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ISNA-16 Poster prize winners

22 Jul 2015

ISNA-16 poster prize winners

Many congratulations to the poster prize winners at the 16^thInternational Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds (ISNA-16) conference which took place from the 5th – 10th July in Madrid, Spain. Recipients of the poster prizes which were jointly sponsored by our journals: Nanoscale, Journal of Materials Chemistry A and C were: Hiroya Oshima (Nagoya University, Japan), Xiao-Ye Wang (Max Planck Institute, Germany), Evan Darzi (University of Oregon, USA), Takashi Hirose (Kyoto University, Japan) and Daniel R. Kohn (University of Oxford, UK).

Our recently appointed Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C: Nazario Martín attended and acted as the symposium Chairman.

The symposium was founded in 1970 by Prof. T. Nozoe, who discovered the first non-benzenoid aromatic compound, hinokitiol, in Taipei. The program of the symposium included the Nozoe memorial lecture, plenary lectures, invited lectures, oral communications, and poster presentations.

Further information about ISNA-16 can be found here.

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2015 Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship – Nominations are now closed!

17 Jul 2015

By Sarah Thirkell, Development Editor.

Now in its 6th year, we are looking for nominations from you for the next Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship recipient.

We are pleased to announce that the 2015 Lectureship is now open for nominations. This annual lectureship honours a younger scientist who has made a significant contribution to the field of materials chemistry.

Henry Snaith, the winner of the 2014 lectureship, was chosen as last year’s recipient by the Journal of Materials Chemistry Executive Editorial Board.

Qualification
To be eligible for the Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship, the candidate should be in the earlier stages of their scientific career, typically within 10 years of attaining their doctorate or equivalent degree, and will have made a significant contribution to the field.

Description
The recipient of the award will get to present a Journal of Materials Chemistry lecture at the 1st Materials Horizons International Conference (MH1) in Beijing, China, 8-10 April 2016. The Journal of Materials Chemistry Editorial Office will provide the sum of £1000 to the recipient for travel and accommodation costs, and will present the winner with the award at this lecture. The award recipient will also be asked to contribute a lead article to the journal and will have their work showcased on the back cover of the issue in which their article is published.

Selection
The recipient of the lectureship will be selected and endorsed by the Journal of Materials Chemistry’s prestigious Executive Editorial Board.

Nominations
Those wishing to make a nomination should send details of the nominee including a brief C.V. (no longer than 2 pages) together with a letter supporting the nomination (no longer than 2 pages), to the Journal of Materials Chemistry Editorial Office by 18th September 2015. Please note that self-nomination is permitted.

Send a nomination here today: materials-rsc@rsc.org

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Shape-responsive workshop prize winners

09 Jul 2015

By Aliya Anwar.

Elizabeth Santos (1st prize winner) and Zhegang Song (runner up)

Many congratulations to the Journal of Materials Chemistry C Best Student Talk prize winners at the Shape-responsive workshop which took place in Telluride, Colorado from the 23^rd– 27^thJune 2015.

Elizabeth Santos (Michigan State University) was awarded first place for her talk with Zhegang Song (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) named as runner up.

The overall aim of the workshop was to bring together the scientists, both academic and industrial, from all over the world. Several topics were focussed upon during the workshop: An aggregation-induced emission phenomenon in a wide range of organic fluorophores; the fluorescent rotors; mechanofluorescence; encapsulation of fluorescent probes in small hosts; and the development of turn-on fluorescent ligands for proteins and DNA/RNA.

A themed issue of Journal of Materials Chemistry C in association with this workshop will appear in early 2016.

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Congratulations Professor Robertson

24 Jun 2015

By Sarah Thirkell, Development Editor.

On behalf of the Journal of Materials Chemistry C Editorial Office I would like to congratulate Dr Neil Robertson, University of Edinburgh, on his recent promotion to Professor.

Neil Robertson graduated from the University of Edinburgh for his BSc and PhD degrees, and then worked in the Freie Universität Berlin, University of Wales Bangor and Imperial College London before returning to Edinburgh where he has remained since 2001. His research is focused on the design, synthesis, characterisation and application of new molecules for electronic materials, including dye-sensitised and perovskite solar cells, and multifunctional molecular semiconductors incorporating optical and magnetic properties.

He has acted as Deputy Director of the Supergen Excitonic Solar Cells Consortium (UK) and Director of the Scottish Institute for Solar Energy Research and Energy Technology Partnership. He is a Fellow of the UK higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has initiated the Solar Spark project promoting low-cost solar energy to the wider public, which now links into Royal Society of Chemistry “Learn Chemistry”.

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Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C impact factors

19 Jun 2015

By Fiona McKenzie, Executive Editor.

We are delighted to announce that Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B & C have received their first impact factors in the 2014 Journal Citation Reports®.

Journal of Materials Chemistry A – 7.443
Journal of Materials Chemistry B – 4.726
Journal of Materials Chemistry C – 4.696

We would like to thank our authors, referees, and Editorial and Advisory Board members for all of their 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 of the benefits of being a Royal Society of Chemistry author!

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RAMS2015: 16-17th September 2015, University of Warwick

04 Jun 2015

By Aliya Anwar.

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We are delighted to annouce the upcoming Recent Appointees in Materials Science (RAMS) 2015 conference which will take place at the University of Warwick over 2 days (16-17^th September) and is the only National conference specifically aimed at new Academic appointees (Lecturers, Research Fellows and Postdocs) in Materials Science.

The RAMS 2015 conference will include symposia with plenary and contributed oral presentations and a poster session covering a broad range of subjects in Materials Science, networking opportunities as well as panel discussions to encourage collaboration, stimulate discussions and provide an open forum for advice. Please visit the conference website for more information on the conference programme, confirmed invited speakers and venue: http://rams2015.org/

The conference will incorporate Plenary lectures from leading UK materials scientists, Prof. Aron Walsh and Prof. Mary Ryan. Sessions on essential training and development and information on funding opportunities will be delivered through panel discussions led by successful Academics and representatives from funding bodies. RAMS is targeted towards Academics at the start of their career and aims to help recent appointees to build their national collaborative networks, exchange experiences and benefit from peer support.

We encourage Early Career Academics to submit an abstract for a contributed oral presentation or poster through our online system. Abstracts will be competitively assessed. Deadline for abstract submission: 30^th June

Registration will cost £125, including meals and refreshments throughout, on-campus accommodation on 16^th Sept and conference banquet (to be held at Warwick Castle). Registration will open shortly and will close on 1^st September. Delegates not requiring accommodation can register for the reduced rate of £70.

A limited number of bursaries are available for those with limited travel budgets and will be assessed on an individual basis. This conference has been made possible through generous support from the Royal Society of Chemistry Materials Chemistry Division, Royal Society of Chemistry Journals, Institute of Physics Publishing and Materials and Characterisation Group, Royal Microscopic Society and the University of Warwick Materials Global Research Priority, Warwick Manufacturing Group and Institute of Advanced Study, University of Warwick. The conference has been organised by: Dr Claire Dancer (Warwick Manufacturing Group), Dr Gemma-Louise Davies (Department of Chemistry) and Dr John Murphy (School of Engineering), University of Warwick, UK.

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9th International Mesostructured Materials Symposium (IMMS9)

21 May 2015

By Aliya Anwar.

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Journal of Materials Chemistry A is delighted to announce the the upcoming 9^thInternational Mesostructured Materials Symposium (IMMS-9) which will be held at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre in Queensland, Australia from the 17^th– 20^thAugust 2015.

The conference will facilitate discussion on the fundamental challenges for synthesis chemistry and industrial applications of mesostructured materials. Professors Markus Antonietti from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces and Dongyuan Zhao from Fudan University will be amongst the international plenary speakers attending.

Register

Early bird registration will close the 15^th June 2015

Submit your abstract

Abstracts will be compiled in an abstract book which will be made available to conference delegates. A $500 AUD prize will be awarded to five of the best posters.

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A highly novel class of luminescent material

19 May 2015

By H. L. Parker.

Twisted intramolecular charge transfer, aggregation-induced emission, supramolecular self-assembly and the optical waveguide of barbituic acid-functionalized tetraphenylethene

Despite the wordy and jargon laden title this paper by Wang et al presents interesting work on a highly novel class of luminescent material.

It is generally understood that when chromophores aggregate their emission is quenched, an event know as aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ). The main problem with this ACQ occurring is that it limits the use of these luminescent molecules in applications such as bio-imaging and sensors where brightness is key.

In response to this many research groups have focused on developing materials that are the exact opposite of ACG’s and where aggregation of the chromophores will actually promote luminescence. This phenomenon is referred to as aggregation-induced emission (AIE).

This paper presents work about a novel type of AIE material that overcomes the shortfalls of ACG and some other previous AIE luminogens. A red-emissive barbituic acid-functionalized TPE derivative (TPE-HPh-Bar) was designed and synthesized, the resulting material exhibits both AIE and also twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT). By altering the method of synthesis the TPE-HPh-Bar is capable of self-assembling into nanospheres, -rods and -tubes. All of these exciting characteristics indicate that this novel material could be used in a wide range of applications from biological imaging to optoelectronic nano-devices in the future.

Twisted intramolecular charge transfer, aggregation-induced emission, supramolecular self-assembly and the optical waveguide of barbituic acid-functionalized tetraphenylethene
Erjing Wang, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Rongrong Hu, Chuang Zhang, Yong Sheng Zhao and Ben Zhong Tang
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 2, 1801-1807. C3TC32161D

H. L. Parker is a guest web writer for the Journal of Materials Chemistry blog. She currently works at the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, the University of York.

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Introducing Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C Editor-in-Chief Nazario Martin

14 May 2015

By Sarah Thirkell, Development Editor.

We are delighted to introduce the new Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B & C, Professor Nazario Martin.

Professor Martin completed his doctorate at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, where he is a full professor of Organic Chemistry and vice-director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Nanoscience of Madrid (IMDEA-Nanoscience). Recently he has been appointed as Dr. h.c. by La Havana University. He is a member of the Royal Academy of Doctors of Spain and a fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry and in 2006-2012 he was the President of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry.

He was the recipient of the “Dupont Prize of Science” in 2007 and of the “Gold Medal and Research Award” in 2012, the highest distinction given by the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry and he was appointed with the national “Jaime I Award for basic research” 2012. He is the last chemist distinguished with the “EuCheMS Lecture Award” in 2012. More recently, he has received two prestigious international prizes, namely the Alexander von Humboldt Award (Germany) and the Richard E. Smalley Award de la Electrochemical Society (USA)

Nazario’s research interests span a wide range of topics with an emphasis on the molecular and supramolecular chemistry of carbon nanostructures such as fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and graphenes, Π-conjugated systems as molecular wires and electroactive molecules, in the context of electron transfer processes, photovoltaics applications and nanoscience. He has published over 450 papers in peer reviewed journals, given over 300 lectures in scientific meetings and research institutions, and supervised 29 theses and co-edited 6 books including:

Electron-deficient fullerenes in triple-channel photosystems
Javier López-Andarias, Altan Bolag, Christoph Nançoz, Eric Vauthey, Carmen Atienza, Naomi Sakai, Nazario Martín and Stefan Matile
Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 7543-7545

Π-Extended TTF: a versatile molecule for organic electronics
Fulvio G. Brunetti, Juan Luis López, Carmen Atienza and Nazario Martin

J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 4188-4205

Controlling the spatial arrangement of organic magnetic anions adsorbed on epitaxial graphene on Ru(0001)
Daniele Stradi, Manuela Garnica, Cristina Díaz, Fabián Calleja, Sara Barja, Nazario Martín, Manuel Alcamí, Amadeo L. Vazquez de Parga, Rodolfo Mirandabc and Fernando Martín
Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 15271-15279

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the outgoing Editor-in-Chief, Professor Dongyuan Zhao, for his direction during the last two and a half years. Professor Zhao is stepping down as he has been appointed as an Associate Editor for ACS Central Science.

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Fighting crime with covert nanowires

28 Apr 2015

By Aliya Anwar.

Written by Tom Wilson for Chemistry World

Scientists in China have made invisible barcodes, which could prove useful in the fight against fraud and theft, out of nanowires. 1000 times narrower than a human hair, their covert system is easily encoded, and read, with an electron beam.

Lucrative black market trading in jewellery, munitions, art etc necessitates increasingly sophisticated methods to prevent crime. Barcodes are commonplace tags for both everyday and high security items. However, they’re easy to replicate and manipulate…

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

The original article can be read below:

Phase transformation of Sn-based nanowires under electron beam irradiation
Hong Zhang, Xia Deng, Junwei Zhang, Desheng Xue, Yuanqing Huang, Feiming Bai, Beverly J. Inkson and Yong Peng
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5TC00686D

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Journal of Materials Chemistry Blog

ISNA-16 Poster prize winners

2015 Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship – Nominations are now closed!

Shape-responsive workshop prize winners

Congratulations Professor Robertson

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C impact factors

RAMS2015: 16-17th September 2015, University of Warwick

9th International Mesostructured Materials Symposium (IMMS9)

A highly novel class of luminescent material

Introducing Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B and C Editor-in-Chief Nazario Martin

Fighting crime with covert nanowires

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