Welcoming Li-Zhu Wu as our new Editor-in-Chief

We are delighted to announce that Professor Li-Zhu Wu (Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Materials Advances

Li-Zhu Wu is a full Professor and Academician at the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Her research focuses on photochemical synthesis and solar energy conversion, including artificial photosynthesis, visible light catalysis for organic transformation, photoinduced electron transfer, energy transfer and chemical reactions in supramolecular systems. Her awards include National Nature Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholar of China, the 10th China Youth Science and Technology Award, the 7th Young Women Scientists award of China, a Certificate of Merit of the 3rd National Innovation Award, the 9th China Chemical Society-China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation Chemical Contribution Award. She was elected as a Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2019, a Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in 2021, a New Cornerstone Investigator in 2022.

Li-Zhu Wu has been an Associate Editor on Journal of Materials Chemistry A since 2017 and Materials Advances since it launched in 2020. We are delighted to continue working together with Professor Wu in her new capacity as Editor-in-Chief.

“ Having served as an Associate Editor for Journal of Materials Chemistry A since 2017 and for Materials Advances since its launch, I am excited to step into the role of Editor-in-Chief for both journals. It is a privilege to help steer their future direction and to continue supporting our diverse research community. These journals aim to provide a reliable platform for publishing the highest-quality work in materials research. I am honoured to collaborate with such a distinguished Editorial Board and the outstanding professional team in the RSC Editorial Office. “

We invite you to discover the recent collection Guest Edited by Professor Li-Zhu Wu highlighting new developments in photofunctional materials and transformations, a cross-journal collection in Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Journal of Materials Chemistry C and ChemComm.

We are also delighted to share some of Li-Zhu’s latest publications at the RSC:

Oxygen vacancy-rich Pr₆O₁₁: unlocking superior catalytic support for efficient ammonia synthesis
C. Li, Y. Gong, Y. Yang, H. Lu, L. Wu and J. Wang, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2025, 13, 29306, DOI: 10.1039/D5TA03382A

Electronegativity-driven d-band center shifts in Ru–Ni alloys for low methane hydrogenolysis of polyolefin plastics
Q. Zhou, H. Li, S. Zhang, C. Leng, C. Li, Y. Wang, C. Ma, W. Wang, X. Fu, L. Zhu, T. Gao, C. Wang, L. Wu and Z. Li, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2026, 14, 7209, DOI: 10.1039/D5TA08263C

Kinetic-control difunctionalization of olefins to α-hydroxycarbonyls under catalyst-free conditions
H. Hou, Y. Cheng, X. Zhang, K. Zhang, H. Ren, K. Su, Z. Huang, B. Chen, C. Tung and L. Wu, Green Chem., 2025, 27, 10550, DOI: 10.1039/D5GC02308D

Achieving efficient blue room-temperature phosphorescence in cyclized aromatic amides via a hybridized local and charge-transfer state
Q. He, J. Guo, K. Zhang, Y. Chen, C. Tung and L. Wu, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2026, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/D5TC03923A

An acid–base responsive supramolecular drawstring with switchable fluorescence
X. Dong, L. Mao, Z. Zhang, Z. Li, S. Lei, X. Yan, C. Tung, L. Wu and H. Cong, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2026, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/D5TC04189A

Please join us in congratulating Professor Li-Zhu Wu on her new appointment. We invite you to submit your next article to Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Materials Advances.

                  

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