Academic publisher Maney Publishing has announced the launch of four new materials science and engineering journals - Nanocomposites, Advanced Manufacturing: Polymer & Composites Science, Catalysis, Structure & Reactivity and Advanced Device Materials.
The journals will cover the rapidly developing subject areas of nanocomposites, the use of polymers and composites in advanced manufacturing, structure-function relationships in catalytic science, and the use of advanced materials for optical, sensing and acoustic devices. The journals have involved substantial market research and represent a significant development of Maney's materials science and engineering publishing programme.
Nanocomposites covers research into the composition, structure, properties, function and characterisation of nanocomposites. The journal and editorial board is led by Editor-in-Chief Ton Peijs. Professor Peijs is currently Professor of Materials and Director of Research at Queen Mary, University of London in the UK.
Alma Hodzic, of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sheffield, UK, is Editor-in-Chief of Advanced Manufacturing: Polymer & Composites Science. The scope of the journal will focus on advanced and automated manufacturing challenges in structural polymer-based composites and multifunctional materials for the aerospace, automotive, energy, electronics, defence and healthcare sectors.
Catalysis, Structure & Reactivity reports the latest advances in structure-function relationships in catalytic science, and the application of new analytical techniques and novel operando methods to understand catalyst materials and their performance under relevant conditions. Editor-in-Chief Professor Mike Bowker is one of the leading figures in the field of surface reactivity and catalysis and is currently Deputy Director of the Cardiff Catalysis Institute, UK.
Isabelle Ledoux-Rak, Head of the Molecular and Quantum Photonics Laboratory at ENS Cachan, France, is a well-respected and authoritative voice on optical materials. Professor Ledoux-Rak, with an expert editorial board, will develop Advanced Device Materials. The journal will focus on research into a wide choice of materials (dielectrics, semi-conductors, polymers, metals, nanostructures) for electronic and photonic devices, with a particular emphasis on materials developments and their integration into functioning structures or devices, including novel manufacturing approaches.
