Polymer-Derived Ceramics

Dear PDCs Researcher,

It is my great pleasure to introduce you the new Special Issue "Recent Advances in Polymer-Derived Ceramics and Ceramic Nanocomposites” in Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049) (Impact Factor: 3.267 (2019) ; 5-Year Impact Factor: 3.589 (2019)), where I am acting as guest editor:

Special Issue: Recent Advances in Polymer-Derived Ceramics and Ceramic Nanocomposites
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules/special_issues/PolymerDerivedCeramics_CeramicNanocomposites

Given your innovative work and previous publications in the field of Polymer-Derived Ceramics and Ceramic Nanocomposites, an original research paper or a focused review from you and/or your group will be a significant contribution to the Special issue. You may invite co-authors to join in the task of writing if you are interested yet with concern about tight schedule.

You may submit your manuscript before or until the deadline 31 July 2021. Peer review is commissioned immediately upon receipt of the paper. Submitted papers should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. The paper, if officially accepted by Molecules, will be published in open access form soon after professional editing.

If your article is accepted for publication in this journal after peer-review and possible revision, the Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2000 Swiss Francs. You may be entitled to a discount if you have previously received a discount code or if your institute is participating in the MDPI Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), for more information see: http://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap

We greatly appreciate your consideration and sincerely hope you will accept our invitation to contribute to this special issue. We look forward to hearing from you.

Please forward this information to your colleagues and coworkers who would be interested in participating in this special issue.

With our best regards,
Dr. Gabriela Mera
Guest Editor

MDPI | Institutional Open Access Program MDPI is a publisher of peer-reviewed, open access journals since its establishment in 1996.

Dear colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to the "Women of Distinction in Materials Science" workshop on Monday, September 21, 2020, from 9 am to 6:15 pm (CET), UTC +1. The event will take place online on Zoom and it is free of charge. The technical program the registration can be made on the workshop website:
https://www.mawi.tu-darmstadt.de/df/fachgebiet/veranstaltungen_und_aktuelles/women_of_distinction_in_material_science/women_of_distinction_in_material_science_1.de.jsp
The workshop features the ground-breaking research highlights presentations of broad interest given by prestigious women in materials science (such as Paloma Fernández Sánchez, Clara Viñas Teixidor, Silvia Giordani, Ulrike Kramm, Patricia Parlevliet, Vera Krewald, Alexandra Navrotsky, Christina Birkel and Begoña Ferrari).

The event will be followed by a networking session, which will provide the attendees with a great opportunity to ask their questions in an informal atmosphere and make contact with eminent women in materials science from around the world.
The workshop aims to promote interaction across various ethnic, cultural and gender boundaries and facilitate dialog among women (and men) working in, or pursuing education towards a profession in materials science. The main goal is to increase the consciousness of the rewarding careers in materials science and engineering among female scientists and students of all ages. The event is sponsored by the Gender Equality Commission of Materials and Earth Science Department at TU Darmstadt.

PLEASE REGISTER to this event on the website. Registration deadline is September 15, 2020. The Zoom link for the participation to these wonderful presentations will be send on September 16 to all registered participants. It is a honor and an unique chance to host the presentations of so many wonderful speakers in the same day!

Please forward this invitation to all potential interested parties.

We are looking forward to your participation and wish you all the best,

Gabriela Mera and Isabel Gonzalo de Juan
Main organizers

To all wonderful women in science: be curious, strong, happy, positive, BE YOU! All the best wishes on the International Women’s Day 2020!

New Review Paper on Polymer-Derived Ceramics! Enjoy it!!

Polymer‐Derived Ceramics Polymer‐derived ceramics (PDCs) represent a class of ceramics that are preparatively accessible from inorganic polymers (also called preceramic polymers). The synthesis and processing of PDCs from po...

Congratulations for their amazing efforts and achievements! A great motivation for all PDCs scientists working on Lithium ion batteries!

BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino “for the development of lithium-ion batteries.”

Lithium-ion batteries are used globally to power the portable electronics that we use to communicate, work, study, listen to music and search for knowledge. Lithium-ion batteries have also enabled the development of long-range electric cars and the storage of energy from renewable sources, such as solar and wind power.

The foundation of the lithium-ion battery was laid during the oil crisis in the 1970s. Stanley Whittingham worked on developing methods that could lead to fossil fuel-free energy technologies. He started to research superconductors and discovered an extremely energy-rich material, which he used to create an innovative cathode in a lithium battery. This was made from titanium disulphide which, at a molecular level, has spaces that can house – intercalate – lithium ions.

The battery’s anode was partially made from metallic lithium, which has a strong drive to release electrons. This resulted in a battery that literally had great potential, just over two volts. However, metallic lithium is reactive and the battery was too explosive to be viable.

John Goodenough predicted that the cathode would have even greater potential if it was made using a metal oxide instead of a metal sulphide. After a systematic search, in 1980 he demonstrated that cobalt oxide with intercalated lithium ions can produce as much as four volts. This was an important breakthrough and would lead to much more powerful batteries.

With Goodenough’s cathode as a basis, Akira Yoshino created the first commercially viable lithium-ion battery in 1985. Rather than using reactive lithium in the anode, he used petroleum coke, a carbon material that, like the cathode’s cobalt oxide, can intercalate lithium ions.

The result was a lightweight, hardwearing battery that could be charged hundreds of times before its performance deteriorated. The advantage of lithium-ion batteries is that they are not based upon chemical reactions that break down the electrodes, but upon lithium ions flowing back and forth between the anode and cathode.

Lithium-ion batteries have revolutionised our lives since they first entered the market in 1991. They have laid the foundation of a wireless, fossil fuel-free society, and are of the greatest benefit to humankind.

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It's time for a change, old Europe! "When conference organizers consider parental needs, everybody wins" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5866621/

Opinion: How to tackle the childcare–conference conundrum Conferences are vital forums for academic researchers. At these meetings, scientists communicate new discoveries, form research collaborations, make contacts with funding agencies, and attract new members to our labs and programs. Even with new technological advances that allow remote communication,...

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Very important new journal for all scientists
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/new-journal-seeks-typically-overlooked-studies-66443

New Journal Seeks Typically Overlooked Studies Its articles will include negative results, reproducibility studies, and peer reviewers’ names.

"Be the change you want to see" on this planet, and great things will happen!

We are looking forward to your contributions!

Dear PDCs Scientists,
It is a pleasure to announce the Special Issue “Novel Metal Carbide/Carbonitride Materials” which is scheduled to appear in the journal Materials of MDPI. Materials is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI with an impact factor of 2.654 (ISSN 1996-1944).
This Special Issue aims at attracting Reviews, Full Papers or Notes (in Open Access) related to the following aspects of Metal Carbide and Carbonitride Materials. A special attention will be given to contributions on Polymer-Derived Ceramics.
We encourage you to check out the Special Issue website at:
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials/special_issues/metal_carbide_carbonitride
The scopes of this Special Issue include, without being limited to, the following topics related to metal carbide and carbonitrides as 2D materials (MXenes), monoliths, powder or thin film:
• Synthesis Methods: Gas-phase techniques (e.g., CVD, ALD[DM1] , etc.); liquid-phase methods (sol-gel, solvothermal, etc.); and solid-state procedures (different sintering techniques, polymer-derived ceramics; mechanical alloying, etc.).
• Properties: High temperature; mechanical; charge carriers transport; thermal transport; electronic; optical; magnetic; catalytic, etc.
• Micro-/nanostructure
• Applications: High-temperature structural applications; electronic applications; catalysis; energy conversion and storage, lightning, coatings, etc.
It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews that cover all aspects (i.e., synthesis–structure–property relationships, applications and future directions) of metal carbide, metal carbonitride, metal carbodiimide and their composite materials are all welcome.
The official deadline for submission is October 31, 2018. You may send your manuscript either now or by the deadline. Your submission should not have been previously published, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere.
If you have any questions, please contact either the guest editors Dr. Günter Motz ([email protected]) or Dr. Gabriela Mera ( [email protected]).
Thank you very much for your consideration. We would be glad to receive a contribution from you and we look forward to hearing from you soon.

Materials Materials, an international, peer-reviewed Open Access journal.

NEWS: New international project on next generation multi-component polymer-derived ceramic fibers:
PIRE: High Temperature Ceramic Fibers: Polymer-Based Manufacturing, Nanostructure, and Performance
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Here is the picture of the participants at the Kick-off Meeting in Daytona Beach, Florida in January 2018:

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Happy winter holidays, dear friends! A New Magnificent Year 2018 full of succes, good health, wonderful collaborations and a lot of IMAGINATION!

Hurry up with your submissions to this special issue: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials/special_issues/Polymer_Ceramics

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Great news!

Polymer-derived ceramics article published in JACerS cinches top spot in past decade of Web of Science rankings | The American Ceramic Society [Image above] Colombo et al. An article published in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society has scored the current top-ranking position in...

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Polymer-derived ceramics article published in JACerS cinches top spot in past decade of Web of Science rankings | The American Ceramic Society [Image above] Colombo et al.     An article published in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society has scored the current top-ranking position in Web of Science standings of all article

Great news!!! The #1 cited paper published in the past 10 years in the Materials Science, Ceramics category is on .... POLYMER-DERIVED CERAMICS!!!
Polymer-Derived Ceramics: 40 Years of Research and Innovation in Advanced Ceramics
by Paolo Colombo, Gabriela Mera, Ralf Riedel, Gian Domenico Sorarù
https://www.mawi.tu-darmstadt.de/materialwissenschaft/newsdetails_19712.de.jsp

Dispersive Solids Group at TU Darmstadt, August 2017