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Chemistry of Materials in 2016Thank You to Our Authors, Reviewers, and Readers
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he editorial of the last issue, number 24, of every year is dedicated to thanking you, our authors, our reviewers, and our readers, for your confidence in and continued support of Chemistry of Materials. We aim to serve the broader community of scientists working in the area of materials chemistry. A few highlights from 2016 include the following, which we hope are of interest and are useful for our readership. The full listing of virtual issues, reviews and perspectives, editorials, and other information can be found on our website.
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Regi, Joaquiń Pérez Pariente, Rafael Pérez del Real, and Ainhoa Rám ila, and their 2001 paper on using mesoporous MCM materials for drug delivery. • Photochemical water splitting: Frank Osterloh, and his 2007 review on inorganic materials as catalysts for water splitting reactions.
REVIEWS AND PERSPECTIVES We search out the leaders in the field and ask them to write about what they know best, their area of research; this year we published reviews and perspectives in areas that range from materials for energy, biomaterials, new fundamental research in materials chemistry, methods development of interest for materials chemists, and many, many others. Many of these perspectives were part of our invitation-only Up-and-Coming series of perspectives, written by rising young stars. Please stay in touch with us in person at conferences, by email, Twitter (@ChemMater, as well as individual editor accounts), and Facebookwe rely on your input to help shape our initiatives that are intended to support the researchers in materials chemistry. We would like to pass on to the community our best wishes for success in your research, and for a successful and productive 2016. Jillian M. Buriak, Editor-in-Chief
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FOUR VIRTUAL ISSUES Virtual issues group together papers published in one or more ACS journals in a specific area; the editors choose them to highlight emerging trends and new perspectives. • virtual issue on best practices for the reporting of properties of new materials and devices, published with 6 sister ACS journals • virtual issue on thermoelectric materials, prepared by guest editors Kirill Kovnir and Eric S. Toberer, with editors Ram Seshadri and Susan Kauzlarich • virtual issue on atomic layer deposition (ALD), prepared by guest editors Neil P. Dasgupta and Han-Bo-Ram Lee, Chemistry of Materials editor Stacey F. Bent, and ACS Nano editor-in-chief Paul S. Weiss • virtual issue on emerging applications of metal organic frameworks (MOFs), prepared by guest editor Yanli Zhao, with editor Michael Ward
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AUTHOR INFORMATION
ORCID
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Jillian M. Buriak: 0000-0002-9567-4328
EDITORIALS We published 23 editorials on a wide variety of topics, including interesting highlights from meetings and conferences, introduction and description of new statistical methods that may be of interest to materials chemists, advice on how to improve the quality of figures, and many other subjects.
Notes
Views expressed in this editorial are those of the author and not necessarily the views of the ACS.
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NEW MEMBERS OF THE CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS’ 1k CLUB We keep track of papers published in Chemistry of Materials that have been cited 1000 times or more and publish interviews with the authors of these papers to find out more about their perspectives on the field at the time of writing, and what advice they may have for young scientists. New “inductees” into the Chemistry of Materials’ 1k Club include: • Some Like It Hot: Qingfeng Li, Ronghuan He, Jens Oluf Jensen, and Niels J. Bjerrum, and their 2003 paper on polymer electrolyte membranes that can withstand high temperatures. • An international collaboration in the field of energy storage: Daniel Bélanger, Thierry Brousse, and Matthieu Toupin, and their 2004 paper on the charge storage mechanism of an electrochemical supercapacitor. • Solving Drug Delivery by Drawing from Two Different Fields: Materials Chemistry and Pharmacy: Maria Vallet© 2016 American Chemical Society
Published: December 27, 2016 8843
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b05221 Chem. Mater. 2016, 28, 8843−8843
