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Join the Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons Community Board!

07 Jun 2023

Do you know an early career researcher or PhD candidate interested in materials science and/or nanoscience? Are they interested in participating the development of two of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s journals? If so, now is the time to nominate them for the Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons Community Board!

The Community Board is a group of early career researchers and students who work with the journals’ Executive Editors and Editorial Boards to guide how the journals can best support the community of students, postdoctoral researchers, and early career researchers interested in Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons. They provide feedback on the community’s perception of the journals, help guide the journals’ engagement through suggested themed collections and Focus Article topics, and suggest education-focused initiatives for the journals to support the community.

If you are interested in nominating someone for the Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons Community Board, submissions are open through July 19th, 2023. Check out the post on the Materials Horizons Blog for full details on eligibility, nomination process, and more details about the role of the Community Board.

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2023 Biomaterials Science Lectureship Winner Announced

18 May 2023

We would like to sincerely congratulate Eric Appel, who was recently announced as the recipient of the 2023 Biomaterials Science Lectureship!

Eric is an Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering at Stanford University, where he works on the development of biomaterials for understanding fundamental biological processes and engineering advanced healthcare solutions.

The lectureship honors an early-career researcher who has made significant contributions to the field of biomaterials, and is selected by the Editoral Board of Biomaterials Science from a list of candidates nominated by the research community. The award recipient receives £1,000 to cover travel an accommodation to attend and present at an international meeting, as well as an invitation to contribute an article to Biomaterials Science with a complimentary cover for the issue the article appears in.

To learn more about Eric, check out the Biomaterials Science blog to read an interview with him, then read his latest article in Biomaterials Science: “Subcutaneous delivery of an antibody against SARS-CoV-2 from a supramolecular hydrogel depot.”

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Journal of Materials Chemistry 2023 Lectureship nominations are now open!

02 May 2023

Do you know of an early-stage researcher who is conducting groundbreaking work in the field of materials chemistry? If so, nominate them for the Journal of Materials Chemistry 2023 Lectureship!

The Lectureship, which has been given since 2010, is now open for nominations through June 25th, 2023. Winners will be announced in the autumn and will receive several awards:

£1,000 to cover travel and accommodation costs to attend and present their work at a leading international meeting
Free RSC membership for one year
An invitation to contribute an article to one of the Journal of Materials Chemistry journals
A complimentary cover for the issue in which the article appears

To be eligible for nomination, the candidate must have made significant contributions to the field of materials chemistry, have completed their Ph.D., be actively pursuing an independent research career, and be at an early stage in their career (typically within 10 years of completing their Ph.D., with appropriate considerations for those who have taken a career break).

For full details about the nomination process and to read about past recipients, click here to go to the Journals of Material Chemistry Lectureship webpage.

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Open for submissions: RSC Applied Interfaces and RSC Applied Polymers

28 Apr 2023

We are proud to announce that the two newest journals in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s portfolio, RSC Applied Interfaces and RSC Applied Polymers, are now open for submissions! Check out our previous post announcing the journals to learn about their editors-in-chief, and read below to learn more about the journals themselves.

Both journals are Gold Open Access, and free to publish until mid-2025.

RSC Applied Interfaces is a dedicated, interdiciplinary journal for cutting edge research on the applications of surfaces and interfaces. The journal’s scope is broad, welcoming topics ranging from protective coatings to electrochemical interfaces to biomedical coatings, and everything in between.

RSC Applied Polymers is focused on the application of both natural and synthetic polymers, explored with experimental and computational sutdies. The journal’s scope covers a range of applications of polymers, including advances in materials, biology, energy, and more.

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Announcing RSC Applied Polymers and RSC Applied Interfaces!

16 Feb 2023

We are proud to announce the launch of two new journals from the Royal Society of Chemistry! RSC Applied Polymers and RSC Applied Interfaces are interdisciplinary and gold open access, expanding the Royal Society of Chemistry’s existing portfolio and providing a welcoming home for application-focused polymer and interface research.

Both journals will be open for submissions in Spring 2023, and all article processing charges (APCs) for both journals will be waived through mid-2025, letting you freely publish your work so it can be available to all.

Keep reading to learn more about these exciting new journals and their founding Editors-in-Chief!

RSC Applied Polymers

RSC Applied Polymers is focused on the application of polymers, both natural and synthetic, including both experimental and computational studies. This new applied research-focused journal will supplement the Royal Society of Chemistry’s existing journal, Polymer Chemistry, providing an impactful home for work focused on polymer applications.

The journal’s founding Editor-in-Chief is Dr. Emily Pentzer, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University in the USA, whose extensive experience with applied polymeric material research will help guide RSC Applied Polymers.

RSC Applied Interfaces

RSC Applied Interfaces explores interfacial and surface research with an applied focus. Complementing the Royal Society of Chemistry’s existing materials-focused journals, RSC Applied Interfaces aims to be an impactful, dedicated home for interdisciplinary research in applied interfacial and surface science.

The inaugural Editor-in-Chief is Dr. Federico Rosei, professor and director at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications in Varennes (QC), Canada. To guide the beginning of RSC Applied Interfaces, he will draw on his research background in nanostructured materials for engineering and materials science applications.

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More New Editorial Board Members!

03 Feb 2023

January is a busy month for many, and there’s no exception for the RSC editoral and advisory boards! Since our last recognition in December 2022, even more fantastic North and South American researchers have been appointed to the editoral and advisory boards of several RSC Journals. The RSC Americas office would like to extend our warmest welcome!

New Editorial Board Members:

Jennifer Wilcox, University of Pennsylvania (USA)
Energy & Environmental Science, Editoral Board Member

Susan Habas, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (USA)
EES: Catalysis, Associate Editor

Antonio Facchetti, Northwestern University and Flexterra Corporation (USA)
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Associate Editor
Materials Advances, Associate Editor

Amy Herr, University of California, Berkeley (USA)
Lab on a Chip, Associate Editor

Annie Castonguay, INRS (University of Quebec) (Canada)
New Journal of Chemistry, Associate Editor

Vera R. L. Constantino, University of São Paulo (Brazil)
New Journal of Chemistry, Associate Editor

Jennifer Heemstra, Washington University in St. Louis (USA)
RSC Chemical Biology, Editoral Board Member

Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska, University of Michigan (USA)
RSC Chemical Biology, Associate Editor

New Advisory Board Members:

Claire Xiong, Boise State University (USA)
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Advisory Board Member

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Ten Years of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B, and C !

13 Jan 2023

When the Journal of Materials Chemistry became three separate titles in 2013, it represented a fantastic opportunity to grow the scope of the journal and provide dedicated homes for for all kinds of ground-breaking and impactful research.

In the ten years since then, the Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B, and C have published over 45,000 articles across the breadth of materials science, serving as high impact homes for research in the areas of energy and sustainability, biology and medicine, and optical, magnetic and electronic devices.

To celebrate the tenth anniversary, the JMCs will be publishing special anniversary issues, as well as many other celebrations on the journals’ Twitter and Facebook pages. To kick off the festivities, read the Editors-in-Chief’s introductory Editorial published in journals’ first issues of 2023.

Congratulations again to the past ten years of the Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B, and C, and we look forward to many more fantastic years in the future!

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Welcome, New Editorial Board Members!

20 Dec 2022

The RSC Americas office would like to warmly welcome the fantastic North and South American researchers who were appointed as editorial and advisory board members in the second half of 2022! To see the board members who were appointed in 2021 and the first half of 2022, follow the link. Thank you all for your amazing work and we look forward to your contributions in shaping the Royal Society of Chemistry’s portfolio of journals!

New Editorial Board Members:

Malika Jeffries-EL, Boston University (USA)
Chemical Science, Associate Editor

Jaqueline Kiplinger, Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA)
Dalton Transactions, Editorial Board Member

Cora Young, York University (Canada)
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, Editorial Board Member

Shane Grosser, Merck (USA)
Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, Associate Editor

Shannon Biros , Grand Valley State University (USA)
RSC Advances, Associate Editor

Cynthia Dowd, George Washington University (USA)
RSC Medicinal Chemistry, Associate Editor

Francesca Kerton, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada)
RSC Sustainability, Associate Editor

Qin Wang, University of Maryland (USA)
Sustainable Food Technology, Associate Editor

New Advisory Board Members:

Abel Moreno, National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico)
CrystEngComm, Advisory Board Member

Sarbajit Banerjee, Texas A&M University (USA)
Energy Advances, Advisory Board Member

Heather MacLean, University of Toronto (Canada)
Energy Advances, Advisory Board Member

Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, University of California Santa Barbara (USA)
Energy Advances, Advisory Board Member
Materials Horizons, Advisory Board Member

Dragan Milenkovic, University of California Davis (USA)
Food & Function, Advisory Board Member

James Crawford, Genentech USA (USA)
RSC Medicinal Chemistry, Advisory Board Member

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Read the First Accepted Articles in Sustainable Food Technology

09 Dec 2022

We are proud to announce that the first accepted articles for the Royal Society of Chemistry’s new journal, Sustainable Food Technology, are now available to read for everyone. Sustainable Food Technology is a Gold Open Access journal focused on food engineering and technologies, especially sustainable and environmentally conscious ways to provide safe and high-quality food.

The journal, lead by Editor-in-Chief Jorge Barros Velázquez, opened for submission earlier this year and recently released the first three advance articles, covering a range of topics:

	Determination of moisture loss of pomegranate cultivars under cold and shelf storage conditions and control strategies Robert Lufu, Alemayehu Ambaw, and Umezuruike Linus Opara Sustain. Food Technol., 2023, Advance Article. DOI: 10.1039/D2FB00017B
	Biodegradable biopolymers for active packaging: demand, development and directions Jessica R. Westlake, Martine W. Tran, Yunhong Jiang, Xinyu Zhang, Andrew D. Burrows, and Ming Xie Sustain. Food Technol., 2023, Advance Article. DOI: 10.1039/D2FB00004K
	Evaluation of blanching technology in green color preservation in yerba-mate as a substitute for conventional process Ana Paula Picolo, Itamar Luís Gonçalves, Everson Adelmo Pasquali, Albanin Aparecida Mielniczki-Pereira, and Alice Teresa Valduga Sustain. Food Technol., 2023, Advance Article. DOI: 10.1039/D2FB00003B

To stay up to date with Sustainable Food Technology as more advance articles are published, click here. Also, follow the RSC Food Journals on Twitter and read more about the journal’s scope, editorial team, and publishing format on its webpage. If you are interested in submitting your manuscript to Sustainable Food Technology, you can currently publish for free, as all article processing charges are covered until 2025.

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2023 Polymer Chemistry Lectureship Nominations Open

08 Dec 2022

We are pleased to announce that the nomination period for the 2023 Polymer Chemistry Lectureship is now open, and will continue until February 28th, 2023.

The annual award recognizes an early-state researcher who has made significant contributions to the field of polymer chemistry. Full details, including eligibility criteria, how to nominate a candidate, and list of past Lectureship winners are available on the Polymer Chemistry blog. If you are know of an outstanding researcher at the beginning of their career in polymer chemistry who deserves recognition, click here (or the image below) to find out how to nominate them!

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