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Materials Chemistry Frontiers board members participated in a panel discussion at the Northwestern University

10 Dec 2019

On 6^th Dec 2019, six Materials Chemistry Frontiers board members participated in a panel discussion of “Being Bold in STEM” at the Northwestern University. The panel was organized and moderated by Northwestern students. Three female scientists were featured and the other male scientists actively participated.

Panelist		Participants
	Yu Huang University of California, Los Angeles, USA		Jiaxing Huang Northwestern University, USA
	Emilie Ringe University of Cambridge, UK		Kazuo Tanaka Kyoto University, Japan
	Marina A. Petrukhina University at Albany, New York, USA		Guillaume Wantz University of Bordeaux, France

Topics and Questions:

We often receive the message that it’s in our career interests to not “rock the boat” and speak out against the norms or status quo of our community. Do you agree with this, and to what extent?
Please share some examples in which you have used your voice to speak out against something that you disagreed with. Could be challenging a scientific concept or shutting down discrimination, etc.
Was there ever a time when “being bold” backfired for you? What did you learn from the situation?
How have you navigated pivots or new directions in your career?
How have you remained bold in the face of rejection?

Attendees:

Students and postdocs of Northwestern University

In the panel, the scientists addressed questions and shared how they had learned to be bold scientists, educators, and working professionals. Some suggested for students were, finding out what they were good at and building on that, being bold to talk to their professors, talking to the top players in the field when there was a chance and reaching out to more people. They also shared their own stories about being bold and confident. This Panel offered a great opportunity for students to interact with scientists and seek for advice on future development.

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Congratulations to our highly cited board members!

26 Nov 2019

By liuj.

We are proud to announce that 15 of Materials Chemistry Frontiers Board members are recognized in Clarivate Analytics list of Highly Cited Researchers for 2019, ranking them among the top 1% most cited for their subject field and publication year.

The board members are:

Editorial Board

Ben Zhong Tang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
Feihe Huang, Zhejiang University, China
Yu Huang, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Dan Wang, Institute of Process Engineering, CAS, China

Advisory Board

Guillermo C Bazan, UC Santa Barbara, USA
Xinliang Feng, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Jiaxing Huang, Northwestern University
Bin Liu, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Thuc Quyen Nguyen, University of California,Santa Barbara, USA
Juyoung Yoon, Ewha Womans University, South Korea
Hua Zhang, City University of Hong Kong, China
Qichun Zhang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Tierui Zhang, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, China
Yuliang Zhao, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China

Below are a few of our picks from their publications in Materials Chemistry Frontiers journals. Access is free to these highlighted papers!

Tunable circularly polarized luminescence from molecular assemblies of chiral AIEgens
Fengyan Song, Yanhua Cheng*, Qiuming Liu, Zijie Qiu, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Liangbin Lin, Fafu Yang* and Ben Zhong Tang*
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 1768-1778
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00332K

Sparks fly when AIE meets with polymers
Yuanyuan Li, Shunjie Liu, Ting Han, Haoke Zhang, Clarence Chuah, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jacky W. Y. Lam* and Ben Zhong Tang*
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 2207-2220
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00404A

Hollow multi-shell structured SnO₂ with enhanced performance for ultraviolet photodetectors
Meng Li, Dan Mao, Jiawei Wan, Fakun Wang, Tianyou Zhai and Dan Wang*
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 1968-1972
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9QI00490D

Formation of multi-shelled nickel-based sulfide hollow spheres for rechargeable alkaline batteries
Dongwei Li, Xiaoxian Zhao, Ranbo Yu*, Bao Wang*, Hao Wangc and Dan Wang*
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 535-540
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QI00760D

Recent progress in macrocyclic amphiphiles and macrocyclic host-based supra-amphiphiles
Huangtianzhi Zhu, Liqing Shangguan, Bingbing Shi, Guocan Yu* and Feihe Huang*
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 2152-2174
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QM00314A

Pillararene-based host–guest recognition facilitated magnetic separation and enrichment of cell membrane proteins
Huangtianzhi Zhu, Jiaqi Liu, Bingbing Shi, Huanhuan Wang, Zhengwei Mao*, Tizhong Shan* and Feihe Huang*
Mater. Chem. Front., 2018,2, 1475-1480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QM00141C

Direct visualization of the ouzo zone through aggregation-induced dye emission for the synthesis of highly monodispersed polymeric nanoparticles
Eshu Middha, Purnima Naresh Manghnani, Denise Zi Ling Ng, Huan Chen, Saif A. Khan and Bin Liu*
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 1375-1384
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00020H

Near-infrared light-induced shape memory, self-healable and anti-bacterial elastomers prepared by incorporation of a diketopyrrolopyrrole-based conjugated polymer
Yaling Zhang, Shiwei Zhou, Kok Chan Chong, Shaowei Wang and Bin Liu*
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 836-841
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00104B

Recent progress in ligand-centered homogeneous electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction
Geng-Geng Luo*, Hai-Lin Zhang, Yun-Wen Tao, Qiao-Yu Wu, Dan Tian and Qichun Zhang*
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2019,6, 343-354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI01220B

New synthetic strategies to prepare metal–organic frameworks
Peng Li, Fang-Fang Cheng, Wei-Wei Xiong* and Qichun Zhang*
Inorg. Chem. Front., 2018,5, 2693-2708
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8QI00543E

Polycyclic heteroaromatic hydrocarbons containing a benzoisoindole core
Marcus Richter, Karl Sebastian Schellhammer, Peter Machata, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Alexey Popov, Frank Ortmann, Reinhard Berger*, Klaus Müllend and Xinliang Feng*
Org. Chem. Front., 2017,4, 847-852
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7QO00180K

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HOT articles in October 2019

05 Nov 2019

By liuj.

Materials Chemistry Frontiers is delighted to share with you the HOT articles of October 2019!

You can access these publications for free till 31st December 2019 by logging into your free Royal Society of Chemistry publishing personal account (http://pubs.rsc.org).

Copper surface doping to improve the structure and surface properties of manganese-rich cathode materials for sodium ion batteries
Tao Chen, Weifang Liu, Yi Zhuo, Hang Hu, Jing Guo, Yaochi Liu, Jun Yan and Kaiyu Liu
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019, 3, 2374-2379
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00522F

Zeolite-confined carbon dots: tuning thermally activated delayed fluorescence emission via energy transfer
Hongyue Zhang, Jiancong Liu, Bolun Wang, Kaikai Liu, Guangrui Chen, Xiaowei Yu, Jiyang Li and Jihong Yu
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00549H

Design and performance study of high efficiency/low efficiency roll-off/high CRI hybrid WOLEDs based on aggregation-induced emission materials as fluorescent emitters
Zeng Xu, Jiabao Gu, Jian Huang, Chengwei Lin, Yuanzhao Li, Dezhi Yang, Xianfeng Qiao, Anjun Qin, Zujin Zhao, Ben Zhong Tang and Dongge Ma
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00539K

A polymorphic fluorescent material with strong solid state emission and multi-stimuli-responsive properties
Ji-Yu Zhu, Chun-Xiang Li, Peng-Zhong Chen, Zhiwei Ma, Bo Zou, Li-Ya Niu, Ganglong Cui and Qing-Zheng Yang
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00518H

Carbonized polymer dots/TiO₂ photonic crystal heterostructures with enhanced light harvesting and charge separation for efficient and stable photocatalysis
Yue Zhao, Qingsen Zeng, Tanglue Feng, Chunlei Xia, Chongming Liu, Fan Yang, Kai Zhang and Bai Yang
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00556K

Anion replacement in silver chlorobromide nanocubes: two distinct hollowing mechanisms
Sasitha C. Abeyweera, Shea Stewart and Yugang Sun
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00544G

Tuning aggregation-induced emission nanoparticle properties under thin film formation
Javad Tavakoli, Scott Pye, A. H. M. Mosinul Reza, Ni Xie, Jian Qin, Colin L. Raston, Ben Zhong Tang and Youhong Tang
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00585D

Push–pull type quinoidal perylene showing solvent polarity dependent diradical character and negative solvatochromism
Wangdong Zeng and Jishan Wu
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00566H

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Themed collection: Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Nankai University

22 Oct 2019

By liuj.

We are delighted to introduce you the following themed collection lately published from Materials Chemistry Frontiers Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Nankai University.

Nankai University is a multidisciplinary and research-oriented university and its materials chemistry research is among the best in China. This collection, guest edited by Xian-He Bu and Jialiang Xu (Nankai University), features the outstanding materials chemistry research from Nankai University.

Below is a selection of articles featured in the collection. Access the full collection for free by end of 2019 at https://rsc.li/2pbpu3z.

Editorial

Materials chemistry research at Nankai University – a themed collection dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Nankai University
Jialiang Xu and Xian-He Bu
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 1265-1279
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM90043H

Reviews

Carbon-based materials for lithium-ion capacitors
Xiaojun Wang, Lili Liu and Zhiqiang Niu
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 1265-1279
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00062C

Intrinsically stretchable conductors and interconnects for electronic applications
Quan Zhang, Jiajie Liang, Yi Huang, Huiyu Chen and Rujun Ma
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 1032-1051
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00055K

Structural colors in metasurfaces: principle, design and applications
Bo Yang, Hua Cheng, Shuqi Chen and Jianguo Tian
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 750-761
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00043G

Research Articles

Ultra-narrow bandgap non-fullerene acceptors for organic solar cells with low energy loss
Dongxue Liu, Ting Wang, Xin Ke, Nan Zheng, Zhitao Chang, Zengqi Xie and Yongsheng Liu
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 2157-2163
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00505F

A novel Cu-nanowire@Quasi-MOF via mild pyrolysis of a bimetal-MOF for the selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol in air
Yan Shen, Li-Wei Bao, Fang-Zhou Sun and Tong-Liang Hu
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00277D

Electronic structures and elastic properties of a family of metal-free perovskites
Kai Li, Li-Yuan Dong, Hao-Xiang Xu, Yan Qin, Zhi-Gang Li, Muhammad Azeem, Wei Li and Xian-He Bu
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 1678-1685
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00133F

A sandwich-type sulfur cathode based on multifunctional ceria hollow spheres for high-performance lithium–sulfur batteries
Jianwei Wang, Bo Zhou, Hongyang Zhao, Miaomiao Wu, Yaodong Yang, Xiaolei Sun, Donghai Wang and Yaping Du
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 1317-1322
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00024K

Divergent synthesis of 3-substituted thieno[3,4-b]thiophene derivatives via hydroxy-based transformations
Yue Zhou, Jie Hao and Dongbing Zhao
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019,3, 1422-1426
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00128J

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HOT articles in September 2019

11 Oct 2019

By liuj.

Materials Chemistry Frontiers is delighted to share with you the HOT articles of September 2019!

You can access these publications for free till 30th November 2019 by logging into your free Royal Society of Chemistry publishing personal account (http://pubs.rsc.org).

Self-assembled binary multichromophore dendrimers with enhanced electro-optic coefficients and alignment stability
Huajun Xu, Jianpeng Liu, Jun Liu, Canwen Yu, Zhaofen Zhai, Gangzhi Qin and Fenggang Liu
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00508K

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Welcome to Issue 10 of Materials Chemistry Frontiers in 2019!

27 Sep 2019

By liuj.

The latest MaterChemFront issue 10 is published online.

Graphical abstract: Front cover 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

Graphical abstract: Inside front cover

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

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HOT articles in August 2019

04 Sep 2019

By liuj.

Materials Chemistry Frontiers is delighted to share with you the HOT articles of August 2019!

You can access these publications for free till 31st October 2019 by logging into your free Royal Society of Chemistry publishing personal account (http://pubs.rsc.org).

On-site visual discrimination of transgenic food by water-soluble DNA-binding AIEgens
Zhe Jiao, Zongning Guo, Xuelin Huang, Hongbo Fan, Miao Zhao, Dianming Zhou, Xiaolei Ruan, Pengfei Zhang, Sixing Zhou and Ben Zhong Tang
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00279K

Design of a novel scandium silicate based blue-emitting phosphor with high efficiency and robust thermal stability for warm WLEDs and field emission displays
Qiang Zhang, Xicheng Wang, Zuobin Tang and Yuhua Wang
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00370C

Flexible control of excited state transition under pressure/temperature: distinct stimuli-responsive behaviours of two ESIPT polymorphs
Aisen Li, Hao Liu, Chongping Song, Yijia Geng, Shuping Xu, Hongyu Zhang, Houyu Zhang, Haining Cui and Weiqing Xu
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00395A

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Welcome to Issue 9 of Materials Chemistry Frontiers in 2019!

26 Aug 2019

By liuj.

The latest MaterChemFront issue 9 is published online.

Graphical abstract: Front cover 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

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HOT articles in July 2019

07 Aug 2019

By liuj.

Materials Chemistry Frontiers is delighted to share with you the HOT articles of July 2019!

You can access these publications for free till 30th September 2019 by logging into your free Royal Society of Chemistry publishing personal account (http://pubs.rsc.org).

Tunable circularly polarized luminescence from molecular assemblies of chiral AIEgens
Fengyan Song, Yanhua Cheng, Qiuming Liu, Zijie Qiu, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Liangbin Lin, Fafu Yang and Ben Zhong Tang
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00332K

Optimization of oxygen evolution dynamics on RuO₂ via controlling of spontaneous dissociation equilibrium
Yu Sun, Long Yuan, Zhongyuan Liu, Qiao Wang, Keke Huang and Shouhua Feng
Mater. Chem. Front., 2019, Advance Article
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9QM00346K

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Welcome to Issue 8 of Materials Chemistry Frontiers in 2019!

02 Aug 2019

By liuj.

The latest MaterChemFront issue 8 is published online.

Graphical abstract: Front cover 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

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Materials Chemistry Frontiers board members participated in a panel discussion at the Northwestern University

Congratulations to our highly cited board members!

HOT articles in October 2019

Themed collection: Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Nankai University

Editorial

Reviews

Research Articles

HOT articles in September 2019

Welcome to Issue 10 of Materials Chemistry Frontiers in 2019!

HOT articles in August 2019

Welcome to Issue 9 of Materials Chemistry Frontiers in 2019!

HOT articles in July 2019

Welcome to Issue 8 of Materials Chemistry Frontiers in 2019!

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