Editorial Cite This: Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 2683−2684
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Our 2019 Virtual Issue: Methods and Protocols in Materials Science
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times and are thus proving their utility to the community. We would like to repeat what was written in last year’s editorial introducing the 2018 Methods/Protocols virtual issue, which is that we welcome not only new methods and protocols but also clarifications and standardizations of popular but difficult-toreproduce techniques and characterization. We hope that this virtual issue is useful to you and your research groups and that it inspires you to submit a Methods/Protocols paper in your own area. How to Make over 20% Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells in Regular (n−i−p) and Inverted (p−i−n) Architectures https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b00136 Simple and Convenient Method for the Isolation, Culture, and Recollection of Cancer Cells from Blood by Using Glass-Bead Filters https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b01335
apers that enable others to do what could not be easily, or previously, accomplished are highly valued since they provide a boost to propel research forward. For this reason, Chemistry of Materials and ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering are very interested in publishing methods and protocols papers that describe new approaches to studying and solving important challenges in materials science. This virtual issue represents the second we have jointly published, compiling the Methods/Protocols papers from 2018 into one easy-to-search venue.1−15 In 2018, we published 15 Methods/Protocols papers on a variety of topics in materials science (Figure 1), including how to make >20% efficiency lead-halide perovskite solar cells,1 how to conveniently isolate cancer cells from blood with glass bead filters,2 and many examples that use easily accessible techniques to determine properties that would typically require specialized equipment or laborious analyses. Many of these Methods/Protocols papers have been downloaded over 1000
Figure 1. Examples of methods and protocols papers included in this latest virtual issue comprising papers published in 2018. These images are table of contents images from references 1, 4, 10, 6, 11, and 9 (a−f). Reproduced with permission from the American Chemical Society. Published: April 23, 2019 © 2019 American Chemical Society
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Measuring Temperature-Dependent Miscibility for Polymer Solar Cell Blends: An Easily Accessible Optical Method Reveals Complex Behavior https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b00889 Method for the Fabrication of Elastomeric Polyester Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering and Minimally Invasive Delivery https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.7b01017 Determination of the Molecular Weight of Conjugated Polymers with Diffusion-Ordered NMR Spectroscopy https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b05063 Size and Concentration Determination of Colloidal Nanocrystals by Small-Angle X-ray Scattering https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b00903 Accurate Coulometric Quantification of Hydrogen Absorption in Palladium Nanoparticles and Thin Films https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b01324 Metabolic Glycoengineering of Cell-Derived Matrices and Cell Surfaces: A Combination of Key Principles and Stepby-Step Procedures https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b00865 Ultrahigh-Resolution 7Li Magic-Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy by Isotopic Dilution https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b01626 3D Printing of Neural Tissues Derived from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Using a Fibrin-Based Bioink https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b01235 Soft Nondamaging Contacts Formed from Eutectic Ga− In for the Accurate Determination of Dielectric Constants of Organic Materials https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b02212 Reverse Engineering To Characterize Redox Properties: Revealing Melanin’s Redox Activity through Mediated Electrochemical Probing https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b02428 Sub-Monolayer Accuracy in Determining the Number of Atoms per Unit Area in Ultrathin Films Using X-ray Fluorescence https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b02591 Measuring Cytoplasmic Stiffness of Fibroblasts as a Function of Location and Substrate Rigidity Using Atomic Force Microscopy https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b01019 Isolation and Identification of Proteins Secreted by Cells Cultured within Synthetic Hydrogel-Based Matrices https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.7b00647
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Jillian M. Buriak, Editor-in-Chief, Chemistry of Materials David L. Kaplan, Editor-in-Chief, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
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Jillian M. Buriak: 0000-0002-9567-4328 David L. Kaplan: 0000-0002-9245-7774 Notes
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