Themed collection Winners of the 2019 Horizons Outstanding Paper awards
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Materials Horizons 2019 Outstanding Paper awards
Recognizing some of the most outstanding work published in Materials Horizons and the authors behind those articles.
Mater. Horiz., 2020,7, 2783-2790
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0MH90070B
Nanoscale Horizons 2019 Outstanding Paper awards
We would like to take the opportunity to recognize some of the outstanding work published in the journal, as well as the authors behind those articles, by awarding a select number of Outstanding Paper prizes.
Nanoscale Horiz., 2020,5, 1440-1446
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NH90053B
Stimuli-responsive polymers for sensing and actuation
Stimuli-responsive polymers uniquely undergo physical/chemical changes in response to changes in their environment. Here, there use for sensing and actuation is reviewed.
Mater. Horiz., 2019,6, 1774-1793
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9MH00490D
Recent advances of bioinspired functional materials with specific wettability: from nature and beyond nature
Bioinspired functional materials with specific wettability: from nature and beyond nature.
Nanoscale Horiz., 2019,4, 52-76
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NH00223A
Design and synthesis of two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks with four-arm cores: prediction of remarkable ambipolar charge-transport properties
Theoretical and experimental investigations of diacetylene-linked COFs with remarkable charge-transport properties.
Mater. Horiz., 2019,6, 1868-1876
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9MH00035F
4D printing reconfigurable, deployable and mechanically tunable metamaterials
Digital 3D printing with a shape memory polymer is utilized to create mechanical metamaterials exhibiting dramatic and reversible changes in stiffness, geometry, and functions.
Mater. Horiz., 2019,6, 1244-1250
https://doi.org/10.1039/C9MH00302A
Detecting and targeting senescent cells using molecularly imprinted nanoparticles
Nanoparticles (MIPs) specifically detect and target senescent cells by binding to a surface protein, showing also specificity in vivo.
Nanoscale Horiz., 2019,4, 757-768
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NH00473K
Additive-manufacturing of 3D glass-ceramics down to nanoscale resolution
An approach enabling nanoscale-additive manufacturing of inorganics based on phase transition via calcination of laser structured hybrid resin is proposed.
Nanoscale Horiz., 2019,4, 647-651
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NH00293B
About this collection
Following on from the success of our inaugural Outstanding Paper Awards last year, we are delighted to introduce the winning papers of our 2019 Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons Outstanding Paper awards.
Please join us in congratulating our winners, we hope you enjoy reading their outstanding articles as much as we did.