Top 10 most-read Nanoscale articles in May

This month sees the following articles in Nanoscale that are in the top ten most accessed for April:

Recent progress on metal core@semiconductor shell nanocomposites as a promising type of photocatalyst 
Nan Zhang, Siqi Liu and Yi-Jun Xu  
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 2227-2238 
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR00009A 

α-Fe2O3 nanowall arrays: hydrothermal preparation, growth mechanism and excellent rate performances for lithium ion batteries 
Danni Lei, Ming Zhang, Baihua Qu, Libao Chen, Yanguo Wang, Endi Zhang, Zhi Xu, Qiuhong Li and Taihong Wang  
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 3422-3426 
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30482A 

Recent advances in solar cells based on one-dimensional nanostructure arrays 
Miao Yu, Yun-Ze Long, Bin Sun and Zhiyong Fan  
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 2783-2796 
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30437F 

Chitin nanofibers: preparations, modifications, and applications 
Shinsuke Ifuku and Hiroyuki Saimoto  
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 3308-3318 
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30383C 

A cuprous oxide–reduced graphene oxide (Cu2O–rGO) composite photocatalyst for hydrogen generation: employing rGO as an electron acceptor to enhance the photocatalytic activity and stability of Cu2O 
Phong D. Tran, Sudip K. Batabyal, Stevin S. Pramana, James Barber, Lydia H. Wong and Say Chye Joachim Loo  
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 3875-3878 
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30881A 

Nanostructured metal oxide-based materials as advanced anodes for lithium-ion batteries 
Hao Bin Wu, Jun Song Chen, Huey Hoon Hng and Xiong Wen (David) Lou  
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 2526-2542 
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR11966H 

Preparation, properties and applications of polysaccharide nanocrystals in advanced functional nanomaterials: a review 
Ning Lin, Jin Huang and Alain Dufresne  
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 3274-3294 
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30260H 

Highly efficient visible-light-driven photocatalytic activities in synthetic ordered monoclinic BiVO4 quantum tubes–graphene nanocomposites 
Yongfu Sun, Bingyan Qu, Qin Liu, Shan Gao, Zixian Yan, Wensheng Yan, Bicai Pan, Shiqiang Wei and Yi Xie  
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 3761-3767 
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30371J 

Synthesis of micro-sized SnO2@carbon hollow spheres with enhanced lithium storage properties 
Shujiang Ding, Dongyang Zhang, Hao Bin Wu, Zhicheng Zhang and Xiong Wen (David) Lou  
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 3651-3654 
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30841J 

3D branched nanowire heterojunction photoelectrodes for high-efficiency solar water splitting and H2 generation 
Ke Sun, Yi Jing, Chun Li, Xiaofeng Zhang, Ryan Aguinaldo, Alireza Kargar, Kristian Madsen, Khaleda Banu, Yuchun Zhou, Yoshio Bando, Zhaowei Liu and Deli Wang  
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 1515-1521 
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR11952H 

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