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Nanoscale themed collection: Hybrid Materials
Dedicated to Professor Avnir on his 65^th Birthday
Guest Editors: Mario Pagliaro and Jean-Marie Nedelec

We are delighted to announce a high-profile Nanoscale collection of review articles on hybrid materials to be published in 2014. The themed collection will be guest edited by Mario Pagliaro (CNR, Italy) and Jean-Marie Nedelec, (Institute de Chemie de Clermont Ferrand, France), two leading researchers in the the topic of the themed issue.

The articles will be dedicated to Professor David Avnir on his 65^th Birthday. Professor Avnir is well known for his research in the areas of organically doped metals and sol-gel organic hybrid materials and biomaterials, and the collection will include exciting articles in these areas.

Please email the editorial office if you are interested in submitting an article for this themed collection at nanoscale-rsc@rsc.org.

Submission Deadline: 29^th November 2013

Issue 15 of Nanoscale is themed and now online. You can read the full issue here.

This issue on Metallic Clusters was Guest Edited by Rongchao Jin (Carnegie Mellon University, USA), Sang-Kee Eah (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) and Yong Pei (Xiangtan University, China).

The outside front cover shows The halogen analogs of thiolated gold nanoclusters by De-en Jiang and Michael Walter.

The inside front cover highlights Grain size effects in polycrystalline gold nanoparticles by Chen Zhou, Jing Yu, Yanping Qin and Jie Zheng.

Highlights from this themed issue include the following Editorial, Review Articles and Communications:

Editorial

Quantum-sized metal nanoclusters
Rongchao Jin, Sang-Kee Eah and Yong Pei
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4026-4026
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR90052A

Review articles

• Stabilized gold clusters: from isolation toward controlled synthesis
  Prasenjit Maity, Songhai Xie, Miho Yamauchi and Tatsuya Tsukuda
  Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4027-4037
  DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30900A
• Probing the electronic properties and structural evolution of anionic gold clusters in the gas phase
  Lei-Ming Wang and Lai-Sheng Wang
  Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4038-4053
  DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30186E
• Investigating the structural evolution of thiolate protected gold clusters from first-principles
  Yong Pei and Xiao Cheng Zeng
  Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4054-4072
  DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30685A
• Different sized luminescent gold nanoparticles
  Jie Zheng, Chen Zhou, Mengxiao Yu and Jinbin Liu
  Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4073-4083
  DOI: 10.1039/C2NR31192E

Communications

• AuAg alloy nanomolecules with 38 metal atoms
  Chanaka Kumara and Amala Dass
  Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4084-4086
  DOI: 10.1039/C2NR11781A
• Au₂₅(SG)₁₈ as a fluorescent iodide sensor
  Man Wang, Zhikun Wu, Jiao Yang, Guozhong Wang, Hongzhi Wang and Weiping Cai
  Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4087-4090
  DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30169E
• Ultrafast, 2 min synthesis of monolayer-protected gold nanoclusters (d < 2 nm)
  Matthew N. Martin, Dawei Li, Amala Dass and Sang-Kee Eah
  Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4091-4094
  DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30890H
• One-pot synthesis and characterization of subnanometre-size benzotriazolate protected copper clusters
  Kirsi Salorinne, Xi Chen, Ralf W. Troff, Maija Nissinen and Hannu Häkkinen
  Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4095-4098
  DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30444A
• Ligand symmetry-equivalence on thiolate protected gold nanoclusters determined by NMR spectroscopy
  O. Andrea Wong, Christine L. Heinecke, Ashli R. Simone, Robert L. Whetten and Christopher J. Ackerson
  Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4099-4102
  DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30259D
• Sonochemical synthesis of highly fluorescent glutathione-stabilized Ag nanoclusters and S²⁻ sensing
  Tingyao Zhou, Mingcong Rong, Zhimin Cai, Chaoyong James Yang and Xi Chen
  Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4103-4106
  DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30718A
• A DNA-templated fluorescent silver nanocluster with enhanced stability
  Jaswinder Sharma, Reginaldo C. Rocha, M. Lisa Phipps, Hsin-Chih Yeh, Kirill A. Balatsky, Dung M. Vu, Andrew P. Shreve, James H. Werner and Jennifer S. Martinez
  Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4107-4110
  DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30662J

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Nanoscale themed issue: Self-propelled Nano- and Microsystems

Guest Editors: Martin Pumera (Nanyang Technological University), Samuel Sanchez (IFW Dresden)

Deadline for Submission: 1st September 2012

Nanoscale is delighted to announce a high-profile themed issue on “Self-propelled Nano- and Microsystems”. It is our pleasure to invite you to submit to this themed issue.

Taking a lead from Nature, artificial nanorobots have been designed which are capable of moving autonomously by the conversion of physical or chemical sources into mechanical energy. These tiny devices can be functionalized with different biomolecules in order to carry out the specific tasks, such as capture and transport of cargo. This themed issue will include high quality articles across this exciting, fast-moving field – from synthesis and mechanisms of motion/transport of cargoes, to applications.

Submit in any reasonable format using our online submissions service

Communications and full papers of high quality original, unpublished research will be considered

All submissions are subject to rigorous peer review

Please indicate upon submission it is intended for this themed issue

Nanoscale themed issue: Metallic Clusters

Guest Editors: Rongchao Jin (Carnegie Mellon University), Sang-Kee Eah (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Yong Pei (Xiangtan University, China)

We are delighted to announce a high-profile themed issue on “Metallic Clusters”, to be published in the exciting new high-impact journal Nanoscale in 2012. We invite you to contribute to this themed issue.

The aim of this issue is to address the fascinating field and recent discoveries in metallic nanoclusters. The themed issue will include high quality articles on metal nanocluster synthesis, properties (experimental and theoretical work), and applications.

Deadline for Submission: 29^th February 2012

• Submissions for the themed issue should be high quality manuscripts of original, unpublished research.
• Both Communications and Full Papers can be submitted for consideration.
• All submissions to the journal are subject to rigorous, fair peer review against our usual very high standards, and if accepted for publication will benefit from high exposure.
• Manuscripts for this Nanoscale themed issue can be submitted in any reasonable format via our website. Please indicate upon submission that your manuscript is intended for this themed issue.

It is anticipated that the themed issue will be published in June 2012. Accepted papers will be published online as soon as they are ready, to avoid any delay.