Graphical abstract templates for chemistry and materials science
192 ready-made graphical abstracts and schematic figures, from graphene and nanomaterial syntheses to metal–organic frameworks and their applications. Every layer is editable, the 3D structures are adjustable, and each template cites the papers it follows.
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Multipanel figures
Journal figures with lettered panels: ready-made layouts (2 × 2, one large and three small, 3 × 2) and complete examples for nanoparticle characterization, cell assays, in vivo studies, battery testing and protein structure prediction. Graphs stay linked to their data; images are stand-ins to replace.
Four-panel figure (2 × 2)
One large panel and three small (1 + 3)
Six-panel figure (3 × 2)
Six-panel figure: characterizing gold nanoparticles
Four-panel figure: cell viability and cytotoxicity
Four-panel figure: tumour growth and survival in vivo
Four-panel figure: battery cathode performance
Four-panel figure: a predicted protein structure and its confidenceJournal covers
Cover designs with a top journal’s restraint: one full-bleed 3D render from the 3D Studio’s cover scenes (double-click it to change the scene, camera and depth of field), a big masthead, the issue line and the cover story. The journal name and lines are placeholders to replace.
Graphene synthesis
Graphical abstracts of the main routes to graphene: top-down exfoliation and oxidation of graphite, and bottom-up growth on metals and SiC.
Mechanical exfoliation with adhesive tape
Liquid-phase exfoliation of graphite
Graphene oxide: synthesis and characterization
Doped carbon nanosheets from layered biochar
Electrochemical exfoliation of graphite
Hummers method: graphite to GO to rGO
Improved Hummers method with K₂FeO₄+4more templates in this collectionSign up free to see allGraphene research
Working with graphene once it is made: characterizing a flake (optical contrast, AFM, Raman, electron diffraction, field effect), making a transistor, transferring films, the wider 2D family, the production routes side by side, and laser-induced and flash graphene. Every panel is a live generator computed from the cited papers.
Nanomaterial synthesis
Graphical abstracts of common nanomaterial syntheses: metal, oxide and carbon nanoparticles, nanorods, carbon nitride, mesoporous silica, MOFs, MXenes and liposomes.
Green synthesis of silver and gold nanoparticles
Turkevich citrate reduction of gold nanoparticles
Seed-mediated growth of gold nanorods
Co-precipitation of magnetite (Fe₃O₄) nanoparticles
Hydrothermal synthesis of carbon dots
g-C₃N₄ by thermal polymerization
Hydrothermal growth of ZnO nanorod arrays+6more templates in this collectionSign up free to see allNanomaterial guides
One-page guides to making and measuring nanomaterials: six wet-chemical routes, growth from seeds, nucleation and ripening, physical and gas-phase routes, microfluidics and electrospinning, shape control, size and charge in liquid, composition by STEM and ICP-MS, nanomedicine, tests, catalysts and devices, and a whole project in pictograms. Every panel is a live generator; every caption and number is quoted from the cited papers.
Six wet-chemical routes to nanoparticles
Nanorods, nanowires and nanocages from seeds
How nanoparticles nucleate, grow and ripen
Physical and gas-phase routes to nanoparticles
Microfluidic synthesis and electrospinning
Shape control of metal nanocrystals
Measuring nanoparticles in liquid: size and charge+4more templates in this collectionSign up free to see allMetal–organic frameworks
Benchmark MOFs built atom by atom at real dimensions: synthesis, structure, reticular design, defects, post-synthetic modification, characterization, CO₂ capture, water harvesting and drug delivery.
MOF-5: synthesis and structure
HKUST-1: copper paddlewheels and open metal sites
Isoreticular MOFs: one net, designed pores
UiO-66: modulators and missing-linker defects
MIL-101(Cr): supertetrahedra and giant cages
Post-synthetic modification of a MOF
Characterizing a new MOF+3more templates in this collectionSign up free to see allMOF guides
One-page guides to metal–organic frameworks: solvothermal, room-temperature and modulated synthesis, fast, green and scalable routes and how crystals form, activation and shaping, thin films and membranes, MOF glasses, MOF-derived materials and composites, reticular design and topology, isoreticular expansion, interpenetration and multivariate MOFs, flexibility and defects, post-synthetic modification, water stability and conductive MOFs, and the characterization methods. Every panel is a live generator; every caption and number is quoted from the cited papers.
MOF synthesis: solvothermal, room temperature, modulated
Fast, green and scalable MOF synthesis
Activating and shaping MOFs
MOF thin films and membranes
MOF glasses, MOF-derived materials and composites
Reticular design: building units, linkers and nets
Isoreticular expansion, interpenetration, MTV MOFs+3more templates in this collectionSign up free to see allCovalent organic frameworks
COFs built atom by atom at real dimensions: the first boronate COFs, linkage chemistry, β-ketoenamine stability, 3D and triazine frameworks, characterization, catalysis, photocatalytic hydrogen and membranes.
COF-1 and COF-5: the first COFs
COF linkages: from reversible to robust
TpPa COFs: β-ketoenamine links that survive acid and base
COF-LZU1: an imine COF that holds palladium
3D COFs: COF-102 and COF-300
CTF-1: triazine frameworks from molten salt
Characterizing a 2D COF+3more templates in this collectionSign up free to see allBattery materials
Lithium batteries from the crystal up: how a lithium-ion cell works, LiCoO₂, LiFePO₄, LiMn₂O₄ and Ni-rich NMC cathodes, graphite and its SEI, silicon anodes, lithium–sulfur, solid-state electrolytes, and making and testing a coin cell.
Inside a lithium-ion cell, from can to crystal (3D renders)
How a lithium-ion battery works
LiCoO₂: the layered oxide cathode
LiFePO₄: the olivine cathode
LiMn₂O₄: the spinel cathode
Ni-rich NMC: more capacity, less stability
The graphite anode: staging and the SEI+4more templates in this collectionSign up free to see allBattery & energy storage guides
One-page guides to batteries and energy storage: making cathode, anode and electrolyte materials, making electrodes, building and forming cells, how electrodes store lithium, electrolytes and interphases, lithium metal and solid-state cells, sodium- and potassium-ion cells, ageing, abuse and thermal runaway, seeing inside a working cell, electrochemical and safety tests, packs, cars and grid storage, recycling, second life and other storage, and a battery’s life in pictograms. Every panel is a live generator; every caption and number is quoted from the cited papers.
Making cathode materials: NMC and LiFePO₄
Anode and electrolyte materials
Making battery electrodes: from slurry to slit coils
Building and forming a battery cell
How electrodes store lithium
Electrolytes and interphases
Lithium metal and solid-state batteries+8more templates in this collectionSign up free to see allElectrocatalysis
Electrocatalysts atom by atom, with computed polarization, Tafel and free-energy plots: water splitting, the OER mechanism, single-atom catalysts, CO₂ reduction on copper and gas-diffusion electrolyzers, Pt-alloy fuel-cell cathodes, MoS₂ edges, NiFe LDH, MOF-derived catalysts and benchmarking.
Water splitting: hydrogen and oxygen evolution
The OER mechanism: four proton–electron steps
Single-atom catalysts: one metal atom, four nitrogens
CO₂ reduction on copper: many products
CO₂ electrolyzers: gas-diffusion electrodes
Fuel cells: oxygen reduction on platinum alloys
MoS₂ for hydrogen: the edges do the work+3more templates in this collectionSign up free to see allGraphical abstracts
Graphical abstracts for materials science, energy, electronics and biology, each with its own composition and live 3D models you can turn: solar cells, batteries, catalysis, memory and spintronics, quantum and 2D materials, shape-memory alloys, metamaterials, structural colour, bioinspired surfaces and more. Every caption and number is quoted from the cited papers.
Perovskite solar cell: from crystal to device
How an OLED makes light
Fibre-reinforced composites: from layup to strength
Tough hydrogels: sacrificial bonds that break so the gel does not
Sodium-ion batteries: abundant sodium, stored in hard carbon
Supercapacitor electrodes: zooming in on ions in carbon pores
Thermoelectrics: scattering heat-carrying phonons at every length scale+48more templates in this collectionSign up free to see allDrug discovery & proteins
Protein structure and AI for proteins: AlphaFold predictions and confidence, the AlphaFold 2 and 3 architectures, folding and its energy landscape, and protein language models.
Nanomaterial applications
Graphical abstracts and posters on what nanomaterials are used for: energy storage, drug delivery and more.
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Questions about the templates
What are LabCanvas templates?
Ready-made scientific figures (graphical abstracts and schematics) for chemistry and materials science. Each one shows a real synthesis, structure, characterization method or application step by step and lists the papers it follows. Opened in the LabCanvas editor, every text, arrow, shape and object is a layer you can change.
How many templates are there, and on what topics?
192 templates in 15 categories: multipanel figures (8), journal covers (2), graphene synthesis (11), graphene research (20), nanomaterial synthesis (13), nanomaterial guides (11), metal–organic frameworks (10), mof guides (10), covalent organic frameworks (10), battery materials (11), battery & energy storage guides (15), electrocatalysis (10), graphical abstracts (55), drug discovery & proteins (4), nanomaterial applications (2).
Are the templates scientifically accurate?
Each template follows published papers, listed on its page (1016 papers in all; each of their 1013 DOIs is checked to resolve at doi.org). Conditions, figures and structures come from those papers, and the metal–organic frameworks are built atom by atom at real bond lengths. Plots marked “schematic” show the shape of a result, not measured data.
Can I use a figure made from a template in a paper?
Yes. You keep all rights to the figures you make in LabCanvas, including figures started from a template, and may use your exports in publications, presentations, posters, grants and commercial work (see the Terms of Service). Cite the papers behind the science; each template lists them.
How do I open a template?
Go to the template’s page and click Open in the editor. Sign in, or create an account, and the template opens in the LabCanvas figure editor as a new design of your own.
Which formats can I export?
PNG, TIFF, SVG and PDF, at journal column widths and 300–600 dpi. Templates start as 1920 × 1080 px (16:9) artboards, which you can resize, for example to a journal’s graphical-abstract size.
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