Materials Chemistry Frontiers Blog

The latest MaterChemFront issue 10 is published online.

The front cover story, One-step preparation of multifunctional alginate microspheres loaded with in situ-formed gold nanostars as a photothermal agent is contributed by Fangli Hou, Yanhong Zhu, Qian Zou, Chun Zhang, Hong Wang, Yonggui Liao, Qin Wang, Xiangliang Yang and Yajiang Yang. The inside cover features a story on New-fangled sources of cellulose extraction: comparative study of the effectiveness of Cissus latifolia and Ficus benghalensis cellulose as a filler by Arunima Reghunadhan, Nayana G. Sivan, Shibina S. K., Siji K. Mary, Rekha Rose Koshy, Janusz Datta and Sabu Thomas.

Following review type articles are included in current issue:

Design strategies of n-type conjugated polymers for organic thin-film transistors
Ying Sui, Yunfeng Deng, Tian Du, Yibo Shi and Yanhou Geng
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 1932-1951
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00382G

The synthesis of composite powder precursors via chemical processes for the sintering of oxide dispersion-strengthened alloys
Zhi Dong, Weiqiang Hu, Zongqing Ma, Chong Li and Yongchang Liu
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 1952-1972
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00422J

Stimuli-responsive nanocarriers constructed from pillar[n]arene-based supra-amphiphiles
Tangxin Xiao, Lijie Qi, Weiwei Zhong, Chen Lin, Ruibing Wang and Leyong Wang
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 1973-1993
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00428A

Multimicelle aggregate mechanism for spherical multimolecular micelles: from theories, characteristics and properties to applications
Meiwei Qi and Yongfeng Zhou
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 1994-2009
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00442D

Selenium-containing supra-amphiphiles
Wei Cao and Huaping Xu
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 2010-2017
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00419J