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A multidisciplinary journal focusing on high quality research across the breadth of materials science.

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Our final outside back cover of 2025, featured in Issue 24, comes from E. Sprague-Klein et al.

"Investigating the mechanism of copper–carbon interactions in ultraconductor materials via in situ thermal X-ray and Raman spectroscopy"

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December 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Check out the final inside back cover of the year in Issue 24!

"Tuning the nonlinear optical properties of SnO 2–rGO nanocomposites: exploration using conventional Z-scan and thermal lensing models" from Md Kamal Uddin et al.

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on a dark grey background, nanocomposites are shown alongside graphs showing Z-scan and thermal lensing models.
December 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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See our final inside front cover of the year in Issue 24

"Physically crosslinked poly(methacrylic acid- co-acrylamide)/gelatin–chitosan (poly-MAGC) interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels for drug delivery and antibacterial activity" from @pujalaravi.bsky.social et al

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A multifunctional poly(methacrylic acid–acrylamide/chitosan–gelatin) hydrogel featuring a cross-linked polymer network encapsulates the antibiotic carbenicillin and displays intrinsic antibacterial activity.
December 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Take a look at our final front cover of the year in Issue 24!

"Enhanced treatment uniformity of chemical and biological liquids in cold atmospheric plasma system using gas bubble mixing" from Ha M. Nguyen et al.

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December 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Read our featured back cover for #MaterialsAdvances issue 23 here!

"Screening of the carbazole-based phosphonic acids in perovskite solar cells: impact of the substitution pattern on device performance" from Artiom Magomedov et al.,

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Image in blue tones showing synthesis of self-assembled monolayer (SAM); includes molecular structures and textured area. Image is intended to represent the correlation between molecular structure and device performance in carbazole-based phosphonic acid SAMs.
December 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Check out the inside back cover of issue 23 of #MaterialsAdvances showcasing research from Dr Cristian M. Teodorescu’s laboratory

"Surface spin asymmetry of O 2p and Ba 5p states in BaTiO3(001)"

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Image showing spin asymmetry in BaTiO3 (001); structure shown using pink, purple, orange, blue and green coloured spheres; orange-to-green background. Orbital occupancy for surfance and bulk atoms specified, electric polarization and surface magnetization outlined; on the right, diagram with free and occupied valence states.
December 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Featured on the inside front cover of issue 23 of #MaterialsAdvances

"Photo-activated antimicrobial textiles and paper using non-covalently adsorbed zinc phthalocyanines" by Masahiro Niikura, Daniel B. Leznoff, Bonnie L. Gray, Lisa Craig et al.

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Green phthalocyanine dye on a knitted textile, when exposed to light, produces singlet oxygen that destroys bacteria (purple rods) and viruses (red spiked spheres).
December 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Check out this outside front cover featured in Issue 23 of #MatAdv, from Michael Marek Koza et al. @illneutrons.bsky.social

"Unraveling the electronic control of hydride-ion diffusivity in oxyhydrides from model studies on BaTiO 3−2xH x"

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on a gradient blue background, a schematic representation of perovskite-type oxyhydride BaTiO3−xHx is shown as a ball and stick model
December 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Discover new articles added to our 2025 Materials Advances Popular Advances collection 📢
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December 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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📢 Save the Date! We’re delighted to announce that #RSCPoster 2026 will take place on 3 March 2026 at 12:00 GMT.

Join researchers from around the world for a day of sharing, connecting, and celebrating scientific creativity across disciplines.

Mark your calendars — more details coming soon!
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December 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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We are pleased to present this Materials Advances themed collection on 'Advances in energy generation and conversion technologies'
Explore the featured articles here 🔗https://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/articlecollectionlanding?sercode=ma&themeid=abf8fa57-ea35-4b65-824d-8a8c1d92af7d
December 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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📢 Call for papers - submit your latest work to this themed collection in J Mater Chem B on antimicrobial materials before 1 April 2026! Find out more 🔗https://www.rsc.org/publishing/journals/calls-for-papers/jmc-b-antimicrobial-materials
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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In Issue 23, @materialshorizons.rsc.org Emerging Investigator Series features Professor Xiangyu Jiang, Beihang University, China
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Read his article on ionic membranes: doi.org/10.1039/D5MH...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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The nomination window for the 2026 Polymer Chemistry Lectureship is still open!

Be sure to submit your nominations before 31st January!

Find out more on our blog
polymerchem.rsc.org Polymer Chemistry @polymerchem.rsc.org · Oct 21
We're now accepting nominations for the 2026 Polymer Chemistry Lectureship!

This award celebrates an early-career scientist making waves in the polymer field.

Learn more about the lectureship, including eligibility criteria and how to nominate, on our blog 👉 blogs.rsc.org/py/2025/10/2...
November 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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📢Nominations for the @rsc.org 2026 Prizes are now open and close on 14 January 2026 - consider making a nomination to our Horizon Prizes, Inclusion and Diversity Prize, Research & Innovation Prizes and Volunteer Recognition Prizes 💫
🔗https://www.rsc.org/standards-and-recognition/prizes/
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Check out this article in Materials Advances which investigates the signature of half-metallicity and pressure-induced physical properties of cubic A=Si, Ge, SnCrO3 multiferroic by DFT calculation
Investigation of the half-metallicity signature and pressure-induced physical properties of cubic ACrO3 (A = Si, Ge, Sn) multiferroic by DFT calculation
We report a comprehensive first-principles investigation of the structural, electronic, elastic, magnetic, and optoelectronic properties and half-metallicity of ACrO3 (A = Si, Ge, Sn) with space group Pm3m (no. 221), studied for the first time using density functional theory (DFT) in the pressure range of 0–
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November 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Check out 'Melt, mix, and glow: emulsion-based fabrication of polyphenylsilsesquioxane microspheres with embedded hydrophobic fluorophores' by Guido Kickelbick et al. featured on the inside front cover of Materials Advances issue 21
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November 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Featured on the front cover of issue 11, check out 'Super-rapid bacterial inactivation by Cu3+-ion-dominant films formed via UV irradiation of Cu2+ complex precursor films with amine ligands' by Hsiang-Jung Wu et al. published in Materials Advances!
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November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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This article reports the first sulfur-fused heterocyclic thioketone luminogen, which consists of a donor–acceptor structure

Read the full article in #MaterialsAdvances here 👇
Near blue light emitting benzimidazol-2-thione
The discrete organosulfur molecule possessing a high quantum yield with blue luminescence properties has significant potential as an optically active material for future applications. In this context, the sulfoxide or sulfone-based fused heterocyclic materials are known as the new generation of luminogens. T
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November 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Join us in welcoming Professor Martyn McLachlan as the new Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Materials Chemistry C and Materials Advances
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November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Using few-layered MoS2 and PEDOT:PSS, Partha Kumbhakar et al. aim to introduce a polymer nanocomposite film for soft actuator applications under NIR light stimuli

Discover their full article here 👇
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November 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Smart nanoclusters deliver doxorubicin precisely to cancer cells—safer, stronger, targeted!

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Mapping the L-tryptophan capped copper nanocluster mediated binding and targeted pH-responsive release of doxorubicin via fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)
Targeted delivery and controlled release of anticancer drugs pose significant challenges in effective cancer therapy. In this study, we developed a tryptophan-capped copper nanocluster (Trp-Cu NC) as a nano-drug carrier for the selective and pH-responsive release of the anticancer drug doxorubicin (Dox). The
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November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Computational modelling reveals that bulk SnS exhibits faster K+ diffusion, while bulk SnS2 offers more thermodynamically favourable K+ storage. In SnS/SnS2 heterostructures, K+ migration perpendicular to the interface is the slowest process.
Potassium cation storage and diffusion in SnS, SnS2, and at SnS/SnS2 interfaces
Due to their promising performance, tin sulfide and tin disulfide have been investigated as anode materials in various types of batteries, such as Li-, Na-, and K-ion batteries. Understanding the thermodynamics and kinetics of processes involving metal ions at the atomistic level, and how these processes dif
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November 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Have you read this article in #MaterialsAdvances?
'A multilayered supramolecular chelate of diclofenac-appended AgI-hydrazide as an efficient anti-inflammatory, anticancer, and nanometal dispersing material, in comparison to analogous ZnII-hydrazide'
A multilayered supramolecular chelate of diclofenac-appended AgI-hydrazide as an efficient anti-inflammatory, anticancer, and nanometal dispersing material, in comparison to analogous ZnII-hydrazide
We herein present new AgI and ZnII chelating materials based on diclofenac (dicf)-appended hydrazide (dh), along with their comparative structural, crystal, solution, anti-inflammatory, and cytotoxic properties. The spectral (FT-IR, NMR, FAB-MS, and UV-vis), physicochemical, SEM, and single-crystal X-ray stu
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November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Read our featured back cover for #MaterialsAdvances issue 20 here!
'Quantifying fungal growth in 3D: an ergosterol-based method to distinguish growth modes' by Natalie Nussbaum, Peter Fischer et al.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM