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Bio-inspired and natural materials web collection

19 Nov 2015

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Journal of Materials Chemistry B is pleased to announce the publication of the Bio-inspired and natural materials themed issue.

Bio-inspired and naturally-derived materials may derive their structure, crosslinking, fabrication or application from biological sources. Of particular interest are materials that are self-assembled, hierarchically structured, biologically active, dynamic, responsive or adaptable. Potential applications are diverse and include the medical, bioprocessing, environmental, energy, consumer or military fields. This themed issue aims to cover the most recent progress in the synthesis, processing and characterization of bio-inspired and natural materials, to highlight the new development in synthesis, engineering, and application of these materials.

The collection was Guest Edited by Jennie B. Leach (UMBC, USA) and Molly S. Shoichet (University of Toronto, Canada)

Below are a selection of some of the high quality articles, and the full collection can be found here.

Strategies for skeletal muscle tissue engineering: seed vs. soil
Brian M. Sicari, Ricardo Londono and Stephen F. Badylak
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2015, 3, 7881-7895
DOI: 10.1039/C5TB01714A

Mimicking biological phenomena in hydrogel-based biomaterials to promote dynamic cellular responses
Nicholas P. Murphy and Kyle J. Lampe
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2015, 3, 7867-7880
DOI: 10.1039/C5TB01045D

Hydrogels that allow and facilitate bone repair, remodeling, and regeneration
Aaron R. Short, Deepthi Koralla, Ameya Deshmukh, Benjamin Wissel, Benjamin Stocker, Mark Calhoun, David Dean and Jessica O. Winter
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2015, 3, 7818-7830
DOI: 10.1039/C5TB01043H

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7th Asian Conference on Organic Electronics

18 Nov 2015

By Sarah Thirkell, Development Editor.

Peking University

Congratulations to the poster prize winners at the 7th Asian Conference on Organic Electronics, held by Peking University, China from the 28th-31st October 2015.

A-COE has been held every year since 2009, with the previous meetings in Japan, Korea and Taiwan (China). A-COE aims to help promote interaction between organic electronic researchers and also provide a platform for scientists in related fields in Asia to exchange scientific information, establish relationship and inspire collaboration. A-COE 2015 focused on but was not limited to topics including organic electroluminescence, organic photovoltaics, organic field-effect transistors, organic nanostructures, printed electronics, bio-electronics, etc. and their applications. It was the first time it has been held in Mainland China

The Journal of Materials Chemistry C poster prizes were awarded by Professor Lixin Xiao to Mengying Bian (Peking University, China), Hengyang Xiang (Soochow University, China) and Chuajiang Qin (Kyushu University, Japan) during the closing ceremony. Congratulations to all our award winners!

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#2 Molecules and Materials for Artificial Photosynthesis Conference

15 Oct 2015

By Aliya Anwar.

Journal of Materials Chemistry A is proud to announce sponsorship of the upcoming #2 Molecules and Materials for Artificial Photosynthesis Conference which will take place from the 25^th– 28^thFebruary 2016 in Cancun, Mexico with Professors Jin Zhang (University of California, Santa Cruz) and Antoni Llobet (Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia) hosting.

The conference will aim to bring together researchers in these two scientific communities to explore possible synergistic effects of “fusion” between molecular and materials systems. Confirmed speakers will include conference organiser Antoni Llobet amongst others.

Topics discussed will include:

a)      fundamentals of light capturing and conversion
b)      water oxidation catalysis
c)      proton and CO₂ reduction catalysis
d)      interfacing molecules and materials for photosynthesis
e)      complete cells for the generation of solar fuels

Further details about the conference – including registration – can be found on the website.

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Poster prize winners at Annual Meeting on Photochemistry 2015

07 Oct 2015

By Aliya Anwar.

PPS award winner: Kenji Setoura (centre)

Many congratulations to the poster prize winners at the Annual Meeting on Photochemistry 2015. The meeting was held in Osaka, Japan from the 9^th– 11^thSeptember this year with over 650 attendees. There were 137 oral presentations and 300 posters presented.

Mr Kenji Sentoura (Osaka University) was awarded the Photochemical & Photobiological Science prize for his talk titled: ‘Stationary bubble formation and optofluidics induced by CW laser heating of a single gold nanoparticle’ and Mr Hajime Tsujioka (Osaka University) was awarded the Journal of Materials Chemistry A prize for his poster titled: ‘Photocontrol of birefringence in diarylethene crystals’.

Further information about the meeting can be found here.

JMC A poster prize winner: Hajime Tsujioka (centre)

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Congratulations Professor Lou

11 Sep 2015

By Aliya Anwar.

On behalf of the Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B & C Editorial Offices I would like to congratulate Dr David Lou, Nanyang Technological University, on his recent promotion to full professor, making him the youngest full professor at NTU Singapore.

Dr David Lou received his B.Eng (2002) and M.Eng. (2004) degrees from the National University of Singapore. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University in 2008. Right after graduation, he joined Nanyang Technological University (NTU) as an Assistant Professor, and he was promoted to Associate Professor in September 2013. He has published about 210 papers with a total citation of >21,000, and an H-index of 83. His main research interest is on designed synthesis of nanostructured materials for energy and environmental applications.

Dr Lou is currently an Associate Editor for Journal of Materials Chemistry A and last year co-Guest Edited a themed issue for Journal of Materials Chemistry A on flexible energy storage and conversion.

Congratulations Professor Lou on this highly impressive achievement!

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Poster Prize Winners at IMMS-9

10 Sep 2015

By Aliya Anwar.

Congratulations to the poster prize winner and runners up at the 9^th International Mesostructured Material Symposium, which took place at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Australia, from 17^th-20^th August 2015.

The overall aim of the symposium was to foster discussion on developments in the synthesis and characterization of mesostructured materials for a wide range of applications, such as energy storage and conversion, biological technology, catalytic and environmental applications, and gas separation and purification.

The Journal of Materials Chemistry A poster prize winners are pictured below:

More information on the symposium can be found here.

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Learn Chemistry Journal of the Month: Journal of Materials Chemistry B

10 Sep 2015

By Aliya Anwar.

We are pleased to announce that Journal of Materials Chemistry B is currently featuring as Learn Chemistry’s journal of the month. This journal of the month series showcases the high impact and globally renowned publishing work done by the Royal Society of Chemistry, whilst giving both learners and teachers an insight into our journals and the content they cover.

Learn Chemistry is our home for chemistry education. Educators and students at all levels from primary school to university can access thousands of high-quality free resources, and can search by age, topic or resource type. The journal of the month series is just one of the resources on offer, and during September 2015 Learn Chemistry users will be granted free access to article such as ‘Amelogenin and enamel biomimetics’ and ‘Water-soluble and phosphorus-containing carbon dots with strong green fluorescence for cell labeling’.

Please do pass this valuable information on to any enthusiastic young Chemistry learners, and find out more about the journal of the month series and Learn Chemistry as a whole.

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Presentation & Poster Prize Winners at Annual Meeting on Photochemistry of Coordination Compounds

10 Sep 2015

By Aliya Anwar.

Many congratulations to the poster and presentation prize winners at the Annual Meeting onPhotochemistry of Coordination Compounds, held by the Photofunctional Complexes Research Association in Niigata, Japan from the 7^th-9^th August 2015.

For her presentation on “An Interfacial Europium Complex on SiO₂ Nanoparticles for Valence-Controlled Emission System”, Ayumi Ishii (Aoyama Gakuin University) was awarded the Journal of Materials Chemistry A Presentation prize. Ryohsuke Ohno (Hokkaido University) was presented with the Journal of Materials Chemistry A Poster prize for his entry entitled “A luminescent Eu(III) complex: Novel design and synthesis strategies for the extended pi-conjugated system of ligands and their optical properties”.

Presentation prize winner Ayumi Ishii (Aoyama Gakuin University)

Poster prize winner Ryohsuke Ohno (Hokkaido University)

This annual meeting consists of presentations on a wide variety of topics such as artificial photosynthesis, carbon dioxide conversion, photocatalysis, sensors, photovoltaics and water splitting. Two special lectures were given this year by Professors Osamu Ishitani (Tokyo Institute of Technology) and Tadaaki Ikoma (Niigata University).

Futher information on about the meeting can be found here.

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Poster Prize winners at FPi-12

07 Aug 2015

By Aliya Anwar.

Big congratulations to the poster prize winners at the 12^thInternational Symposium on Functional π-Electron Systems (Fπ-12) which took place in Washington, USA from the 19^th– 24^thJuly.

Matthias Stolte (Universitat Wurzburg, Germany) and Amir Mazaheripour (UC Irvine) were awarded first place poster prizes sponsored by Materials Horizons and Journal of Materials Chemistry A, whilst the runner up prizes were sponsored by Materials Horizons, Journal of Materials Chemistry B and Journal of Materials Chemistry C. These were presented to: Sahika Inal (CMP-EMSE, France), Nathan Kirchhofer (UCSB), Ana Fokina (Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz) and Suhyun Jung (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology). Titles of their winning posters can be found here.

The symposium regularly attracts world-wide participants who meet to discuss their new achievements in research fields. Another symposium, scheduled for 2017 will take place in Hong Kong and will be titled Fπ-13. Further information about the symposium including the program and speakers from this year can be found by clicking here.

Poster prize winners at FPi-12 standing with Christine Luscombe (far right) who is the Associate Editor for Journal of Materials Chemistry A

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Energy devices go wireless

28 Jul 2015

By Aliya Anwar.

Written by Carolyn Devlin for Chemistry World

Scientists in China have developed a new method for connecting energy devices without using wires. Not only are the devices easy to make, they continue to work even when bent or twisted – a vital trait for flexible electronics.

Traditionally, energy devices involve modules connected in a series by electrically conducting wires. Although this is the standard system, fabricating such devices is complicated and costly, and the risk of short circuits means these devices also pose a serious safety hazard.

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

The original article can be read below:

Energy harvesting and storage devices fused into various patterns
H. Sun et al., J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 14977-14984
DOI: 10.1039/C5TA03235K

The modules can be fused into various patterns, depending on the specific application

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Journal of Materials Chemistry Blog

Bio-inspired and natural materials web collection

7th Asian Conference on Organic Electronics

#2 Molecules and Materials for Artificial Photosynthesis Conference

Poster prize winners at Annual Meeting on Photochemistry 2015

Congratulations Professor Lou

Poster Prize Winners at IMMS-9

Learn Chemistry Journal of the Month: Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Presentation & Poster Prize Winners at Annual Meeting on Photochemistry of Coordination Compounds

Poster Prize winners at FPi-12

Energy devices go wireless

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