The latest MaterChemFront issue is published online 
Following review type articles are included in current issue:
Recent progress in interface engineering of organic thin film transistors with self-assembled monolayers
Danqing Liu and Qian Miao
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 11-21
Copper matrix nanocomposites based on carbon nanotubes or graphene
Dawid Janas and Barbara Liszka
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 22-35
We are proud to announce that Clarivate Analytics names 24 Board members of Frontiers journals as Highly Cited Researchers for 2017, ranking them among the top 1% most cited for their subject field and publication year. Congratulations!
Those recognized represent the Editorial Board and Advisory Board of Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Organic Chemistry Frontiers and the new journal Materials Chemistry Frontiers.
The board members are:
| Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers | Organic Chemistry Frontiers | Materials Chemistry Frontiers | |
| Editorial Board | Song Gao, Peking University, China
Jun Chen, Nankai University, China Yi Lu, University of Illinois, USA |
Guy Bertrand, University of California, San Diego, USA | Ben Zhong Tang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
Feihe Huang, Zhejiang University, China |
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Advisory Board |
Christopher J Chang, University of California, Berkeley, USA Yi Cui, Stanford University, USA Xile Hu, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland Mercouri Kanatzidis, Northwestern University, USA Yadong Li, Tsinghua University, China Wenbin Lin, University of Chicago, USA Yi Xie, University of Science and Technology of China, China Chunhua Yan, Peking University, China Hong-Cai Joe Zhou, Texas A&M University, USA |
Lutz Ackermann, Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen, Germany Matthias Beller, University of Rostock, Germany Frank Glorius, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany |
Guillermo C Bazan, UC Santa Barbara, USA Wenbin Lin, University of Chicago, USA Bin Liu, National University of Singapore, Singapore He Tian, East China University of Science and Technology, China Juyoung Yoon, Ewha Womans University, South Korea Hua Zhang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Xi Zhang, Tsinghua University, China |
Click here for the full listing from Clarivate Analytics.
The latest MaterChemFront issue is published online
Following review type articles are included in current issue:
Design and effective synthesis methods for high-performance polymer semiconductors in organic field-effect transistors
Longxian Shi, Yunlong Guo, Wenping Hu and Yunqi Liu
Mater. Chem. Front., 2017,1, 2423-2456
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00169J
Designing hybrid architectures for advanced thermoelectric materials
Yun Zheng, Yubo Luo, Chengfeng Du, Beibei Zhu, Qinghua Liang, Huey Hoon Hng, Kedar Hippalgaonkar, Jianwei Xu and Qingyu Yan
Mater. Chem. Front., 2017,1, 2457-2473
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00306D
Recent advances in AIEgen-based luminescent metal–organic frameworks and covalent organic frameworks
Li Ma, Xiao Feng, Shan Wang and Bo Wang
Mater. Chem. Front., 2017,1, 2474-2486
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00254H
Late transition metal catalyzed α-olefin polymerization and copolymerization with polar monomers
Lihua Guo, Wenjing Liu and Changle Chen
Mater. Chem. Front., 2017,1, 2487-2494
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00321H
Understanding and suppressing side reactions in Li–air batteries
Ying Liu, Liping Wang, Lujie Cao, Chaoqun Shang, Zhenyu Wang, Hongen Wang, Liqing He, Jingyi Yang, Hua Cheng, Jingze Li and Zhouguang Lu
Mater. Chem. Front., 2017,1, 2495-2510
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00353F
Materials Chemistry Frontiers is delighted to welcome Professor Huai Yang of Peking University to the Editorial Board of the journal!
Huai Yang, Tenured professor of Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, China, conferred Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Jilin University, China in 1989 and 1992 respectively, and Degree of Doctor of Engineering in Kyushu University, Japan in 2002. After working as a research fellow in Science and Technology Foundation, Japan and Japan Science and Technology Corporation, he joined in University of Science and Technology Beijing and Peking University in 2003 and 2010, respectively.
Huai Yang’s research interests focus on liquid crystal materials, polymer chemistry and physics, Large-scale processing techniques of liquid crystalline films. He has published more than 220 papers and applied more than 120 Chinese invention patents, 60 of which were authorized.
Check some of his recent publications
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A temperature and electric field-responsive flexible smart film with full broadband optical modulation Mater. Horiz., 2017, 4, 878-884 DOI: 10.1039/C7MH00224F |
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Broadband reflection in polymer stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal films with stepwise photo-polymerization Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 2353-2358 DOI: 10.1039/C6CP07066C |
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A Facile All-Solution-Processed Surface with High Water Contact Angle and High Water Adhesive Force ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9 (27), pp 23246–23254 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b07429 |
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Effects of the fluorinated liquid crystal molecules on the electro-optical properties of polymer dispersed liquid crystal films DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2017.1376715 |
Learn more about Professor Huai Yang, please visit his personal webpage.
Materials Chemistry Frontiers is pleased to be sponsoring the 14th International Conference on Organic Electronics – 2018 (ICOE-2018) to be held on June 18 – 22, 2018 in Bordeaux, France.
ICOE is an annual serie of conferences dedicated to the state-of-the-art research in organic electronics. The ICOE-2018, organized by Professor Guillaume Wantz, Associate Editor of Materials Chemistry Frontiers, will bring together the most excellent researchers from academy as well as industry to discuss fundamental aspects of organic semiconductors, demonstrate their vision of the road-map of organic electronics and to exchange ideas on future materials, technologies, and applications.
Important dates
Visit the conference homepage for more information.
The latest MaterChemFront issue is published online
Following review type articles are included in current issue:
Recent advances in metal–nitrogen–carbon catalysts for electrochemical water splitting
Kaihua Liu, Haixia Zhong, Fanlu Meng, Xinbo Zhang, Junmin Yan and Qing Jiang
Mater. Chem. Front., 2017,1, 2155-2173
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00119C
Molecular conformation and packing: their critical roles in the emission performance of mechanochromic fluorescence materials
Can Wang and Zhen Li
Mater. Chem. Front., 2017,1, 2174-2194
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00201G
Recent progress in the direct synthesis of hierarchical zeolites: synthetic strategies and characterization methods
Zhaohui Liu, Yingjie Hua, Jianjian Wang, Xinglong Dong, Qiwei Tian and Yu Han
Mater. Chem. Front., 2017,1, 2195-2212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00168A
Recent progress in conversion reaction metal oxide anodes for Li-ion batteries
Kangzhe Cao, Ting Jin, Li Yang and Lifang Jiao
Mater. Chem. Front., 2017,1, 2213-2242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QM00175D
Materials Chemistry Frontiers is pleased to be sponsoring the 2018 Asia-Pacific Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics Conference (AP-HOPV18) to be held in Kitakyushu, Japan from 28-30 January.
Building upon the successes of the previous conference, AP-HOPV18 will provide an excellent opportunity for scientists and engineers worldwide to exchange information and discussions on the latest developments in photovoltaics and topics to be discussed at the conference include:
The deadline for abstract (poster) submissions is 9 November 2017 and more information about AP-HOPV18 can be found here.
Materials Chemistry Frontiers and Organic Chemistry Frontiers are pleased to being sponsoring the 2nd From Carbon-Rich Molecules to Carbon-Based Materials Conference to be held in in Nassau, Bahamas from 07-10 June 2018.
This interdisciplinary conference will feature a number of plenary and invited talks from leading scientists. Major focus areas will range from newly designed methods of chemical synthesis, characterization, and structure determination of carbon-rich molecules and carbon-based materials to measurements of their functional properties and investigations into their potential practical applications.
The conference is co-organized by Professor Michael Haley, the Guest Editor of Organic Chemistry Frontiers themed collection Novel π-electron molecular scaffolds.
Materials Chemistry Frontiers Associate Editor Shu Seki and Natalia B. Shustova are also being invited to the conference as speakers.
Register early for reduced fee by 7th December 2017 at the conference website!
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Materials Chemistry Frontiers is pleased to be sponsoring the following conferences taking place in Rennes, France in 2018.
International Conference on Perovskite Thin Film Photovoltaics (ABXPV18)
27th – 28th Feb 2018
Themes:
International Conference on Perovskite Photonics and Optoelectronics (PEROPTO18)
1st Mar 2018
Themes:
Register early for reduced fee by 14th November at the conference website.
Deadlines for abstracts submission are 14th November 2017 (oral) and 15th January 2018 (poster). More information about ABXPV18 & PEROPTO18 are here.
The 4th Functional Polymeric Materials Conference will take place in Nassau, Bahamas from 05-08 June 2018.
The fourth FPM series will bring together leaders in polymers and polymeric materials from around the world to describe their most recent and cutting edge discoveries. The aim of the conference is to capture the multidisciplinary nature of polymer chemistry with topics spanning “basic synthesis and methodology” to “nanoscale and bioinspired materials”.
Important dates:
More information about the themes and speakers at this conference can be found here.
