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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 29/09/2026

The outside back cover showcases research by Ashok Keerthi, Kumar Biradha and colleagues. Cobalt-doped nitrogen-rich covalent organic framework for coupled oxygen evolution and ethylene glycol oxidation toward PET waste upcycling. Read the full article for free: xlink.rsc.org...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 29/09/2026

The inside front cover highlights: Performance optimization of impregnated oxygen electrodes for intermediate temperature symmetric metal-supported solid oxide cells by Federico Capotondo and colleagues. Read the full article for free: xlink.rsc.org...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 29/09/2026

Take a look at our recent covers for Issue 18! The front cover features: Role of anions in the memristive properties of cobalt(ii)-coordinated bis(terpyridine)anthracene polymers by Ambika Pandey, Jiří Pfleger and colleagues. Read the full article for free: xlink.rsc.org...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 08/09/2026

The inside front cover showcases research by Akira Yamaguchi and colleagues on the Investigation of the role of the anion during electrochemical CO2 reduction on copper sulfide (CuS) using the potential-step method. Read the full open access article for free: doi.org/10.1039/D6MA...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 08/09/2026

Check out the latest Materials Advances covers! Issue 17 front cover highlights research by Masafumi Koremura and colleagues on Skin toxicity of lead iodide perovskites evaluated using human skin cell and tissue models. Read the full open access article for free: doi.org/10.1039/d6ma...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 31/08/2026

The inside front cover showcases: Tailored BGO/ZnO heterostructures for enhanced timing resolution in time-of-flight PET imaging by Magdalena Konefał and colleagues. Read the full article for free: doi.org/10.1039/d6ma...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 31/08/2026

Check out the latest Materials Advances covers! Issue 16 front cover highlights research by Agnes Schulze and colleagues on double-target molecularly imprinted polymer membranes for selective adsorption of 17- estradiol and testosterone. Read the full article for free: doi.org/10.1039/d6ma...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 31/08/2026

The back cover highlights research from Dr Marie-Christine Durrieu’s team on bioactive hyaluronic acid hydrogels with tunable stiffness and viscoelasticity for enhanced osteogenic differentiation. Read the full open access article for free: doi.org/10.1039/d6ma...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 31/08/2026

The inside front cover showcases: Templated synthesis of a Zr-formate zeolite - like metal organic framework by Nikos Panagiotou and colleagues. Read the full open access article for free: doi.org/10.1039/d6ma...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 31/08/2026

Check out the latest Materials Advances covers! Issue 15 front cover highlights: All glass high-efficiency visible metalens using catalyst-assisted deep glass etching technique by Akira Ueno and colleagues. Read the full open access article for free: doi.org/10.1039/d6ma...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 27/07/2026

Take a look at Mater. Adv. Issue 14 cover. It features: CF3-pyridyl-substituted hetero- and homocyclic conjugated molecules: from non-emissive to highly emissive through core engineering by Ghayoor Abbas Chotana et al. Read the full article for free: doi.org/10.1039/d6ma...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 14/07/2026

The inside front cover features: Electrochemical behavior of rapidly synthesized amorphous 3d-VIIIB-metal aerogels as bifunctional electrocatalysts for water splitting by Ngan Nguyen Le, Thi Viet Bac Phung and colleagues. Read the full article: xlink.rsc.org...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 14/07/2026

Check out the latest Materials Advances covers! Issue 13 front cover highlights: Temperature- and atmosphere-driven phase evolution in sol–gel synthesized barium nickelate powders by Lauren M Garten and colleagues. Read the full article: xlink.rsc.org...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 07/07/2026

Take a look at our Issue 12 cover! The front cover highlights: A polymer wire wetware synapse with improved endurance for physical neuromorphic implementation by Megumi Akai-Kasaya and colleagues. Read the full article here: xlink.rsc.org...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 23/06/2026

We are delighted to announce this open call for papers to contribute to a themed collection on ‘Nanocellulose and hybrid materials for environmental applications’ Find out more at🔗 www.rsc.org/publishing/j...

Materials Advances, nanocellulose and hybrid materials for environmental applications collection. Submit by 7 October

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Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · 17/06/2026

We're excited to announce the winners of our 2026 RSC Prizes! More than 60 talented individuals and teams from around the globe are being celebrated today for their work on everything from solar energy and drug discovery to materials chemistry and AI. 👉 rsc.li/3SgSapw #RSCPrizes #ChemSky

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Royal Society of Chemistry @rsc.org · 17/06/2026

Clarivate has released the 2026 update to the Journal Citation Reports, with an overall picture of growth in Journal Impact Factors across RSC journals. Highlights include especially strong performance across our open access journals. Find out more ⬇️ www.rsc.org/news/rsc-jou...

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Clarivate has released the 2026 update to the Journal Citation Reports with an overall picture of strong growth across RSC journals.

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 04/06/2026

Take a look at the front cover of Issue 10 of Materials Advances! "A CRISPR–Cas12a amplified RNase activity sensor powered by gold nanoparticle–barcode DNA multipliers" from Haiyan Zheng, Xiyun Guan et al. Read for free, here: doi.org/10.1039/D6MA...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 03/06/2026

Did you see the front cover of Issue 9 of Materials Advances? "DTCC–RGDV: a nano-scaled conjugate capable of targeting arterial thrombi and releasing anti thrombotic pharmacophore DTCC" from Ming Zhao, Shiqi Peng et al. Read for free, here: doi.org/10.1039/D6MA...

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ICEL2026 @icel2026.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Congratulations to Sonny Brebels (Universiteit Hasselt/ Wouter Maes' group ), winner of one of the Best Poster Awards at #ICEL2026! 🎉 The prize was kindly sponsored by @rsc.org and the @materialsadvances.rsc.org journal #OLED #Optoelectronics

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 29/05/2026

Take a look at the outside back cover of Issue 8 of Materials Advances! "Hormone-coated nanocontrast agent promotes ER+ breast cancer cell detection" from Ankan Biswas and Manos Gkikas Read more here: doi.org/10.1039/D6MA...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 29/05/2026

Take a look at this inside front cover from Issue 8 of Materials Advances! "Enhancing electrochromic and electrofluorochromic performance of molecular electrochromes by their covalent immobilization to nanoparticles" from W. G. Skene et al. 🔗https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MA01452B

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 29/05/2026

Did you see the outside front cover of Issue 8 of Materials Advances? "Plasma enhanced vapor deposition of dipeptide nanostructures: nanotubes to nanoflowers" from Milana C. Vasudev et al. Read more here: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 08/05/2026

Have you seen the inside front cover of Issue 7 of Materials Advances? "Elucidating molecular level interfacial interactions between a de novo protein and nucleated calcite with solid-state NMR" from Emily G. S. Close, Wendy J. Shaw et al. Read more here: doi.org/10.1039/D5MA...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 06/05/2026

Check out this outside front cover in Materials Advances, Issue 7 "Production of assorted nanoparticle structures using silver–cerium redox chemistry for inactivation of coronavirus" from Craig J. Neal, Sudipta Seal et al. Read for free here: doi.org/10.1039/D5MA...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 17/04/2026

Polymorphs of a drug exhibit distinct bioavailability and undergo disorder-order quasi-isostructural phase transition and diverse thermal expansions. If you're curious, find out more in this latest Materials Advances publication by Parthapratim Munshi et al. Read it here: pubs.rsc.org/en/cont...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 16/04/2026

This review unifies recent breakthroughs in pozzolan dissolution and reactivity, paving the way for next-generation sustainable aluminosilicate binders Read it in Materials Advances here: pubs.rsc.org/en/cont...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 15/04/2026

Read this latest work by Xiao Yuan Chen and Daniel Rodrigue on 'Auxetic Polypropylene Foams as High Mechanical Performance Materials' recently published in Materials Advances. pubs.rsc.org/en/cont...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 14/04/2026

Exploiting thermal ionisation and activation energy! How do these concepts relate to thermal sensitivity in luminescent thermometry? If you're curious, find out more in this latest Materials Advances publication by Simon Nnalue Ogugua et al. pubs.rsc.org/en/cont...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 27/03/2026

Check out the front cover of Materials Advances issue 6! "Natural, small molecule aliphatics (cholesterol and hexadecyl palmitate) as dielectrics for low-voltage organic field effect transistors" from Mihai Irimia-Vladu et al. Read more here: doi.org/10.1039/D5MA...

Cover of the journal Materials Advances, featuring an illustration of an orange, sponge-like material being extruded from a cylindrical tube onto a small layered electronic device with blue and gold components. The device sits on a transparent platform against a textured, metallic background.

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 19/03/2026

Materials Advances is pleased to support a prize at the 15th International Conference on Electroluminescence and Optoelectronic Devices!! The meeting is a leading event in the field of organic electroluminescence and devices!! 👇 icel2026.unamur.be

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 13/03/2026

Check out the outside front cover of Issue 5 of Materials Advances! "Studying the significance of the parameters involved in the synthesis of Y-UiO-66 to improve product yield" from Ashlee J. Howarth et al. Ashlee Howarth Micaela Richezzi @concordia.ca 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5MA...

Image shows a computer screen with information about Y-UiO-66 (MOF structure shown in cyan; information in green). Background is black with binary code in green.

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 10/03/2026

ICYMI 📢 Check out our International Women's Day collection celebrating leading women researchers across the world ✨

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 05/03/2026

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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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 05/03/2026

Discover the other collections across the Materials journals portfolio: J Mater Chem A: pubs.rsc.org/en/Journals/... J Mater Chem B: pubs.rsc.org/en/Journals/... J Mater Chem C: pubs.rsc.org/en/Journals/... Materials Horizons: pubs.rsc.org/en/Journals/... All free to read until 8 April 2026

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 05/03/2026

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 Advances collection: pubs.rsc.org/en/Journals/...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 05/03/2026

Take a look at this back cover of Issue 4, showcasing research from Keita Kuroiwa et al. "Supramolecular hybrid of Fe pentanuclear complex/diblock copolypeptide amphiphiles with pH-responsive nano/microstructures in water" 🔗 pubs.rsc.org/en/cont...

Top half of the image shows grey particles, with one particle missing 1/8th to show its layered structure; bottom half of the image shows layers of alternating molecular structures; background shows a strawberry mille-feuille.

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 02/03/2026

Check out the front cover of Issue 4, featuring work from Maria von Einem, Susan Köppen-Hannemann et al. "Adsorption of wastewater pollutants on amorphous TiO2: an atomistic simulation study" Read more here: pubs.rsc.org/en/cont...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 26/02/2026

Check out the outside back cover of Issue 3 from Badekai Ramachandra Bhat et al., "Photo-assisted water splitting over a NiCoP/g-C3N4 heterostructure: understanding the role of visible light in electrochemical water splitting" 🔗 pubs.rsc.org/en/cont...

Image shows a yellow sponge with water bubbles and molecules, on a backgroudnd of splashing water, illuminated by a ray of light; background - top half is red/black and bottom half is blue/black.

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 24/02/2026

Inside back cover of Issue 3 is now out! "Sustainable fabrication of arecanut waste-based polymer blend adsorbents for enhanced lead(II) ion removal from water" from Vijayasankar A.V. et al., Read more here: pubs.rsc.org/en/cont...

Image shows the process of synthesis of arecanut adsorbent film and subsequent lead adsorption process; two SEM images shown; background is in blue tones.

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 19/02/2026

Top adsorption performance despite hydrolytic instability? This review from Tim Jähnichen explores the current challenges of porous boron nitride in water treatment. 🔗 pubs.rsc.org/en/cont...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 19/02/2026

The submissions deadline for our themed collection on Amorphous Materials is soon approaching on 28 February 2026 - find out more and submit your latest research now 🔗https://www.rsc.org/publishing/journals/calls-for-papers/materials-advances-amorphous-materials

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 19/02/2026

Take a look at this paper on strain-programmable platform for freestanding perovskite & layered oxides—scalable transfer to silicon and flexible supports, from Rostaghi Chalaki et al. 🔗 pubs.rsc.org/en/cont...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 18/02/2026

Take a look at this inside front cover of Issue 3, out now! "Raman spectroscopy of electrochemically exfoliated graphene: defect evolution, doping effects, and interpretive frameworks" from M. J. Madito 🔗 pubs.rsc.org/en/cont...

Image in pink/purple tones showing wavy lines at the bottom and spectroscopic tip (red) pointing onto a blue/green 2D material (graphene) for exfoliation.

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 17/02/2026

Read this latest work by Tizazu Mekonnen et al. in which lignin nanocontainers deliver APP in natural rubber, boosting flame retardancy while improving toughness and strength at low filler loadings - published in Materials Advances 🔗 pubs.rsc.org/en/cont...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 17/02/2026

The submissions deadline for our Materials Advances themed collection on 'Polymer electrolyte membrane electrolyzers' is soon approaching on 28 February 2026 - if you work in the area, we would be delighted to receive your research! Find out more 🔗 www.rsc.org/publishing/j...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 17/02/2026

Click-enabled tetrazine ionic liquid is reported as an advanced material for chemo-selective gas detection via inverse electron-demand Diels–Alder reaction. Read this recently published Materials Advances article by Yen-Ho Chu and team to find out more 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5MA...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 16/02/2026

Check out this outside front cover of Issue 3 from Kun V. Tian, Gregory A. Chass et al. "Al-driven cement functionality by manifold structuring & disorder" 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5MA... @qmulse.bsky.social University of Alberta McMaster University

Artistic image showing what appears to be rocky mountains. Left top corner shows information about element Al, including it's assemblies (some assemblies also scattered across the mountains). Bottom left corner is black and includes two equations.

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 12/02/2026

Recently published in Materials Advances, Check out 'Bio-Based Antimicrobial Nanocomposites Derived from Tannery Waste for Functional Leather Coating: Circular Valorization of Chrome Shaving Dust' by Md. Abdulla-Al-Mamun et al. 🔗 pubs.rsc.org/en/cont...

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Materials Advances @materialsadvances.rsc.org · 11/02/2026

We are pleased to open submissions to our Materials Advances themed collection on 'Solid Oxide Electrolysis' - if you work in the area, submit your latest research before 30 June 2026. Find out more about this open call 🔗 www.rsc.org/publishing/j...

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