and author guidelines of each journal, please click on the journal links below.

We welcome submissions from now until the 29^th of September, 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 introduced with an Editorial and promoted towards the end of 2023 and beyond, ensuring maximum visibility of your article.

All submissions will be subject to rigorous initial Editorial assessment against the journal’s regular acceptance criteria. Peer review and acceptance in the journals are not guaranteed.

How to Submit:

If you would like to contribute to this collection, email materials-rsc@rsc.org, or submit to one of the chosen journals via the online submission service. Authors will be asked if they are submitting for a themed collection and should include the name of the themed collection: Sustainable Composites. Please also note the themed collection in your cover letter.

**Royal Society of Chemistry journals included in the collection. Please click on the links for further details.

Catalysis Science & Technology

ChemComm

Chem Soc Rev

Green Chemistry

Industrial Chemistry & Materials

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Materials Advances

Materials Chemistry Frontiers

New Journal of Chemistry

Polymer Chemistry

RSC Advances

RSC Applied Interfaces

RSC Applied Polymers

RSC Sustainability

Reaction Chemistry & Engineering

If you have any queries, please contact materials-rsc@rsc.org. Check out our author guidelines for information on our article types or find out more about the advantages of publishing in a Royal Society of Chemistry journal.

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

22 Jun 2023

This cross-journal themed collection on Sustainable Composites will bring together articles tackling the sustainability of the entire composite lifecycle, including new composite feedstocks, low-energy manufacturing, design for end-of-life, in-use benefits, extended composite lifetime and repair, material recovery and recycling. Contributions should clearly address the sustainability aspects associated with the chosen approach.

The Guest Editors for this themed collection, Professor Ian Hamerton (University of Bristol), Dr Lois Hobson (Centre for Process Innovation) and Dr Jonathan Wagner (Loughborough University)

Find out more about our Guest Editors below:

Professor Ian Hamerton

University of Bristol

Ian Hamerton is currently a Professor of Polymers and Composite Materials with the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Bristol Composites Institute, University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K., with over 30 years of research experience in the development of materials for advanced composites and nanocomposites. He is recognized internationally for work on high-performance polymers. He is the Deputy Director/Research Coordinator of the ACCIS and CoSEM Centres for doctoral training.

Ian’s research is concerned with developing polymeric materials with improved performance suitable for use in demanding environments and technologically relevant applications (e.g. satellites, military and civil aerospace, high performance automotive applications, micro-/opto-electrionics and polymer filters).

Dr Lois Hobson

Centre for Process Innovation

Lois Hobson is a Senior Manager at the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), a Research Technology Organisation and part of the UK High Value Manufacturing Catapult.

Lois completed her PhD in organometallic (University of Wales, 1991-94) before undertaking postdoctoral positions with Professor Jim Feast (IRC in Polymer Science and Technology, Durham University, ROPA 1995-98) and Professor Shiro Kobayashi (JSPS Fellowship, Kyoto University, Japan, 1998-99) focussing the synthesis and characterisation of hyperbranched polymer systems and artificial cellulosic structures respectively. Continuing her interests in structure-property-performance relationships, she was the first female to hold the Toshiba Fellowship, joining Toshiba Japan’s fuel cell research group (Kawasaki, Japan) in 1999 and establishing patented technology for direct methanol systems.

Joining ICI Group in 2001, Lois worked with National Starch & Chemical Company (Vinamul Polymers BV, 2001) and ICI Group companies (Ablestik Laboratories, Emerson & Cumming, ICI Paints, Quest International) in the UK, Europe, Asia and North America, in research, product development, programme management and techno-commercial roles. Latterly establishing large-scale, cross-business collaborative programmes to create underpinning patented research, technology translation and future product innovation.

In 2008, she moved to the UK public sector as Programme Manager for an £11M Local Enterprise Growth Initiative funded regeneration programme, before joining the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) in 2009. Over the past 14 years Lois has held various roles across the CPI business, focusing on enabling more effective translation of fundamental science and technology to market, including a 15month secondment to PPX Medical as their European Operations Manager. She has established a portfolio of large collaborative programmes and supporting infrastructure on behalf of CPI, accessing regional, national, and European programmes to build its’ translational capabilities. She currently holds the title of Senior Strategic Opportunities Manager and leads development of CPI’s new Sustainable Materials Strategy.

Dr Jonathan Wagner

Loughborough University

Jon Wagner joined Loughborough in 2018 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2022. He is the Programme Director for the Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Programme and Co-Director for the Interdisciplinary Centre for Circular Chemical Economy (CircularChem).

He completed his PhD in 2016 on the hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae under supervision of Profs. Valeska Ting and Chris Chuck within the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies at University Bath. Until his appointment at Loughborough, he joined the Horizon 2020 Photofuel project as research associate at Imperial College London, focusing on algae system scale-up and system analysis. Before his PhD, he worked in industry, completing the BP upstream process engineering graduate scheme, with placements in Aberdeen (Schiehallion FPSO) and the CATS terminal in Teeside.

Since 2012, Jon Wagner has secured more than £6m in research funding as PI or Co-I from UKRI and Royal Society. He currently leads a £483k IDRIC-Wave 2 funded project on ‘Algae-based carbon capture and utilisation for UK cluster decarbonisation’ with collaborators at Heriot Watt and University of Manchester, following a successful £125k proof of concept study on algae-based biomethane fuel purification. He is co-founder of Loughborough’s Mini-CDT in low-dimensional catalysis.

Submit your work to the collection by 29 September 2023

For more information on the collection, participating journals and how to submit, see our open call blog post

If you have any queries, please contact materials-rsc@rsc.org. We look forward to receiving your submissions!

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Cross-journal themed collection in honour of Professor Thomas P. Russell

13 Jun 2023

We are delighted to announce a new cross-journal themed collection in honour of Professor Thomas P. Russell.

This themed collection contains articles published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Nanoscale and Soft Matter and guest edited by Ilja Gunkel (Adolphe Merkle Institute, Switzerland), Xiaodan Gu (University of Southern Mississippi, USA), Jodie Lutkenhaus (Texas A&M University, USA), Du Yeol Ryu (Yonsei University, Korea), Jiun-Tai Chen (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan) and Zhiqun Lin (National University of Singapore, Singapore).

During his long, extremely productive career, Professor Thomas P. Russell has made outstanding contributions to the field of polymer science and engineering, self-assembly, and solar energy conversion. His innovative research advances the fundamental understanding of the science and technology of block copolymers and organic solar cells. Moreover, he pioneered the utilities of small-angle scattering and reflectivity techniques to elucidate the phase separation of polymer blends and block copolymers as well as the morphology of interfaces.

On the occasion of Professor Russell’s 70th birthday, we have brought together Professor Russell’s former students, co-workers, and friends to join in celebrating his achievements and continued contributions to the field in this themed collection.

All of the articles in the collection are free to access until 1 July 2023. A selection of articles from the issue is provided below.

Editorial

Introduction to the honorary themed collection for Thomas P. Russell

Ilja Gunkel, Xiaodan Gu, Jodie Lutkenhaus, Du Yeol Ryu, Jiun-Tai Chen and Zhiqun Lin

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 11028-11030 DOI: 10.1039/D3TA90077K

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Recent development and emerging applications of robust biomimetic superhydrophobic wood
Xiaojun Li, Likun Gao, Min Wang, Dong Lv, Peiyao He, Yanjun Xie, Xianxu Zhan, Jian Lia and Zhiqun Lin
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 6772-6795 DOI: 10.1039/D2TA09828H

Water-coupled Monovalent and Divalent Ion Transport in Polyviologen Networks
Alexa Easley, Khirabdhi Mohanty and Jodie Lutkenhaus
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D3TA00289F

Asymmetric nonfullerene acceptors with isomeric trifluorobenzene-substitution for high-performance organic solar cells

Zhengkai Li, Zheng’ao Xu, Shanshan Chen, Jia Yao, Hongyuan Fu, Ming Zhang, Yang Bai, Haiqiao Wang, Zitong Liu and Zhi-Guo Zhang
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 4539-4546 DOI: 10.1039/D2TA09858J

Nanoscale

Assembly of polyelectrolyte star block copolymers at the oil–water interface
Jan-Michael Y. Carrillo, Zhan Chen, Uvinduni I. Premadasa, Christian Steinmetz, E. Bryan Coughlin, Benjamin Doughty, Thomas P. Russell and Bobby G. Sumpter
Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 1042-1052 DOI: 10.1039/D2NR05113C

Apex hydrogen bonds in dendron assemblies modulate close-packed mesocrystal structures

Taesuk Jun, Hyunjun Park, Seungbae Jeon, Hyungju Ahn, Woo-Dong Jang, Byeongdu Lee and Du Yeol Ryu
Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 16936-16943 DOI: 10.1039/D2NR05458B

The development of neutron reflectometry as a probe of the nanoscale structure of polymer thin film systems – founded on the pioneering work of Professor Thomas P. Russell
C. F. Majkrzak

Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 4725-4737 DOI: 10.1039/D2NR06756K

Soft Matter

Depletion attractions drive bacterial capture on both non-fouling and adhesive surfaces, enhancing cell orientation

Wuqi Amy Niu, Morgan N. Smith and Maria M. Santore

Soft Matter, 2022, 18, 9205-9215 DOI: 10.1039/D2SM01248K

Recent progress in emulsion gels: from fundamentals to applications

Chuchu Wan, Quanyong Cheng, Min Zeng and Caili Huang

Soft Matter, 2023, 19, 1282-1292 DOI: 10.1039/D2SM01481E

Structured liquids stabilized by polyethyleneimine surfactants

Mingwei Li, Shuyi Sun, Rongrong Qin, Meng Wang, Yongkang Wang, Yang Yang, Zhanpeng Wu and Shaowei Shi

Soft Matter, 2023, 19, 609-614 DOI: 10.1039/D3TC90009F

We hope you enjoy reading this cross-journal themed collection in honour of Professor Thomas P. Russell.

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Archive for the ‘Themed Collections’ Category

Open Call for Papers: Materials and Devices for the Energy Transition in Latin America themed collection in Materials Advances

New submission deadline: Submit before 31st March 2024!

Open Call for papers: Emerging thermoelectric materials themed collection in Materials Advances

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New Materials Advances themed collection on Materials Informatics

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