Impact Factor of the Journal = 0.3

New Section on Advanced (Non-Carbon) Materials :

Scope of the journal has been expanded by incorporating the New Section on Advanced (Non-Carbon) Materials, their properties and Applications. Papers related to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology are of Special Interest. Manuscripts are invited for this section also.

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Yet another Nobel Prize to Carbon Materials :

Prof. Andre Geim	Prof. Konstantin Novoselov

Nobel Prize in Physics (2010) : Nobel Prize in Physics (2010) is awarded to Prof. Andre Geim and Prof. Konstantin Novoselov of University of Manchester, U.K. for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two dimensional material GRAPHENE".

Congregations to Prof. Andre Geim and Prof. Konstantin Novoselov !

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1996) : Sir R. F. Curl, H. W. Kroto and R. E. Smalley were awarded Nobel prize in Chemistry (1996) for their discovery of Fullerenes.