We are pleased to announce the winners of the Materials 2023 Best Paper Awards. All the papers published in Materials (ISSN: 1996-1944) from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021 were considered. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers and citation and download data, 3 articles and 3 reviews were selected.

Articles:

First Prize: CHF 500, a certificate, plus the option to publish a paper free of charge in Materials before 1 October 2024 after peer review
“A Stretchable, Self-Healable Triboelectric Nanogenerator as Electronic Skin for Energy Harvesting and Tactile Sensing”
by Xi Han, Dongjie Jiang, Xuecheng Qu, Yuan Bai, Yu Cao, Ruizeng Luo and Zhou Li
Materials 2021, 14(7), 1689; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14071689

Second Prize: CHF 300, a certificate, plus the option to publish a paper free of charge in Materials before 1 October 2024 after peer review
“High UV and Sunlight Photocatalytic Performance of Porous ZnO Nanostructures Synthesized by a Facile and Fast Microwave Hydrothermal Method”
by Sofia Henriques Ferreira, Maria Morais, Daniela Nunes, Maria João Oliveira, Ana Rovisco, Ana Pimentel, Hugo Águas, Elvira Fortunato and Rodrigo Martins
Materials 2021, 14(9), 2385; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14092385

Third Prize: CHF 200, a certificate, plus the option to publish a paper free of charge in Materials before 1 October 2024 after peer review
“Behaviour and Properties of Eco-Cement Pastes Elaborated with Recycled Concrete Powder from Construction and Demolition Wastes”
by Laura Caneda-Martínez, Manuel Monasterio, Jaime Moreno-Juez, Sagrario Martínez-Ramírez, Rosario García and Moisés Frías
Materials 2021, 14(5), 1299; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14051299

Reviews:

First Prize: CHF 500, a certificate, plus the option to publish a paper free of charge in Materials before 1 October 2024 after peer review
“Current Trends in Automotive Lightweighting Strategies and Materials”
by Frank Czerwinski
Materials 2021, 14(21), 6631; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14216631

Second Prize: CHF 300, a certificate, plus the option to publish a paper free of charge in Materials before 1 October 2024 after peer review
“Antioxidants: Classification, Natural Sources, Activity/Capacity Measurements, and Usefulness for the Synthesis of Nanoparticles”
by Jolanta Flieger, Wojciech Flieger, Jacek Baj and Ryszard Maciejewski
Materials 2021, 14(15), 4135; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14154135

Third Prize: CHF 200, a certificate, plus the option to publish a paper free of charge in Materials before 1 October 2024 after peer review
“Charge Carrier Processes and Optical Properties in TiO₂ and TiO₂-Based Heterojunction Photocatalysts: A Review”
by Stefano Lettieri, Michele Pavone, Ambra Fioravanti, Luigi Santamaria Amato and Pasqualino Maddalena
Materials 2021, 14(7), 1645; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14071645

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Materials 2023 Best Paper Awards. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for their continued support.

For more information about the awards presented by Materials, please visit the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials/awards.