Getting to know the authors, reviewers, and readers from a broad range of institutions located around the world and at different stages in their career is one of the most exciting aspects of working with Langmuir. This global community is united in accumulating new knowledge on various facets of science where the interface plays an important role. In this virtual issue, we are delighted to highlight the invaluable contributions of authors from India whose publications form a set of the most widely read and highly cited articles over the last 3 years. We consider these Langmuir publications to be a sample collection of the recent exciting work on soft materials and interfaces authored by Indian scientists. Mindful of the various limitations, we have tried our best to select a cross section of authors spread throughout India. This collection includes articles from first timers as well as those who have published with Langmuir for several years. The representative authors with science and engineering backgrounds come from a wide spectrum of national laboratories, research and academic institutes, and universities located in various parts of India. The selection spans articles from a broad range of interface science with an emphasis on materials and organized self-assemblies in general. Selected papers include invited feature articles as well as regular articles. The former summarizes the authors’ contributions during the last several years to a given topic, while the latter reports the findings for the first time. The selection includes articles that focus on materials for energy and catalysis; materials with tunable photonic and electronic properties; materials at the interface with biological systems; and soft materials and self-assembly where the interface dominates. Khushalani (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02953), Bhattacharyya (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00293), Chandrasekaran (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02413), and Basu and Pande (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00029) present their findings on new methods to harness energy. Since the time of J. C. Ghosh and C. V. Raman, the exploration of the photonic and electronic properties of molecules and materials has interested Indian scientists. The search for soft matter and hard nanomaterials with unique electronic and photonic properties continues. Articles by Sudhakar (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01081), Das (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00452), Mukhopadhyay (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02352), Pal (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b04100), and Ghosh (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00926) are a few representative publications on this topic during the last 3 years. Langmuir is keen on spotlighting articles that highlight the fundamental and applied aspects of soft materials. Diverse assemblies such as liquid crystals, amphiphiles, colloids, clays, emulsions, and gels covered in articles by Pal (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03031), Hassan (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02921), Basavaraj (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01139), Joshi (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01830), Mandal (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03364), and Ghosh (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03192) provide a glimpse of activities in India on this important topic of soft materials. Such soft materials have made inroads in recent times into biomedical fields. Employing state-of-the-art techniques, Maiti (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02147), Pandey (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03152), Ghosh (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01713), Sen (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02291), and Jana’s (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00376) articles bring out the value of biomaterials, nanomaterials, and soft materials in varied applications such as drug delivery, antibacterial activity, cell adhesion, and cellular and subcellular penetration. Langmuir, the premier journal in which early results on nanoparticles were disclosed, continues to be a popular home for such work. Since the discovery of gold nanoparticles, the search for “nano” has extended to metallic and bimetallic clusters, aggregates of polymers, and organic molecules. The invited feature articles by Prasad (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00193) and Pradeep (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03493) outline the mechanism of metallic nanoparticle formation and their use as catalysts. Along these lines, Sarkar (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01072) summarizes his recent findings of the aggregation of a cancer drug. The value of nanocrystals in energy research has been brought out in the articles by Bhattacharyya (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00293) and Basu and Pande (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00029). To cap and end the collection of these diverse topics, the final articles emphasize the role of the interface in fundamental and applied research by Hassan (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02921) and Toley (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01345). Overall, it is clear from this small collection that both application-oriented, and fundamental research related to “interfaces” and “soft materials” is vibrant in India, and Langmuir continues to be an attractive journal to these researchers. We look forward to working together with all researchers from India in making available their pioneering results to the world community. We hope you will enjoy this collection of articles from authors in India and look forward to your participation as we highlight the contributions of Langmuir authors to interface science from around the globe! Views expressed in this editorial are those of the authors and not necessarily the views of the ACS. This article has not yet been cited by other publications.

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印度接口的近期要点：虚拟问题。

与Langmuir合作最令人兴奋的方面之一是，认识来自世界各地不同职业阶段的各种机构的作者，审稿人和读者。这个全球社区团结一致，在各种科学方面积累了新知识，其中界面在其中发挥着重要作用。在这个虚拟的期刊中，我们很高兴地强调印度作者的宝贵贡献，他们的出版物构成了过去三年中阅读最广，引用率最高的一组文章。我们考虑这些朗缪尔出版物将收集印度科学家在软材料和界面方面的最新激动人心的工作的样本集。考虑到各种局限性，我们尽力选择了遍布印度各地的不同作者。该馆藏包括初学者以及与Langmuir一起发表的文章几年来。具有科学和工程背景的代表作者来自印度各地的众多国家实验室，研究机构和学术机构以及大学。该选择涵盖了来自广泛的界面科学的文章，重点是材料和总体上有组织的自组装。入选的论文包括特邀文章和常规文章。前者总结了作者在过去几年中对特定主题的贡献，而后者则首次报告了调查结果。所选内容包括专注于能量和催化材料的文章；具有可调的光子和电子特性的材料；与生物系统接触的材料；界面主导的软材料和自组装。Khushalani（https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02953），Bhattacharyya（https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00293），Chandrasekaran（https： //pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02413）和Basu和Pande（https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00029）提出了他们的发现利用能源的新方法。自从JC Ghosh和CV Raman时代以来，对分子和材料的光子和电子特性的探索就引起了印度科学家的兴趣。继续寻求具有独特电子和光子特性的软质和硬质纳米材料。Sudhakar（https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01081)、Das（https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00452)、Mukhopadhyay（ https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02352），朋友（https：//pubs.acs。朗缪尔热衷于聚焦于强调软材料的基本和应用方面的文章。Pal（https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03031）和Hassan（https：的文章）涵盖了液晶，两亲性，胶体，黏土，乳液和凝胶等各种组件//pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02921），Basavaraj（https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01139），Joshi（https：// pubs。 acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01830)、Mandal（https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03364）和Ghosh（https://pubs.acs.org /doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03192）一瞥印度在这一重要的软材料主题上的活动。这样的软材料近来已进入生物医学领域。使用最先进的技术，Maiti（https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs。朗缪尔，是公开有关纳米颗粒早期研究结果的主要期刊，仍然是此类工作的热门场所。自发现金纳米颗粒以来，对“纳米”的搜索已扩展到金属和双金属簇，聚合物的聚集体和有机分子。Prasad（https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00193）和Pradeep（https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03493）邀请的专题文章概述了金属纳米颗粒形成的机理及其作为催化剂的用途。沿着这些思路，Sarkar（https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01072）总结了他最近发现的一种抗癌药物聚集现象。纳米晶体在能源研究中的价值已在Bhattacharyya（https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir。8b00293）和Basu和Pande（https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00029）。为了限制和结束这些不同主题的收集，最后的文章强调了接口在Hassan（https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02921）和Toley的基础研究和应用研究中的作用。 （https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01345）。总体而言，从这个小型合集中可以明显看出，与“接口”和“软材料”相关的面向应用和基础研究在印度充满活力，并且 langmuir.8b01345）。总体而言，从这个小型合集中可以明显看出，与“接口”和“软材料”相关的面向应用和基础研究在印度充满活力，并且 langmuir.8b01345）。总体而言，从这个小型合集中可以明显看出，与“接口”和“软材料”相关的面向应用和基础研究在印度充满活力，并且朗缪尔（Langmuir）仍然是这些研究人员的有吸引力的期刊。我们期待与来自印度的所有研究人员合作，将他们的开拓性成果提供给国际社会。我们希望您会喜欢印度作家的文章集，并期待您的参与，因为我们着重介绍Langmuir作者对全球科学的贡献！本社论中表达的观点只是作者的观点，不一定是ACS的观点。本文尚未被其他出版物引用。