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Top 10 most-read Journal of Materials Chemistry A articles – Q3 2013

21 Oct 2013

By Katherine Dunn, Publishing Assistant.

This month sees the following Journal of Materials Chemistry A articles that are in the top ten most accessed from July – September.

Promising defect thermoelectric semiconductors Cu1-x GaSb x Te2 (x = 0–0.1) with the chalcopyrite structure:
Jiaolin Cui, Yapeng Li, Zhengliang Du, Qingsen Meng and Hong Zhou
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013,1, 677-683
DOI: 10.1039/C2TA00157H

Colloidal synthesis and thermoelectric properties of Cu2SnSe3 nanocrystals
Maria Ibáñez, Doris Cadavid, Umberto Anselmi-Tamburini, Reza Zamani, Stéphane Gorsse, Wenhua Li, Antonio M. López, Joan Ramon Morante, Jordi Arbiol and Andreu Cabot
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013,1, 1421-1426
DOI: 10.1039/C2TA00419D

Synthesis and crystal chemistry of the hybrid perovskite (CH3NH3)PbI3 for solid-state sensitised solar cell applications
Tom Baikie, Yanan Fang, Jeannette M. Kadro, Martin Schreyer, Fengxia Wei, Subodh G. Mhaisalkar, Michael Graetzel and Tim J. White
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013,1, 5628-5641
DOI: 10.1039/C3TA10518K

Photoelectrochemical properties of chemically exfoliated MoS2
Laurie A. King, Weijie Zhao, Manish Chhowalla, D. Jason Riley and Goki Eda
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013,1, 8935-8941
DOI: 10.1039/C3TA11633F

Recent progress in organic–inorganic hybrid solar cells
Xia Fan, Mingliang Zhang, Xiaodong Wang, Fuhua Yang and Xiangmin Meng
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013,1, 8694-8709
DOI: 10.1039/C3TA11200D

Nanophotocatalysts via microwave-assisted solution-phase synthesis for efficient photocatalysis
Likun Pan, Xinjuan Liu, Zhuo Sun and Chang Q. Sun
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013,1, 8299-8326
DOI: 10.1039/C3TA10981J

NiMoO4 nanowires supported on Ni foam as novel advanced electrodes for supercapacitors
Di Guo, Ping Zhang, Haiming Zhang, Xinzhi Yu, Jian Zhu, Qiuhong Li and Taihong Wang
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013,1, 9024-9027
DOI: 10.1039/C3TA11487B

Polymer-assisted synthesis of a 3D hierarchical porous network-like spinel NiCo2O4 framework towards high-performance electrochemical capacitors
Changzhou Yuan, Jiaoyang Li, Linrui Hou, Jingdong Lin, Xiaogang Zhang and Shenglin Xiong
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013,1, 11145-11151
DOI: 10.1039/C3TA11949A

Nano-cellular carbon current collectors with stable cyclability for Li–S batteries
Sheng-Heng Chung and Arumugam Manthiram
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013,1, 9590-9596
DOI: 10.1039/C3TA11819C

A sandwich N-doped graphene/Co3O4 hybrid: an efficient catalyst for selective oxidation of olefins and alcohols
Renfeng Nie, Juanjuan Shi, Weichen Du, Wensheng Ning, Zhaoyin Hou and Feng-Shou Xiao
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013,1, 9037-9045
DOI: 10.1039/C3TA11672G

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Beetle feet inspire drug delivery patches

18 Sep 2013

By Sarah Thirkell, Development Editor.

Researchers in Taiwan have developed a drug delivery plaster mimicking the wet adhesion of beetle feet.

The micropillar patch sticks to test surfaces and releases anti-inflammatory drugs in a controlled manner. Drug delivery patches are already is use for medical conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and helping people to quit smoking.

Read the full article by Sonja Hampelin Chemistry World

Auto-adhesive transdermal drug delivery patches using beetle inspired micropillar structures

Chen-Yi Tsai and Cheng-Chung ChangJ. Mater. Chem. B, 2013, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C3TB20735H

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BBC World Service Recording at ISACS12

13 Sep 2013

By Sarah Thirkell, Development Editor.

Want to know what Daniel Nocera thinks about wirelessly beaming energy from space? Over the coming weekend, the BBC World Service will be broadcasting an episode of The Forum, which was recorded at the RSC’s ISACS12 conference last week entitled “Challenges in Chemical Renewable Energy”.

Quentin Cooper hosts the programme in which Daniel Nocera of Harvard University, Clare Grey of the University of Cambridge, Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz of the State University of Campinas and Jim Watson of the UK Energy Research Council discuss the work in their areas of expertise and future challenges for renewable energy as a whole.

The programme will be broadcast at 23.06 GMT on Saturday 14^th September, 10.06 GMT on Sunday 15^th September and 2.06 GMT on Monday 16^th September. Find out when this is in your local time at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmeguide/.

It will also be available to listen on the iPlayer shortly after the broadcasts have finished and you will be able to hear it at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01g94yj.

– Written by Yuandi Li, RSC Science Executive

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Hot Article: Construction of high strength hollow fibers by self-assembly of a stiff polysaccharide with short branches in water

06 Sep 2013

By James Serginson, web writer.

Anybody who has spent time working in a chemistry laboratory would be forgiven for being jealous of nature’s ability to reliably prepare functional materials. One of its greatest tricks is the use of intermolecular forces to spontaneously create structures of incredible complexity out of many constituent parts. Recently, a great deal of research has focused on understanding these natural processes with a view to creating new materials unknown to nature.

As well as being inspired by naturally occurring self-assembly processes, Shuqin Xu et al. go one step further and also make use of a naturally occurring molecule – extracted from the commercially available fungus Auricularia auricula-judae. The molecule is a polysaccharide with a relatively hydrophobic backbone and hydrophilic side-chains. This combination of features means that – much like the self-assembly of lipids into bilayers – the chains self-assemble into hollow nanofibres with a hydrophilic surface and hydrophobic core. Fluorescence microscopy revealed these fibres to be several microns long with diameters of less than 100 nm. Furthermore, increasing the concentration of the nanofibres led to self-assembly into high aspect ratio thin films followed by rolling of the films into tubes. This fascinating hierarchical structure is believed to contribute to improved mechanical properties over comparable materials such as glucose.

Construction of high strength hollow fibers by self-assembly of a stiff polysaccharide with short branches in water

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 4198. DOI:10.1039/C3TA00050H

James Serginson is a guest web writer for the Journal of Materials Chemistry blog. He currently works at Imperial College London carrying out research into nanocomposites.

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Hot Articles for September!

04 Sep 2013

By Katie Bayliss, Development Editor.

Theranostic magnetic nanoparticles for efficient capture and in situ chemotherapy of circulating tumor cells
Ya Wang, Hui-Zhen Jia, Kai Han, Ren-Xi Zhuoa and Xian-Zheng Zhang

Carbon-sulfur composites for Li-S batteries: status and prospects
Da-Wei Wang, Qingcong Zeng, Guangmin Zhou, Lichang Yin, Feng Li, Hui-Ming Cheng, Ian R. Gentle and Gao Qing Max Lu

Engineering highly efficient Eu(III)-based tri-ureasil hybrids toward luminescent solar concentrators
Mariela M. Nolasco, Patrícia M. Vaz, Vânia T. Freitas, Patrícia P. Lima, Paulo. S. André, Rute A. S. Ferreira, Pedro D. Vaz, Paulo Ribeiro-Claroa and Luís D. Carlos

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Introducing Journal of Materials Chemistry A Deputy Editor-in-Chief Hiroshi Imahori

02 Sep 2013

By Katie Bayliss, Development Editor.

We are delighted to introduce the new Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Professor Hiroshi Imahori.

Professor Imahori completed his doctorate in organic chemistry at Kyoto University. From 1990-1992, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA. In 1992, he became an Assistant Professor at ISIR, Osaka University. In 1999, he moved to the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, as an Associate Professor. Since 2002, he has been a Professor of Chemistry at the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. Since 2007, he has also been a Principal Investigator at the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University. He has been awarded the Japanese Photochemistry Association Prize (2004), JSPS Prize (2006), CSJ Award for Creative Work (2006), Tokyo Techno Forum 21 Gold Medal Prize (2007), Osaka Science Prize (2007), and NISTEP Researcher Award (2007).

Hiroshi Imahori’s current interests involve artificial photosynthesis, molecular photovoltaics, organic functional materials, and drug delivery systems. To date, he has written more than 250 original papers, including:

Conjugated donor–acceptor (D–A) copolymers in inverted organic solar cells – a combined experimental and modelling study
Venla Manninen, Mika Niskanen, Terttu I. Hukka, Felix Pasker, Simon Claus, Sigurd Höger, Jinseok Baek, Tomokazu Umeyama, Hiroshi Imahori and Helge Lemmetyinen
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 7451-7462

Synthesis of low bandgap polymers based on thienoquinodimethane units and their applications in bulk heterojunction solar cells
Tomokazu Umeyama, Yusuke Watanabe, Masaaki Oodoi, Douvogianni Evgenia, Tetsuya Shishido and Hiroshi Imahori

J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 24394-24402

Tunable, strongly-donating perylene photosensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells
Simon Mathew and Hiroshi Imahori
J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 7166-7174

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the outgoing Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Professor Kazuhito Hashimoto, for his direction during the last year. Professor Hashimoto is stepping down as he has been appointed as an Executive Member of the Council for Science and Technology Policy for Japan. We would like to congratulate him on the role.

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Call for Papers: Themed Issue on Flexible Electronics

21 Aug 2013

By Katie Bayliss, Development Editor.

PLEASE NOTE THAT INVITATIONS TO THIS ISSUE HAVE NOW CLOSED

Journal of Materials Chemistry C is planning to produce a themed issue on Flexible Electronics in 2014. Please e-mail the Editorial Office at materialsC-rsc@rsc.org if you are interested in contributing an article. The Guest Editors for this issue are Guozhen Shen (Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China), Chongwu Zhou (University of Southern California, USA), Yoshio Bando (National Institute for Materials Science, Japan) and Lei Liao (Wuhan University, China).

This themed issue will cover all the aspects of the recent exciting progress in flexible electronics, including the synthesis, characterisation, and nanostructure of functional materials for flexible electronics applications including flexible displays, electronic textiles, sensory skins and active antennas. Our aim is to highlight the remarkable contributions made by the leading scientists in this important research area and the broad impact of flexible electronics.

PLEASE NOTE THAT INVITATIONS TO THIS ISSUE HAVE NOW CLOSED

Manuscripts can be submitted using the RSC’s online article submission service. Please clearly state that the manuscript is submitted in response to the call for papers for the themed issue on Flexible Electronics.

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Rising Stars and Young Nanoarchitects in Materials Science web collection published

20 Aug 2013

By Sam Keltie, Executive Editor.

All the articles in the collection have been made free to access for a short time!

We’re delighted to announce that the Rising Stars and Young Nanoarchitects in Materials Science web collection has now been published!

Guest Edited by Katsuhiko Ariga (MANA National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan) and Martin Pumera (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), the collection highlights the activities of rising stars in nanomaterials chemistry. All the articles in the collection have been made free to access for a short time. The collection can be found here.

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Could wasp venom peptide keep catheters sterile? Journal of Materials Chemistry B article in Chemistry World

14 Aug 2013

By Hannah Porter, Publishing Assistant.

Researchers in Singapore have shown a peptide in wasp venom could be used to stop bacteria colonising materials implanted in the body.

Our increasing reliance on implantable devices such as catheters and stents, combined with the rapid evolution of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria has created a challenge for the medical community.

Read the full article by Jess Cocker in Chemistry World

Immobilization of Polybia-MPI by allyl glycidyl ether based brush chemistry to generate novel antimicrobial surface
Anindya Basu, Biswajit Mishra and Susanna Su Jan Leong
J. Mater. Chem. B, 2013, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C3TB20805B

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Themed Issue on Porous Carbon Materials now published

12 Aug 2013

By Katie Bayliss, Development Editor.

Porous carbon materials are at the heart of many energy-related and environmental applications. This themed issue in Journal of Materials Chemistry A covers all aspects of the recent exciting progress in the field, including the synthesis, functionalization, nanostructure, characterization, and application of porous carbons.

Guest editors An-Hui Lu and Sheng Dai introduce the issue in their editorial. The full issue can be found here.

Below is a sample of the Papers, Communications, Highlights and Feature Articles that can be found in the porous carbon materials themed issue:

Feature Articles

Functionalization of porous carbons for catalytic applications
José Luís Figueiredo

Advanced porous carbon electrodes for electrochemical capacitors
Li Li Zhang, Yi Gu and X. S. Zhao

Highlights

Dynamic electrosorption analysis: a viable liquid-phase characterization method for porous carbon?
Chi Cheng, Junwu Zhu, Xiaowei Yang, Ling Qiu, Yufei Wang and Dan Li

Communications

Salt and sugar: direct synthesis of high surface area carbon materials at low temperatures via hydrothermal carbonization of glucose under hypersaline conditions
Nina Fechler, Stephanie-Angelika Wohlgemuth, Philipp Jäker and Markus Antonietti

Papers

Synthesis of hierarchical porous carbons for supercapacitors from coal tar pitch with nano-Fe2O3 as template and activation agent coupled with KOH activation
Xiaojun He, Nan Zhao, Jieshan Qiu, Nan Xiao, Moxin Yu, Chang Yu, Xiaoyong Zhang and Mingdong Zheng

Preparation of a freestanding, macroporous reduced graphene oxide film as an efficient and recyclable sorbent for oils and organic solvents
Seung Jae Yang, Jong Hun Kang, Haesol Jung, Taehoon Kim and Chong Rae Park

Magnetic hollow carbon nanospheres for removal of chromium ions
Lu-Hua Zhang, Qiang Sun, Dong-Hai Liu and An-Hui Lu

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Journal of Materials Chemistry Blog

Top 10 most-read Journal of Materials Chemistry A articles – Q3 2013

Beetle feet inspire drug delivery patches

BBC World Service Recording at ISACS12

Hot Article: Construction of high strength hollow fibers by self-assembly of a stiff polysaccharide with short branches in water

Hot Articles for September!

Introducing Journal of Materials Chemistry A Deputy Editor-in-Chief Hiroshi Imahori

Call for Papers: Themed Issue on Flexible Electronics

Rising Stars and Young Nanoarchitects in Materials Science web collection published

Could wasp venom peptide keep catheters sterile? Journal of Materials Chemistry B article in Chemistry World

Themed Issue on Porous Carbon Materials now published

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