Materials constitute an indispensable part of our day-to-day activities. Their importance in various fields such as energy storage, environmental protection, healthcare, technology, and manufacturing cannot be overemphasized. Over the last decade, the rapid development of more efficient computational methods, as well as automated experimental platforms, has made it possible to screen and design new materials at an accelerated pace, enabling innovation towards a more sustainable future. To highlight the latest fundamental research and advances in technologies that are dependent on the design of such systems, ACS Engineering Au is launching a virtual special issue on Materials Design.
This virtual special issue, edited by Linda J. Broadbelt (Northwestern University, United States, Associate Editor, ACS Engineering Au), Paul J Dauenhauer (University of Minnesota, United States), Steven G. Arturo (The Dow Chemical Co., United States), and Ananth Govind Rajan (Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India), will feature articles on the breadth and depth of designing materials and engineering systems, and their future prospects.
We invite contributions of Articles, Letters, Reviews, and Perspectives that provide new directions or insights exploring the synthesis, characterization, structure, behavior, or function of engineered systems and/or their applications in various technologies. Some example areas include, but are not limited to:
- Electrochemical energy storage and conversion systems
- Catalytic technologies
- Novel membrane materials for efficient separations
- Photovoltaic and optoelectronic devices
- Polymeric, composite, and nanostructured materials
- Computational design of materials
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning for materials design
- Automated experimental platforms for materials screening
If your paper is accepted for inclusion in this virtual special issue, your work will be highlighted as a significant contribution to this expanding field. If accepted, publications will go online as soon as possible and be published in the next available issue. Publications on this topic will be gathered into a virtual issue toward the end of the year and widely promoted, and because ACS Engineering Au is a fully open access journal, and indexed in the Web of Science, your paper will be available to anyone, at anytime, anywhere in the world.
Submissions are welcome through 30 November 2023. All articles will be peer reviewed prior to acceptance to ensure they fit the scope of the virtual special issue and meet the high scientific publishing standards of ACS Engineering Au. The peer review process for all papers will be managed by a Deputy or Associate Editor for ACS Engineering Au to ensure rigor is maintained.
The editors welcome interested authors to submit pre-submission enquiries to Prof. Linda J. Broadbelt to ensure the suitability of the work prior to submission.
Article Processing Charges apply for publication in this fully open access journal. The base APC is $2000 with a CC BY-NC-ND license. Please see our website for more information on Open Access Pricing, our ACS Country Discount & Waiver Policy, and ACS Read + Publish agreements.
How to submit
To submit for this special issue:
- log in to the ACS Paragon Plus submission site
- choose ACS Engineering Au as your journal
- select your manuscript type
- under the ‘Special Issue Selection’, choose ‘Materials Design'.
Please see our Author Guidelines for more information on submission requirements. The deadline for submissions is 30 November 2023.
About the Editors
Prof. Linda J. Broadbelt
Northwestern University, USA
Linda J. Broadbelt is the Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Associate Dean for Research of the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University. Prof. Broadbelt is the Associate Editor of ACS Engineering Au, and her group’s research focusses on multiscale modeling, modeling of complex kinetics, environmental catalysis, novel biochemical pathways, and polymerization/depolymerization kinetics.
Prof. Paul J Dauenhauer,
University of Minnesota, USA
Paul J Dauenhauer is the Lanny & Charlotte Schmidt Professor and MacArthur Fellow at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science. He sits on the Editorial Advisory Board for ACS Engineering Au. Prof. Dauenhauer’s research group focuses on the fundamental reaction engineering and catalysis technologies necessary to synthesize fuels, chemicals, and useful products from carbonaceous feedstocks.
Dr. Steven G. Arturo
The Dow Chemical Co., USA
Steven G. Arturo Arturo is a Senior Research Scientist at The Dow Chemical Co., United States. He sits on the Editorial Advisory Board for ACS Engineering Au. He is accomplished in mathematical modeling of mixture thermodynamics and detailed polymer architecture. His recent work is to apply machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques to accelerate formulation and materials design.
Prof. Ananth Govind Rajan
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India
Ananth Govind Rajan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. He completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his postdoctoral training at Princeton University. His research interests lie in the field of modeling and simulation of nanomaterials, including their synthesis, and applications for clean energy and membrane separation technologies.
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