Molecular level stimuli-responsive materials
- Submission status
- Open
- Submission deadline
The induction of macroscopic changes in colour, shape, and functionality through designed nanoscale control can produce smart materials responding to chemical or physical triggers such as heat, light, electricity, pH, magnetic forces, guest molecules, and mechanical forces. These materials have attracted attention for their use in actuators, sensors, optoelectronic devices, information storage, shape memory, medical applications, intelligent or autonomous systems, and other disruptive systems.
This Collection aims to bring together the latest progress in the synthesis, characterization, understanding, and application of functional materials that integrate stimuli-responsive molecular systems.
We welcome studies across the spectrum of experimental to theoretical research, with topics of interest including but not limited to:
- Synthesis of stimuli-responsive molecules, polymers, porous materials, carbon materials, soft and crystalline materials.
- Mechanistic details of molecular-level stimuli responses.
- Probing responses of systems at surfaces and interfaces.
- Processing and integration of stimuli-responsive materials into systems and devices.
- Demonstrations of molecular level stimuli-responsive materials in functions and applications.
The Collection primarily welcomes original research papers, in the form of both full articles and communications. All submissions will be subject to the same review process and editorial standards as regular Communications Materials Articles.
Editors
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David B. Amabilino, PhD
Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Spain
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Celine Calvino, PhD
LivMatS, University of Freiburg, Germany
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Ximin He, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles, United States
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Xiang Ma, PhD
East China University of Science and Technology, China
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Zhenjie Zhang, PhD
Nankai University, China
To submit your manuscript for consideration at Communications Materials as part of this Collection, please use this link to our manuscript submission system and select the "Molecular level stimuli-responsive materials" Collection from the alphabetical list on the “c) Subjects and Techniques” tab when completing manuscript information. Please also state in the cover letter that you would like the paper to be considered for the Collection.
Papers submitted to the Collection will be assessed according to the journal's usual selection criteria, which includes editorial screening for advance and peer review (see here for details).
The Collection will publish original research papers, Reviews, and Perspectives (full details on content types can be found here). Accepted papers will be published in Communications Materials straight away and then collected together and promoted on the Collection homepage. The deadline for submissions is 1st July 2024, though papers submitted after this date will be considered.
