Calls for papers

Highlight your research and enhance its visibility to your field and community by submitting to one of our Collections.

  • Batteries under extreme conditions

    This Collection aims to bring together cutting-edge research and innovative solutions addressing the resilience and performance of batteries under extreme conditions.
    • Jun Lu, PhD
    • Ya You, PhD
    Collection
    Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 August 2024

  • Self-driving labs and automation software for chemistry and materials science

    This cross-journal collection is dedicated to the development and application of automation tools (software and hardware) for chemistry and materials science, curated by Editors from Nature Communications, Communications Chemistry, Communications Engineering, Communications Materials and Scientific Reports.
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 07 August 2024

    • Triplet-harvesting materials

      Development of advanced systems and materials for triplet harvesting holds great promise for many applications. This Collection aims to bring together research from different areas of triplet-harvesting systems and materials.
      • Huifang Shi, PhD
      • Youngmin You, PhD
      • Yanli Zhao, PhD
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 June 2024

    • Molecules and materials for photothermal therapy

      This Collection serves as a platform for researchers to share insights and contribute to the ongoing evolution of molecules and materials used for photothermal therapy as a transformative therapeutic approach.
      • Aravind Kumar Rengan, MBBS, M.Tech, PhD
      • Wei Tao, PhD
      Collection
      Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 June 2024

    • High-pressure chemistry

      This Collection aims to bring together latest findings from the interdisciplinary field of high-pressure chemistry.
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 June 2024

      • Covalent chemical probes

        Covalent chemical probes represent powerful tools that can be used for biology discovery, target validation, and as starting points for drug discovery programmes. This Collection aims to bring together research across the broad remit of covalent biomacromolecule labelling chemistry.
        • Alexander Adibekian, PhD
        • Keriann Backus, PhD
        • Kimberly M. Bonger, PhD
        • Andrew Wilson, PhD
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 July 2024

      • Plasmon-mediated chemistry

        This collection aims to cover a comprehensive range of topics related to plasmon-mediated chemical reactions.
        • Christa Brosseau
        • Emiliano Cortés
        Collection
        Submission status: Open Deadline: 31 July 2024

      • Open Questions in Chemistry

        In spite of decades of research and the enormous progress made, chemists continue to grapple with poorly understood aspects of the world around us. This collection aims to uncover open questions across the breadth of the chemical sciences. Each Comment provides an overview of a focused field of research, identifies key open questions, and gives expert opinion on how challenges in answering these questions might be overcome.
          Collection
          Submission status: Open

        • Free-electron lasers — development and application

          In this open collection, we aim to publish articles in multidisciplinary areas dedicated to the recent development of FEL sources and their applications. This collection will feature technical and instrumental progress in the generation of FEL pulses at higher repetition rates and their spectral and temporal characterization.
            Collection
            Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 June 2024

          • Water Treatment and Harvesting

            In this collection, we welcome submissions that report advances in water filtration and desalination, water pollution remediation and water harvesting with demonstrated potential for improved application.
              Collection
              Submission status: Open Deadline: 30 June 2024