Materials Chemistry Frontiers Blog

The latest  MaterChemFront issue 9 is published online.

The front cover story, Thermo-responsive phase-transition polymer grafted magnetic FePt nanoparticles with tunable critical temperature for controlled drug release is contributed by Zhuo Kang, Yushan Peng, Lixin Zhou, Zhimin Li, Tianyu Wang, Zheng Zhang, Qingliang Liao, Jun Gao, Yongning Li and Yue Zhang. The inside cover features a story on Controlling the canonical/zwitterionic balance through intramolecular proton transfer: a strategy for vapochromism by Simon Pascal, Lucien Lavaud, Cloé Azarias, Gabriel Canard, Michel Giorgi, Denis Jacquemin and Olivier Siri.

Following review type articles are included in current issue:

Recent progress in the mechanofluorochromism of distyrylanthracene derivatives with aggregation-induced emission
Juan Zhao, Zhihe Chi, Zhiyong Yang, Zhu Mao, Yi Zhang, Eethamukkala Ubba and Zhenguo Chi
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 1595-1608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QM00130H

The latest  MaterChemFront issue 8 is published online.

The front cover story, Rational design of phosphonocarboxylate metal–organic frameworks for light hydrocarbon separations is contributed by Lan Li, Qi Yin, Hong-Fang Li, Tian-Fu Liu and Rong Cao. The inside cover features a story on Directionally assembled MoS2 with significantly expanded interlayer spacing: a superior anode material for high-rate lithium-ion batteries by Qilin Wei, Min-Rui Gao, Yan Li, Dongtang Zhang, Siyu Wu, Zonghai Chen and Yugang Suni.

Following review type articles are included in current issue:
Recent progress in Zn-based anodes for advanced lithium ion batteries
Lei Wang, Guanhua Zhang, Quanhui Liu and Huigao Duan
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 1414-1435
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QM00125A

The latest  MaterChemFront issue 7 is published online.

The front cover story, Defect electrocatalytic mechanism: concept, topological structure and perspective is contributed by Yi Jia, Jun Chen and Xiangdong Yao. The inside cover features a story on Seeking value from biomass materials: preparation of coffee bean shell-derived fluorescent carbon dots via molecular aggregation for antioxidation and bioimaging applications by Xinyue Zhang, Hui Wang, Chunhui Ma, Na Niu, Zhijun Chen, Shouxin Liu, Jian Li and Shujun Li.

The latest  MaterChemFront issue 6 is published online.

The front cover story, Dynamic molecular assemblies toward a new frontier in materials chemistry is contributed by T. Akutagawa. The inside cover features a story on Generating a three-dimensional non-fullerene electron acceptor by combining inexpensive spiro[fluorene-9,90-xanthene] and cyanopyridone functionalities by Gajanan Kadam, Anuradha, Anubha Agarwal, Avinash Puyad, Duong Duc La, Richard A. Evans, Jingliang Li, Akhil Gupta and Sheshanath V. Bhosale.

Following review type articles are included in current issue:
Dynamic molecular assemblies toward a new frontier in materials chemistry
T. Akutagawa
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 1064-1073

Colloidal Au–Cu alloy nanoparticles: synthesis, optical properties and applicationsThe renaissance of nitric oxide: from improvement of stability to enhancement of endocytosis
Sravan Thota, Yongchen Wang and Jing Zhao
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 1074-1089

The latest  MaterChemFront issue is published online.

The front cover story, Integration of aligned polymer nanofibers within a microfluidic chip for efficient capture and rapid release of circulating tumor cells is contributed by Yunchao Xiao, Mengyuan Wang, Lizhou Lin, Lianfang Du, Mingwu Shen and Xiangyang Shi. The inside cover features a story on Ultra-efficient and stable electro-optic dendrimers containing supramolecular homodimers of semifluorinated dipolar aromatics by Jieyun Wu, Bo Wu, Wen Wang, Kin Seng Chiang, Alex. K.-Y. Jen and Jingdong Luo.

Following review type articles are included in current issue:

The renaissance of nitric oxide: from improvement of stability to enhancement of endocytosis
Fan Jia, Yongyan Deng and Jian Ji
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 830-834

Application of ordered nanoparticle self-assemblies in surface-enhanced spectroscopy
Jiaming Chen, Longhua Guo, Bin Qiu, Zhenyu Lin and Tie Wang
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 835-860

Recent advances in mechano-responsive luminescence of tetraphenylethylene derivatives with aggregation-induced emission properties
Zhiyong Yang, Zhihe Chi, Zhu Mao, Yi Zhang, Siwei Liu, Juan Zhao, Matthew P. Aldred and Zhenguo Chi
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 861-890