Very happy: our paper ‘Magnetic and luminescent lanthanoid (Ln = Tb, Dy) 2D MOFs on functionalized silicon’ published in JMatChemC is featured in the 2026 International Women’s Day: Women in Journal of Materials Chemistry C collection.
#WomeninSTEM #WomeninScience #WorkingWomenDay #8M
We are thrilled to celebrate @chouhandivya.bsky.social's recognition in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Women in Materials Science collection in honor of International Women’s Day 2026! for her article in @materialsadvances.rsc.org. Celebrating the effort & dedication of all the women in our group👏
Very happy to be a part of this collection!
Happy International Women's Day!
Work on (nano)catalysis and want to join the conversation? Submit an oral or poster abstract to join us in November at the Horizons Symposium: www.rsc.org/events/detai...
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Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons are delighted to showcase the latest developments in nanocatalysis in this special themed collection 👇
Guest Edited by Marcella Lusardi, Tianyi Ma, Wee-Jun Ong, Vivek Polshettiwar, Jennifer Strunk and Huabin Zhang
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We welcome any women corresponding authors and/or first authors who have published work in 2025 in Materials Horizons, J Mater Chem family or Materials Advances to get in touch at materials-rsc@rsc.org and have your work featured in the collections. ✨
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All free to read until 8 April 2026
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2026, the RSC materials portfolio of journals has collated journal-specific collections showcasing a selection of articles published in 2025 led by women scientists around the world.
Explore the Materials Horizons collection: pubs.rsc.org/en/Journals/...
Materials Horizons back cover text reads Showcasing research from Professor Chia-Yun Chen’s group at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan High-entropy layered double hydroxides enabled wide-bandwidth near-infrared photodetection with viable environmental resistance High-entropy layered double hydroxides (HE–LDHs) based photodetectors display ultrafast photoresponse with exceptional environmental resistance and noise suppression, permitting the practicality and functionality of next-generation near-infrared optoelectronics.
Check out 'High-entropy layered double hydroxides enabled
wide-bandwidth near-infrared photodetection with
viable environmental resistance' by Chia-Yun Chen et al. featured on the outside back cover of @materialshorizons.rsc.org issue 4
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5MH...
Materials Horizons inside back cover text reads: Highlighting work from Prof. H. Suzuki and co-workers at Chuo University, Japan A platform for the formation of uniform DNA condensate droplets using vibration-induced local vortices We introduce a novel microfluidic approach using vibration-induced local vortices to generate uniform DNA condensate droplets, formed by interactions between sticky ends of multi-arm DNA nanostructures, which serve as programmable smart materials. VILV creates semi-closed microvortices that confine DNA, promoting rapid, uniform droplet formation. Real-time tracking and systematic control of size are achieved by tuning DNA concentration and micropillar geometry. The platform also enables construction of multicomponent “patchy” condensates with consistent morphology. This scalable method provides a powerful tool for studying liquid–liquid phase separation and constructing condensed molecular systems.
Featured on the inside back cover of @materialshorizons.rsc.org issue 4, 'A platform for the formation of uniform DNA condensate droplets using vibration-induced local vortices' by Hiroaki Suzuki et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5MH...
We're proud to sponsor awards at the 11th Conference on Quantum Information and Quantum Control, Aug. 17-21 in Toronto, with @pccp.rsc.org, @materialshorizons.rsc.org, @materialsadvances.rsc.org and Nanoscale Advances @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org:
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Materials Horizons cover image shows a circular structure with square structures on interface. A zoomed in cross-section shows molecular structures in red and gray
Check out 'Suppression of interfacial layers in ZrO 2/TiN capacitors by atomic layer deposition using ligand-engineered Zr precursors for scalable DRAM' by
Woongkyu Lee et al. featured on the inside front cover of issue 4
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5MH...
Materials Horizons cover artwork shows two cubic structures, one of which has lightning sparks going through, above a rectangular structure depicting a R-A-M capacitor
Featured on the front cover of @materialshorizons.rsc.org issue 4 is 'High-performance dynamic random access memory capacitor with an equivalent oxide thickness of 0.31 nm via stepwise cycling in Y-doped Hf 0.5Zr 0.5O 2 thin films' by Cheol Seong Hwang et al.
Read it here 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5MH...
RSC Desktop Seminar on biodegradable polymers, taking place on Tuesday 10 March 2026 at 11 AM EST / 4 PM GMT.
Join us for our next Desktop Seminar on Biodegradable polymers, featuring Prof. Patrizio Raffa of @rug.nl! The webinar is on 10 March 2026 at 4pm GMT. Register for free here: rsc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Our next @materialshorizons.rsc.org Emerging Investigator is Ankan Dutta Chowdhury - find out more in our interview 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D6MH...
Read his Emerging Investigator article on a rapid Cu3N–Fe nanocube-based electrochemical sensor for cancer metabolites 👉 doi.org/10.1039/D5MH...
Explore the first articles published in the collection
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Our @materialshorizons.rsc.org themed collection on #metamaterials is still accepting submissions until 10 April 2026. If you work in the area, consider submitting your next work to this collection - more info here 🔗 www.rsc.org/publishing/j...
Materials Horizons back cover artwork shows a clock at the bottom with a blue, purple and red ferroelectric device above
Featured on the outside back cover of @materialshorizons.rsc.org issue 3, read 'Lorentz-tail engineering toward over 10-year data retention with
minimum loss in ferroelectric HZO' by Wonwoo Kho and seung-Eon An
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5MH...
Materials Horizons back cover image features a pen producing a stream of nanofibers. 3D cross-linked materials are shown
Read 'Advancing electrospun nanofiber scaffolds for
next-generation tissue engineering: from trend analysis
to multifunctionalization and hybrid fabrication' by Xin Wang, Xin Zhao, Jingfeng Li et al featured on the inside back cover of @materialshorizons.rsc.org issue 3
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5MH...
Discover our latest @materialshorizons.rsc.org Emerging Investigator Dr Youfu Wang in this Editorial Interview
🔗https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MH90145F
And check out his Emerging Investigator article on bimetallic organic changes as theranostic nanoplatforms
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5MH...
Materials Horizons cover shows a photochromic strip featuring various molecular structures
Featured on the inside front cover of @materialshorizons.rsc.org issue 3 is this work on 'A multicolor photochromic gel based on temporal
separation of photochemical reactions' by Yuki Nagai, Yoichi Kobayashi et al.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MH02246K
Materials Horizons cover image features a cross-section of an artery containing macrophage-cyborg structures
Check out 'Metabolic-switch macrophage cyborgs reverse atherosclerosis by photoacoustic-directed on-demand phenotype delivery' by Jinfeng Xu, Liqiang Zhou, Yingying Liu et al. featured on the front cover of @materialshorizons.rsc.org issue 3
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5MH...
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'Poly(3-hexylthiophene) nanoparticles as visible-light photoinitiators and photosensitizers in 3D printable acrylic hydrogels for photodynamic therapies' by Rodrigo E. Palacios, Miryam Criado-Gonzalez et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D4MH...
'Transdermal therapeutic polymer: in situ synthesis of biocompatible polymer using 5-aminolevulinic acid as a photosensitizer precursor and a polymer initiator' by Junyang Jung, Dokyoung Kim et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5MH...
Read the featured @materialshorizons.rsc.org articles below
'A switch-on chemo-photothermal nanotherapy impairs glioblastoma' by Carla Vitorino et al.
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Discover this @rsc.org #WorldCancerDay collection showcasing some of the most popular cancer research-related articles and reviews published in 2025 across RSC journals, including @materialshorizons.rsc.org
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Discover "Thermoelectric energy conversion", a new themed collection published in @rsc.org Journal of Materials Chemistry A @jmaterchem.rsc.org and Nanoscale @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org
Read the articles for FREE until 2 May 2026: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
RSC Desktop Seminar: Electron Transport in Metal-Organic Frameworks. Thursday 5 February 2026 at 9am EST / 2pm GMT.
Join us next Thursday for another great Desktop Seminar, this time on Electron Transport in MOFs featuring @mirceadinca.bsky.social @princeton.edu and @profamo.bsky.social @virginiatech.bsky.social . #chemsky #webinar Register here: rsc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Our Focus articles are educational articles designed to address topic areas that are often misunderstood or require greater explanation and are published open access for greater visibility.
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If you work on microplastics or nanoplastics, we would be excited to consider your latest research in Materials Horizons. Find out more about the journal requirements and how to submit 🔗 www.rsc.org/publishing/j...
