Paper on chocolate tribology ranks #1 in Altmetric score within all outputs published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

The paper titled “Insights into the Multiscale Lubrication Mechanism of Edible Phase Change Materials” published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c13017) has ranked #1 in Altmetric score (online attention) in all outputs published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (ACS AM&I) in a matter of days. The paper was featured as the journal cover for ACS AM&I and has been downloaded >4000 times within two weeks.

Congratulations to all the authors: Dr. Siavash Soltanahmadi (Postdoctoral Fellow, ERC LubSat Project), Professor Michael Bryant (collaborator from the School of Mechanical Engineering) and Professor Anwesha Sarkar (PI, Sarkar Lab). With an Altmetric score of >2000, the paper was covered by > 300 new outlets across the world including BBC, Washington Post, CNN, CBC, The Times, Daily Mail, The Guardian, Sky news, Yahoo News, Deutsche Welle, Corriere and several other national, international and local printed news outlets, etc. Further, the authors were invited and delivered talks on live radio interviews including BBC Radio 5 live, NPR Radio, Times Radio Ruth Davidson's show, CBC Radio, BBC Radio Berkshire, BBC Leeds, Newstalk’s The Pat Kenny Show, etc.

Follow the updates on the paper’s Altmetric score here: https://acs.altmetric.com/details/141161917. Check out the open access paper here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsami.2c13017.