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Covers solid-state chemistry, both inorganic and organic, and polymer chemistry, especially as directed to the development of materials with novel and/or useful optical, electrical, magnetic, catalytic, and mechanical properties.

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Adsorption of Harmful Organic Vapors by Flexible Hydrophobic Bis-pyrazolate Based MOFs

Chem. Mater., Articles ASAP (As Soon As Publishable)
Publication Date (Web): February 9, 2010 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/cm902899t

Enhanced Performance of Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells Using Block Copoly(3-alkylthiophene)s

Chem. Mater., Articles ASAP (As Soon As Publishable)
Publication Date (Web): February 9, 2010 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/cm903783w

Growth of Cu Metal Films at Room Temperature Using Catalyzed Reactions

Chem. Mater., Articles ASAP (As Soon As Publishable)
Publication Date (Web): February 9, 2010 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/cm902294e

Self-Assembled Structures of Semiconductor Nanocrystals and Polymers for Photovoltaics. (3) PbSe Nanocrystal−Polymer LBL Multilayers. Optical, Electrochemical, Photoelectrochemical, and Photoconductive Properties

Chem. Mater., Articles ASAP (As Soon As Publishable)
Publication Date (Web): February 5, 2010 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/cm903824e

A New Cross-Linkable Oxygen Sensor Covalently Bonded into Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)-co-Polyacrylamide Thin Film for Dissolved Oxygen Sensing

Chem. Mater., Articles ASAP (As Soon As Publishable)
Publication Date (Web): February 5, 2010 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/cm903361y

Current Issue

The latest published issue of Chemistry of Materials.

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Preface to Chemistry of Materials Special Issue on The Materials Chemistry of Energy Conversion

Chem. Mater., 2010, 22 (3), pp 585–586
Publication Date (Web): February 2, 2010 (Editorial)
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Challenges for Rechargeable Li Batteries

Chem. Mater., 2010, 22 (3), pp 587–603
Publication Date (Web): August 28, 2009 (Review)
DOI: 10.1021/cm901452z

New bulk Materials for Thermoelectric Power Generation: Clathrates and Complex Antimonides

Chem. Mater., 2010, 22 (3), pp 604–611
Publication Date (Web): August 25, 2009 (Review)
DOI: 10.1021/cm901591d

Solid Solution of GaN and ZnO as a Stable Photocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting under Visible Light

Chem. Mater., 2010, 22 (3), pp 612–623
Publication Date (Web): September 14, 2009 (Review)
DOI: 10.1021/cm901917a

Zintl Chemistry for Designing High Efficiency Thermoelectric Materials

Chem. Mater., 2010, 22 (3), pp 624–634
Publication Date (Web): November 9, 2009 (Review)
DOI: 10.1021/cm901956r

Most Read Articles

Most Read articles are updated on a monthly basis and available as 1 month and 12 month lists. Below is a Top 5 excerpt from the 1 month list.

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Chemistry of Materials: A Significant Advance

Chem. Mater., 2010, 22 (1), pp 1–2
Publication Date (Web): January 5, 2010 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/cm903438d
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Ordered TiO2 Nanotube Arrays on Transparent Conductive Oxide for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Chem. Mater., 2010, 22 (1), pp 143–148
Publication Date (Web): November 30, 2009 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/cm9027513
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Positive Electrode Materials for Li-Ion and Li-Batteries

Chem. Mater., 2010, 22 (3), pp 691–714
Publication Date (Web): January 20, 2010 (Review)
DOI: 10.1021/cm902696j

Self-Assembling Thiophene Dendrimers with a Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene Core−Synthesis, Characterization and Performance in Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

Chem. Mater., 2010, 22 (2), pp 457–466
Publication Date (Web): December 23, 2009 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/cm903272y

Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles with Remarkable Stability and Dispersibility for Antireflective Coatings

Chem. Mater., 2010, 22 (1), pp 12–14
Publication Date (Web): December 1, 2009 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/cm902239a

Most Cited Articles

Most Cited articles are updated on a monthly basis and available as Last 3 Years and All Time lists. Citation data is made available by participants in CrossRef's Cited-by Linking service. Below is an excerpt from the Last 3 Years list (published across all volumes). For a more comprehensive list of citations, users are encouraged to perform a search in SciFinder.

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Single-Crystal Colloidal Multilayers of Controlled Thickness

Chem. Mater., 1999, 11 (8), pp 2132–2140
Publication Date (Web): July 15, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/cm990080+

Experimental Determination of the Extinction Coefficient of CdTe, CdSe, and CdS Nanocrystals

Chem. Mater., 2003, 15 (14), pp 2854–2860
Publication Date (Web): June 07, 2003 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/cm034081k

Surfactant Control of Phases in the Synthesis of Mesoporous Silica-Based Materials

Chem. Mater., 1996, 8 (5), pp 1147–1160
Publication Date (Web): May 14, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/cm960137h

Membrane-Based Synthesis of Nanomaterials

Chem. Mater., 1996, 8 (8), pp 1739–1746
Publication Date (Web): August 14, 1996 (Review)
DOI: 10.1021/cm960166s

Preparation and Growth Mechanism of Gold Nanorods (NRs) Using Seed-Mediated Growth Method

Chem. Mater., 2003, 15 (10), pp 1957–1962
Publication Date (Web): April 17, 2003 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/cm020732l

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