Announcements

We are pleased to announce the Season's Greetings from our Section Editors-in-Chief:

“Nanocomposite Materials” Section, Prof. Dr. Jordi Sort;
“Biology and Medicines” Section, Prof. Dr. Eleonore Fröhlich;
“Theory and Simulation of Nanostructures” Section, Prof. Dr. Sotirios Baskoutas;
“Nanofabrication and Nanomanufacturing” Section, Dr. Mikhael Bechelany;
“Inorganic Materials and Metal-Organic Frameworks” Section, Prof. Dr. Félix Zamora;
“Synthesis, Interfaces and Nanostructures” Section, Prof. Dr. Paolo M. Scrimin;
“2D and Carbon Nanomaterials” Section, Prof. Dr. Antonio Di Bartolomeo.

It is our great pleasure to welcome the following eminent researchers, who have recently joined the Editorial Board of Nanomaterials (ISSN: 2079-4991):

Name: Prof. Dr. Juan M. Ruso
Affiliation: Soft Matter and Molecular Biophysics Group, Department of Applied Physics, University of Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Interests: synthesis and characterization of nanostructured templated materials; biophysics of proteins and protein interactions; self-aggregation processes

Name: Prof. Dr. Ze Don Kvon
Affiliation: Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics and Novosibirsk State University, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
Interests: electrons; phonons spin; two-dimensional systems; semimetals; topological insulators; 2D materials; Dirac fermions; spin current

Name: Prof. Dr. Heping Zeng
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Interests: nanostructure materials; photonic integrated devices; infrared and THz photonics; frequency comb; precision spectroscopy; infrared photon detection; ultrafast fiber lasers; laser micromachining

Name: Prof. Dr. Hong Seok Kang
Affiliation: Department of Nano & Advanced, Jeonju University, Chonju 55069, Chonbuk, Korea
Interests: the electronic, physical, and catalytic properties of 2D materials; first principles; DFT calculation; electrochemical/photoelectrochemical reduction of water and CO₂

We look forward to our future collaboration!

It is our great honor to congratulate the Editorial Board Members and Editors in MDPI's journals who have been distinguished as 2021 Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate, according to Web of Science data. We herewith express our gratitude for the immense impact the named researchers continue to make on scientific progress and on our journals' development.

Clarivate's annual list of Highly Cited Researchers^TM identifies the most highly cited scientists for the past decade. Their impactful papers are among the top 1 per cent in the citation distribution of one or more of 22 fields analyzed in the "Essential Science Indicators", distinguishing them as hugely influential among their peers.

The full list of 2021 Highly Cited Researchers  can be accessed at the following webpage in the Web of Science^TM https://recognition.webofscience.com/awards/highly-cited/2021/.

--- Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) is a Clarivate product.

Academic editors play a crucial role in leading our journals and ensuring that each article undergoes a robust and timely peer-review. With the launch of Topics this year and addition of Topic Editors to our family of academic editors, we decided it would be a good time to restructure our academic boards, thus providing more clarity and support for each role. MDPI is pleased to announce the launch of a new position—Topical Advisory Panel Member, that will replace the previous position of Topics Board Member. The Topical Advisory Panel will be comprised of early career researchers eager to gain experience in editorial work.

The main responsibility of the new members of the Topical Advisory Panel is to regularly provide support to Guest Editors, Topic Editors, and Section Board Members. The responsibilities of the Topical Advisory Panel are available here: https://www.mdpi.com/editors.

Each year, the members’ performances are evaluated, and outstanding members are promoted to the Editorial Board by the Editor-in-Chief.

To qualify as a Topical Advisory Panel Member, applicants must:

• Have expertise and experience in the field related to the journal;
• Have received a Ph.D. in the last 10 years, approximately;
• Have at least 6-8 published papers in the last 5 years as first author or corresponding author;
• Currently hold an independent research position in academia or a government institute.

If you are interested in this role, please contact the editorial office by email.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Founded in 1996, MDPI was one of the first fully Open Access publisher. Over 25 years MDPI has grown to become the largest Open Access publisher globally, publishing over 160,000 articles across more than 350 journals in 2020. At the core, MDPI was founded in response to a pressing need of fast publication and inclusion. The scholar was set at the centre of the publication process for the first time. Acting as a service provider, rather than a product provider, MDPI exists to help scientists achive their objective to disseminate research results. At MDPI, we believe scientists deserve a better service from the publishing world.

The International Open Access Week (Open Access Week), founded by the SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) Alliance and student partners in 2008, has been successfully running for 13 years. As an advocate and pioneer of open access publishing, MDPI actively responds to the call of International Open Access Week. This year’s theme of “It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity” highlights the Recommendation’s call for equitable participation from all authors and readers.

For the last 25 years, MDPI has been committed to disseminating open research. Here is a video showing MDPI’s Commitment to Equity, Inclusion and Diversity for More than 25 Years.

International Open Access Week is an important opportunity to catalyze new conversations, create connections across and between communities that can facilitate this co-design, and advance progress in the building of more equitable foundations for opening knowledge—discussions and actions that need to be continued, year in and year out. MDPI has always aimed to provide professional and efficient publishing services to scholars around the world.

Our mission is to make scientific research accessible to everyone; this year, we interview and hold discussions with open science ambassadors on how to build an equal and inclusive environment for open science. Academic editors help us collaborate with more institutions to advocate for open access ideas.

Read our anniversary blog post: "Sharing 'Collective Human Knowledge': The Benefits of Open Access Publication"

Besides this, our scientific community is a key driver of our success and MDPI’s remarkable growth. Despite the pandemic, we have prepared online conferences and workshops to gather scholars from different communities.

The Basel Sustainable Publishing online forum provides an equal opportunity for stakeholders and researchers from multi-cultural environments to exchange ideas and eliminate barriers to participation.

Conference date: 25 October 2021, online
Conference website: https://bspf2021.sciforum.net/
Main topics: MDPI discusses the current dilemma of open access science from various perspectives such as governments, libraries, and publishers, and related measures on how to change the status quo of discrimination from a global perspective.

We aim to support equality, inclusion, diversity, and accessibility in scholarly communications. We collaborate with universities and key laboratories and have scholarly communications with researchers, teachers, and students on open access workshops.

• 25 October 2021
  Energies journal and Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

• 28 October 2021
  Machines journal and State Key Laboratory of Traction Power, Southwest Jiaotong University

• 29 October 2021
  Processes journal and Beijing Institute of Technology

• 29 October 2021
  Coatings journal and Wuhan University of Technology

MDPI is committed to providing open access and high-quality publishing services for scholars and promoting rapid dissemination of academic achievements. We hope to promote the practices and policies of open access publishing and diversify the dissemination of academic achievements.

Rigorous peer-review is the cornerstone of high-quality academic publishing. Over 369,916 scholars served as reviewers for MDPI journals in 2020. We are extremely appreciative of all those who made a contribution to the editorial process in this capacity. At the beginning of every year, journal editorial offices publish a list of all reviewers’ names to express our gratitude. In addition, this year, the MDPI Top Reviewer Award was announced, to recognize the very best reviewers for their expertise and dedication, and their high-quality, and timely review reports. We are pleased to announce the following winners of the 2020 MDPI Top Reviewer Award:

• Adriana Burlea-Schiopoiu;
• Alban Kuriqi;
• Álvaro González-Vila;
• Alessandro Alaimo;
• Alexey Beskopylny;
• Alexander Yu Churyumov;
• Alberto Fernández-Isabel;
• Andrea Mastinu;
• Antonios N. Papadopoulos;
• Anton Rassõlkin;
• Antonio Humberto Hamad Minervino;
• Arkadiusz Matwijczuk;
• Artur Słomka;
• Baojie He;
• Bartłomiej Potaniec;
• Bojan Đurin;
• Camilo Arturo Rodriguez Diaz;
• Carmelo Maria Musarella;
• Chiachung Chen;
• Chiman Kwan;
• Cristian Busu;
• Danil Pimenov;
• Dan-Cristian Dabija;
• Delfín Ortega-Sánchez;
• Demetrio Antonio Zema;
• Denis Butusov;
• Elena Lucchi;
• Gaurab Dutta;
• Livia Anastasiu;
• M. R. Safaei.

For more information about how to become a reviewer of MDPI journals, please see: www.mdpi.com/reviewers.

UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. In 2020 the SDG Publishers Compact was launched, aimed to inspire publishers and accelerate progress to achieve the 17 goals by 2030. Members of the programme are committed to support the publication of materials that will promote and inspire actions towards SDGs.

MDPI is an eager advocate of SDGs and has already been supporting the programme by creating Special Issues and publishing a series of books on SDGs prior to joining the Compact in 2021. MDPI's Sustainability Foundation initiated the World Sustainability Awards in 2016. We fully support UN's goals to promote sustainable actions that make the world a better place for all and, as part of its commitment, we will focus our actions on SDG10: Reduced Inequalities whilst promoting all 17 SDGs. For more details, please visit the programme’s website: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sdg-publishers-compact/.

Joining this initiative was a unanimous decision. MDPI has in its core values the dissemination of science for all, breaking the wall between research access and under-represented members of the scientific community and the general population. To support this initiative further and continue to support under-represented scientists, MDPI will take a series of actions that will be announced once ready.

The first action MDPI takes is to nominate Dr. Liliane Auwerter as the coordinator of the programme. Dr. Auwerter studied Environmental Process Technology (UTFPR, Brazil), obtained her MSc degree in Water and Environmental Engineering (University of Surrey, UK) and in 2020 completed her PhD in self-healing low-friction materials for water transport (Imperial College London, UK), always focusing on diverse scientific projects that would potentially bring sustainability to industrial processes. As a student in Brazil, she engaged in volunteering activities focused on environmental education and took part in the Millennial Development Goals meetings held at the university.

For more information, please contact:
Dr. Liliane Auwerter
Scientific Officer
liliane.auwerter@mdpi.com

MDPI will be attending the 20th National Catalysis Conference in Wuhan, China, which will take place from 15 to 20 October 2021. The theme of the conference is “Catalytic Science and Technology for Green, Low-Carbon, High-Quality Economic Development”. The topics include the science and technology of catalytic materials and catalyst preparation, catalytic materials and catalytic reaction characterization technology and theory, green catalysis, environmental catalysis, energy catalysis, and science and technology in the catalysis process of petroleum and chemical industry.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Catalysts;
• Nanomaterials;
• Coatings;
• Inorganics;
• Applied Sciences;
• Sustainable Chemistry;
• Chemistry;
• Processes;
• Reactions;
• Toxics.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: http://20ncc.mzpco.com/.

“Metal Oxide Nanoparticles in Therapeutic Regulation of Macrophage Functions”

Marina S. Dukhinova et al.

Nanomaterials 2019, 9(11), 1631; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9111631

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/9/11/1631

“Hyperthermia, Cytotoxicity, and Cellular Uptake Properties of Manganese and Zinc Ferrite Magnetic Nanoparticles Synthesized by a Polyol-Mediated Process”

Cristian Iacovita et al.

Nanomaterials 2019, 9(10), 1489; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9101489

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/9/10/1489

“Polypropylene Nanocomposite Filled with Spinel Ferrite NiFe₂O₄ Nanoparticles and In-Situ Thermally-Reduced Graphene Oxide for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Application”

Raghvendra Singh Yadav et al.

Nanomaterials 2019, 9(4), 621; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9040621

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/9/4/621

“Facile Electrochemical Sensor for Nanomolar Rutin Detection Based on Magnetite Nanoparticles and Reduced Graphene Oxide Decorated Electrode”

Quanguo He et al.

Nanomaterials 2019, 9(1), 115; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9010115

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/9/1/115

“Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles: Prospects and Applications in Medicine”

Daniel Ziental et al.

Nanomaterials 2020, 10(2), 387; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10020387

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/10/2/387

“Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Rescue α-Synuclein-Induced Toxicity in a Yeast Model of Parkinson’s Disease”

Roberta Ruotolo et al.

Nanomaterials 2020, 10(2), 235; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10020235

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/10/2/235

“Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles in Food and Personal Care Products—What Do We Know about Their Safety?”

Joanna Musial et al.

Nanomaterials 2020, 10(6), 1110; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10061110

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/10/6/1110

“Hadron Therapy, Magnetic Nanoparticles and Hyperthermia: A Promising Combined Tool for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment”

Francesca Brero et al.

Nanomaterials 2020, 10(10), 1919; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10101919

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/10/10/1919

“Computational Study of Heat Transfer inside Different PCMs Enhanced by Al₂O₃ Nanoparticles in a Copper Heat Sink at High Heat Loads”

Nadezhda S. Bondareva et al.

Nanomaterials 2020, 10(2), 284; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10020284

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/10/2/284

“Antiviral Activity of Silver, Copper Oxide and Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle Coatings against SARS-CoV-2”

Padryk Merkl et al.

Nanomaterials 2021, 11(5), 1312; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11051312

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/11/5/1312

For more papers on this topic, please click on the section “Inorganic Materials and Metal-Organic Frameworks” at https://www.mdpi.com/journal/nanomaterials/sections/inorganic_materials_metal-organic_frameworks.

To access all papers published in the latest issue, please follow this link: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/11/9.

“Structural Characterization of Graphene Oxide: Surface Functional Groups and Fractionated Oxidative Debris”

Elvin Aliyev et al.

Nanomaterials 2019, 9(8), 1180; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081180

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/9/8/1180

“Carbon Dots and Graphene Quantum Dots in Electrochemical Biosensing”

Susana Campuzano et al.

Nanomaterials 2019, 9(4), 634; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9040634

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/9/4/634

“Electronic and Thermal Properties of Graphene and Recent Advances in Graphene Based Electronics Applications”

Mingyu Sang et al.

Nanomaterials 2019, 9(3), 374; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9030374

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/9/3/374

“Recent Advances in Graphene-Based Humidity Sensors”

Chao Lv et al.

Nanomaterials 2019, 9(3), 422; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9030422

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/9/3/422

“Controlling Nitrogen Doping in Graphene with Atomic Precision: Synthesis and Characterization”

Tomotaroh Granzier-Nakajima et al.

Nanomaterials 2019, 9(3), 425; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9030425

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/9/3/425

“A Review of Applications Using Mixed Materials of Cellulose, Nanocellulose and Carbon Nanotubes”

Daisuke Miyashiro et al.

Nanomaterials 2020, 10(2), 186; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10020186

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/10/2/186

“Recent Advancement of Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Shielding of Two Dimensional (2D) MXene and Graphene Aerogel Composites”

Kanthasamy Raagulan et al.

Nanomaterials 2020, 10(4), 702; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10040702

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/10/4/702

“Graphene Oxide–Silver Nanoparticle Nanohybrids: Synthesis, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Properties”

Mónica Cobos et al.

Nanomaterials 2020, 10(2), 376; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10020376

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/10/2/376

“Direct Ink Writing Technology (3D Printing) of Graphene-Based Ceramic Nanocomposites: A Review”

Nestor Washington Solís Pinargote et al.

Nanomaterials 2020, 10(7), 1300; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10071300

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/10/7/1300

“Performance of Intrinsic and Modified Graphene for the Adsorption of H2S and CH4: A DFT Study”

Xin Gao et al.

Nanomaterials 2020, 10(2), 299; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10020299

Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/10/2/299

For more papers on this topic, please click section “2D and Carbon Nanomaterials”.

To access all papers published in the latest issue, please click here.