Biomaterials Science
Novel biomedical polymer materials
Submissions open:
23 May 2023
Deadline:
1 November 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Xuesi Chen (Changchun Institute of Applied Science, China), Huayu Tian (Xiamen University)
This themed collection on ‘Novel biomedical polymer materials’ to be published across Biomaterials Science and Journal of Materials Chemistry B aims to highlight recent work focusing on rapid developments in the field of biomedical polymers. This collection will serve as a platform for showcasing impactful developments in this rapidly evolving field and we hope it will attract researchers to further explore the progress and applications of polymers in the biological field.
Biomaterials Science Emerging Investigators Series
Submissions open:
1 September 2021
Deadline:
Ongoing
Guest Editor(s):
N/A (these ongoing series do not have Guest Editors)
Biomaterials Science is proud to present its Emerging Investigators Series. This collection gathers the very best work from biomaterials scientists in the early stages of their independent careers. It highlights up-and-coming scientists in the early stages of their independent careers in recognition of their potential to influence future directions in the field of biomaterials.
Industrial Chemistry & Materials
Liquid-based Materials: Novel Concepts from Fundamentals to Applications
Submissions open:
1 November 2023
Deadline:
14 February 2024
Guest Editor(s):
Prof. Xu Hou (Xiamen University, China),
Prof. Jungmok Seo (Yonsei University, South Korea)
Industrial Chemistry & Materials is pleased to announce a call for papers for Liquid-based Materials, which are structures or functions based on liquid or soft substances.
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Sustainable Composites
Submissions open:
Now open for submission
Deadline:
29 September 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Professor Ian Hamerton (University of Bristol), Dr Lois Hobson (Centre for Process Innovation), Dr Jonathan Wagner (Loughborough University)
This cross-journal themed collection contributes to the action plan from the Sustainable Composite Materials report by the RSC. It aims to create opportunities for researchers to publish peer-reviewed studies on sustainable composites.
Functional Frameworks Materials
Submissions open:
Now open for submissions
Deadline:
13 November 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Paolo Falcaro (TU Graz, Austria);
Patricia Horcajada (IMDEA Energy, Spain);
Dan Li (Jinan University, China)
Porous materials, particularly those with ordered structures, present interesting physicochemical properties that make them ideal platforms to be explored in the field of fluid storage/separation, catalysis, energy storage, and chemical sensing. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent–organic frameworks (COFs) are among the most promising nano-scaled porous crystalline materials presenting continuous breakthroughs in various relevant applications in recent years. Their exceptional features attracted the great interest of scientists (e.g. chemists, physicists, engineers) who have taken advantage of their unique structures and properties to solve complex problems. This collection focuses on the synthesis, and understanding, of MOFs and COFs as well as their composite materials and provides an overview of their recent development toward practical applications. The selected articles will identify the challenges and address key issues in MOFs/COFs science and engineering. We would like to receive original manuscripts in, but not limited to, the following areas: Design and synthesis of MOFs/COFs, smart materials and advanced characterization, adsorption and separation, catalysis and sensing, device fabrication and application, theoretical calculation and machine learning, energy conversion and storage, environment and green-sustainable materials, biotechnology, as well as scaled-up and industrialization. Papers on MOFs for energy-related applications are most welcome.
Advancing energy-materials through high-throughput experiments and computation
Submissions open:
26 May 2023
Deadline:
13 October 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Dr. Moran Balaish (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
Prof. Helge Sören Stein (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
Prof. Arghya Bhowmik (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
Prof. John Gregoire (Caltech, USA)
The unprecedented need for new and improved energy conversion and storage materials creates a historic imperative to accelerate the research process and proliferate new and improved materials (and interfaces) from guided and serendipitous discovery to commercial application by 5x - 20x. Integrating high-throughput automated ceramic synthesis, data management, data mining, autonomous materials characterization, and robust data analysis with guidance and uncertainty quantification from artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can revolutionize how research is conducted. This accelerated way of orchestrating chemistry sparks new avenues in interdisciplinary research across chemistry, physics, material science, computer science, engineering and stimulates breakthroughs in energy materials.
Guest Edited by Dr. Moran Balaish (Technical University of Munich, Germany), Prof. Helge Sören Stein (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany), Prof. Arghya Bhowmik, and Prof. John Gregoire, this themed collection of Journal of Materials Chemistry A aims to provide a platform for recent developments in the emerging research area of material science and technology accelerated by artificial intelligence, autonomous, and automated methods for discovering, characterizing, understanding and upscaling energy materials and related applications. This themed collection will focus on the 4 major phases of inorganic material’s development cycle for energy materials relating broadly to the field of energy conversion and storage. We welcome contributions relating to orchestrating experiments, integrating simulations and experiment, uncertainty quantification in theory and experiment, going beyond facile property prediction, transfer learning, explainable machine learning models in chemistry, technical papers on new innovative methods for coating and synthesis, advanced automatic data analysis, and data management.
Journal of Materials Chemistry B
Novel Biomedical Polymer Materials
Submissions open:
30 April 2023
Deadline:
1 November 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Guest Editors: Professor Huayu Tian (Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Professor Xuesi Chen (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
This themed collection on ‘Novel Biomedical Polymer Materials’ to be published across the Journal of Materials Chemistry B and Biomaterials Science aims to highlight recent work focusing on biomedical polymer materials with a range of applications from diagnostics, treatments and organ regeneration. We hope this collection will provide a platform to access the most recent work in this important area and inspire future research to explore the progress and applications of new biomedical polymer materials in the field.
Functional Framework Materials for Biomedical Applications
Submissions open:
Now open for submissions
Deadline:
13 November 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Prof. Ross Forgan (University of Glasgow, UK)
Dr Ruxandra Gref (Université Paris Saclay, France)
Dr Jianqiang Liu (Guangdong Medical University, China)
Synthetic porous materials such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) exhibit unique properties, for example, size-controlled synthesis, geometrically and chemically tuneable pore spaces, very high internal molecular storage capacities, and addressable particle surfaces. For these reasons, MOFs and COFs have extensively investigated for a wide range of applications. Furthermore, the ability to judiciously select structural components with both biocompatibility and functionality has led to the study of these materials across all aspects of nanomedicine, from drug delivery to radiotherapies, imaging, theranostics, and beyond. Notable breakthroughs are typically underpinned by fundamental advances in materials synthesis, functionalisation, and characterisation, as well as interdisciplinary approaches examining biocompatibility, imaging methodologies, and biological mechanisms of therapeutic action, ensuring a broad scientific interest.
With this in mind, we are compiling a themed collection for the Journal of Materials Chemistry B covering all aspects of MOF and COF chemistry related to biological applications. The collection will provide a platform to highlight state-of-the-art developments in a rapidly moving field, including but not limited to, drug delivery (from small molecules through peptides and oligonucleotides to large proteins), all aspects of imaging, theranostics, biological sensing, biocompatibility in vitro and in vivo, hybridisation with other nanomaterials, encapsulation of biological entities (from enzymes to viruses and cells), and other emerging technologies. We hope that this themed collection will bring together the state-of-the-art in the field in one place, acting as a valuable resource for those entering the field while highlighting the huge potential of MOFs and COFs in nanomedicine.
Stimuli-responsive biomaterials for biomedical applications
Submissions open:
Now open for submissions
Deadline:
13 November 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Prof. N. D. Pradeep Singh (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India)
Prof. Yanli Zhao (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Dr. Mary Beth Browning Monroe (Syracuse University, United States)
Stimuli-responsive materials exhibit large and abrupt changes in architecture or other properties in response to environmental stimuli. The journey of developing stimuli-responsive materials (organic, inorganic or hybrid) provides ample opportunities for smart biomaterials for applications in drug delivery, biologically responsive scaffolds, tissue engineering and so on. In recent decades, researchers have explored stimuli-responsive materials to a greater extent because of their non-invasive nature equipped with temporal control over the activation of molecules and/or processes. The development and use of stimuli-responsive materials are highly multidisciplinary and involve research efforts from materials science, chemistry, biomedical engineering, polymer science, biology, and physics.
Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Sustainable Composites
Submissions open:
Now open for submissions
Deadline:
29 September 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Professor Ian Hamerton (University of Bristol), Dr Lois Hobson (Centre for Process Innovation), Dr Jonathan Wagner (Loughborough University)
This cross-journal themed collection contributes to the action plan from the Sustainable Composite Materials report by the RSC. It aims to create opportunities for researchers to publish peer-reviewed studies on sustainable composites.
Molecular Scale Electronics
Submissions open:
25 July 2023
Deadline:
13 October 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Timothy A. Su (University of California, Riverside)
Michael S. Inkpen (University of Southern California)
Haixing Li (City University of Hong Kong)
The concept of using molecules as electronic components has received significant attention over the past 3 decades, initially motivated by the decreasing size of semiconductor-based circuit elements in line with Moore’s Law. It is now recognized that molecular devices can demonstrate properties unique from those observed in conventional electronics, resulting from quantum interference effects, changes in molecular redox state and/or the immediate nanoscale environment (solvent, temperature, light, magnetic field). With robust and reproducible measurement techniques now established, and great gains made in reconciling experimental and theoretical results, attention has turned to the discovery of useful wires, switches, diodes, and resistors – and how best to utilize them. This Journal of Materials Chemistry C collection will capture the cutting-edge innovations in synthesis, measurement, data science, and theory that are driving this field forward.
Appropriate topics include, but are not limited to:
- Synthetic routes to molecular electronic components.
- Single-molecule conductance experiments.
- Large-area molecular electronic device characterization.
- First principles calculations of molecular charge transport.
- Integrating molecules into functional circuits.
- Metal surface functionalization chemistry.
- On-surface synthesis and electronics of molecular wires.
- Intramolecular charge transfer and mixed valence chemistry.
Fundamentals and Applications of Functional Framework Materials
Submissions open:
Now open for submissions
Deadline:
13 November 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Artur Ciesielski (Université de Strasbourg, France)
Christopher Hendon (University of Oregon, USA)
Katherine Mirica (Dartmouth University, USA)
In this themed collection, “Fundamentals and Applications of Functional Framework Materials”, Journal of Materials Chemistry C brings together original research articles in the field of framework chemistry, i.e., metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent organic frameworks COFs, porous coordination polymers (PCPs), and so forth. The issue intends to span multiple length scales and disciplines, on topics ranging from their synthesis, characterization, structure-function relationships, insights gleaned from simulation, and application in devices.
Perovskites: from materials science to devices
Submissions open:
6 September 2023
Deadline:
6 February 2024
Guest Editor(s):
Dr Malgorzata Kot (Brandenburg University of Technology)
Dr Chittaranjan Das (University of Stuttgart)
Dr Clara P. Aranda Alonso (Universidad Pablo de Olavide)
Professor Daniel Prochowicz (Polish Academy of Sciences)
A perovskite name is applied to the class of compounds which have the same type of crystal structure as CaTiO3 discovered in Ural mountains in 1839 by Gustav Rose. The ABX3 perovskite structure can accommodate a wide variety of different cations and anions. Depending on the chemical composition it can exhibit extremely different properties such like colossal magnetoresistance, ferroelectricity, superconductivity, light absorption, charge ordering, spin dependent transport, high thermopower, to name a few. Thanks to that, a variety of different devices can be constructed using this crystal structure.
For this themed collection we invite original manuscripts related to all aspects of the cutting-edge innovations in the development of organic, inorganic and/or hybrid perovskite materials and devices with the focus on potential applications in memories, solar cells, sensors, catalyst electrodes and superconducting ceramic materials.
Materials Advances
Materials and Devices for the Energy Transition in Latin America
Submissions open:
01 August 2023
Deadline:
31 December 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Professor ‪Ana Flávia Nogueira, Professor Gustavo Doubek, & Professor Hudson Zanin (UNICAMP, Brazil)
We are delighted to announce a new themed collection on materials and devices for the energy transition in Latin America.
Advancements in Synthesis of High-Performance Materials from Nature's Building Blocks
Submissions open:
1 September 2023
Deadline:
1 December 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Samantha L. Kristufek (Texas Tech University, USA), Eleftheria Roumeli (University of Washington, USA)
This themed collection aims to recognize high-quality work on the synthesis of high-performance materials from natural building blocks.
Multimodal Remote Actuation and Sensing in Polymers for Advanced Applications
Submissions open:
23 August 2023
Deadline:
31 December 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Lorenzo Bardella (University of Brescia, Italy), Mohammad Luqman (Taibah University, Saudi Arabia) and Vinay Deep Punetha (P P Savani University, India)
The goal of this themed collection is to bring together contributions concerned with the most recent advances in the multimodal actuation and sensing of polymers.
Emerging thermoelectric materials
Submissions open:
01 August 2023
Deadline:
31 December 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Dr Krishna Nama Manjunatha, Emerging Technologies Research Centre, De Montfort University, UK
Prof. Satyajit Sahu, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, India
Prof. Mona Zebarjadi, University of Virginia, USA
Prof. Shashi Paul, Emerging Technologies Research Centre, De Montfort University, UK
We welcome the latest research on new and novel thermoelectric materials and their uses in thermoelectric generators (TEGs) for energy harvesting applications.
Nanoengineered Biomaterials for Anticancer and Antimicrobial Drug Targeting
Submissions open:
1 November 2023
Deadline:
31 March 2024
Guest Editor(s):
Kavindra Kumar Kesari (Aalto University, Finland and Lovely Professional University, India), Sabya Sachi Das (University of Iowa College of Pharmacy, USA and DIT University, India) and Janne Ruokolainen (Aalto University, Finland)
This themed collection aims to recognize high-quality work on nanoengineered biomaterials for anticancer and antimicrobial drug targeting.
Materials Chemistry Frontiers
Emerging Investigator Series
Submissions open:
Open for submissions now
Deadline:
Ongoing
Guest Editor(s):
N/A
Materials Chemistry Frontiers is pleased to present an ongoing Emerging Investigator Series, showcasing the work being conducted by Emerging Investigator in the field of materials chemistry across the globe. It highlights up-and-coming scientists in the early stages of their independent careers, who have been identified as having the potential to influence future directions in the field.
This is a joint series with the other Frontiers Journals, Organic Chemistry Frontiers and Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. Frontiers journals collection is co-developed by the Chinese Chemical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry and our partner institutes in China.
MSDE
MSDE Emerging Investigators Series
Submissions open:
1 January 2022
Deadline:
Ongoing
Guest Editor(s):
N/A
MSDE is proud to present its Emerging Investigators Series. This collection gathers the very best work from scientists in the early stages of their independent careers. It highlights up-and-coming scientists in the early stages of their independent careers in recognition of their potential to influence future directions in the field of molecular engineering.
Molecular Bioengineering
Submissions open:
15 August 2023
Deadline:
31 January 2024
Guest Editor(s):
Patrick Stayton & José Rafael Bordin
In the last few decades, there has been major growth within the field of molecular bioengineering, utilising innovative molecular-level design approaches and novel technological systems to drive forward the field at the intersection of chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, biology, and medicine. The application of molecular bioengineering approaches is wide-ranging, including imaging & diagnostics, tissue engineering & regeneration, therapeutics design & delivery and immune engineering to name a small section.
Polymer Chemistry
Sustainable Polymer Liquid Formulations
Submissions open:
Now
Deadline:
01 December 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Anju Massey-Brooker (Industry Associate, Sustainable Polymers Initiative)
We are delighted to be working with the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Sustainable Polymers in Liquid Formulations (PLFs) Taskforce to highlight this incredibly important topic across Polymer Chemistry, Soft Matter and RSC Applied Polymers. This cross-journal collection aims to highlight and raise awareness of sustainable polymers in liquid formulations across the breadth of the chemical sciences community, to help spark new ideas, encourage future developments and form collaborations in this exciting and important area.
A update on the work of the PLFs Taskforce can be found in a recent issue of Chemistry World.
Polymer Chemistry Emerging Investigators Series
Submissions open:
1 September 2021
Deadline:
Ongoing
Guest Editor(s):
N/A (these ongoing series do not have Guest Editors)
Polymer Chemistry is proud to present its Emerging Investigators Series. This collection gathers the very best work from polymer scientists in the early stages of their independent careers. It highlights up-and-coming scientists in the early stages of their independent careers in recognition of their potential to influence future directions in the field of polymers.
Polymers for Gene Delivery themed collection
Submissions open:
Now open for submission
Deadline:
31 January 2024
Guest Editor(s):
Professor Sébastien Perrier (University of Warwick), Professor Todd Emrick (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Professor Marxa Figueiredo (Purdue University), Professor Youqing Shen (Zhejiang University), Professor Zhuxian Zhou (Zhejiang University.
Polymers are increasingly being studied as gene delivery vectors, with research ranging from fundamental studies to therapeutic applications. This themed collection will showcase the latest research in the field, with a focus on how the polymer’s design impacts functional properties and end-use. Submitted papers will have a focus on how innovative polymer chemistry supports exciting properties, biological activity and/or therapeutic applications. Our aim for this collection is to celebrate the progress and strong contribution of polymer science in this area and to inspire new research.
RSC Applied Polymers
Sustainable Polymer Liquid Formulations
Submissions open:
Now
Deadline:
01 December 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Anju Massey-Brooker (Industry Associate, Sustainable Polymers Initiative)
We are delighted to be working with the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Sustainable Polymers in Liquid Formulations (PLFs) Taskforce to highlight this incredibly important topic across Polymer Chemistry, Soft Matter and RSC Applied Polymers. This cross-journal collection aims to highlight and raise awareness of sustainable polymers in liquid formulations across the breadth of the chemical sciences community, to help spark new ideas, encourage future developments and form collaborations in this exciting and important area.
A update on the work of the PLFs Taskforce can be found in a recent issue of Chemistry World.
Sensors & Diagnostics
Wearable Sensors for Healthcare Applications
Submissions open:
Open for submissions now
Deadline:
27 October 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Prof Wei Gao, California Institute of Technology, USA
Prof Parameswar K. Iyer, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
Dr Shyam S. Pandey, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Prashant Sonar, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Yeon-Ho Im, Jeonbuk National University, South Korea
Sensors & Diagnostics is delighted to announce a call for papers for its themed collection on “Wearable Sensors for Healthcare Applications,” Guest Edited by: Wei Gao (California Institute of Technology, USA), Parameswar K. Iyer (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India), Dr Shyam S. Pandey (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan), Prashant Sonar (Queensland University of Technology, Australia), and Yeon-Ho Im (Jeonbuk National University, South Korea).
Supramolecular Sensors: From Molecules to Materials
Submissions open:
Open for submissions now
Deadline:
3 November 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Prof Sankarasekaran Shanmugaraju, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, India
Prof Robert Elmes, Maynooth University, NUI, Ireland
Valeria Amendola, University of Pavia, Italy
Sensors & Diagnostics is delighted to announce a call for papers for its themed collection on “Supramolecular Sensors: From Molecules to Materials,” Guest Edited by: Sankarasekaran Shanmugaraju (Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, India), Robert Elmes (Maynooth University, NUI, Ireland) and Valeria Amendola (University of Pavia, Italy).
Functional Nanomaterials for Sensing and Diagnostics Applications
Submissions open:
05 April 2023
Deadline:
30 September 2023
Guest Editor(s):
Dr Suresh Kumar Kailasa, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, India
Prof Tae Jung Park, Chung-Ang University, South Korea
Prof Tsuyoshi Minami, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Sensors & Diagnostics is delighted to announce a call for papers for its latest themed collection on “Functional Nanomaterials for Sensing and Diagnostics Applications,” Guest Edited by: Suresh Kumar Kailasa (Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, India), Tae Jung Park (Chung-Ang University, South Korea) and Tsuyoshi Minami (The University of Tokyo, Japan).
Soft Matter
Sustainable Polymer Liquid Formulations
Submissions open:
Now
Deadline:
1 December 2023
Guest Editor:
Anju Massey-Brooker (Industry Associate, Sustainable Polymers Initiative)
We are delighted to be working with the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Sustainable Polymers in Liquid Formulations (PLFs) Taskforce to highlight this incredibly important topic across Polymer Chemistry, Soft Matter and RSC Applied Polymers. This cross-journal collection aims to highlight and raise awareness of sustainable polymers in liquid formulations across the breadth of the chemical sciences community, to help spark new ideas, encourage future developments and form collaborations in this exciting and important area.
A update on the work of the PLFs Taskforce can be found in a recent issue of Chemistry World.
Soft Matter Emerging Investigators Series
Submissions open:
1 September 2021
Deadline:
Ongoing
Guest Editor(s):
N/A (these ongoing series do not have Guest Editors)
Soft Matter is proud to present its Emerging Investigators Series. This collection gathers the very best work from soft matter scientists in the early stages of their independent careers. It highlights up-and-coming scientists in the early stages of their independent careers in recognition of their potential to influence future directions in the field of soft matter.
*2022 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2023)
**The median time from submission to first decision including manuscripts rejected without peer review from the previous calendar year
***The median time from submission to first decision for peer-reviewed manuscripts from the previous calendar year
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