Magnificent Seven

SmallVolume 7, Issue 1 p. 3-4 EditorialFree Access Magnificent Seven First published: 27 December 2010 https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201002161AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat As we start 2011 and the seventh year of Small, we can look back on another successful year of science at the nanoand microscale. Small has continued to bring you the very best research in the field, and this was only possible with the trust and hard work of our authors, the critical appraisal of our referees who are always generous with their time and expertise, the effi ciency of our editorial team, and the discerning eye of our readers who expect nothing but cutting-edge research when paging through Small. Perhaps one of the crowning glories in the field was the award of the Nobel Prize in Physics to Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov for their contribution to the study of graphene.1 This material has been the focus of much attention in the last years and a large proportion of papers in Small this year have explored the synthesis, properties, and applications of graphene. The Review by Owen Compton and Son-Binh Nguyen has been a well-received overview in this fi eld.2 The 2010 Physics Laureates co-authored a recent paper in Small on the synthesis and properties of fluorographene.3 Fluorographene is mechanically strong, chemically and thermally stable, and shows interesting electrical properties that make it a potentially very useful material. Figure 1Open in figure viewerPowerPoint Looking forward, we hope to present you with more top-quality science. This issue is a good sign of things to come. To whet your appetite, I mention two articles that were singled out by referees as VIP articles: the comprehensive Review by Leslie Yeo, James Friend, and co-workers provides an excellent overview of the state of the art in the application of microfluidic devices in biotechnology.4 Sanjiv Gambhir and co-workers explore the effects of Raman-active gold nanoparticles in cells.5 Geoffrey Ozin and Ludovico Cademartiri present an Essay in which they analyze the role of nanochemistry in driving innovation in the fast-paced world of science.6 This is a fitting start to 2011, which has been declared the International Year of Chemistry and honors the contribution of chemistry to the development of mankind.7 Figure 2Open in figure viewerPowerPoint As part of the Materials Science group of Wiley, we are happy to announce some exciting developments in our group: first, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of our sister journal Advanced Functional Materials. Figure 3Open in figure viewerPowerPoint Figure 4Open in figure viewerPowerPoint Another cause for celebration is the introduction of the newest member of our journals family: Advanced Energy Materials is a new international publication dedicated to publishing high-impact research in energy-related materials. Figure 5Open in figure viewerPowerPoint Additionally, a new section in Advanced Materials, Advanced Healthcare Materials, is a forum for the publication of the very best work in the fi eld of materials science aimed at promoting human health. The Advanced Healthcare Materials section will cover the design and synthesis of materials, biomaterials, and devices for medical applications, the physical, chemical, and biological properties of these materials, as well as their clinical and biotechnological applications in diverse areas from drug delivery to tissue engineering. Look out for this new section in Advanced Materials in 2011. MaterialsViews (www.MaterialsViews.com) and its Chinese-language counterpart, MaterialsViewsChina (www.MaterialsViewsChina.com) are our premium news service sites that keep you up to date with the latest developments across all areas in materials science. The sites not only provide highlights from Small, but also report on key papers across Wiley journals and include a host of other useful features, which I encourage you to discover. Figure 6Open in figure viewerPowerPoint Furthermore, the Materials Science team is delighted to welcome its newest members, Hilary Gallagher, Eliza-Beth Lerch, Duoduo Liang, Lisa Smith, and Ling Sun. The added scientific and editorial capacity will strengthen our team so that we can continue to offer the best possible service to our authors and readers, from manuscript submission to fi nal publication. Another important new member of our team, although not human, is our online proof correction system. This innovative xml system will allow much faster publication, while ensuring greater accuracy through more direct involvement from the author. We will continue to strive to improve our publication times, while maintaining our high-quality scientific content. As always, I remain grateful to our authors and our referees for their constant support, hard work, and time invested in the name of science. I wish you health, energy, and success in the coming year and look forward to another great year of nanoscience. Biographical Information Dr. José Oliveira Editor-in-Chief References 1 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2010/ Google Scholar 2 O. C. Compton, S. T. Nguyen, Small 2010, 6, 711– 723. Wiley Online LibraryCASPubMedWeb of Science®Google Scholar 3 R. R. Nair, W. Ren, R. Jalil, I. Riaz, V. G. Kravets, L. Britnell, P. Blake, F. Schedin, A. S. Mayorov, S. Yuan, M. I. Katsnelson, H.-M. Cheng, W. Strupinski, L. G. Bulusheva, A. V. Okotrub, I. V. Grigorieva, A. N. Grigorenko, K. S. Novoselov, A. K. Geim, Small 2010, 6, 2877– 2884 Wiley Online LibraryCASPubMedWeb of Science®Google Scholar 4 L. Y. Yeo, H.-C. Chang, P. P. Y. Chan, J. R. Friend, Small 2011, 7, 12– 48. Wiley Online LibraryCASPubMedWeb of Science®Google Scholar 5 A. S. Thakor, R. Paulmurugan, P. Kempen, C. Zavaleta, R. Sinclair, T. F. Massoud, S. S. Gambhir, Small 2011, 7, 126– 136. Wiley Online LibraryCASPubMedWeb of Science®Google Scholar 6 G. A. Ozin, L. Cademartiri, Small 2011, 7, 49– 54. Wiley Online LibraryCASPubMedWeb of Science®Google Scholar 7 http://www.chemistry2011.org/assets/42/IYC_prospectus.pdf Google Scholar Volume7, Issue1January 3, 2011Pages 3-4 FiguresReferencesRelatedInformation