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This collection will be hosted by the Advances family of journals at the 蹤獲扦, which publish interdisciplinary, robust science:

• RSC Advances – At the heart of open access for the global chemistry community
• Energy Advances – Cutting-edge science at the forefront of energy technology with particular focus on emerging materials and methods
• Environmental Science: Advances – Research from any discipline that will contribute to the understanding of the environment, and to the advancement of UN Sustainable Development Goals
• Materials Advances – New understanding, applications, properties and synthesis of materials
• Nanoscale Advances – Publishing across the breadth of nanoscience and nanotechnology

As Gold Open Access journals, the Advances family means maximum visibility for your work, to both subject specialists and a general audience.

Submit any time during the eligible period. Articles will be promoted and added to the collection as soon as they are accepted.

Choose one of our Advances journals above** and quote “New Principal Investigator Collection” in the submission form when it asks you if you are contributing to a themed collection.

What would you like to know about this journal?

Great achievements have been made so far, including alternative renewable monomers derived from biomass, synthetic biodegradable polymers, and synthetic processes, such as those using molten salts, deep eutectic solvents, ionic liquids, and high-performance catalysts have shown great energy efficiency during the production of polymers. Additionally, the emergence and wide interest for circular economy principles have promoted research into the recycling (including chemical) of polymers, adding value to post-consumed polymers. Furthermore, artificial intelligence and machine learning have been offering new powerful tools for scientists and engineers to guide the design and synthesis of novel polymers, as well as to predict their properties, in order to efficiently meet the requirements for a sustainable development.

Preferred topics include but are not limited to:

• Green synthetic approaches to polymers
• Polymers derived from renewable monomers/feedstock
• Polymers from agricultural waste
• Bio-based vitrimers, thermosets and resins
• Life cycle analysis of polymers
• Polymers recycling to monomer or materials with equivalent function
• Upcycling end-of-life polymers
• Machine learning for sustainable polymers
• Ecotoxicity and toxicity of bio-derived polymers

If you would like to contribute to this themed collection, you can submit your article directly to the online submission system for or . Please answer the themed collection question in the submission form when uploading your files to say that this is a contribution to the “Make polymers sustainable, why and how?” Themed Collection and add a “Note to the Editor” that this is from the Open Call.

The Emerging Investigators Series has an overall objective to showcase the full diversity of cutting-edge research carried out by newer voices from across the worldwide green chemistry community.

This themed collection is an invitation-only initiative, with nominations curated by our Editorial Office. We will however consider additional applications and nominations on their own merit, and we encourage the green chemistry community to send in their nominees. Self-nominations are welcome!

In order to be eligible to feature as an Emerging Investigator, contributors must:

• Publish research within the scope of the journal.
• Have completed their PhD.
• Be actively pursuing an independent research career.
• Be at an early stage of their independent career (typically this will be within 15 years of completing their PhD, but appropriate consideration will be given to those who have taken a career break or followed a different career path).

To best meet the needs of our contributing authors, there will be no fixed deadlines. Accepted articles will be in a citeable form, included in the and collated in an online issue as soon as they are ready. We aim to promote all the papers and authors periodically.

By contributing as a corresponding author, the researchers will be internationally recognised as outstanding emerging scientists in the field. This collection provides an excellent opportunity to raise their profile in the community, and a short profile of each researcher will be featured in the journal.

How to nominate

Nominations must be made via email to green-rsc@rsc.org including the following information about the nominee:

• Full name
• Current affiliation
• Current email address
• Researcher/group website (optional)

Submissions to the collection should fit within the scope of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Journal of Materials Chemistry C or Chemical Communications. Please see the individual journal pages for more information on the scope, standards, article types and author guidelines.

This call for papers is open for the following article types:

• Communications
• Full papers

If you would like to contribute to this themed collection, you can submit your article directly to the online submission system for , or . Please quote All-Polymer Solar Cells in the “Themed issues” section of the submission form and add a “Note to the Editor” that this is from the open call.

All manuscripts will undergo the normal initial assessment and peer review processes, if appropriate, in line with the journal’s high standards, managed by the journal editors. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are published and they will be featured in a regular issue of the relevant journal. Please note that peer review or acceptance are not guaranteed.

Submissions to the journal should contain chemistry in a materials context and should fit within the scope of Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Please see the journal’s website for more information on the journal’s scope, standards, article types and author guidelines.

This call for papers is open for the following article types:

•           Communications
•           Full papers

If you would like to contribute to this themed collection, you can submit your article directly to the . Please mention that this submission is a contribution to the Emerging Inorganic Materials for Solar Harvesting collection in the “Themed issues” section of the submission form and add a “Note to the Editor” that this is from the Open Call. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of both the journal and the collection, and inclusion of accepted articles in the final themed issue is not guaranteed.

Emerging Investigators should be at an early stage of their independent career (this should typically be within 12 years of attaining their doctorate or equivalent degree but appropriate consideration is given to those who have taken a career break, work in systems where their time period to independence may vary or who followed an alternative study path).

Manuscripts should be submitted via the 蹤獲扦’s  and the Editorial Office informed by email. Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for the themed collection. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal's usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online and they will be published in a regular issue of MSDE.

Scientists all over the globe are developing innovative technologies that will be key in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. At the same time, some scientific research is contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, plastic waste, and other environmental issues. This presents many challenges as well as opportunities for researchers, who are increasingly aware of the environmental footprint of their work.

You and your research have the power to make the world a better place. If you’re looking into developing new sustainable technologies or finding cleaner chemical solutions, then we want to hear from you. RSC Sustainability is a dedicated forum for your quality discoveries, offering a space for research to grow and make an impact around the globe.

This themed collection will accept Perspective articles. Perspective articles can be written through the lens of an individual or company on a topic of interest to the readership of the journal. Primary research papers are not within the scope of this collection, but we welcome primary research to the journal outside of this themed collection.

Perspectives on any topic relating to the relationship between chemical industry and Sustainable and Green Chemistry are welcome.

To have your Perspective considered for this collection, indicate the collection title and shortcode, SUIndPer24, on the online submission form.

Emerging Investigators should be at an early stage of their independent career (this should typically be within 10 years of attaining their doctorate or equivalent degree but appropriate consideration is given to those who have taken a career break, work in systems where their time period to independence may vary or who followed an alternative study path).

Manuscripts should be submitted via the 蹤獲扦’s  and the Editorial Office informed by email. Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for the themed collection. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check the suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal's usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online and they will be published in a regular issue of Sustainable Energy & Fuels.