Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Magnetochemistry 2021 Best Paper Award. All papers published from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021 in Magnetochemistry were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, five winners were selected.

The First Prize: CHF 500 plus a paper free of charge after peer review in Magnetochemistry in 2023

Green Synthesis of Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles: Principles of Green Chemistry and Raw Materials
By Liubov Soltys, Ostap Olkhovyy, Tetiana Tatarchuk and Mu. Naushad
Magnetochemistry 2021, 7(11), 145;
https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry7110145

The Second Prize: CHF 200 plus a paper free of charge after peer review in Magnetochemistry in 2023

Simulating Static and Dynamic Properties of Magnetic Molecules with Prototype Quantum Computers
By Luca Crippa, Francesco Tacchino, Mario Chizzini, Antonello Aita, Michele Grossi, Alessandro Chiesa, Paolo Santini, Ivano Tavernelli and Stefano Carretta
Magnetochemistry 2021, 7(8), 117;
https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry7080117

Tuning of Structural, Dielectric, and Electronic Properties of Cu Doped Co–Zn Ferrite Nanoparticles for Multilayer Inductor Chip Applications
By Muhammad Hadi, Khalid Mujasam Batoo, Ankush Chauhan, Omar M. Aldossary, Ritesh Verma and Yujie Yang
Magnetochemistry 2021, 7(4), 53;
https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry7040053

The Third Prize: CHF 100 plus a paper free of charge after peer review in Magnetochemistry in 2023

Nonvolatile Voltage Controlled Molecular Spin-State Switching for Memory Applications
By Thilini K. Ekanayaka, Guanhua Hao, Aaron Mosey, Ashley S. Dale, Xuanyuan Jiang, Andrew J. Yost, Keshab R. Sapkota, George T. Wang, Jian Zhang, Alpha T. N’Diaye, Andrew Marshall, Ruihua Cheng, Azad Naeemi, Xiaoshan Xu and Peter A. Dowben
Magnetochemistry 2021, 7(3), 37;
https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry7030037

Geometrically Constrained Skyrmions
By Swapneel Amit Pathak and Riccardo Hertel
Magnetochemistry 2021, 7(2), 26;
https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry7020026

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Magnetochemistry 2021 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support of Magnetochemistry.

Kind regards,
Magnetochemistry Editorial Office