ACS In Focus

Get up to speed quickly on emerging topics

ACS In Focus digital primers are four- to six-hour reads, delivered in our new e-reader platform. Each digital primer uses non-specialist language that topic newcomers can easily digest. Renowned ACS In Focus authors cover a broad range of emerging topics, important techniques, related business and industry applications, and careers options.

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Why choose ACS In Focus?

ACS In Focus digital primers help readers of all levels accelerate their fundamental understanding of new topics and core techniques from across the sciences. The primers combine a short text and essential, in-depth information to get readers up to speed quickly. In an instructional setting, these works bridge the gap between textbooks and literature. For the seasoned scientist, they satisfy the hunger for continuous growth in knowledge and capability.

Academic Institutions

Introduce budding scientists to emerging interdisciplinary and chemical topics and help students grasp the real-world impact of science. Build student confidence to face new challenges and become productive members of a fast-moving research team.

Corporate Institutions

Provide an efficient way to stay up to date about cutting-edge techniques and new topics. Presenting the work in digestible, four- to six-hour chunks provides chemists with an efficient gateway into the review literature.

Government & Nonprofit

Support scientists in expanding their expertise and continuing learning. Our authors are well-known researchers, and the series offers broad coverage.

Content

ACS In Focus digital primers contain many features to make the content user friendly and informative. Key features include:

Brief: Authors keep to the minimum word count necessary to ensure each primer can be read in four to eight hours
Multimedia: Complex concepts explained via molecular models, video, and more
Insider Q&A: Interviews (and transcripts) with field insiders
Check Your Understanding: Eight to ten end-of-primer questions, with answers provided via video and transcript
Read These Next: Author recommended content, such as review articles, to read after the chapter or the primer
A Day in the Life: Case studies that show how a tool is used or offer practical advice
Pop-up Glossary & Acronyms: Definitions of key terms and acronym meanings conveniently available via pop-up
That’s a Wrap: Bulleted end-of-chapter summaries

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Please note, the title list contains both published and planned titles. Because of our strict peer-review process, all planned titles must be treated as tentative, as we cannot guarantee the publication of any planned titles.

Driving Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation

Researchers can stay up to date on key advancements or develop new skills through the use of digital books. From a graduate student who needs to bridge the gap between textbook and journal article to an established researcher who wants to add a new competency to their skill set, discover the types of books available to meet the various needs of the chemistry community.

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Access

ACS In Focus digital primers are available for purchase by organizations of all types. Purchases are segmented into individual collections with each collection offering roughly one year of published primers. Purchase one collection or purchase multiple for a discounted rate.

Currently Available Collections:

Inaugural Collection: The first 10 titles of this brand new series that spans the gamut of topics influenced by chemistry
Collection One (published July 2021–August 2022): Contains 20 titles
Collection Two (published December 2022–June 2023): Contains 20 titles
Collection Three (publishing July 2023–June 2024): Contains 20 titles
Collection Four (publishing July 2024–present): When complete, this collection will contain 20 titles

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FAQs

We have assembled a set of commonly asked questions from users and administrators of ACS In Focus. Visit our searchable FAQ page to find answers to questions about built-in tools, customization, and navigation for these digital primers.

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What Our Customers Say

A series like this would have been very beneficial to me when I first started grad school, so I can understand its importance for others who want a concise and broad overview of a particular field or topic.”

Joshua Shutter Harvard University

Machine Learning in Chemistry is highly demonstrative of the wide applications of ML in the chemical sphere. It provides the tools and background to guide you to your own decision relevant to your particular work. It was written with practicality in mind, it presents the history, benefits, concerns, warnings, and critiques of ML in order to allow the reader to come to their own conclusions.”

Mary Kate Caucci Fordham University

The nice, concise bullet points at the end of the chapter were a useful reminder of the key points. I really liked the mini annotated bibliographies. I believe Advanced Materials used to do something similar in the bibliography where they put one or two asterisks next to a citation for recommended or highly recommended reading. It is really helpful to people new to a field. I also really enjoyed the ‘A Day in the Life’ features, especially when they injected some humor about life as a graduate student. ”

Chris Doty Emory University

The authors of Metal Nanocrystals do an impressive job of highlighting to a person new to the field of metal nanocrystals what the key scientific principles and goals are in the field. This is a large and rapidly-expanding field, and most reviews in this area get into the fine details of a specialty sub-field. I am often looking for review articles on this topic to give to new students in my lab as well as to use as readings in my nanomaterials course, and I absolutely recommend this excellent resource. I plan to use Metal Nanocrystals with my students (for both research and in the classroom) as soon as it is published.”

Michelle L. Personick Wesleyan University

ACS In Focus

Get up to speed quickly on emerging topics

Why choose ACS In Focus?

Content

Driving Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation

Access

Currently Available Collections:

Inaugural Collection (10 Titles)

Collection 1 (20 Titles)

Collection 2

Collection 3

FAQs

What Our Customers Say