Materials Chemistry Frontiers Blog

The latest MaterChemFront issue 9 is published online.

The front cover story, BODIPY@carbon dot nanocomposites for enhanced photodynamic activity is contributed by Ya Su, Siyu Lu, Pengli Gao, Min Zheng and Zhigang Xie. The inside cover features a story on Groove-assisted solution growth of lead bromide perovskite aligned nanowires: a simple method towards photoluminescent materials with guiding light properties by Isabelle Rodriguez, Roberto Fenollosa, Fernando Ramiro-Manzano, Rocío García-Aboal, Pedro Atienzar and Francisco J. Meseguer.

Following review type articles are included in current issue:

Phosphorescent and TADF polymers and dendrimers in solution-processed self-host organic light-emitting diodes: structure analysis and design perspectives
Samik Jhulki, Matthew W. Cooper, Stephen Barlow and Seth R. Marder
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 1699-1721
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00188C

Biomolecule-assisted synthesis and functionality of metal nanoclusters for biological sensing: a review
Baojuan Wang, Ming Zhao, Mujahid Mehdi, Guangfeng Wang, Peng Gao and Ke-Qin Zhang
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 1722-1735
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00165D

High-strength hydrogel-based bioinks
Fei Gao, Changshun Ruan and Wenguang Liu
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 1736-1746
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00373H

The latest MaterChemFront issue 8 is published online.

The front cover story, Fluorescent thermometer based on a quinolinemalononitrile copolymer with aggregation-induced emission characteristics is contributed by Jinfeng Yang, Kaizhi Gu, Chuanxing Shi, Meng Li, Ping Zhao and Wei-Hong Zhu. The inside cover features a story on Drastic photoluminescence modulation of an organic molecular crystal with high pressure by Junjie Guan, Chunfang Zhang, Dexiang Gao, Xingyu Tang, Xiao Dong, Xiaohuan Lin, Yajie Wang, Xinxin Wang, Lin Wang, Hyun Hwi Lee, Jialiang Xu, Haiyan Zheng, Kuo Li and Ho-kwang Mao.

Following review type article is included in current issue:

Fluorescent gels: a review of synthesis, properties, applications and challenges
Yuqiong Li, David James Young and Xian Jun Loh
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 1489-1502
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00127A