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Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C 10th Anniversary Community Spotlight: First time authors

This year we are pleased to celebrate 10 years since Journal of Materials Chemistry was split into three respective journals: Journal of Materials Chemistry AB 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.

In this blog, we spotlight some of our first time authors in Journal of Materials Chemistry AJournal of Materials Chemistry B and Journal of Materials Chemistry C who have published with us as corresponding authors during the anniversary year, and have had their work appear in our #MyFirstJMCA, #MyFirstJMCB or #MyFirstJMCC collections. We welcome our new community of authors and are pleased that they have chosen to publish with our journals. Find out about what some of them had to say about their experience publishing with the journals for the first time and read their featured work below.

 

Dr Mohammad Taha

 

 

Dr Taha is a multidisciplinary researcher exploring the frontiers of materials science, sustainability, and electronic engineering. With a passion for unravelling the mysteries of phase-changing materials, they strive to apply their findings in exciting fields like photonics, sensors, flexible electronics, and sustainable systems. Driven by the belief that a profound understanding of phenomena can unlock untapped potential, they are dedicated to delivering ground-breaking outcomes in their diverse areas of expertise.

 

What made you choose Journal of Materials Chemistry A as a place to publish your latest materials chemistry research?

I opted to submit my article to the Journal of Materials Chemistry A for several pertinent reasons. Primarily, I have a penchant for submitting to journals that have consistently served as dependable references during my research endeavours. Being a materials scientist and engineer, I have consistently found the articles in JMCA to be methodologically sound and intellectually stimulating, making it a journal I frequently consult. Furthermore, the journal’s thematic focus on innovative materials in the realms of energy and sustainability aligns seamlessly with both my current work and my envisioned future trajectory in the field.

Could you tell us a bit about your #MyFirstJMCA publication (DOI: 10.1039/D2TA09753B)?

My recent publication delves into the insulator-to-metal phase transition (IMT) observed in vanadium oxide polymorphs and how various structural strains influence it. Notably, the standard IMT behaviour manifests at 68 °C. In our research, we pioneer a dopant-free method to reduce the IMT temperature to approximately 40 °C, facilitating near-room temperature infrared modulation. This is achieved through a twofold approach: by precisely regulating the stoichiometry of the metal oxide to induce intrinsic strains, and by encasing the VOx particles in a SiO2 shell. The disparity in the thermal expansion coefficient between SiO2 and VOx exerts sufficient strain on the VOx, leading to a significant decrease in the IMT temperature.

Read Mohammad’s Journal of Materials Chemistry A article:

Infrared modulation via near-room-temperature phase transitions of vanadium oxides & core–shell composites
Mohammad Taha, Sivacarendran Balendhran, Peter C. Sherrell, Nick Kirkwood, Dingchen Wen, Shifan Wang, Jiajun Meng, James Bullock, Kenneth B. Crozierabe and Len Sciacca
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023,11, 7629-7638

 

Dr Biswanath Das

Dr. Biswanath Das is a permanent (senior) researcher and group leader at the Department of Organic Chemistry, at Stockholm University. He is an electrochemist with experience in organic-inorganic synthesis, investigation of reaction mechanisms, and electrode fabrication. His major research interest centers around finding efficient and sustainable resources for renewable energy, utilization of carbon dioxide as a C1 feedstock, and PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) remediation. Biswanath earned his bachelor’s (2007, Burdwan University) and master’s (2009, IIT Kanpur) degree in India and moved to Sweden as an Erasmus Mundus Ph.D. student and conducted Ph.D. studies (2009-2013) in Lund University under the supervision of Prof. E. Nordlander on bioinorganic chemistry. Thereafter, he joined Uppsala University as a postdoctoral fellow (2014-2016) and worked on water splitting in the group of Prof. S. Ott and A/Prof. A Thapper. In 2016, he was selected for a prestigious postdoctoral fellowship (ARC affiliated) from the School of Chemistry, UNSW, Australia. During 2016-2020, he worked on carbon dioxide electroreduction and PFAS degradation in the groups of A/Prof. S B Colbran, A/Prof. G E Ball and Prof. N Kumar before joining Stockholm University as a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Em. Björn Åkermark in June 2020.

 

What made you choose Journal of Materials Chemistry A as a place to publish your latest materials chemistry research?

JMCA has a good reputation for publishing research works that are novel and highly important in the field of material chemistry. The articles published in JMCA usually attract a wide audience, which is important for the visibility of the research. We (myself, Assoc. Prof. O. Verho, and Prof. B. Åkermark) did not have any second thoughts while selecting JMCA as a suitable journal for our interesting results.

Could you tell us a bit about your #MyFirstJMCA publication (DOI: 10.1039/D3TA00071K)?

Sustainable production of green hydrogen (through water electrolysis) is one of the most important research areas of this century. This article represents the first example of a bifunctional and electrochemically regenerable molecular electrode that can be used for the unperturbed production of H2 from water at neutral pH. The special structural design of the electrode and the anchored molecular catalyst result in exciting stability and low overpotential for the electrochemical processes.

Read Biswanath’s Journal of Materials Chemistry A article:

Bifunctional and regenerable molecular electrode for water electrolysis at neutral pH
Biswanath Das, Esteban A. Toledo-Carrillo, Guoqi Li, Jonas Ståhle, Thomas Thersleff, Jianhong Chen, Lin Li, Fei Ye, Adam Slabon, Mats Göthelid, Tsu-Chien Weng, Jodie A. Yuwono, Priyank V. Kumar,   Oscar Verho, Markus D. Kärkäs, Joydeep Dutta and Björn Åkermar
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023,11, 13331-13340

 

Dr Johanna Meyer

 

 

Dr. Johanna Meyer is a polymer scientist and a technical and applied chemist specialising in the development of materials for biomedical and technical approaches. After synthesizing and characterizing hydrogels, she continues to design them for various applications ranging from drug delivery and scaffold development to 3D printing of reactors. She received her PhD in 2021 from the Technical Chemistry group led by Prof. Udo Kragl at the University of Rostock (Germany) and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Technical Chemistry at the Leibniz Universität Hannover (Germany).

 

 

What made you choose Journal of Materials Chemistry B as a place to publish your latest materials chemistry research?

The RSC journals are run with significant influence of the chemistry community, upholding high editorial standards, refined reviews, and a commitment to promote diversity. The Journal of Material Science B was particularly convincing with its very good selection of publications and its general scope, making it an optimal choice for our work on 3D‑printed drug delivery systems.

What did you like most about the publication process with the journal?

The quality and constructive approach of referees has provided very valuable feedback on the manuscript and has greatly helped to improve the final published paper. I am sincerely grateful to the referees for their expert input and constructive advice.

Read Johanna’s Journal of Materials Chemistry B article:

3D printed and stimulus responsive drug delivery systems based on synthetic polyelectrolyte hydrogels manufactured via digital light processing
Sonja Vaupel, Robert Mau, Selin Kara, Hermann Seitz, Udo Kraglbc and Johanna Meyer
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2023,11, 6547-6559

 

Dr Shwetharani R.

Dr. Shwetharani R is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Centre for Nano and Material Sciences at Jain Deemed to be University. Dr. Shwetha holds a PhD Degree in Chemistry (Material Sciences) from Jain Deemed to be University. Her research interests includes preparation and property tuning of semiconductor based nanomaterials, 2D materials MoS2, MoSe2, perovskite oxynitride/oxysulfide, MPX3 materials for H2/O2 evolution and also perovskite QDs property modification (CsPbX3), with a focus on renewable hydrogen generation and high PLQY perovskite QDs for sensing. She completed her postdoctoral stint at Shinshu University at Japan with the supervision of Prof. Kazunari Domen (2019-2020), as well as at Centre for Nano and Material Sciences at Jain Deemed to be University with the supervision of Prof. R Geetha Balakrishna (2016-2018) and has 7 years of experience in academia. She is passionate about development of new and efficient nanostructured materials for photo/electrochemical hydrogen/oxygen production. She believes in the power of collaboration and knowledge exchange to understand the problem in large scale production of hydrogen through economically viable process such as photocatalysis. She is a recipient of JAUW international fellowship from Japan and also received SERB-TARE project to conduct research with the supervision of Prof. S. Sampath at IISc, Bangalore (2020-2023).

What made you choose Journal of Materials Chemistry C as a place to publish your latest materials chemistry research?

Publishing in an international high standard journal is important in the academic field, JMCC is one such journal. The quality of the research papers are excellent and this inspired me to publish in JMCC

What did you like most about the publication process with the journal?

The publication process is fast and genuine. The reviewers are well versed in their field and suggest important comments, which drastically improves the quality of the papers. The reviewers won’t compromise on the quality of the paper and will provide comments if the paper is not up to the standards of the journal (I have received such comments before). 

Read Shwetharani’s Journal of Materials Chemistry C review:

Recent advances in ecofriendly 2D monoelemental bismuthene as an emerging material for energy, catalysis and biomedical applications
Shwetharani R., Itika Kainthla, Sumanth Dongre S., Laveena D’Souzac and R. Geetha Balakrishna
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2023, 11, 6777-6799

 

Dr Dillip Panda

Dr. Dillip K. Panda is a Research Assistant Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Clemson University focussing on high-temperature solid-state lithium batteries and the development of various anode, cathode, and electrolyte materials for solid and liquid-based lithium-ion batteries.  He obtained his Ph.D. under the tutelage of Prof. Gordon G Wallace, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute (IPRI) at the University of Wollongong, Australia.  Dr. Panda then joined Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee, Florida as a Postdoctoral Fellow where he worked on supramolecular dyad based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), MOFs, nanomaterials (both organic and Inorganic) and chemical sensors.  Then he was a UMEI PISET fellow at the University of Michigan (UMich), where he worked on synthesis, modeling and fabrication and characterization of hybrid organic- inorganic perovskite materials for high efficiency solar-to-electrical energy conversion under Prof. Bartlet and Prof. Maldonado.  More than 32 peer-reviewed publications have been published over the course of his career and three separate book chapters. Aside from serving as president of the Clemson University Postdoctoral Association from 2020 to 2022, Dr Panda received the Clemson University Distinguished Postdoctoral Award in 2022. Over the course of his diverse research career, he has developed a passion for establishing and implementing collaborative and interdisciplinary research, which is a challenging task for society’s energy needs.

What made you choose Journal of Materials Chemistry A as a place to publish your latest materials chemistry research?

Considering my field of research (materials and energy), I am very selective about which journals I submit my papers to. Journal of Materials Chemistry A is one of my favorite journals since it always publishes cutting-edge and innovative research related to energy. Journal of Materials Chemistry A reaches a large audience with a diverse background in engineering and science. The reviewers are also critical of the work and ensure it is of high quality with novelty and significant impact on the field during the revision process. We met the scope of the journal and had our work published.

Could you tell us a bit about your #MyFirstJMCA publication (DOI: 10.1039/D3TA01366A)?

I was delighted to see my article published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A, since this article highlights Silicon oxyycarbide’s electrochemical performance as an anode material. Those interested in lithium-ion batteries and other electrochemical applications will find this paper titled ” A review of silicon oxycarbide ceramics as next generation anode materials for lithium-ion batteries and other electrochemical applications” useful for their research. In lithium-ion batteries, silicon oxycarbide ceramics with specific capacities ranging from 200 to 1300 mAh/g are promising anodes and this type of amorphous material can accommodate considerable volumetric strains, unlike crystalline silicon. In this article, we also discuss how SiOC’s electrochemical performance is affected by various factors, and how to overcome these factors. Having my first corresponding author publication in Journal of Materials Chemistry A makes me extremely happy. As such, I am incredibly proud of this work, and it is extremely special to me.

Read Dillip’s Journal of Materials Chemistry A review:

A review of silicon oxycarbide ceramics as next generation anode materials for lithium-ion batteries and other electrochemical applications
Ravindran Sujith, Jella Gangadhar, Michelle Greenough, Rajendra K. Bordiac and Dillip K. Panda
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 20324-20348

 

Thank you to our first time authors for choosing to publish with us!

We hope you enjoyed finding out about some of new community of authors. Keep an eye out for our final Community Spotlight in the series.

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

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Bioceramics 33 RSC Poster Prize winners

Bioceramics 33

RSC Poster Prize Winners

Sponsored by Journal of Materials Chemistry B and Biomaterials Science.

Congratulations to our RSC poster prize winners from the Bioceramics 33 conference in Switzerland!

 

 

Winner of the RSC Journal of Materials Chemistry B poster prize:

 

Selase Torkornoo

Poster Title: “Optimizing Parameters for Atom Probe Tomography Analysis of β-Tricalcium Phosphates.”

 

Selase Torkornoo is a PhD candidate at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung & RWTH University, advised by Prof. Baptiste Gault, a professor of atomic scale characterization at Imperial College London. She received her B.S. (2015) in Engineering Science with Nanomedicine concentration from University of Virginia in the USA, and M.S. (2018) in materials science & engineering from University of Leeds in the UK. Prior to her PhD, she worked in industry at multiple semiconductor and display equipment companies, developing surface treatments and thin film coatings. Currently, her PhD research focuses on studying the effect of microstructure and chemical impurities on physio-chemical properties of bioactive materials as part of a collaboration with Dr. Marc Bohner from the RMS Foundation. She is undertaking nanoscale analysis using atom probe tomography (APT), a burgeoning nanoscale composition mapping technique.

 

Winner of the RSC Biomaterials Science poster prize:
 

Johannes Konrad

Poster Title: “Modification of mineral bone substitutes with bisphosphonates.“

 

Johannes Konrad is currently a PhD student at the Department for Functional Materials in Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Würzburg, supervised by Prof. Dr. Uwe Gbureck. He completed both his bachelor’s and master’s degree in Functional Materials at the University of Würzburg. At that time, focusing on the long-term deformation behavior of technical plastics. During his PhD, he has primarily researched the interaction mechanisms of pharmaceutical agents with mineral bone cements for their application as pharmacologically active bone substitutes.

We are delighted to celebrate the successes of early careers researchers and would like to also congratulate all the participants for the Bioceramics 33 poster sessions. It is amazing to see so many diverse and enthusiastic early career researchers all gathered in one place, sharing their passion and desire to play their part in making the world a better place.

We look forward to reading all your future research in materials (bio)chemistry.

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Congratulations to the poster prize winners at ECME 2023

Materials Horizons, Journal of Materials Chemistry C and the Nanoscale journal family were pleased to sponsor poster prizes at the recent ECME 2023 conference held in Bari, Italy. Congratulations to the winners!

Find out more about our winners below:

Siyang Feng

For the poster entitled, ‘Donor–Acceptor–Donor Triads with Flexible Spacers: Deciphering Complex Photophysics for Targeted Materials Design’.

Since January 2021, Siyang Feng is a PhD student (funded by China Scholarship Council) in Prof. Johannes Gierschner’s group and is supervised by Prof. Johannes Gierschner at IMDEA Nanoscience Institute, Madrid, Spain. His research focuses on Photophysics of Innovative Organic Charge-Transfer Systems by Combining Optical Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry.

Tran Van Chinh

For the poster entitled, ‘Wood Electrochemical Transistor’

I am Van Chinh Tran, a last-year PhD student at the Lab of Organic Electronics at Linköping University, Sweden.

My PhD studies revolve around the development of organic electronics, including transistors, supercapacitors, and batteries, using forest-based materials.

Sasha Simotko

For the poster entitled, ‘Understanding the Effects of Processing Conditions on Non-Fullerene-Based Organic Photodiode Performances’

My name is Sasha( Alexandra)  Simotko, and I am a 26-year-old Ph.D. candidate at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. I was born in Minsk, Belarus, and moved to Israel when I was three. I studied in Rishon Le Zion and served two years as a dentist assistant during  my military service. After serving, I did my Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, followed by a Master’s degree in the Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP) under the supervision of prof. Gitti Frey, studying the effect of processing conditions on the evolution of the morphology of organic photodiodes. After one year of Master’s studies, I joined the direct track to Ph.D. studies in the Materials Science and Engineering department. My research these days focuses on investigating light and energy-efficient organic systems for light-sensing applications.

Congratulations to all these fantastic winners!

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Collection Celebrating the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: mRNA vaccines against COVID-19

We are delighted to share a cross-journal themed collection on mRNA vaccines against COVID-19, celebrating the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman were jointly awarded a Nobel Prize “for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.” Royal Society of Chemistry journals congratulate both Nobel Laureates.

Understanding mRNA’s interaction with the immune system had a crucial role in accelerating vaccine development during one of the most significant health crises in contemporary history. This collection highlights recent advancements in mRNA technologies for vaccine development, covering mRNA delivery strategies, biomaterials, nanoparticles, and click chemistry.

Read the collection here.

A selection of articles from the collection is included below. All articles are free to access until 17th November. All Open Access journal articles are always free to access. We hope you will enjoy reading the articles in this themed collection. Please do share this collection with your colleagues and networks.

Reviews

A comprehensive overview of vaccines developed for pandemic viral pathogens over the past two decades including those in clinical trials for the current novel SARS-CoV-2

Kannan Damodharan, Gandarvakottai Senthilkumar Arumugam, Suresh Ganesan, Mukesh Doble and Sathiah Thennarasu

RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 20006-20035 DOI: 10.1039/D0RA09668G

 

Emerging mRNA technologies: delivery strategies and biomedical applications

Yufen Xiao, Zhongmin Tang, Xiangang Huang, Wei Chen, Jun Zhou, Haijun Liu, Chuang Liu, Na Kong and Wei Tao

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2022, 51, 3828-3845 DOI: 10.1039/D1CS00617G

 

Lipid-based colloidal nanoparticles for applications in targeted vaccine delivery

Muhammad Saad Khan, Sila Appak Baskoy, Celina Yang, Joohye Hong, Jayoung Chae, Heejin Ha, Sungjun Lee, Masayoshi Tanaka, Yonghyun Choi and Jonghoon Choi

Nanoscale Adv., 2023, 5, 1853-1869 DOI: 10.1039/D2NA00795A

 

Articles

A PEG-lipid-free COVID-19 mRNA vaccine triggers robust immune responses in mice

Min Li, Yixuan Huang, Jiacai Wu, Sanpeng Li, Miao Mei, Haixia Chen, Ning Wang, Weigang Wu, Boping Zhou, Xu Tan and Bin Li

Mater. Horiz., 2023, 10, 466-472 DOI: 10.1039/D2MH01260J

 

Towards mRNA with superior translational activity: synthesis and properties of ARCA tetraphosphates with single phosphorothioate modifications

Malwina Strenkowska, Joanna Kowalska, Maciej Lukaszewicz, Joanna Zuberek, Wei Su, Robert E. Rhoads, Edward Darzynkiewicz and Jacek Jemielity

New J. Chem., 2010, 34, 993-1007 DOI: 10.1039/B9NJ00644C

 

Development of a high-throughput platform for screening lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery

Lili Cui, Sara Pereira, Silvia Sonzini, Sally van Pelt, Steven M. Romanelli, Lihuan Liang, David Ulkoski, Venkata R. Krishnamurthy, Emily Brannigan, Christopher Brankin and Arpan S. Desai

Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 1480-1491 DOI: 10.1039/D1NR06858J

 

Enhanced immunogenicity induced by mRNA vaccines with various lipid nanoparticles as carriers for SARS-CoV-2 infection

Yanhao Zhang, Ji Wang, Hanlei Xing, Chao Liu, Wenhui Zha, Shuo Dong, Yuhao Jiang and Xinsong Li

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2023,11, 7454-7465 DOI: 10.1039/D3TB00303E

 

mRNA-carrying lipid nanoparticles that induce lysosomal rupture activate NLRP3 inflammasome and reduce mRNA transfection efficiency

James Forster III, Dipika Nandi and Ashish Kulkarni

Biomater. Sci., 2022, 10, 5566-5582 DOI: 10.1039/D2BM00883A

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Congratulations to our Poster Prize winner at Fall E-MRS 2023: Symposium C

Journal of Materials Chemistry C, was pleased to sponsor a poster prize at the ‘Perovskites: from materials science to devices’ Symposium at Fall E-MRS 2023.

Congratulations to Sandeep Kumar Gundam!

For the poster titled: Spectrally stable pure blue-emitting perovskite nanocrystal thin films for light-emitting diodes

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Insights from the authors of a highly cited Materials Advances article

Nanomaterials: a review of synthesis methods, properties, recent progress, and challenges has been one of the most highly cited articles published in Materials Advances so far. The authors have recently answered our questions, and in this blog, we are sharing the insights from our interview with them. We congratulate the authors on their impactful work and wish them success in their future academic research.

 

  • What aspect of your work are you most excited about at the moment?

Access to clean water is a growing global issue. A recent report by UNESCO reveals that 2 billion individuals do not have access to safe drinking water. Furthermore, the region where we reside (Saudi Arabia) has already declared a water-stress region. We are designing advanced membranes for desalination and water reuse, which may contribute to meeting global and regional demand in the future. Our research group is developing next-generation membranes using 2D materials. The 2D materials we use can be divided into two classes specifically for membrane applications. The first class has ordered pores, such as COFs and 2D MOFs, whereas the other type is intrinsically non-porous, such as graphene, MXenes, and TMDs. Our research group is working on tuning the interlayer distance of the non-porous 2D sheets to control the permeability and selectivity of these membranes according to the desired applications. We believe that the tunability of the 2D membranes makes them unique compared to the state-of-the-art commercialized polymeric membranes.

  • What do you find most challenging about your research?

Fouling remains a significant challenge in the implementation of membrane-based technology. Therefore, most of the industries still have not adopted membrane-based technology. 2D materials-based membranes look promising at the lab scale to develop antifouling membranes, but their processability and scalability would be challenging. Our research group is currently working on a lab scale at IRC-Membranes Water Security, KFUPM, but we are planning and working to bring them from the lab scale to the market.

  • What does it mean to you to have a highly cited article?

It is a gratifying experience for a researcher to receive recognition for his work from their peers in the same field.

  • How do you feel about Materials Advances as a place to publish research on this topic?

Materials Advances has emerged as a prestigious journal of the Materials family. Material Advances platform provides a distinctive opportunity for researchers to publish their latest findings in materials science. Due to its high-quality publications, this journal has become a hub of material science progress and knowledge.

  • Can you share one piece of career-related advice or wisdom with other early career scientists?

I advise early career researchers to identify global problems and research gaps and put their best efforts into solving them to become impactful. Do the brainstorming by What, why, and how. What is the problem, why is it, and how can it be solved? Keep pushing towards your goals and dreams, overcoming obstacles and challenges, until you can look back proudly on your journey.

Meet the authors

Dr Nadeem Baig is a Research Scientist III (Assistant Professor) at IRC-Membrane and Water Security, KFUPM. He obtained his BS (Hons.) from the University of the Punjab in 2008 and his MPhil from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore in 2012. He obtained his Ph.D. from KFUPM, Saudi Arabia, in 2017. Dr Baig joined the Center of Research Excellence in Desalination & Water Treatment at KFUPM in 2020 after working as a two-year postdoctoral researcher. His research is focused on developing next-generation membranes utilizing 2D materials, including graphene, MXene, TMDs, 2D MOFs, and COFs for oil/water separation, desalination, water reuse, and recovering precious metals. His interests also include developing nanostructured materials and super-selective surfaces for energy and environmental applications. He has received several distinguished awards. So far, Dr Baig has obtained 10 US patents. Dr Baig received the prestigious Early Career Research Award at KFUPM in 2022. His name was also included among the top 2% of scientists worldwide in the discipline of Chemistry.

 

Dr Irshad Kammakakam is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan. Dr Kammakakam received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Incheon National University, South Korea. His research focused on developing advanced organic porous materials and functional polymeric membranes for energy-saving separation technology and environmental green energy applications. Before joining Nazarbayev University, Dr Kammakakam was a Research Scientist at the Advanced Materials Chemistry Center, Khalifa University, UAE. He also worked as a Visiting Scientist at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea). He completed multiple Postdocs at the European Institute of Membranes (France), the University of Alabama (USA), and the KAUST (Saudi Arabia). Dr Kammakakam broadly works to design and synthesize ionic polymers for molecular separation membranes and energy storage applications. Dr Kammakakam has bagged many awards and achievements, including the recipient of the 2020 Future Faculty Mentoring Program sponsored by the EdDiv of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

 

 

 

Dr Wail Sulaiman Falath is the Dean of the College of General Studies and an Assistant Professor at the Materials Science and Engineering Department of King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals. Dr Falath has a Ph.D. degree in Polymers, Textiles, and Fibers Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. His Ph.D. was related to fabricating polymeric mixed matrix membranes for Reverse Osmosis water desalination. Dr Falath’s research is focused on the environment, synthesis of membranes for water desalination, and surface modifications and characterization of several materials.

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Celebrating materials science in Germany

New region spotlight in Materials Advances

Over the years, Materials Advances has published quality research across the breadth of materials science and our German authors and readers remain a core part of the journal community.

To showcase some of the great research being carried out in the country we have selected some of the most popular articles from authors across Germany. A small selection are highlighted in this blog post, but click the button below to read the full collection. All articles are gold open access so they are free to read.

 

 

Redox-active, porous pyrene tetraone dendritic polymers as cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries
Lucas Ueberricke, Felix Mildner, Yuquan Wu, Elisa Thauer, Tom Wickenhäuser, Wen-Shan Zhang, Yana Vaynzof, Sven M. Elbert, Rasmus R. Schröder, Rüdiger Klingeler and Michael Mastalerz
Mater. Adv., 2023, 4, 1604-1611

Research output software for energetic materials based on observational modelling 2.1 (RoseBoom2.1 (c))
Sabrina Wahler and Thomas M. Klapötke
Mater. Adv., 2022, 3, 7976-7986

Stimuli-responsive one-dimensional photonic crystals: design, fabrication and sensing
Marie Däntl, Alberto Jiménez-Solano and Bettina V. Lotsch
Mater. Adv., 2022, 3, 7406-7424

 

Materials Advances is pleased to have some prominent members of the materials science community acting as Associate Editors and as Advisory Board Members:

  • Miriam Unterlass (University of Konstanz)
  • Yana Vaynzof (Technical University of Dresden)
  • Helmut Cölfen (University of Konstanz)
  • Xinliang Feng (Technical University of Dresden)
  • Anna Köhler (University of Bayreuth)
  • Ulrike Kramm (TU Darmstadt)
  • Bettina Lotsch (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart)
  • Patrick Théato (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

 

The Royal Society of Chemistry has arranged Read and Publish agreements with many German institutes. As part of these agreements you may be entitled to publish your research gold open access at no cost. Get in touch to find out more and find out if your institute is covered here.

Thank you again to all for your support and looking forward to the exciting milestones ahead for Materials Advances!

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Themed Collection in Materials Advances: Advanced functional materials and manufacturing processes

Advanced functional materials and manufacturing processes

Guest edited by Jessica O. Winter, Jawwad A. Darr and John Wang

Materials Advances is delighted to introduce our latest themed collection on the latest developments in advanced inorganic functional materials (synthesis, modelling and simulation), novel manufacturing processes including scale up approaches, and property evaluation and optimization.

You can explore the collection and read the introductory editorial from our guest editors below. Articles in the collection are published in Materials Advances so they are all open access and freely available.

Read the collection

Promotional graphic of Materials Advances themed collection on Advanced functional materials and manufacturing, with photos of authors Jessica O. Winter, Jawwad A. Darr and John Wang included, from left to right.

Read the introductory editorial

Read some of the featured articles below.

Synthesis, structure and electrochemical properties of a new cation ordered layered Li–Ni–Mg–Mo oxide
Bo Dong, Javier Castells-Gil, Pengcheng Zhu, Laura L. Driscoll, Emma Kendrick, Phoebe K. Allan and Peter R. Slater
Mater. Adv., 2023, 4, 1021-1029 DOI: 10.1039/d2ma00981a

Recent advancement in nanomaterial-encapsulated drug delivery vehicles for combating cancer, COVID-19, and HIV-like chronic diseases
Suparna Paul, Subhajit Mukherjee and Priyabrata Banerjee
Mater. Adv., 2023, 4, 2042-2061 DOI: 10.1039/d2ma01075e

Additively manufactured thermosetting elastomer composites: small changes in resin formulation lead to large changes in mechanical and viscoelastic properties
Ye Wang, Ian M. McAninch, Antoine P. Delarue, Christopher J. Hansen, E. Jason Robinette and Amy M. Peterson
Mater. Adv., 2023, 4, 607-615 DOI: 10.1039/d2ma00892k

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We hope you enjoy reading this collection and we look forward to seeing how this field progresses! Please continue to submit your exciting work on advanced functional materials to Materials Advances.

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Journal of Materials Chemistry 10th Anniversary Cover Showcase – September

This year, as you may know, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B, and C are celebrating their 10th anniversary! To join in the celebrations, we’ve asked authors to find creative ways to add a ’10’ to the cover artwork and are excited to show you the results in our monthly cover showcase.

To join in the celebration, you can view the #JMCs10Years hashtag on Twitter and follow the posts for the year so far.

Here are this month’s covers:

 

Redox-active polynaphthalimides as versatile electrode materials for high-voltage, high-rate and long-cycle-life organic Li-ion batteries

 

Recent advances in natural small molecules as drug delivery systems

 

 

 

Optimizing the doping efficiency and thermoelectric properties of isoindigo-based conjugated polymers using side chain engineering

 

 

Exploiting heterocycle aromaticity to fabricate new hot exciton materials

 

 

 

Enhancing chemisorption efficiency and thin-film characteristics via a discrete feeding method in high-k dielectric atomic layer deposition for preventing interfacial layer formation

 

Multifunctional theranostic carbazole-based cyanine for real-time imaging of amyloid-β and therapeutic treatment of multiple pathologies in Alzheimer’s disease

 

 

Enhancement of electrical stability of metal oxide thin-film transistors against various stresses

 

 

 

Centripetal triazine chromophores: towards efficient two-photon absorbers and highly emissive polyimide films

 

 

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Journal of Materials Chemistry B and Materials Advances welcomes Dr. Håkan Engqvist to our Editorial Boards

Journal of Materials Chemistry B and Materials Advances are delighted to welcome Dr. Håkan Engqvist from Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University to the Editorial Boards as a new Associate Editor.

 

Dr. Håkan Engqvist is a professor of Applied Materials Science at Uppsala University, Sweden. He holds a Master’s degree in Material Physics and a PhD in Materials Science from Uppsala University. With eight years of industry experience in ceramic materials, specializing in tooling applications and bioceramics, Dr. Engqvist joined Uppsala University as a professor in 2009.

His research focuses on the synthesis, structure, and properties of biomaterials, particularly bioceramics used in hard tissue replacement and drug delivery. Dr. Engqvist also serves as the Director of the MedTech Science and Innovation Centre at Uppsala University, contributing to the advancement of medical technology and fostering innovation. His expertise combines an academic background with industry experience. The research work aim to the understanding and development of biomaterials for critical applications in healthcare.

 

‘I am eager to collaborate with RSC to continue develop the journals. I am especially excited about the international network, working with the professional staff and the other editorial board members and of course the opportunity to stay updated on the latest research in my field.’

 

See Dr Håkan Engqvist’s replies to an interview he kindly did with us:

1. What attracted you to pursue a career in materials science and how did you get to where you are now?

My passion for science and engineering has been a driving force throughout my academic journey. When choosing my undergraduate education, I was greatly influenced by the presence of surrounding companies and the experiences of my friends who were studying engineering. As my career progressed, I made choices based on my genuine interest in the field and dedicated hard work.

 

2. Why did you choose to specialize in your specific research field?

My focus on biomaterials came after my PhD, I am very much interested in understanding and solving unmet needs.

 

3. What do you see as the biggest challenges facing researchers who work in your field?

I think that the fundamental understanding on how to control the interface between materials and living organisms is still just starting. Much more work is needed and big advancements will be made.

 

4. What excites you most about your area of research and what has been the most exciting moment of your career so far?

I am captivated by the interface between synthetic materials and living tissue. I have had a few exiting moments (for me), such as capturing high-resolution images of titanium and bone, the bonding of bone pieces, developing bioactive dental fillings, and successfully implanting a new cranioplasty implant.

 

5. Which of your Royal Society of Chemistry publications are you most proud of and why?

Yixiao Cai, Hu Li, Mikael Karlsson, Klaus Leifer, Håkan Engqvist, Wei Xia. , Biomineralization on Single Crystalline Rutile: The Modulated Growth of Hydroxyapatite by Fibronectin in a Simulated Body Fluid., RSC Advances, 6 (2016) 35507-35516.

A complicated project and it was really difficult to finalise. A lot of work behind that publication.

 

6. Why do you feel that researchers should choose to publish their work in JMCB or Materials Advances?

High quality journals, good reach and fast review process – this will lead to more views and citations of the publication.

 

Join us in welcoming Hakan to our Editorial Boards!

 

Submit your best work to Håkan Engqvist and our team of Associate Editors on Journal of Materials Chemistry B and Materials Advances now! 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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