Horizons Community Board collection: Optical and Photonic Materials

18 Nov 2021

Optical and Photonic Materials

A new online article collection guest edited by members of the Horizons Community Boards

The Community Boards that support Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons provide a platform for early career researchers to share their experiences and ideas on scientific publishing. Working together and sharing their unique expertise, our Community Board members have recommended several key topics where significant, rapid progress has been made in the last two years. Today we are delighted to share their selected top articles published in the Horizons journals showcasing the most important advances in optical and photonic materials and devices.

This collection is guest edited by Xiaolu Zhuo (CIC biomaGUNE, Spain), Li Na Quan (Virginia Tech, USA), and Qingchen Dong (Shanghai University, China). To get to know our guest editors, check out their Editorial article introducing this collection.

Read the collection

Read the introductory editorial

We hope you enjoy reading this collection.

With best wishes,

Dr Michaela Muehlberg

Executive Editor, Materials Horizons

Dr Heather Montgomery

Managing Editor, Nanoscale Horizons

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Horizons Community Board collection: Solar Energy Conversion

20 Oct 2021

By Edward Gardner, Development Editor.

Solar Energy Conversion

A new online article collection guest edited by members of the Horizons Community Boards

This collection is guest edited by Rebecca Gieseking (Brandeis University, USA), Alexandra Ramadan (University of Oxford, UK), and Jungki Ryu (UNIST, Republic of Korea). To get to know our guest editors, check out their Editorial article introducing this collection.

Read the collection

Read the introductory editorial

We hope you enjoy reading this collection.

With best wishes,

Dr Michaela Mühlberg

Executive Editor, Materials Horizons

Dr Heather Montgomery

Managing Editor, Nanoscale Horizons

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Welcome to our new Scientific Editor David Scanlon

08 Sep 2021

By Jane Chan, Editorial Assistant.

We are delighted to welcome our new Materials Horizons Scientific Editor to the journal’s Editorial Board: David Scanlon of University College London, UK (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9174-8601)

“I am very much looking forward to supporting the computational materials science community and the wider materials science community as a Scientific Editor for Materials Horizons. Computational research is now a vital partner for experimental research as we search for the next generation of advanced materials, and I am excited to see the best and brightest new ideas being submitted to Materials Horizons.”

David Scanlon is Chair of Computational Materials Design at the Department of Chemistry, University College London, where he leads the Scanlon Materials Theory Group (SMTG). David gained his BA.(Mod) Computational Chemistry in 2006 and PhD in Chemistry in 2011 from Trinity College Dublin, where he carried out his research under the supervision of Professor Graeme W Watson. In 2011 he moved to the UK to University College London (UCL) to take up a Ramsay Fellowship in the Department of Chemistry, hosted by Professor Sir Richard Catlow, FRS. In September of 2013 he was appointed to a Lectureship in the Department of Chemistry at UCL, a joint appointment with Diamond Light Source, and was promoted to Reader in 2016 and Professor in 2018. He is an ERC Starting grant holder (2018-2023), and was awarded the the Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize in 2015 and the Materials Chemistry Division Early Career Award in 2021 from the RSC. His group’s work is at the forefront of the global effort to explore new materials based on computations and to advance the capacity of first principles calculations to predict materials properties. The group is currently working on new materials for Li- ion batteries, understanding novel materials for photovoltaics and photocatalysis, and optimising materials for thin film displays. The group regularly publishes with experimental groups working in complementary areas of materials science from around the globe.

Read some of David’s recent Articles:

Latest directions in p-type transparent conductor design
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, Advance Article

Ca₄Sb₂O and Ca₄Bi₂O: two promising mixed-anion thermoelectrics

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, Advance Article

Hidden spontaneous polarisation in the chalcohalide photovoltaic absorber Sn₂SbS₂I₃

Mater. Horiz., 2021, Advance Article

Submit your best work to David and our team of Scientific Editors now! Check out our author guidelines for information on our article types or find out more about the advantages of publishing in a Royal Society of Chemistry journal.

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Welcome to our new Editorial Board Chair, Martina Stenzel

12 Aug 2021

By Jane Chan, Editorial Assistant.

Please join us in welcoming our new Editorial Board Chair to Materials Horizons: Professor Martina Stenzel of the University of New South Wales, Australia (ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6433-4419).

“I have been with Materials Horizons since the beginning of the journal, and I always liked how the journal tried to involve researchers at various stages of their career. For me it is important to be inclusive and have a journal that represents all researchers and is respectful of their opinion. As Editorial Board Chair I would like to see that Material Horizons reflects the changes in science and the society.”

Read Martina’s editorial

Martina Stenzel studied chemistry at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, before completing her PhD in 1999 at the Institute of Applied Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Germany. She then started working as a postdoctoral Fellow at the UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia, before being appointed as lecture in 2002 at the same University. In 2012 she was promoted to full Professor and is now UNSW Scientia Professor and ARC (Australian Research Council) Laureate Fellow. In 2018 she was elected as Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. Her research interest is focused on the synthesis of functional polymers nanoparticles and their use as drug delivery carriers. Martina has been a Scientific Editor on the Materials Horizons Editorial Board since June 2014.

Read her recent articles:

3D bioprinting of dual-crosslinked nanocellulose hydrogels for tissue engineering applications

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2021, Advance Article

Surface modified cellulose nanomaterials: a source of non-spherical nanoparticles for drug delivery

Mater. Horiz., 2020, 7, 1727-1758

3D printed nanocomposites using polymer grafted graphene oxide prepared by multicomponent Passerini reaction

Polym. Chem., 2020,11, 7253-7263

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our previous Editorial Board Chair, Seth Marder, for eight years of service on Materials Horizons since its launch. He looks back on the first eight years of the journal:

“We set out some guiding principles for the creation of Materials Horizons and some distinguishing characteristics that we felt were important. Very specifically, Materials Horizons had the goal of providing the community with a multidisciplinary society-based journal that focuses broadly on the area of materials. I believe that we are, in our own small way, helping to invest in the future of our discipline and benefit from the valuable input. I am very grateful to have been given the opportunity to contribute to these activities.”

Read Seth’s editorial

I hope you will join us in welcoming Martina and thanking Seth for his past contribution.

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Materials Horizons Outstanding Paper Award 2020

26 Jul 2021

By Alexander Whiteside.

Celebrating the exceptional work published in Materials Horizons

Our annual Outstanding Paper Award celebrates some of the exceptional work published in Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons, and the authors behind those articles. The winners were chosen by the Editorial and Advisory Boards based on the science presented and the work’s potential future impact, from papers published in 2020.

Read the Editorial about our winning papers and authors

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the 2020 Outstanding Paper Award and we hope that you enjoy reading their outstanding articles as much as we did.

Materials Horizons Outstanding Article 2020
An ambient-stable and stretchable ionic skin with multimodal sensation Binbin Ying, Qiyang Wu, Jianyu Li and Xinyu Liu *Mater. Horiz*., 2020, 7, 477–488
Materials Horizons Outstanding Article runner-up 2020
Stretchable, self-healing and tissue-adhesive zwitterionic hydrogels as strain sensors for wireless monitoring of organ motions Xinjie Pei, Hua Zhang, Yang Zhou, Linjie Zhou and Jun Fu *Mater. Horiz*., 2020, 7, 1872–1882
Materials Horizons Outstanding Review 2020
Evolution of self-healing elastomers, from extrinsic to combined intrinsic mechanisms: a review Saul Utrera-Barrios, Raquel Verdejo, Miguel A. López-Manchado and Marianella Hernández Santana *Mater. Horiz*., 2020, 7, 2882–2902

Read more about the prize winners and their research in our Editorial. Our sister journal Nanoscale Horizons has also announced its Outstanding Paper Award winners. You can read all of the Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons 2020 Outstanding Papers in our joint themed online collection:

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With kind regards,

Dr Michaela Mühlberg
Executive Editor, Materials Horizons

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RSC Desktop Seminar series – Hosted by Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons

13 Nov 2020

By Lynn Murphy, Deputy Editor.

Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons are pleased to announce a free Webinar series featuring scientific talks from Editorial and Community Board Members on a range of topics.

RSC Desktop Seminars are an ongoing initiative from the Royal Society of Chemistry to bring cutting-edge research directly to you! Now, more than ever, there is a crucial need for sharing research, and each seminar in this series will feature presentations from Editorial and Community Board members of Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons.

Each 90 to 120-min webinar will feature scientific talks as well as dedicated time for questions & answers. The schedule for the series will be as follows:

Wednesday, 25 November 2020 (7am GMT; 15:00 CST; 16:00 JST)

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“Machine learning accelerated design of new functional material” – Professor Jinlan Wang (Southeast University, China)

Thursday, 3 December 2020 (08:00 GMT; 13:30 IST; 19:00 AEDT)

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“Soft Gold Elastronics for Connected Healthcare” – Professor Wenlong Cheng (Monash University, Australia)

“Smart Sensors for Environmental Monitoring and Healthcare” – Professor Ritu Gupta (IIT Jodhpur, India)

Thursday, 10 December 2020 (07:00 GMT; 15:00 CST; 17:00 AEST; 18:00 AEDT)

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“The interaction between micelles and cells: Small changes in the nanoparticle shells have big impacts” – Professor Martina Stenzel (University of New South Wales, Australia)

“Emerging trends in oral drug delivery using stimuli responsive nanomedicine” – Dr Amirali Popat (The University of Queensland, Australia)

Thursday, 17 December 2020 (08:00 GMT; 16:00 CST; 17:00 JST)

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“Sub-1nm Ultrathin Nanocrystals” – Professor Xun Wang (Tsinghua University, China)

“Metal-Organic Frameworks for Polymer Recognition and Separation” – Dr Nobuhiko Hosono (University of Tokyo, Japan)

“Stability of Photocatalysts” – Dr Mengye Wang (Sun Yat-Sen University, China)

We hope you will be able to join us for some of the events in this Desktop Seminar Series.

Best wishes,

Dr Michaela Mühlberg
Executive Editor, Materials Horizons
Dr Charlotte Marshall
Managing Editor, Nanoscale Horizons

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Outstanding Reviewers for Materials Horizons in 2019

15 Apr 2020

By Michaela Mühlberg.

Outstanding Reviewers for Materials Horizons in 2019

We would like to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Materials Horizons in 2019, as selected by the editorial team, for their significant contribution to the journal. The reviewers have been chosen based on the number, timeliness and quality of the reports completed over the last 12 months.

We would like to say a big thank you to those individuals listed here as well as to all of the reviewers that have supported the journal. Each Outstanding Reviewer will receive a certificate to give recognition for their significant contribution.

Name	Institution	Orcid ID
Dr Ben Almquist	Imperial College London	0000-0001-9718-777X
Dr Chun Chao Chen	Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Prof. Jonas Croissant	University of New Mexico	0000-0003-0489-9829
Dr Albertus Handoko	Agency for Science Technology and Research	0000-0002-5157-8633
Dr Gregor Kieslich	Technische Universitat Munchen
Dr Xiao-Ke Liu	Linkopings universitet	0000-0001-5661-8174
Dr Maheswaran Shanmugam	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Dr Linqi Shi	Nankai University	0000-0002-9534-795X
Dr Wei Tao	Harvard Medical School	0000-0002-4277-3728
Dr Kai Yu	University of Colorado Denver – Anschutz Medical Campus	0000-0001-9067-1673

We would also like to thank the Materials Horizons board and the materials chemistry community for their continued support of the journal, as authors, reviewers and readers.

If you would like to become a reviewer for our journal, just email us with details of your research interests and an up-to-date CV or résumé. You can find more details in our author and reviewer resource centre

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Materials Horizons & Nanoscale Horizons Community Boards

18 Nov 2019

By Lynn Murphy, Deputy Editor.

Call for Nominations

General information

The purpose of the Community Board for both Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons is to provide a channel for communication between the materials and nanoscience student and early career researcher community and the journals’ Executive Editor and Editorial Boards, and also to facilitate student and postdoctoral (or equivalent) engagement with Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons. We are looking for engaged and interested early career researchers who will see this as an opportunity to assist in the development of an innovative journal, from a learned society publisher, in rapidly expanding areas of science. We are inviting nominations for both journals at this time, please do feel free to state a preference of journal in your nomination, however this is not mandatory and each nomination will be assessed for suitability for both Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons Community Boards.

Guidelines for Nominators

We are inviting nominations for both journals at this time, please do feel free to state a preference of journal in your nomination, however this is not mandatory and each nomination will be assessed for suitability for both Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons Community Boards.

Any Principle Investigator can nominate someone for the Community Board of either Materials Horizons or Nanoscale Horizons. Candidates must not nominate themselves.
Nominations are open to PhD candidates and active researchers who received their PhD (or equivalent degree, if applicable) no more than eight years prior to 1 November 2019. Appropriate consideration will be given to candidates from all research backgrounds (academic or industrial) and to those who have taken a career break or followed a different study path.

To make a nomination please provide the information outlined below to materialshorizons-rsc@rsc.org.

The nominator’s name, affiliation, position and contact details
The candidate’s name, affiliation, research group, position and contact details
A supporting statement from the nominator (no more than 750 words) addressing the selection criteria (see below)
A short personal statement from the candidate describing what they will bring to the role in terms of advising and being an advocate for the journal. This must be no longer than 250 words.
An up-to-date CV for the candidate, including publication history (if any)

Selection criteria for Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons Community Boards

The Executive Editor and members of the Editorial Boards will consider the following aspects of all nominations for the Community Boards as appropriate:

Impact of research
Quality of publications and/or patents and/or software
Profile within institute and/or community
Service to the community

Materials and Nanoscale Horizons Community Board_FAQs

The deadline for submission of nominations is 27th January, 2020.

For more information about the journal and for a list of current Community Board members, please visit the journal webpage at: rsc.li/materials-horizons

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11th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies [LANE 2020] calls for papers

28 Oct 2019

By Jane Chan, Editorial Assistant.

You have gained interesting research results in the field of laser material processing and want to discuss them with experts from all over the world? If so, submit an abstract for the 11^th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies [LANE 2020] until January 24, 2020.

Especially recent developments in the field of

Laser Material Processing

Beam sources & components
Laser beam welding, brazing & soldering
Laser beam cutting & drilling
Surface treatment & forming
Laser assisted processes

including

Experimental results
Simulation & modeling
Sensing & control
Laser safety

and the Emerging Technologies

Additive Manufacturing
Precision processing with ultrashort laser pulses
Fast laser beam manipulation
Laser material processing in the visible wavelength range
E-Mobility/Batteries

are of interest.

In order to give a detailed overview, LANE aims not only at scientific contributions, but integrates the industrial perspective and their relevance for application, as well. It takes place from September 06-10, 2020 in Fürth, Germany. Visit the conference website for more information: https://www.lane-conference.org

Materials Horizons is delighted to support the conference with two prizes for the best talks.

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Materials Horizons Outstanding Paper Awards 2018

11 Sep 2019

By Jane Chan, Editorial Assistant.

Outstanding paper – Materials Horizons

Bioinspired hierarchical composite design using machine learning: simulation, additive manufacturing, and experiment

Grace X. Gu, Chun-Teh Chen, Deon J. Richmond and Markus J. Buehler, Mater. Horiz., 2018, 5, 939–945, DOI: 10.1039/CiMH00653A

In this outstanding paper, the authors propose an innovative approach to design hierarchical materials using machine learning trained with a database of hundreds of thousands of structures from finite element analysis, together with a self-learning algorithm for discovering high-performing materials where inferior designs are phased out for superior candidates. They say that their new approach can aid in the discovery and fabrication of new material designs with an orders of magnitude increase in computational eﬃcacy over conventional methods.

Runner-up – Materials Horizons

Unidirectional water delivery on a superhydrophilic surface with two-dimensional asymmetrical wettability barriers

Hui Geng, Haoyu Bai, Yangyang Fan, Shaoyu Wang, Teer Ba, Cunming Yu, Moyuan Cao and Lei Jiang, Mater. Horiz., 2018, 5, 303–308, DOI: 10.1039/C7MH01138E

In this outstanding paper, the authors demonstrate unidirectional liquid transport by incorporating asymmetric 2D water barriers into a flat superhydrophilic surface. Their method simplifies the design and fabrication of functional interface materials, enabling manipulation of fluid delivery on 2D patterned surfaces.

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Horizons Community Board collection: Optical and Photonic Materials

Optical and Photonic Materials

A new online article collection guest edited by members of the Horizons Community Boards

Read the collection

Read the introductory editorial

Horizons Community Board collection: Solar Energy Conversion

Solar Energy Conversion

A new online article collection guest edited by members of the Horizons Community Boards

Read the collection

Read the introductory editorial

Welcome to our new Scientific Editor David Scanlon

Welcome to our new Editorial Board Chair, Martina Stenzel

Materials Horizons Outstanding Paper Award 2020

Celebrating the exceptional work published in Materials Horizons

Read the Editorial about our winning papers and authors

Materials Horizons Outstanding Article 2020

Materials Horizons Outstanding Article runner-up 2020

Materials Horizons Outstanding Review 2020

Read the collection

RSC Desktop Seminar series – Hosted by Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons

Wednesday, 25 November 2020 (7am GMT; 15:00 CST; 16:00 JST)

Thursday, 3 December 2020 (08:00 GMT; 13:30 IST; 19:00 AEDT)

Thursday, 10 December 2020 (07:00 GMT; 15:00 CST; 17:00 AEST; 18:00 AEDT)

Thursday, 17 December 2020 (08:00 GMT; 16:00 CST; 17:00 JST)

Outstanding Reviewers for Materials Horizons in 2019

Materials Horizons & Nanoscale Horizons Community Boards

11th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies [LANE 2020] calls for papers

Materials Horizons Outstanding Paper Awards 2018

Outstanding paper – Materials Horizons

Runner-up – Materials Horizons

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