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We are pleased to open submissions to this themed collection on Extracellular Vesicles running across Nanoscale and Journal of Materials Chemistry B.

This themed collection is guest edited by Dr Marley Dewey (University of California Santa Barbara, United States), Professor Chao Wang (Soochow University, China) and Professor Cristiana Boi (University of Bologna, Italy).

Extracellular vesicles are naturally occurring lipid-bound nanoparticles secreted by cells across kingdoms for cell-cell communication. These vesicles are critical for many biological processes, including disease, wound repair, cancer, and infection, among others. To understand and apply extracellular vesicles for biological applications, this involves the synergy of multiple fields, including chemistry, materials, biology, and nanoscience. This themed collection combines research from Journal of Materials Chemistry B and Nanoscale, representing the cross-disciplinary nature of extracellular vesicle research. This collection aims to publish high-impact articles on extracellular vesicles, with a focus on the connections between materials chemistry and these nanoscale particles. Articles of interest include materials innovations containing extracellular vesicles, how material and chemical modifications could better isolate or alter extracellular vesicle production and application, among others. We hope this collection offers new technologies, knowledge, and inspiration for researchers, clinicians, industry, and more to improve both our understanding of extracellular vesicle biology and the application of these for improving human lives.

Submit by 30^th September 2026

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Submit to Nanoscale

Submit to Journal of Materials Chemistry B

We encourage submissions of primary research articles, and these should fit within the scope of Nanoscale or Journal of Materials Chemistry B. We invite authors to select the journal that best suits their submission.

We sincerely hope that you will be able to accept our invitation to this themed collection and we look forward to hearing from you in the very near future.

We are pleased to open submissions to a themed collection on Nanoelectronics. This collection will be published in the Royal Society of Chemistry Journal Nanoscale and we invite you to submit some of your latest quality work to be featured in this special collection. 

On behalf of Guest Editors Professor Talip Serkan Kasirga (Bilkent UNAM, Turkey, and Middle East Technical University, Turkey) and Professor Hilmi Volkan Demir (Bilkent University, Turkey, and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), we invite submissions of original research articles that explore nanoelectronics. This collection on nanoelectronics aims to showcase the latest breakthroughs in the design, fabrication, and application of nanoscale electronic components. As traditional silicon-based scaling approaches their physical limits, this collection focuses on the materials and architectures that will define the next generation of information technology.  

The scope of this collection includes, but is not limited to, the following areas of research: 

• Low-Dimensional Materials: Electronic transport and device integration of 2D materials (TMDCs, graphene, h-BN), 1D nanowires/nanotubes, and 0D quantum dots; colloidal electronics. 

• Beyond-CMOS Architectures: Innovations in neuromorphic computing, memristive systems, and steep-slope transistors (e.g., TFETs and NC-FETS). 

• Quantum Electronics: Solid-state qubits, topological insulators, and superconducting circuits for quantum information processing. 

• Spin-Based Electronics (Spintronics): Pure spin currents, magnetic tunnel junctions, and skyrmion-based logic. 

• Molecular and Organic Electronics: Charge transport through single molecules and the development of flexible, printed nanoscale circuits. 
• Nanoscale Interconnects & Thermal Management: Addressing Joule heating and signal delay through carbon-based or plasmonic interconnects.

Submit by 30th September 2026

Find out more about this open call

Submit an article

We encourage submissions of primary research articles, and these should fit within the scope of Nanoscale. Please inform the Editorial Office at nanoscale-rsc@rsc.org as soon as possible if you plan to submit to the themed collection.  

Please see the journal webpage for more information on the journal’s scopes, standards and author guidelines.  Manuscripts should be submitted via the Royal Society of Chemistry’s online submission service available here: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/nr. Please ensure that during the submission process you indicate that this is an open call submission for a themed collection.  

Nanoscale is a hybrid journal, meaning you can choose to publish your work open access or you can choose to publish your work for subscription-only audiences. 

Publishing open access with RSC journals unlocks the full potential of your research – bringing increased visibility, wider readership and higher citation potential to your work. As a not-for-profit organisation serving the chemical sciences community, we ensure that our article processing charge (APC) remains the most competitive of major publishers. More details can be found here and the APC for Nanoscale is £3,100 (+ any applicable tax). You can also use our journal finder tool to check if your institution currently has an agreement with the RSC that may entitle you to a discount of the APC.  

Please note that all submissions, regardless of invitation status, are subject to rigorous assessment by our Editors before being sent for peer review if appropriate. Manuscripts must meet the journal requirements and as such we cannot guarantee peer review or acceptance.  

In some cases, the Associate Editors may offer authors a transfer to our companion journal Nanoscale Advances and any transferred articles will still be included in the online collection. Nanoscale Advances is a Gold Open Access and article processing charges will apply unless you are eligible for a waiver or your institute has an open access agreement with the RSC. More details can be found here. 

We sincerely hope that you will be able to accept our invitation to this themed collection and we look forward to hearing from you in the very near future.