Material Chemistry Division's transition to subject community

In 1991 the Royal Society Of Chemistry created the extremely successful Journal of Materials Chemistry. The great success of this new journal encouraged the RSC to organise the first Materials Chemistry Conference (the "MC" conference series), which was held in Aberdeen in 1993 and attracted approximately 300 delegates.

At around the same time the RSC formed the "Materials Chemistry Forum" (MCF), to organise and manage the MC conference series. However, the MCF proved to be extremely popular, growing to over 2000 members by 2007.

In 2008 the Materials Chemistry Forum became the Materials Chemistry Division, sitting alongside the more traditional Analytical, Dalton, Faraday and Organic Divisions. The new Division had the goal of setting, driving, and delivering the strategy for materials chemistry within the RSC. The Materials Chemistry Division continued to perform well, giving a voice to all members of the materials chemistry community, and launching new initiatives, such as the Materials Chemistry Poster Symposium aimed at early career stage members.

In 2020 the RSC commissioned a review of the divisions, one of the key recommendations of which was that the divisions be reorganised into subject communities to better support the communities and members they represented, and to allow for better integration and collaboration with interest groups and other communities. In July 2022, the Materials Chemistry Division (MCD) officially became the Materials Chemistry Community (MCC).