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Cahn Prize - A prestigious prize for researchers in materials science

The Journal of Materials Science is proud to award the Cahn Prize for materials research. 

The 2024 monthly finalists' papers are free to read below.

Cahn Prize

The Cahn Prize has been named in honor of the Journal’s founding editor, the late Professor Robert Wolfgang Cahn.

Each month the Editors select a paper published in that month’s issues via a rigorous nomination and voting procedure. The winning paper is selected from the twelve finalists by a separate panel of distinguished materials scientists. 

The authors of the winning paper receive an award of $5,000.

You can read more research at the Journal of Materials Science.

 
The Journal of Materials Science is proud to award the 2023 Cahn Prize for materials research to the September  finalist:

Molecular modelling of graphene nanoribbons on the effect of porosity and oxidation on the mechanical and thermal properties  by Carlos Sáenz Ezquerro, Manuel Laspalas, José Manuel García Aznar, Susana Castelar Ariza & Agustín Chiminelli

Congratulations to the team for their outstanding work. 

The 2024 finalists' papers

January                    

Facet-dependent magnetic properties of magnetite nanoparticles coated with dodecyl amine and their biological effect in hepatocarcinoma cell line

Yareli Rojas-Aguirre, Juan Rizo, Miguelina Martínez-Aguilera, Adriana Rodríguez-Hernández, Beatriz Díaz-Bello, Genaro Vázquez-Victorio, Héctor Domínguez, Rubén Mendoza-Cruz, Israel Betancourt, Saret Ortega-Galindo & Patricia Guadarrama 


February

Highly efficient C–F bond cleavage to access esters over robust silicon‐aluminum phosphate catalyst

Menglu Cai, Xiaoguang Zhang, Haoqiong Zhu, Xiaozhong Wang, Yingqi Chen & Liyan Dai

Previous years' winners

Read the winning papers from previous years

2023                                                      

Molecular modelling of graphene nanoribbons on the effect of porosity and oxidation on the mechanical and thermal properties 

Carlos Sáenz Ezquerro, Manuel Laspalas, José Manuel García Aznar, Susana Castelar Ariza & Agustín Chiminelli

2022                                                      

Machine learning guided alloy design of high-temperature NiTiHf shape memory alloys 

Udesh M. H. U. Kankanamge, Johannes Reiner, Xingjun Ma, Santiago Corujeira Gallo & Wei Xu. 

2021                                                      

Dislocation-based crack initiation and propagation in single-crystal SrTiO3Xiangsheng Han, Wenyu Lu, Wenfan Yu, Hang Xu, Shuyan Bi & Hongzhen Cai 

Xufei Fang, Kuan Ding, Christian Minnert, Atsutomo Nakamura & Karsten Durst

2020                                                      

Highly stretchable, breathable and negative resistance variation textile strain sensor with excellent mechanical stability for wearable electronics

Kai Zhao, Wenbin Niu & Shufen Zhang 

2019

Robust raspberry-like all-polymer particles for the construction of superhydrophobic surface with high water adhesive force

Cheng Chen, Liping Zhang, Mingfei Sheng, Yu Guan, Hao Dong & Shaohai Fu 

2018

Measuring solid–liquid interfacial energy fields: diffusion-limited patterns

Martin E. Glicksman & Kumar Ankit

2017

Stress and strain mapping of micro-domain bundles in barium titanate using electron backscatter diffraction

Jane A. Howell, Mark D. Vaudin, Lawrence H. Friedman, and Robert F. Cook

2016

Exploration of the mechanisms of temperature-dependent grain boundary mobility: search for the common origin of ultrafast grain boundary motion

C. J. O’Brien and S. M. Foiles

2015

Structure, composition, and defect control during plasma spray deposition of ytterbium silicate coatings

Bradley T. Richards, Hengbei Zhao & Haydn N. G. Wadley

2014

Mechanical characterization of hollow ceramic nanolattices

Lucas R. Meza & Julia R. Greer

2013

Dislocation controlled wear in single crystal silicon carbide

Maneesh Mishra & Izabela Szlufarska

2012

Room temperature fracture processes of a near-α titanium alloy following elevated temperature exposure

A. L. Pilchak, W. J. Porter & R. John