Enabling interdisciplinary discussion has been one of the main goals of the Division of Materials Chemistry since its creation in 1993. Over its twenty-four years of existence, the division has disseminated scientific works with great diversity of topics and impacts. The present article seeks to outline the trajectory of the Division of Materials Chemistry since its creation, showing its main indicators of productivity and academic relevance as well as its main challenges.

This review focus the more relevant foundations and applications of the Metallo-Organic Decomposition (MOD) technique, mainly within the last decade. The technique has grown significantly, mainly due to the good results concerning the preparation of multicomponent oxide systems with composition, structural and morphologic control, in a relatively simple way. This opened new opportunities to obtain materials with well-defined electrical and optical properties.