We are delighted to announce Roger Narayan as the Editor-in-Chief of Materials Science and Engineering: C from 2008.

Dr. Narayan is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of North Carolina-North Carolina State University Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering. He is the author of over one hundred publications and several book chapters on microscale and nanoscale processing of biological and biomedical materials. He has served as an editorial board member of a number of professional journals, chair of the TMS Biomaterials Committee, and editorial committee chair for Materials and Processes for Medical Devices (ASM-International). He has also organized workshops and symposia for Materials Science & Technology, Materials Research Society, and Society for Biomaterials annual meetings. Dr. Narayan has received several honors for his research activities, including the North Carolina State University Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award, the University of North Carolina Jefferson-Pilot Fellowship in Academic Medicine, the National Science Faculty Early Career Development Award, and the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award. He has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science as well as Fellow of ASM International.

A Note from the Editor
In January 2008, Elsevier relaunched MSE-C with a new subtitle: Materials for Biological Applications. The scope of the journal now includes experimental and theoretical topics that combine biological sciences and materials engineering, including:

• biomimetic materials
• biological materials
• nanobiomaterials
• bio-based materials
• biopolymers
• materials for biotechnology applications
• materials for bioenergy applications
• biocompatible materials
• bioceramics

The editorial team of MSE-C will strive to make the journal a leading resource for these rapidly evolving areas of materials science and engineering. 

Rising Impact Factor

2007 Impact Factor WAS 1.486 2008 Impact Factor NOW 1.812

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Highly Cited Articles
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Design of bioactive bone substitutes based on biomineralization process
Kokubo, T. 
Materials Science and Engineering C, Volume 25, Issue 2, 2005

Apatite formation on carbon nanotubes 
Akasaka, T., Watari, F., Sato, Y., Tohji, K. 
Materials Science and Engineering C, Volume 26, Issue 4 

The effect of crystallinity on the fracture of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) 
Brown, E.N., Rae, P.J., Bruce Orler, E., Gray III, G.T., Dattelbaum, D.M. 
Materials Science and Engineering C, Volume 26, Issue 8, 2006 

Molecularly based analysis of deformation of spectrin network and human erythrocyte
Dao, M., Li, J., Suresh, S. 
Materials Science and Engineering C, Volume 26, Issue 8, 2006 

Molecular imprinted particles for lysozyme purification
Odabaşi, M., Say, R., Denizli, A. 
Materials Science and Engineering C, Volume 27, Issue 1, 2007