A material that combines oxidative energy storage with a visible light driven photocatalyst has been developed by Japanese scientists. The team led by Tetsu Tatsuma at the University of Tokyo, Japan, used photocatalysts based on TiO2 or WO3 and combined them with Ni(OH)2 to provide oxidative energy storage.
Read the full article here: Fei Yang, Yukina Takahashi, Nobuyuki Sakai and Tetsu Tatsuma, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, DOI:10.1039/C0JM03434G (Advance Article)
Dopamine sensors made from layered double hydroxide nanosheets and cobalt phthalocyanines have been created by a team of Chinese scientists. The team behind the research claim that the modified electrode exhibits a low detection limit, fast response and excellent long-term stability for the determination of dopamine. Interested to know more? Why not read the full article.
Do you know someone who has made an exceptional contribution in the field of materials chemistry, helped to develop new materials with industry or pioneered new techniques for the benefit of materials research? The RSC Prizes and Awards recognise achievements by individuals, teams and organisations. There are over 60 Prizes and Awards available, covering all areas of the chemical sciences. Nomination is quick and easy using our online system and you can nominate yourself or a colleague. The closing date for nominations is 31 January 2011 so please don’t wait click on the link and find out more.
Materials made from Ti-incorporated into mesoporous silica have been synthesized using a one pot method by a team of scientists from Taiwan and Japan. The team studied that structure and properties of these materials as epoxidation catalysts. Fancy knowing more? Click on the link below to read the full article for free.
I would like to introduce myself as the new Editor of Journal of Materials Chemistry. In my previous role as Deputy Editor of this journal, I have had the opportunity to meet many researchers in the field and I look forward to meeting more of the community at various conferences this year. I am also the Editor of Soft Matter and Managing Editor of Polymer Chemistry.
Dr Liz Davies
Professor Seth Marder
Seth and I are both anticipating an exciting time ahead for Journal of Materials Chemistry. Seth says “I am delighted to be working more closely with the editorial team of Journal of Materials Chemistry in my capacity as Chairman of the Editorial Board. As Chairman of the Editorial Board, my goals are to continue to improve an already excellent journal by a variety of approaches including defining some very clear standards to streamline and standardize the review process and attempting to increase the number of Communications of particularly new and exciting work.”
I would like to say thank you to both of our predecessors, Dr Jamie Humphrey and Professor George Malliaras. Let me know if you have any queries or comments about Journal of Materials Chemistry – it would be great to hear from you!
Finally, I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year!
Journal of Materials Chemistry is publishing a themed issue in celebration of the 70th birthday of Professor Fred Wudl later this year; however as there’s a symposium in honor of Fred Wudl’s 70th birthday starting on the 7th January I thought I’d give you a sneak preview of the articles.
We would like to wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy New Year! The Editorial office will be closed from 24th December 2010 and will re-open on January 4th 2011.
We’re looking forward to 2011, which will see some great themed issues, the 2011 Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship and much more! Don’t miss out – sign up to our blog’s RSS feed!
from the Journal of Materials Chemistry Editorial team
Call for Nominations!
I am pleased to announce that the 2011 Journal of Materials Chemistry Lectureship is open for nominations. This annual lectureship honours a scientist who has made a significant contribution to the field of materials chemistry.
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 lectureship will be asked to present a lecture three times, one of which will be located in the home country of the recipient. The Journal of Materials Chemistry Editorial Office will provide the sum of £1000 to the recipient for travel and accommodation costs. The lectureship recipient will be presented with the lectureship certificate at one of the three lectures. They 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 Editorial Board.
The 2010 lectureship was won by Dan Luo, Cornell University, USA.
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 February 2011. Self nomination is not permitted.
This ‘Hot’ paper describes the development of a novel click chemistry approach for the modular construction of tuneable multichromophoric light emitters. To make these iridium complexes, one, two or three triazole–pyridine units were effectively built into the heteroaromatic macromolecule using versatile acetylene- and azide-functionalised precursors.
The approach described by the team from the Netherlands is of interest for the design and construction of various light-emitting materials by covalent linking of different chromophores, including versatile tuning of the material properties, using ‘click’ chemistry. One example of such an application was demonstrated; two iridium centres showing ‘yellow’ emission and one fluorene unit showing ‘blue’ emission were combined via the covalent linkage to provide a white-light emitter.
Interested in knowing more? Read for free until January 18th.
Triazole–pyridine ligands: a novel approach to chromophoric iridium arrays
Michal Juríček, Marco Felici, Pablo Contreras-Carballada, Ján Lauko, Sandra Rodríguez Bou, Paul H. J. Kouwer, Albert M. Brouwer and Alan E. Rowan
J. Mater. Chem., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03117H, Paper
