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Organic & Perovskite Solar Cells Conference

22 Jun 2016

Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Materials Horizons will be supporting this year’s Organic & Perovskite Solar Cells Conference which takes place in Herakion, Greece from the 19^th– 20^thOctober. Both journals will be providing poster prizes and awarding certificates and free online journal access to the winners.

‘The conference aims to centralize the participants’ interest by presenting the most recent attainments, highlights, current challenges and perspectives, conclusions and suggested future works in Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells Technologies.’

Topics included for discussion are:

Organic solar cells (OSCs)
Perovskite solar cells (PeSCs)
Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs)
Material synthesis of organic and perovskite absorbers
Interfacial engineering of solar cells
Fundamental physics and photophysics
Theoretical modelling of materials and devices
Characterization and measurement techniques
Lifetime and device stability
Scale up and commercial development

Speakers include Materials Horizons’ Scientific Editor, Professor Thuc-Quyen Nguyen (University of California Santa Barbara, USA) and Professor Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland).

Further details such as abstract deadline and early bird registration can be found on the RSC events website and on the official conference website.

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UKSB 2016

22 Jun 2016

By Aliya Anwar.

The UK Society for Biomaterials will be holding their 15^th annual conference from the 30^th June – 1^stJuly at the University of Westminster, London.

Journal of Materials Chemistry B and Biomaterials Science will be providing sponsorship in the form of a poster prize certificate and a year’s free access to the journal.

Professor Ipsita Roy from the University of Westminster is organising the conference and has included some special features for this year which are below:

A dedicated Larry Hench session;
ReBiostent session (an EU FP7 project); (on biodegradable drug eluting stents)
KTN session dedicated to the industry/clinicians and
A dedicated cell oriented session for TCES/ECPS members.

Professor Roy intends to promote a ‘varied experience of both excellent research in the area of biomaterials including state of art, innovative work with synthetic and natural polymers, complemented with their application in the production of near to market products including medical devices, tissue engineering scaffolds and controlled delivery constructs’. Further details about the conference and Professor Roy’s full statement can be found here.

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8th International Conference on Molecular Electronics

22 Jun 2016

By Aliya Anwar.

Journal of Materials Chemistry B & Journal of Materials Chemistry C will be providing sponsorship in support of the the upcoming 8^thInternational Conference on Molecular Electronics (ElecMol) which will be held in Paris, France from the 22^nd– 26^thAugust, 2016. The sponsorship comes in the form of poster prizes with the winner being awarded a certificate and one year’s free online access to the journal.

The conference intends to allow for researchers from all over the world and top-level plenary and keynote speakers to interact and discuss recent advances in the field of molecular electronics. It will also present an opportunity for collaboration between academics and private partners at the highest level. The conference will focus on recent advances in molecular and organic electronics in the fields of:

T1 – Single Molecules & Quantum Dots: Junctions/Memories & Switches
T2 – Organic Electronics and Spintronics: Materials & Devices
T3 – Organic Optoelectronics & Photonics: Materials & Devices
T4 – 2D materials, Nanotubes & Nanowires
T5 – Self-Assembly & Supramolecular Architectures
T6 – Scanning Probe Microscopies & Near Field Approaches
T7 – Molecular Theoretical Modelling
T8 – Bioinspired Approaches & Biomimetic Devices

Further such as registration and abstract submission can be found on the website.

conference logo

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JMC C prize winner at International Workshop on Advanced Materials and Processes for Energy Applications

22 Jun 2016

By Aliya Anwar.

Journal of Materials Chemistry C would like to congratulate Dr. Görkem Günbas on his Flash Talk prize win at the International Workshop on Advanced Materials and Processes for Energy Applications which took place in Istanbul on the 20^{th –} 24^thApril, 2016 and was sponsored by JMC C. His prize included a certificate and one year’s free access to JMC C.

The workshop was organised by Imperial College London (UK) and Meliksah University (Turkey) with the aim of bringing together leading academics, experienced researchers, early stage research scholars and industrial partners in sustainable energy together to discuss and share their experiences and research about all aspects of Advanced Materials and Processes for Energy Applications. Speakers from both institutions attended and included workshop coordinator, Professor Iain McCulloch (Imperial College London).

Further information about the workshop can be found on their website.

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MOF in a bottle

16 Jun 2016

By Aliya Anwar.

Written by Emma Cooper for Chemistry World

Scientists in Belgium have discovered how to make metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) from waste plastic bottles.

MOFs are porous polymers that excel in a range of applications from gas storage to catalysis and sensing. Scientists usually make MOFs from high purity chemicals, which are expensive and generate huge amounts of waste during their production. To produce MOFs on a large scale, researchers must find more environmentally friendly production methods and easily available source materials.

Interested? The full article can be read in Chemistry World.

The original article can be read below:

Waste PET (bottles) as a resource or substrate for MOF synthesis
Willem P. R. Deleu, Ivo Stassen, Dries Jonckheere, Rob Ameloot and Dirk E. De Vos*
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 9519-9525
DOI: 10.1039/C6TA02381A

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Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C 2015 Impact Factors

15 Jun 2016

By Sarah Thirkell, Development Editor.

We are pleased to announce that the 2015 Impact Factors for Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C have risen to a record high:

Journal of Materials Chemistry A – 8.262
Journal of Materials Chemistry B – 4.872
Journal of Materials Chemistry C – 5.066

We would like to thank all of our authors, referees, and Editorial and Advisory Board members for all their hard work and contributions to the success of the Journal of Materials Chemistry family.

Submit your next high impact paper to Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B or C and enjoy all the benefits of being a Royal Society of Chemistry author.

Check out the following selection of highly cited articles that contributed to these Impact Factors:

Graphene-based nanocomposites for energy storage and conversion in lithium batteries, supercapacitors and fuel cells
Nasir Mahmood, Chenzhen Zhang, Han Yin and Yanglong Hou
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 15-32

Recent advances of non-fullerene, small molecular acceptors for solution processed bulk heterojunction solar cells
Ala’a F. Eftaiha, Jon-Paul Sun, Ian G. Hill and Gregory C. Welch
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 1201-1213

Mussel-inspired self-coating at macro-interface with improved biocompatibility and bioactivity via dopamine grafted heparin-like polymers and heparin
Lang Ma, Hui Qin, Chong Cheng, Yi Xia, Chao He, Chuanxiong Nie, Lingren Wang and Changsheng Zhao
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2014, 2, 363-375

Aggregation induced emission-based fluorescent nanoparticles: fabrication methodologies and biomedical applications
Xiqi Zhang, Xiaoyong Zhang, Lei Tao, Zhenguo Chi, Jiarui Xu and Yen Wei
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2014, 2, 4398-4414

Flexible planar/fiber-architectured supercapacitors for wearable energy storage
Xin Cai, Ming Peng, Xiao Yu, Yongping Fu and Dechun Zou
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 2, 1184-1200

Carbon quantum dots: synthesis, properties and applications
Youfu Wang and Aiguo Hu
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 2, 6921-6939

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UK-India Symposium on Functional Materials

07 Jun 2016

By Aliya Anwar.

The UK-India Symposium on Functional Materials will take place on the 21^stJune 2016 in Edinburgh.

The event is co-organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry, the University of Edinburgh and the Chemical Research Society of India. Journal of Materials Chemistry C and our sister journal, Materials Horizons will be providing respective poster prizes for the event and our Associate Editor for JMC C Neil Robertson (University of Edinburgh) will be on the committee.

This event will be the third RSC-CRSI meeting in the UK, and its purpose is to bring together researchers from both countries and to share knowledge, facilitate discussion and encourage research collaborations.

As there will only be 150 registration slots available, registration will be on a first come, first serve basis. Speakers will include Andrew Mount and Cait MacPhee (University of Edinburgh, UK) amongst others.

Further information can be found on the website along with a call for abstracts and the registration deadline.

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ISRERU-4 & ISFM-7 conference

03 Jun 2016

By Aliya Anwar.

Journal of Materials Chemistry A & C and our sister journal, Materials Horizons will be providing poster prizes at the upcoming 4^thInternational Symposium on Rare Earth Resource Utilization (ISRERU-4) and the 7^thInternational Symposium on Functional Materials (ISFM-7) which will take place from the 16^th– 19^thAugust, 2016 in Changchun, China.

The symposiums are a continuation of previous workshops and meetings and the upcoming symposiums are intended to be beneficial to the worldwide functional materials community and aim to assess the current status and identify future priority and directions in research, design and applications of catalytic materials and other related advanced functional materials.

It is also hoped that the symposiums will provide a platform and opportunity to promote mutual interaction and exchange of ideas among researchers within the scientific community. Further information regarding the symposiums can be found on the website.

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Small Molecules and Monodisperse Oligomers for Organic Electronics themed issue

18 May 2016

By Aliya Anwar.

This thematic issue aims to highlight recent advances in organic electronic materials based on small molecules and monodisperse oligomers, including their synthesis, properties, applications or production and is guest edited by Guillermo Bazan and Martin Bryce.

The full Journal of Materials Chemistry C themed issue can be read here.

A small selection of articles from the issue are below:

Editorial
Themed issue on small molecules and monodisperse oligomers for organic electronics
Guillermo Bazan and Martin R. Bryce
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 3675-3676
DOI: 10.1039/C6TC90050J

Review Article
Organophosphorus derivatives for electronic devices
D. Joly, P.-A. Bouit and M. Hissler
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 3686-3698
DOI: 10.1039/C6TC00590J

Communication
Integration of aggregation-induced emission and delayed fluorescence into electronic donor–acceptor conjugates
Shifeng Gan, Wenwen Luo, Bairong He, Long Chen, Han Nie, Rongrong Hu, Anjun Qin, Zujin Zhao and Ben Zhong Tang
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016, 4, 3705-3708
DOI: 10.1039/C5TC03588K

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Dissolving bone to ease pain

17 May 2016

By Aliya Anwar.

Written by Kirsty Muirhead for Chemistry World

Researchers in the UK are developing a chemical method to remove or prevent abnormal bone growths in the soft tissue of amputees. They hope the technique will limit additional surgery for seriously injured soldiers.

These 3D models show heterotopic ossification samples before (A) and after (B) treatment with hexametaphosphate

Heterotopic ossification, where a massive inflammatory response causes bone to form within soft tissues, is common in amputees and prevalent amongst combat-injured military personnel. Current treatments targeting the biological pathways involved are limited and surgery is often required to remove the bony growths and ease pain. Now, scientists at the University of Birmingham, including PhD researcher Neil Eisenstein who is also a trauma surgeon in the British Army, are investigating a chemical demineralisation approach using hexametaphosphate as a non-surgical treatment for this debilitating condition.

The full story can be read in Chemistry World.

The original article can be read below and is free to access until 23^rdJune 2016:

Enzymatically regulated demineralisation of pathological bone using sodium hexametaphosphate
Neil Eisenstein, Richard Williams, Sophie Cox, Sarah Stapley and Liam Grover*
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6TB00461J

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Journal of Materials Chemistry Blog

Organic & Perovskite Solar Cells Conference

UKSB 2016

8th International Conference on Molecular Electronics

JMC C prize winner at International Workshop on Advanced Materials and Processes for Energy Applications

MOF in a bottle

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C 2015 Impact Factors

UK-India Symposium on Functional Materials

ISRERU-4 & ISFM-7 conference

Small Molecules and Monodisperse Oligomers for Organic Electronics themed issue

Dissolving bone to ease pain

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