11 March 2014
Materials Best Paper Award 2014
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In 2013 Materials started to award an annual price to recognize outstanding papers in the area of materials science and engineering published in Materials. We are pleased to announce the second Materials Best Paper Award for 2014. Nominations were solicited from the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board members, with all papers published in 2010 eligible for consideration.
Article Award
1st prize: Andreas Klein, Christoph Körber, André Wachau, Frank Säuberlich, Yvonne Gassenbauer, Steven P. Harvey, Diana E. Proffit and Thomas O. Mason
Transparent Conducting Oxides for Photovoltaics: Manipulation of Fermi Level, Work Function and Energy Band Alignment
2nd prize: Aneta Slodczyk and Philippe Colomban
Probing the Nanodomain Origin and Phase Transition Mechanisms in (Un)Poled PMN-PT Single Crystals and Textured Ceramics
3rd prize: Osama Shekhah
Layer-by-Layer Method for the Synthesis and Growth of Surface Mounted Metal-Organic Frameworks (SURMOFs)
Review Award
1st prize: Lutz-Christian Gerhardt and Aldo R. Boccaccini
Bioactive Glass and Glass-Ceramic Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering
2nd prize: Koen Van den Eeckhout, Philippe F. Smet and Dirk Poelman
Persistent Luminescence in Eu2+-Doped Compounds: A Review
For more details, please refer to the Materials Best Paper Award 2014 Editorial.
Earlier Edition of the Award:
Materials Best Paper Award 2013