Best Paper Award
Criteria: Publication of new findings on science and technology or authoritative reviews in STAM. The award is presented once a year to researchers who have made outstanding advances in the development and proliferation of science and technology.
Selection process: Decision is made by the Editor in Chief and Deputy Editors
2018: Formation of metal clusters in halloysite clay nanotubes, Vladimir A. Vinokurov, Anna V. Stavitskaya, Yaroslav A. Chudakov, Evgenii V. Ivanov, Lok Kumar Shrestha, Katsuhiko Ariga, Yusuf A. Darrat & Yuri M. Lvov
2017: Recent progress on magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles: synthesis, surface functional strategies and biomedical applications, Wei Wu, Zhaohui Wu, Taekyung Yu, Changzhong Jiang & Woo-Sik Kim
2016: Recent progress of high performance polymer OLED and OPV materials for organic printed electronics, Chizu Sekine, Yoshiaki Tsubata, Takeshi Yamada, Makoto Kitano & Shuji Doi
2015: Dispersion and surface functionalization of oxide nanoparticles for transparent photocatalytic and UV-protecting coatings and sunscreens, Bertrand Faure, German Salazar-Alvarez, Anwar Ahniyaz, Irune Villaluenga, Gemma Berriozabal, Yolanda R De Miguel & Lennart Bergström
2015: The first bulk nanostructured metal, H K D H Bhadeshia
2014: Recent progress in mesoporous titania materials: adjusting morphology for innovative applications, Juan L Vivero-Escoto, Ya-Dong Chiang, Kevin Wu & Yusuke Yamauchi
2013: Point defects in ZnO: an approach from first principles, Fumiyasu Oba, Minseok Choi, Atsushi Togo & Isao Tanaka
2012: Present status of amorphous In–Ga–Zn–O thin-film transistors, Toshio Kamiya, Kenji Nomura & Hideo Hosono
2011: None awarded
2010: Challenges and breakthroughs in recent research on self-assembly, Katsuhiko Ariga, Jonathan P Hill, Michael V Lee, Ajayan Vinu, Richard Charvet & Somobrata Acharya
Best Contribution Award
Criteria: Awarded once a year to authors who have made outstanding contributions to the journal. There are cases when there is not a corresponding person for this award.
Selection process: Decision is made by the Editor in Chief and Deputy Editors
2018: Dr. Roland Hany (STAM Deputy Editor), Empa, Switzerland
2017: Professor Katsuhiko Ariga (STAM Associate Editor), NIMS, Japan
2016: None awarded
2015: None awarded
2014: None awarded
2013: Professor Fatih Dogan (STAM Associate Editor), Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
2012: Professor Yoshio Sakka (STAM Co-Editor), NIMS, Japan
2011: None awarded
2010: Professor Toyonobu Yoshida (STAM Associate Editor), The University of Tokyo, Japan; Dr Takaho Tanaka (STAM Editorial Consultant), NIMS, Japan
Altmetric Award
Criteria: Awarded for highly influential papers according Altmetrics, which is an index for evaluating academic papers. This award is not awarded annually.
Selection process: Decision is made by the Editor in Chief and Deputy Editors
2017: Cytocompatible and multifunctional polymeric nanoparticles for transportation of bioactive molecules into and within cells, Kazuhiko Ishihara, Weixin Chen, Yihua Liu, Yuriko Tsukamoto & Yuuki Inoue
2016: The chemical, mechanical, and physical properties of 3D printed materials composed of TiO2-ABS nanocomposites, Matthew R. Skorski, Jake M. Esenther, Zeeshan Ahmed, Abigail E. Miller & Matthew R. Hartings
Young Scientist Award
Criteria: Awarded for outstanding presentations by young researchers (under 40) at material-related international conferences. This award is not awarded annually.
Selection process: Decision is made by organizers of meetings or sessions at meetings.
2019: European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) 2019 Spring Meeting in Nice, France
Symposium: Recent developments in thermoelectric materials and applications
Awardees: Wenjie Xie, University of Stuttgart, Germany; Cristina V. Manzano, Instituto de Micro y Nanotecnologia de Madrid, Spain; Naoki Sato, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan; Ruomeng Huang, University of Southampton, UK
European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) 2019 Spring Meeting in Nice, France
Symposium: ANIM 3: advances and enhanced functionalities of anion-controlled new inorganic materials
Awardees: Giorgio Colombi, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands; Zhong Chengchao, Kyoto University, Japan
7th International Conference on Self-healing Materials (ICSHM2019) in Yokohama, Japan
Awardees: Jingtao Chen, University of Cambridge, UK; Jeong Youjin, Yokohama National University, Japan
2018: The 14th UT-SNU-TU Student Workshop in Seoul, South Korea
Awardees: Siqi Yin, Tsinghua University, China; Shoichi Nishitani, The University of Tokyo, Japan; Sangbong Lee, Seoul National University, South Korea