MATERIALS TODAY ADVANCES AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK TABLE OF CONTENTS XXX . • Description p.1 • Impact Factor p.1 • Abstracting and Indexing p.1 • Editorial Board p.2 • Guide for Authors p.4 ISSN: 2590-0498 DESCRIPTION . Materials Today Advances is a multi-disciplinary, open access journal covering the full breadth of materials science and engineering. Materials Today Advances aims to connect different communities within materials science, highlighting studies that make a significant impact to the field. The journal covers all aspects of materials science and related disciplines, including fundamental and applied research, with a focus on studies with broad impact that can cross traditional subject boundaries. The journal welcomes the submissions of articles at the forefront of materials science, advancing the field. Part of the Materials Today family, Materials Today Advances offers authors rigorous peer review, rapid decisions, and high visibility. The editors welcome comprehensive articles, short communications and reviews on topics including but not limited to: • Low dimensional materials • Functional materials • Characterization techniques • Synthesis and processing • Energy applications • Biomaterials • Biomedical applications • Bioinspired materials • Soft materials IMPACT FACTOR . 2020: 7.579 © Clarivate Analytics Journal Citation Reports 2021 ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING . INSPEC AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 26 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/mtadv 1 EDITORIAL BOARD . Editor in Chief Jamie Warner, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America Areas of expertise include, nanostructured materials, dynamics of nanomaterials probed by aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy and spectroscopy Assistant Editor Kalin Dragnevski, Oxford, United Kingdom In-situ Microscopy &, , , Mechanical testing, Microstructure, Materials Characterisation, Solidification Editorial Board Members Yoshio Bando, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba-Shi, Japan Areas of expertise include: synthesis of 1D/2D inorganic nanomaterials; advanced electron microscopy Julie Cairney, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Areas of expertise include, advanced microscopy techniques Wallace Choy, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Areas of expertise include: organic/inorganic optoelectronic devices; plasmonic nanostructures; nanoscale structures; hybrid systems with organic/inorganic materials Wenguo Cui, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Shanghai, China Areas of expertise include: novel biomaterials and nanomaterials for tissue regeneration, drug delivery and disease treatment Jürgen Eckert, University of Mining Leoben, Leoben, Austria Areas of expertise include: materials physics; metastable materials; structure and property correlations Hongjin Fan, Nanyang Technological University School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Division of Physics and Applied Physics, Singapore, Singapore Areas of expertise include: energy materials (nanomaterials for solar water splitting via photoelectrochemical cells; electrochemical energy storage; atomic layer deposition in energy applications); optical properties of low-dimensional semiconductors (semiconducting nanowires, 2D semiconductors and nanostructured hybrid perovskites) Jeff Grossman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America Areas of expertise include: computational materials science, condensed matter physics, energy storage, materials chemistry, nanotechnology Alex Jen, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Areas of expertise include: molecular, polymeric, and biomacromolecular self-assembly to create organic and inorganic functional materials for photonics, opto-electronics, nanomedicine, and nanotechnology Andrei N. Khlobystov, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom Areas of expertise include: chemistry of carbon nanotubes and fullerenes; directed assembly of functional networks from nanoscopic building blocks; molecular self-assembly and electron microscopy Soo Young Kim, Korea University Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul, South Korea Areas of expertise include: two-dimensional materials such as graphene, graphene oxide, transition metal dichalcogenides, and their applications Ryo Kitaura, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan Areas of expertise include: science and applications of low-dimensional nanostructures Rudy Konings, European Commission Joint Research Centre Karlsruhe, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany Areas of expertise include: nuclear fuels and actinide materials, with particular emphasis on high- temperature chemistry and thermodynamics Alexander M. Korsunsky, University of Oxford Department of Engineering Science, Oxford, United Kingdom Areas of expertise include, fatigue and fracture, dislocations and other defects in solids, residual stresses and eigenstrain theory, surfaces, coatings, (nano)indentation, (synchrotron) x-ray methods (diffraction, imaging, spectroscopy), novel advanced materials Chun-Sing Lee, City University of Hong Kong Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Areas of expertise include: biomedical materials; nanoscience and nanotechnology; organic light- emitting devices (OLEDs); organic optoelectronics; surface science of organic semiconductors and nanomaterials; energy applications Jing-hong Li, Tsinghua University Department of Chemistry, Beijing, China AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 26 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/mtadv 2 Areas of expertise include, electroanalytical chemistry and bioanalysis, nanoanalysis and biosensing, physical electrochemistry and interfacial electrochemistry, material electrochemistry and nanoscopic electrochemistry Jian Liu, University of Surrey Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Guildford, United Kingdom Nanoreactors, Energy Chemistry and Materials, Nanoporous materials, Nanocatalysis, CO2 utlizations Jun Lou, Rice University Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Houston, Texas, United States of America Nanomaterial synthesis, nanomechanical characterization and nanodevice fabrication for energy, environmental and biomedical applications João Mano, University of Aveiro Chemistry Department, Aveiro, Portugal Areas of expertise include: bio-inspired materials; cell and Tissue Engineering; nano/micro platforms for biomedicine Thomas Nann, The University of Newcastle School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia Areas of expertise include: batteries; bioimaging; contrast agents; energy storage; nanomaterials; nanomedicine; nanoscience; nanosensors; nanotechnology; photocatalysis Martin Pumera, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Praha, Czechia Areas of expertise include: nanomaterials and microsystems; electrochemistry; synthetic chemistry; 2D nanomaterials; nanotoxicity; micro and nanomachines; 3D printing Wencai Ren, Institute of Metal Research Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China Areas of expertise include: graphene and other two-dimensional atomic crystal materials; exploration of new two-dimensional atomic crystal materials; preparation of high-quality graphene and its macroscopic material; high-quality graphene chemical-scale preparation Zhifeng Ren, University of Houston Department of Physics, Houston, Texas, United States of America Area of Expertise- Thermoelectrics, Electrolysis for water splitting, Enhanced oil recovery, High thermal conductivity, Filtration for eliminating airborne viruses and bacteria, Nano-materials and - physics, Superconductivity Junwang (John) Tang, University College London Department of Chemical Engineering, London, United Kingdom Areas of expertise include, photocatalysis Krystyn Van Vliet, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America Areas of expertise include: material chemomechanics: material behavior at the interface of mechanics, chemistry, physics, and biology; thermodynamically metastable surfaces and interfaces Zhixiang Wei, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Haidian District, China Areas of expertise include: organic functional nanomaterials; self-assembly; flexible devices Fang Xie, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom Areas of expertise include: novel nanomaterials synthesis and fabrication Yong Yang, City University of Hong Kong Department of Mechanical Engineering & Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Hong Kong, China Metals and alloys; structural materials; nano-mechanics; fatigue and fracture Gleb Yushin, Georgia Institute of Technology School of Materials Science and Engineering, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America Areas of expertise include, functional electronic and optical materials, fibers and composites, energy storage and harvesting, nanocomposites, carbon-based hybrid materials Xian-Zheng Zhang, Wuhan University, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education, Wuhan, China Areas of expertise include: biomaterials for therapeutic and diagnostic applications Ze Zhang, Zhejiang University School of Materials Science and Engineering, Hangzhou, China Areas of expertise include: transmission electron microscopy AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 26 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/mtadv 3 GUIDE FOR AUTHORS . Types of Article The journal publishes high quality Original Research Articles,