We are delighted to share some of the excellent and timely articles published in Nanoscale Horizons. These articles have been marked as HOT by our reviewers and cover a range of exciting topics in nanoscience .
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Led by our Editorial Board Chair Professor Katharina Landfester, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany, Nanoscale Horizons publishes exceptionally high quality, innovative primary articles and reviews across the breadth of nanoscience and nanotechnology. With an impact factor of 6.6 and an average time to first decision of 41 days, research articles in the journal are highly visible and receive high numbers of downloads and citations. As a society publisher, we re-invest all surplus back into the global scientific community, providing support for authors, researchers and educators. Whether you’re a first-time author or a senior academic you can trust us to handle your submission fairly and efficiently.
We hope you enjoy exploring the inspiring work in our ongoing HOT papers collection and consider submitting some of your next research to Nanoscale Horizons.
Check out a selection of articles featured in our HOT papers collection:
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Development and challenges of polarization-sensitive photodetectors based on 2D materials Liang Yu, Huafeng Dong, Wei Zhang, Zhaoqiang Zheng, Ying Liang and Jiandong Yao Nanoscale Horiz., 2025, 10, 847-872 |
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Semiconductor photocatalytic antibacterial materials and their application for bone infection treatment Ruizhong He, Yulong Gu, Jiye Jia, Feng Yang, Ping Wu, Pei Feng and Cijun Shuai Nanoscale Horiz., 2025, 10, 681-698 |
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G-quadruplex-driven molecular disassembly and type I-to-type II photophysical conversion of a heavy-atom-free photosensitizer for site-specific oxidative damage Karolina Saczuk, Maria V. Cottini, Marta Dudek, Leszek M. Mazur, Dario Puchán Sánchez, Lucía López-Pacios, Ahmad Kassem, Katarzyna Matczyszyn, Juan J. Nogueira, Cyrille Monnereau, Lara Martínez-Fernández, Jan Jamroskovic, Clément Cabanetos and Marco Deiana Nanoscale Horiz., 2025, 10, 1660-1673 |
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Pore structure engineering via hard-template synthesis: unlocking the high oxygen reduction reaction activity and stability of Fe–N@C electrocatalysts Giulia Gianola, Mirtha A. O. Lourenço, Luca Basile, Tiago Morais, Luís Mafra, Candido Pirri, Stefania Specchia and Juqin Zeng Nanoscale Horiz., 2025, 10, 1975-1987 |
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Framework nucleic acid-programmed aptamer–paclitaxel conjugates as targeted therapeutics for triple-negative breast cancer Lin Li, Pengyao Wei, Tong Kong, Bo Yuan, Pan Fu, Yong Li, Yuhui Wang, Jianping Zheng and Kaizhe Wang Nanoscale Horiz., 2025, 10, 873-884 |
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High-refractive-index 2D photonic structures for robust low-threshold multiband lasing Ana Conde-Rubio, Juan R. Deop-Ruano, Luis Cerdán, Alejandro Manjavacas and Agustín Mihi Nanoscale Horiz., 2025, 10, 724-732 |
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