Materials journals: open calls for papers

Biomedical polymer materials, as materials for diagnosis, treatment and organ regeneration, have the mission of prolonging patients' lives and improving their quality of life. Their research occupies a very important position in the fields of biotechnology, life sciences and medicine, and different fields of biomedicine have different requirements for biomedical materials. Thus, in order to promote the development of the medical field, the synthesis of new biomaterials is of great significance.

Submissions to the journal should fit within the scope of Journal of Materials Chemistry B or Biomaterials Science – Please see the journal’s website for more information on the journal’s scope, standards, article types and author guidelines. We encourage you to submit your work to the journal you feel is most appropriate.

If you would like to contribute to this themed collection, please submit your article directly through the Biomaterials Science submission service or the Journal of Materials Chemistry B submission service. Please mention that your submission is a contribution to the Novel Biomedical Polymer Materials in the “Themed issues” section of the submission form and add a “Note to the Editor” that this is from the Open Call. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check the suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of both the journal and the collection, and as such inclusion of accepted articles in the final themed collection is not guaranteed. All submissions will be subject to initial assessment and sent for peer review, if appropriate. We cannot guarantee peer review or acceptance of your submission to the journal.

If you have any questions about the collection or the submissions process, please do contact the Editorial Office at biomaterialsscience-rsc@rsc.org and they will be able to assist.

Biomaterials Science is a Transformative Journal, and Plan S compliant

Emerging Investigators should be at an early stage of their independent career (this should typically be within 12 years of attaining their doctorate or equivalent degree, but appropriate consideration is given to those who have taken a career break, work in systems where their time period to independence may vary or who followed an alternative study path).

Manuscripts should be submitted via the Royal Society of Chemistry’s online submission service and the Editorial Office informed by email. Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for the themed collection. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal's usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online, and they will be published in a regular issue of Biomaterials Science.

Biomaterials Science is a Transformative Journal, and Plan S compliant

This themed collection aims to collect the recent research breakthroughs, reviews, perspectives and comments on liquid-based materials from fundamentals to applications.

Topics: Advanced gel materials; Liquid metals; ionic liquids; Smart/responsive liquids; Liquid-infused surfaces/membranes; Micro/nanofluidic devices; Soft matter; Bioinspired liquid-based materials; Particles at the liquid interface; Functional & adaptive surfaces, etc.

Submissions to the journal should fit within the scope of Journal of Materials Chemistry A – Please see the journal’s website for more information on the journal’s scope, standards, article types and author guidelines.

If you would like to contribute to this themed collection, please submit your article directly through the Journal of Materials Chemistry A submission service. Please mention that your submission is a contribution to the ‘Advancing energy-materials through high-throughput experiments and computation ‘collection in the “Themed issues” section of the submission form and add a “Note to the Editor” that this is from the Open Call.

The Editorial Office reserves the right to check the suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of both the journal and the collection, and as such inclusion of accepted articles in the final themed collection is not guaranteed. All submissions will be subject to initial assessment and sent for peer review, if appropriate. We cannot guarantee peer review or acceptance of your submission in the journal.

If you have any questions about the collection or the submission process, please contact the Editorial Office and they will be able to assist.

Journal of Materials Chemistry A is a Transformative Journal and Plan S compliant

Submissions to the journal should contain chemistry in the context of a material and should fit within the scope of Journal of Materials Chemistry C or Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Please see the journal’s page for more information on the journal’s scope, standards, article types and author guidelines.

This call for papers is open for the following article types:

• Communications
• Full papers

If you would like to contribute to this themed collection, you can submit your article directly to the online submission system for Journal of Materials Chemistry C or Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Please mention that this submission is a contribution to the Molecular Photoswitches for Energy storage in the “Themed issues” section of the submission form and add a “Note to the Editor” that this is from the Open Call.

Journal of Materials Chemistry A is a Transformative Journal and Plan S compliant

Submissions to the journal should fit within the scope of Journal of Materials Chemistry B – Please see the journal’s website for more information on the journal’s scope, standards, article types and author guidelines. All manuscripts will undergo the normal initial assessment and peer review processes, if appropriate, in line with the journal’s high standards, managed by the journal editors. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are published and they will be featured in a regular issue of the relevant journal. Please note that peer review or acceptance are not guaranteed.

For this collection, we strongly encourage full primary research in the way of Full Papers or Communications.

If you would like to contribute to this themed collection, please submit your article directly through the Journal of Materials Chemistry B submission service. Please mention that your submission is a contribution to the Bioinspired functional supramolecular systems collection in the “Themed issues” section of the submission form. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of both the journal and the collection, and as such inclusion of accepted articles in the final themed collection is not guaranteed.

If you have any questions about the collection or the submissions process, please contact the Editorial Office and they will be able to assist.

Journal of Materials Chemistry B is a Transformative Journal and Plan S compliant

Fluorescence imaging is a predominant method employed in biological and biomedical research. This powerful technique utilises fluorescent probes that emit light upon excitation, enabling non-invasive and real-time observation of specific targets within the living system. It assists researchers in localizing specific proteins in tissue, visualizing subcellular structures, studying cell organization, monitoring the bio-microenvironment, and even conducting image-guided surgery. From fundamental biological studies to biomedical applications, fluorescence bioimaging continues to facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of the complex biological world and provide us with powerful tools for diagnosis or treatment.

In this context, it is pertinent to compile this themed issue focusing on recent materials developments in the field of fluorescence bioimaging. To this end, this themed collection of Journal of Materials Chemistry B aims to provide a platform for recent developments in this rapidly evolving field of fluorescence bioimaging with topics including, but not limited to, fluorescence bioimaging with novel probes, design or synthetic strategies of fluorescent probes, theoretical understanding of fluorescent probe properties and working mechanisms, and new insights into the materials chemistry of fluorescence bioimaging. We hope that readers find this themed collection informative and useful.

Submissions to the journal should fit within the scope of Journal of Materials Chemistry B – Please see the journal’s website for more information on the journal’s scope, standards, article types and author guidelines. All manuscripts will undergo the normal initial assessment and peer review processes, if appropriate, in line with the journal’s high standards, managed by the journal editors. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are published and they will be featured in a regular issue of the relevant journal. Please note that peer review or acceptance are not guaranteed.

For this collection, we strongly encourage primary research in the way of Full Papers or Communications. If you want to submit a review-type article, please check with the Editorial Office first for pre-approval and to avoid topic overlap.

Your institute may have a Read & Publish agreement in place with the Royal Society of Chemistry. This means that you may be able to publish gold open access for free in all the hybrid journals we publish - maximising the visibility and impact of your article to the broadest possible audience. Your institution’s agreement may already include the article processing charge for publishing as a corresponding author. Check here to find out more and to see if your institution has an R&P deal in place.

Journal of Materials Chemistry B is a Transformative Journal and Plan S compliant

Nano-bio-materials, i.e., nanomaterials derived or inspired from biological molecules, have gained substantial influence in the recent times in terms of their fine tunability, scale-up potential, excellent interface and adaptation with biological systems. Multiple different approaches involving physical and computational modelling, chemical structure synthesis and characterization and biological modifications have been used to develop next generation bionanodevices that can interface with biological systems in a very focussed manner. Some of the recent devices have already made their way to clinical trials and many others are in different stages of the pipeline for translational applications.

This new collection in Nanoscale, JMC B, Nanoscale Advances and Materials Advances will focus on the design of multifunctional hybrid nanomaterials for different applications and on interfacing nanomaterials with biological systems for translational studies. The scope of this collection loosely aligns with the 2023 International Conference on Nanomaterials in Biology (ICNB 2023), held at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar along with Soft Materials Research Society, from 19–22 November 2023. Potential topics for the collection include but are not limited to,

• 3D Bioprinting
• Big Data in Nanosciences
• Bioinspired and Biomimetic Materials
• Biological Nanodevices and Sensors
• Engineered Nanomaterials
• Nanomaterials and Environmental Effects
• Nanomaterials for Bioenergy Applications
• Nanomaterials for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Science
• Nanomaterials in Biological Uptake and Nanotoxicology
• Nanomaterials in Gene and Drug Delivery
• Nanomaterials in Tissue Engineering and Medicine
• Polymer Supramolecular Chemistry and Applications
• Scaffold design and fabrication

Articles can be submitted at any time before the deadline via relevant journal online submission system. Please see the journals’ webpages linked above for more information on their scope, standards, article types and author guidelines.

Accepted articles will be published in a citeable format in regular journal issues as soon as possible and collated into the themed collection online, which will be promoted in late 2024. We are looking forward to receiving your submission, which is welcomed any time before the deadline of 7 June 2024 so that this collection can become available to you and the community as soon as possible.

Please note that all submissions will be subject to initial assessment and rigorous peer review to meet the usual high standards of the journals and acceptance is not guaranteed. In some cases, the Associate Editors may offer authors a transfer between the journals participating in this collection; any transferred articles will still be included in the online collection.

Journal of Materials Chemistry B is a Transformative Journal and Plan S compliant

Submissions to the journal should contain chemistry in a materials context and should fit within the scope of Journal of Materials Chemistry C. Please see the journal’s website for more information on the journal’s scope, standards, article types and author guidelines.

For this collection, we welcome full Papers and Communications.

If you would like to contribute to this themed collection, please submit your article directly through the Journal of Materials Chemistry C submission service. Please mention that your submission is a contribution to the ‘Photon Upconversion’ collection in the “Themed issues” section of the submission form and add a “Note to the Editor” that this is from the Open Call.

Journal of Materials Chemistry C is a Transformative Journal and Plan S compliant

Submissions to the journal should contain chemistry in the context of a material and should fit within the scope of Journal of Materials Chemistry C or Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Please see the journal’s page for more information on the journal’s scope, standards, article types and author guidelines.

This call for papers is open for the following article types:

• Communications
• Full papers

If you would like to contribute to this themed collection, you can submit your article directly to the online submission system for Journal of Materials Chemistry C or Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

Please mention that this submission is a contribution to the Molecular Photoswitches for Energy storage in the “Themed issues” section of the submission form and add a “Note to the Editor” that this is from the Open Call.

Journal of Materials Chemistry C is a Transformative Journal and Plan S compliant

Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Designing and tailoring properties in polymer actuators
• 0D, 1D, and 2D nanomaterials for remote actuation in composites
• Hybrid nanocomposites for remote actuation
• Biodegradable/natural polymeric actuators
• Stimuli for enhanced remote control in polymer actuators
• Breakthroughs and transformative applications of actuators
• Thermodynamically-consistent multiphysics modeling of stimuli-responsive polymers
• Modeling charged species and solvent transports in ionic-electroactive polymers
• Ionic polymer metal composites: characterization of boundary layers of charged species and performance as a function of the environmental conditions

More information about the scope of this collection can be found here.

Manuscripts should be submitted via the Royal Society of Chemistry’s online submission service and the Editorial Office informed by email. Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for this themed collection. The Editorial Office and Guest Editors reserve the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal's usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online, and they will be published in a regular issue of Materials Advances.

Please note that article processing charges apply to all articles submitted to Materials Advances if, following peer-review, they are accepted for publication. Details of the APC and discounted rates can be found here. You could also find out if your institution has an agreement with the Royal Society of Chemistry that could cover your APCs using our Journal Finder tool. Corresponding authors who are not already members of the Royal Society of Chemistry are entitled to one year’s Affiliate membership as part of their APC. Find out more about our member benefits. 

Submissions to the collection should focus on materials, devices, and characterisation techniques including but not limited to:

• Materials for energy storage: new materials and their properties that can be used for energy storage, including batteries, supercapacitors, solar cells, hydrogen evolution and storage, biomass products and other technologies.
• Solar energy: solar energy generation and conversion, including solar cells and solar thermal technologies.
• Wind energy: wind energy generation, including wind turbines and energy storage technologies.
• Bioenergy: bioenergy generation, including biofuels and biogas technologies.
• Energy efficiency: materials and devices for improving energy efficiency, including smart grids, energy-efficient buildings, and energy-efficient appliances.
• Green Hydrogen: PEM, SOFCs, Green hydrogen from (m)ethanol etc.
• Scaling-up challenges: projects implementation at course and their unique challenges at different parts of LATAM.

Manuscripts should be submitted via our online submission service and the Editorial Office informed by email. Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for the themed collection.

The Editorial Office and Guest Editors reserve the right to check the suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal's usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online, and they will be published in a regular issue of Materials Advances.

Please note that article processing charges apply to all articles submitted to Materials Advances if, following peer-review, they are accepted for publication. View details of the APC and discounted rates. You could also find out if your institution has an agreement with the Royal Society of Chemistry that could cover your APCs using our Journal Finder tool. Corresponding authors who are not already members of the Royal Society of Chemistry are entitled to one year’s Affiliate membership as part of their APC. Find out more about our member benefits.

This collection will cover (but not be limited to) the following topics:

1. Novel thermoelectric materials for TEGs
2. Advanced synthesis and processing techniques for thermoelectric materials
3. Nanoscale materials for TEGs
4. High-throughput and combinatorial approaches for thermoelectric materials discovery
5. Advanced characterisation techniques for thermoelectric materials and devices
6. Theoretical and computational methods for predicting and optimizing thermoelectric properties
7. Novel approaches to enhance the performance of thermoelectric materials in TEGs
8. Applications of thermoelectric materials in waste heat recovery, solar energy conversion, and other energy harvesting applications
9. Challenges and opportunities in the development of thermoelectric materials for TEGs.
10. Novel deposition methods, synthesis and characterisation of novel nanomaterials for thermoelectric applications.
11. Advances in silicon nanostructures for thermoelectric applications.
12. New trends in novel alloy materials and investigation of their properties for TEG applications

Manuscripts should be submitted via the Royal Society of Chemistry’s online submission service and the Editorial Office informed by email. Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for this themed collection. The Editorial Office and Guest Editors reserve the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal's usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online, and they will be published in a regular issue of Materials Advances.

Please note that article processing charges apply to all articles submitted to Materials Advances if, following peer-review, they are accepted for publication. Details of the APC and discounted rates can be found here. You could also find out if your institution has an agreement with the Royal Society of Chemistry that could cover your APCs using our Journal Finder tool. Corresponding authors who are not already members of the Royal Society of Chemistry are entitled to one year’s Affiliate membership as part of their APC. Find out more about our member benefits. 

This themed collection broadly focuses on nanoengineered biomaterials targeting cancer and microbial infections theranostics which includes:

• Nano-phytotherapeutics
• Biogenic nano-biomaterials
• Cancer therapeutic approaches
• Antimicrobial therapeutic approaches
• Nano-biomaterials based sensors
• Overcoming drug resistance
• Redox biology mechanism
• Photothermal and photodynamic therapy
• Toxicological and drug-polymer stability studies
• Clinical and preclinical aspects

Manuscripts should be submitted via the Royal Society of Chemistry’s online submission service and the Editorial Office informed by email. Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for this themed collection. The Editorial Office and Guest Editors reserve the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal's usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online, and they will be published in a regular issue of Materials Advances.

Please note that article processing charges apply to all articles submitted to Materials Advances if, following peer review, they are accepted for publication. Details of the APC and discounted rates can be found here. You could also find out if your institution has an agreement with the Royal Society of Chemistry that could cover your APCs using our Journal Finder tool. Corresponding authors who are not already members of the Royal Society of Chemistry are entitled to one year’s Affiliate membership as part of their APC. Find out more about our member benefits.

This collection will focus on the latest advances in nanoporous metal and semiconductor films, including (but not limited to):

• synthesis methods (electrodeposition, chemical and electrochemical dealloying, use of sacrificial templates, etc.)
• their characterization, and 
• applications in diverse fields, e.g.(electro)catalysis, photocatalysis, spectroscopy, sensing, and drug delivery.

Manuscripts should be submitted via the Royal Society of Chemistry’s online submission service and the Editorial Office informed by email. Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for this themed collection. The Editorial Office and Guest Editors reserve the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal's usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online, and they will be published in a regular issue of Materials Advances.

Please note that article processing charges apply to all articles submitted to Materials Advances if, following peer review, they are accepted for publication. Details of the APC and discounted rates can be found here. You could also find out if your institution has an agreement with the Royal Society of Chemistry that could cover your APCs using our Journal Finder tool. Corresponding authors who are not already members of the Royal Society of Chemistry are entitled to one year’s Affiliate membership as part of their APC. Find out more about our member benefits.

Special focus is placed on (but not limited to) the following fields:

• Alloy design theory and methods
• Alloy fabrication and processing (casting, additive manufacturing, etc.)
• Properties and Deformation mechanisms of alloys, especially in the harsh conditions
• Advanced characterization and simulation of metallic materials

Manuscripts should be submitted via the Royal Society of Chemistry’s online submission service and the Editorial Office informed by email. Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for this themed collection. The Editorial Office and Guest Editors reserve the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal's usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online, and they will be published in a regular issue of Materials Advances.

Please note that article processing charges apply to all articles submitted to Materials Advances if, following peer review, they are accepted for publication. Details of the APC and discounted rates can be found here. You could also find out if your institution has an agreement with the Royal Society of Chemistry that could cover your APCs using our Journal Finder tool. Corresponding authors who are not already members of the Royal Society of Chemistry are entitled to one year’s Affiliate membership as part of their APC. Find out more about our member benefits.

Nano-bio-materials, i.e., nanomaterials derived or inspired from biological molecules, have gained substantial influence in the recent times in terms of their fine tunability, scale-up potential, excellent interface and adaptation with biological systems. Multiple different approaches involving physical and computational modelling, chemical structure synthesis and characterization and biological modifications have been used to develop next generation bionanodevices that can interface with biological systems in a very focussed manner. Some of the recent devices have already made their way to clinical trials and many others are in different stages of the pipeline for translational applications.

This new collection in Nanoscale, JMC B, Nanoscale Advances and Materials Advances will focus on the design of multifunctional hybrid nanomaterials for different applications and on interfacing nanomaterials with biological systems for translational studies. The scope of this collection loosely aligns with the 2023 International Conference on Nanomaterials in Biology (ICNB 2023), held at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar along with Soft Materials Research Society, from 19–22 November 2023. Potential topics for the collection include but are not limited to,

• 3D Bioprinting
• Big Data in Nanosciences
• Bioinspired and Biomimetic Materials
• Biological Nanodevices and Sensors
• Engineered Nanomaterials
• Nanomaterials and Environmental Effects
• Nanomaterials for Bioenergy Applications
• Nanomaterials for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Science
• Nanomaterials in Biological Uptake and Nanotoxicology
• Nanomaterials in Gene and Drug Delivery
• Nanomaterials in Tissue Engineering and Medicine
• Polymer Supramolecular Chemistry and Applications
• Scaffold design and fabrication

Articles can be submitted at any time before the deadline via relevant journal online submission system. Please see the journals’ webpages linked above for more information on their scope, standards, article types and author guidelines.

Accepted articles will be published in a citeable format in regular journal issues as soon as possible and collated into the themed collection online, which will be promoted in late 2024. We are looking forward to receiving your submission, which is welcomed any time before the deadline of 7 June 2024 so that this collection can become available to you and the community as soon as possible.

Please note that all submissions will be subject to initial assessment and rigorous peer review to meet the usual high standards of the journals and acceptance is not guaranteed. In some cases, the Associate Editors may offer authors a transfer between the journals participating in this collection; any transferred articles will still be included in the online collection.

The Emerging Investigator Series has an overall objective to showcase significant research by newer voices from across the worldwide materials chemistry research community. We will consider additional applications and nominations on their own merit. Self-nominations are also strongly encouraged.

Both research articles and review articles are welcome to the series.  Papers accepted for publication in the Emerging Investigator Series will be published in the earliest available issue and collated together in a dedicated Emerging Investigator Series page that will appear across Frontiers journals’ websites. All submissions to the Emerging Investigator Series will be subject to the journal’s high standards in peer review.

In order to be featured in the Emerging Investigator Series, contributors must:

• currently, be an independent research leader
• be the lead author (first author and/or corresponding author) of their article at the journal
• have either a) hold a PhD degree and be at the age of 40 or less in the year of submission, or b) received their PhD no earlier than 01 January of the year 12 years prior to the year of submission, or c) have no more than 12 years of post-PhD research experience on 01 January in the year of submission when taking into account any career breaks.

If you are interested to contribute to this series, please provide an up-to-date CV to the Editorial Office before submission, or simply opt-in for this series during submitting your manuscript and attach the CV as a supporting document.

Emerging Investigators should be at an early stage of their independent career (this should typically be within 12 years of attaining their doctorate or equivalent degree but appropriate consideration is given to those who have taken a career break, work in systems where their time period to independence may vary or who followed an alternative study path).

Manuscripts should be submitted via the Royal Society of Chemistry’s online submission service and the Editorial Office informed by email. Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for the themed collection. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal's usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online and they will be published in a regular issue of MSDE.

MSDE is a Transformative Journal and Plan S compliant

This themed collection in MSDE aims to showcase the broad and diverse approaches to the cross-disciplinary field that is molecular bioengineering with a particular focus at the molecular level. We are particularly interested in receiving submissions at the interface of multiple disciplines that showcase applied systems as well as novel design approaches. Both experimental and computational works are encouraged.

Manuscripts should be submitted via the Royal Society of Chemistry’s online submission service and inform the Editorial Office by email. Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for the themed collection. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal's usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online, and they will be published in a regular issue of the relevant journal.

MSDE is a Transformative Journal and Plan S compliant

Manuscripts should be submitted via the Royal Society of Chemistry’s online submission service and the Editorial Office informed by email. Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for the themed collection. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal's usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online, and they will be published in a regular issue of Polymer Chemistry.

Polymer Chemistry is a Transformative Journal and Plan S compliant

Emerging Investigators should be at an early stage of their independent career (this should typically be within 12 years of attaining their doctorate or equivalent degree, but appropriate consideration is given to those who have taken a career break, work in systems where their time period to independence may vary or who followed an alternative study path).

Manuscripts should be submitted via the Royal Society of Chemistry’s online submission service and the Editorial Office informed by email. Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for the themed collection. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal's usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online, and they will be published in a regular issue of Polymer Chemistry.

Polymer Chemistry is a Transformative Journal and Plan S compliant

Manuscripts should be submitted via the Royal Society of Chemistry’s online submission service and the Editorial Office informed by email. Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for the themed collection. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal's usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online, and they will be published in a regular issue of Polymer Chemistry.

Polymer Chemistry is a Transformative Journal and Plan S compliant

The aim of this collection is to highlight the current developments in lateral flow assay methods and their applications in various fields. Lateral flow assays (LFAs) offer a rapid, cost-effective, and user-friendly diagnostic tool with applications across areas, such as medical diagnostics, environmental monitoring, as well as in food and beverages industry. Ongoing advancements in sensitivity and integration with digital technologies hold promise for further expanding the scope and accuracy of LFAs in the future. This themed collection is poised to encompass the entire spectrum of research in LFAs, ranging from detection methodologies and technologies to the development and application of instruments. Its overarching objective is to encapsulate the latest advancements and forthcoming challenges within this field.

Topics in this issue include, but are not limited to:

1. Sensitivity Enhancement
2. Multiplexing
3. Quantification with Portable Readers
4. Evaluation of Complex Samples
5. New Test Strip Technology

You are welcome to submit articles on the abovementioned topics. Sensors & Diagnostics publishes high-quality innovative research in the field of sensors as well as diagnostics, molecular imaging and molecular therapeutics. For more information on the journal scope, standards, article types and author guidelines, please visit rsc.li/sensors. This open call for papers is for the following article types:

• Communications
• Primary Research Articles
• Reviews

Submission Deadline: 26 July 2024

If you would like to contribute to this themed issue, you can submit your article directly at rsc.li/sensors and inform the editorial office by emailing our team. Please mention that this submission is a contribution to “Lateral Flow Assays: Methods and Applications” in the “Themed issues” section of the submission form and add a “Note to the Editor” that this is from the Open Call. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed.

Please note that all submissions are subject to the journal’s normal peer review processes, with an initial assessment to confirm the manuscript's suitability for full peer review. If you have any questions about the journal or the collection, please email us.  We would be happy to answer them.

Manuscripts should be submitted via the Royal Society of Chemistry’s online submission service and the Editorial Office informed by email. Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for the themed collection. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal's usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online and they will be published in a regular issue of Soft Matter.

Soft Matter is a Transformative Journal and Plan S compliant

Emerging Investigators should be at an early stage of their independent career (this should typically be within 12 years of attaining their doctorate or equivalent degree, but appropriate consideration is given to those who have taken a career break, work in systems where their time period to independence may vary or who followed an alternative study path).

Manuscripts should be submitted via the Royal Society of Chemistry’s online submission service and the Editorial Office informed by email. Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for the themed collection. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal's usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online, and they will be published in a regular issue of Soft Matter

Soft Matter is a Transformative Journal and Plan S compliant