Frontiers in Chemistry has announced the launch of a new specialty section on Nanoscience. The section will be led by Specialty Chief Editor Professor Fan Zhang, Department of Chemistry and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers and iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials) at Fudan University, China.
In his Specialty Grand Challenge paper, Professor Zhang highlights three key areas in which nanomaterials and technologies feature heavily: energy; environment; and health. He states that despite significant progress in research and the use of nanomaterials in many commercialised products, the field still faces many new challenges.
Professor Zhang stresses the growing involvement of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies in these areas. He notes that although there are challenges to overcome the potential benefits are worth the efforts as this will, in turn, encourage innovation and advancement in the wider field.
As Specialty Chief Editor, it is Professor Zhang's vision for the section to provide a platform for Nano research to be more widely distributed and available via the means of Open Access. Professor Zhang believes strongly that this grants authors a worldwide audience and increased visibility of their work, whilst giving readers barrier-free access to the literature. He also hopes to accelerate innovation and advancements, while creating new opportunities for collaboration by opening up the research to others who could have ideas for applying the findings in innovative ways.
As Chief Editor, Professor Zhang encourages authors to submit high quality papers covering all aspects of the field, as well as novel, original and interdisciplinary theoretical and experimental results. He also offers researchers, academics, students and interested individuals worldwide an opportunity to more easily get informed of latest advancements in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.
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