We are delighted to announce an open call for papers to our new themed collection on Carbon nanomaterials for smart applications.

Carbon nanomaterials with interesting properties have become more easily accessible with rapid research progress in the field, leading to their increasingly widespread use for materials development and applications. This themed collection broadly focuses on carbon nanomaterials for smart applications including (but not limited to):

• Design and synthesis of carbon nanomaterials
• Assembly of carbon-based smart nanostructured materials
• Fabrication of carbon nanomaterials and polymer composites for smart textiles
• Graphene and CNT-based smart composites for energy harvesting and storage devices
• Smart carbon-based materials for biomedical sensors and drug release systems
• Carbon-based thermochromic and electrochromic hybrid materials
• Carbon-based smart materials and composites for water purification
• Carbon nanomaterials for smart thermal management
• Carbon nanomaterials for actuators (e.g., artificial muscles)

Submit before 31^st July 2024

If you are interested in contributing to this collection, please get in touch with the Editorial Office

Nanoscale Advances publishes quality research across the breadth of nanoscience and nanotechnology. It has an impact factor of 4.7 (Journal Citation Reports 2022, Clarivate Analytics).

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This themed collection is Guest Edited by:

Yeye Wen Beijing Institute of Technology, China ORCID: 0000-0001-6902-7234 Yeye Wen is currently an associate professor at Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology. She obtained her PhD from Tsinghua University in 2020 and then worked in Prof Jin Zhang’s group at Peking university and Beijing Graphene institute as a postdoctoral researcher from 2020-2022. Her research interests focus on controllable synthesis and assembly of carbon nanomaterials and functional porous materials for bioseparation and biosensing applications.

Zhenyuan Xia Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden ORCID: 0000-0003-2227-3598 Zhenyuan Xia is currently a Senior Researcher (Docent) at Chalmers University of Technology and ISOF-Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR). He obtained his PhD from East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) in 2010 and then worked in Dr Vincenzo Palermo’s group at ISOF-CNR (Italy) as a Marie-Curie postdoctoral researcher from 2011-2013. His research interests focus on electrochemical functionalization of graphene-related 2D materials for energy conversion and remediation of organic contaminants.

Muqiang Jian Beijing Graphene Institute, China ORCID: 0009-0006-5380-1962 Muqiang Jian, Associate Researcher in Beijing Graphene Institute (BGI). After graduating from Tsinghua University in 2018, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Peking University from 2018 to 2020. Then he joined BGI, with a research focus on the production and applications of nanocarbon material fibers, and has published more than 50 papers.

We are delighted to announce an open call for papers to our new themed collection focusing on recycling of polymer-based nanocomposites!

Guest Edited by Suryasarathi Bose (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India)

Submit before 1 October 2024.

If you are interested in contributing to this collection, please get in touch by email.

This collection aims to provide a comprehensive platform for the dissemination of cutting-edge research and advancements in the field of recycling polymer-based nanocomposites, with a focus on sustainable strategies and technological innovations. The scope of this collection encompasses, but is not limited to, the following key areas:

• Development of recycling processes for various types of polymeric nanocomposites.
• Life cycle assessment and environmental impact
• Comparative analyses of recycling methods in terms of environmental sustainability.
• Circular Economy approaches
• Strategies for closing the loop in polymer nanocomposite material life cycles.
• Market trends and opportunities in the recycled nanocomposite materials industry.
• Real-world applications and success stories of recycled nanocomposite materials.
• Challenges and future perspectives

The journal welcomes contributions from researchers, scientists, engineers, policymakers, and industry professionals working on various aspects of polymer-based nanocomposite recycling, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge exchange.

Please note that article processing charges apply to all articles submitted to Nanoscale Advances if, following peer-review, they are accepted for publication. Exceptions include researchers at Research4Life Group A and B countries, and those whose institutes have an existing deal that covers publication in our gold open access journals. Details of the APC and discounted rates can be found here.

Additional submission information

Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for the themed collection. The Editorial Office and Guest Editors reserve the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal’s usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online, and they will be published in a regular issue of Nanoscale Advances.