MRS Advances Soft Materials and Biomaterials
Issue date: Spring 2020
Submission deadline: December 18, 2019

MRS Advances is accepting full-paper submissions on Soft Materials and Biomaterials topics related to the symposium topic Smart Materials, Devices and Systems for Interface with Plants and Microorganisms from the 2019 MRS Fall Meeting. Submissions, the review process, and the final decision are not contingent on presentation at the meeting itself.

MRS Advances publishes short papers that provide a “snapshot” of an advance within the field of materials research. Such work may include important early indications from a research project that has not yet reached a conclusion, or related results that are significant but not central to the goal of the project. The scientific methods and logic should be rigorous, technically sound, and of interest to other specialists in the area of research.

Of particular interest are topics in Smart Materials, Devices and Systems for Interface with Plants and Microorganisms:

• Neuron guidance
• Immobilization & patterning of axon guidance molecules
• Drug delivery to the brain
• Surface modification of neural electrodes
• Biocompatibility of neural electrodes with surrounding tissues
• Neural electrode materials
• Mechanical modulus matching with neural tissue
• Microelectrode design and biocompatibility
• Electroactive materials (inorganic/organic)
• Biostability of the neuroprosthetic devices
• Signal transduction at electrode tissue interface
• Integrated sensors and recording
• Limb prostheses, artificial retina, cochlear implants, nerve conduits
• Neurochemical sensing
• Brain-on-a-chip devices

Manuscript Submission:

To be considered for MRS Advances, new and previously unpublished results significant to the development of this field should be presented. The manuscripts must be submitted via the MRS Advances electronic submission system by December 18, 2019.

EARLY SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITY: Submissions received by October 1, 2019 and accepted for publication by November 18, 2019, will get limited-time free access to MRS member and non-members alike upon publication, and promotion onsite at the MRS meeting, to appropriate symposia and at the MRS-Cambridge University Press Publications booth.

All manuscripts will be reviewed in the standard rapid timeframe of MRS Advances to ensure timely publication in the issue related to the submission topic. Please see manuscript preparation instructions, length restrictions, and the required template for submission at www.mrs.org/mrs-advances-manuscript-instructions. At submission, indicate Soft Materials and Biomaterials as the topical area of your paper.

Please contact mrsadvances@mrs.org with any questions.