Calls for papers

Highlight your research and enhance its visibility to your field and community by submitting to one of our Collections.

  • Mass spectrometry method development

    Mass spectrometry is a cornerstone technique across various scientific disciplines, enabling precise analysis of complex samples, characterization of atom clusters and molecules, and elucidation of reaction mechanisms. This cross-journal Collection brings together advances in method development for mass spectrometry, including but not limited to advances in sample preparation, instrumentation, automation and integration, computational data analysis and prediction.
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      Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 October 2024

    • Sodium-based battery development

      This cross-journal Collection brings together the latest developments in electrodes, electrolytes, and battery components used in aqueous and non-aqueous sodium-based battery applications.
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        Submission status: Open Deadline: 15 October 2024

      • Fluorescent probes for bioimaging and biosensing

        This Collection aims to offer insights and inspiration for the development of fluorescent probes for biological imaging and sensing. We encourage submissions that focus on design strategies and rational response mechanisms, electronic and spectral characteristics, and biological applications as powerful tools for chemical biology.
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          Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 September 2024

        • Fragments in Drug Discovery

          In this collection, we want to highlight research that focuses on fragments in drug discovery. Have you found validated fragment hits for a new disease target? Maybe they unlocked an unreported enzyme mechanism? Were you able to develop a method that is useful for fragment-based drug discovery? Perhaps you found a hit that made it to clinical trials? We invite all scientists who work with fragments in the context of drug discovery to submit their interesting fragment stories. We look forward to hearing all about them.
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            Submission status: Open Deadline: 22 September 2024

          • Advances in catalytic hydrogen evolution

            This collection encourages submissions related to hydrogen evolution catalysis, particularly where hydrogen gas is the primary product. This is a cross-journal partnership between the Energy Materials team at Nature Communications with Communications Chemistry, Communications Engineering, Communications Materials, and Scientific Reports. We seek studies covering a range of perspectives including materials design & development, catalytic performance, or underlying mechanistic understanding. Other works focused on potential applications and large-scale demonstration of hydrogen evolution are also welcome.
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              Submission status: Open Deadline: 18 September 2024

            • Electrochemical interfaces

              Electrochemical interfaces are complex reaction fields of mass transport and charge transfer. They are the centerpiece of energy storage and conversion devices — such as batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells, solar cells, or electrolyzers — as well as electrochemical syntheses. This Guest Edited Collection brings together the latest works on electrochemical interfaces.
              • Andrea Paolella, PhD
              • Maria-Magdalena (Magda) Titirici, PhD
              • Takashi Tsuchiya, PhD
              • Wei Zhang, PhD
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              Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 August 2024

            • Supramolecular polymers

              Supramolecular polymers have emerged as an exciting class of materials over the last three decades. This Collection aims to highlight recent progress in the field of supramolecular polymers, including strategies and mechanisms for their controlled polymerization, approaches to characterization and modelling, study of their physical and mechanical properties, and demonstration of their potential applications.
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                Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 August 2024

              • Batteries under extreme conditions

                This Collection aims to bring together cutting-edge research and innovative solutions addressing the resilience and performance of batteries under extreme conditions.
                • Jun Lu, PhD
                • Ya You, PhD
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                Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 August 2024

              • Self-driving labs and automation software for chemistry and materials science

                This cross-journal collection is dedicated to the development and application of automation tools (software and hardware) for chemistry and materials science, curated by Editors from Nature Communications, Communications Chemistry, Communications Engineering, Communications Materials and Scientific Reports.
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                  Submission status: Open Deadline: 07 August 2024

                • Triplet-harvesting materials

                  Development of advanced systems and materials for triplet harvesting holds great promise for many applications. This Collection aims to bring together research from different areas of triplet-harvesting systems and materials.
                  • Huifang Shi, PhD
                  • Youngmin You, PhD
                  • Yanli Zhao, PhD
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                  Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 June 2024