Nanoscale Horizons: Looking back at 2022

06 Jan 2023

Looking back at 2022

An overview of the exciting events, activities and news for Nanoscale Horizons from 2022

Now that 2022 has come to an end, we look back at some of the exciting events, activities and news from Nanoscale Horizons. We are continually thankful for the nano community’s engagement, which has enabled the journal to continue to support our growing community. We look forward to another great year for the journal in 2023.

Read our editorial looking back at 2022

Board updates

Professor Michael Sailor (University of California, San Diego, USA) and Professor Sarah Tolbert (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) completed their final terms as members of the Nanoscale Horizons Editorial Board and joined our Advisory Board. We would like to thank them both for their excellent service to the journal and community over many years and look forward to continuing to work with them in their new role.

Outstanding paper award

We were delighted to announce Sara E. Skrabalak and her team, Jin-Hong Park and his team, and Katsuhiko Ariga as the winners of our 2021 Outstanding Paper Awards earlier this year.

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the 2021 Outstanding Paper Award and we hope that you enjoy reading their outstanding articles as much as we did.

Outstanding reviewers

We recognized the significant contributions that our reviewers have made to the journal and highlighted the 2021 Outstanding Reviewers for Nanoscale Horizons. We once again thank all of Nanoscale Horizons’ reviewers and acknowledge their invaluable support in providing high quality, timely and helpful reports on submissions to the journal, thereby, ensuring that we continue to publish high quality articles.

“We sincerely thank our top reviewers for taking their valuable time to provide high quality reports on the papers and, therefore, ensure a high quality of publications for the journal. Only with their contributions can Nanoscale Horizons belong among the top journals in the field.” – Professor Dr Katharina Landfester, Editorial Board Chair

Community board collections

This year we featured research on antimicrobial materials and surfaces in a collection guest edited by Nanoscale Horizons and Materials Horizons Community Board members Ignacio Insua (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain) and Ignacio Martín-Fabiani (Loughborough University, UK).

Emerging investigator series

In 2022 we launched a new series on Nanoscale Horizons to showcase the exceptional work published by early-career (i.e., less than ten years post PhD) researchers in the journal. The series will regularly highlight the corresponding author of a recently published Communication article through an interview-style Editorial.

Our first Emerging Investigator in the series, Dr Huiyuan Zhu (University of Virginia, USA) spoke to us about her research, career advice and hobbies in our first Emerging Investigator interview. We then spoke to Dr Sukjoon Hong and Dr Joonmyung Choi (Hanyang University, South Korea) in our second Emerging Investigator interview.

If you are eligible and interested in submitting a paper for potential inclusion in the series, please do contact the Editorial office (nanoscalehorizons-rsc@rsc.org) for details.

Journal metrics

This year we were pleased to see that the Nanoscale Horizons’ impact factor increased to 11.684 in the 2021 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2022), with over 19.5k monthly downloads and 50% open access content. These are just a few of the many metrics that can be used to measure the journal’s reach, quality and impact.

Focus articles

Finally, discover our latest educational articles, addressing topic areas that are often misunderstood or require greater explanation, in the Nanoscale Horizons Focus Article Collection.

The Nanoscale Horizons team wish you a Happy New Year!

With best wishes,
Professor Dr Katharina Landfester, Editorial Board Chair
Professor Wenlong Cheng, Scientific Editor
Professor Yves Dufrêne, Scientific Editor
Professor Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, Scientific Editor
Professor Dr Dirk Guldi, Scientific Editor
Professor Zhiyong Tang, Scientific Editor
Professor Jinlan Wang, Scientific Editor
Professor Miqin Zhang, Editorial Board Member
Dr Heather Montgomery, Managing Editor
Mr Edward Gardner, Development Editor

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Celebrating the 120th anniversary of Southeast University with a collection on new horizons in materials for energy conversion, optics and electronics

19 Dec 2022

By Edward Gardner, Development Editor.

New horizons in materials for energy conversion, optics and electronics

Guest edited by Jinlan Wang, Yuanjian Zhang, Seeram Ramakrishna and Guihua Yu

We are delighted to introduce a new online collection published in Nanoscale Horizons and Materials Horizons in conjunction with the Emerging Investigator Forum celebrating the 120th anniversary of Southeast University, China. The first articles are now online, with many more to come!

Read the collection so far

Energy materials, particularly those with nanoscale features, present unique physicochemical properties that make them perfect to be explored in diverse manners, paving the way towards renewable energy systems via continuous breakthroughs. Meanwhile, theoretical calculations, such as machine learning methods, have been widely applied to solve complex problems.

Professor Jinlan Wang, Professor Yuanjian Zhang, Professor Seeram Ramakrishna and Professor Guihua Yu.

Guest edited by Professor Jinlan Wang (Southeast University, China), Professor Yuanjian Zhang (Southeast University, China), Professor Seeram Ramakrishna (National University of Singapore, Singapore) and Professor Guihua Yu (The University of Texas at Austin, USA) , this collection focuses on energy conversion, optics, and electronics applications of (nano)materials and provides an overview of the most frequently used experimental approaches and theoretical methods for energy conversion and storage, intending to connect different communities and identify common challenges in the field.

We hope you enjoy reading this collection so far and look forward to sharing more articles with you soon.

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Nanoscale Horizons Emerging Investigator Series – Sukjoon Hong and Joonmyung Choi

19 Dec 2022

By Edward Gardner, Development Editor.

Nanoscale Horizons Emerging Investigator Series

Congratulations to our latest Emerging Investigators Dr Sukjoon Hong and Dr Joonmyung Choi (Hanyang University, South Korea)!

Since the launch of Nanoscale Horizons, the journal has had a clear vision to publish exceptionally high-quality work whilst acting as a resource to researchers working at all career levels. We continue to be impressed by the quality of the research published and at the same time are looking for new ways of recognising and promoting the outstanding authors behind articles published in the journal.

This year we launched an Emerging Investigator Series to showcase the exceptional work published by early-career researchers in the journal. We will regularly select a recently published Communication article and publish an interview-style Editorial article featuring the corresponding author. We hope that the series will also benefit the nanoscience community by highlighting the exciting work being done by its early-career members. More details about the Emerging Investigator Series can be found in this editorial.

We are excited to share our our latest Emerging Investigators, Dr Sukjoon Hong and Dr Joonmyung Choi (Hanyang University, South Korea)!

Dr Sukjoon Hong received a BS and MS degree from the Department of Physics at Seoul National University, and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 2014. After postdoctoral studies at UC Berkeley in 2015, he joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Hanyang University, ERICA Campus, in South Korea as an Assistant Professor in 2016 and now serves as an Associate Professor at the same department. His research interests emphasize the development of various processing techniques, especially for nanomaterials using optical methods, such as selective laser sintering/ablation of nanoparticles, laser nanowelding/transfer of nanowires, and laser pyrolysis of polymeric substrates for transformative generation of carbon-based nanomaterials.

Dr Joonmyung Choi is an assistant professor at Hanyang University, Ansan, South Korea. He received his BS degree (2010) and PhD (2016) from Seoul National University. Prior to his current position, he served as a postdoctoral researcher at Seoul National University (2016–2017) and a senior researcher at Samsung Electronics (2017–2019). From 2020 to the present, he has served as the editorial director of the CAE and Applied Mechanics Division of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers. Since 2022, he has also served as the associate editor of Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A. His research interests are in the field of structural mechanics, surface and interface characterization, and multiscale modeling.

Read our interview with Sukjoon and Joonmyung here

Congratulations to Dr Sukjoon Hong and Dr Joonmyung Choi for their excellent work! You can read their featured Emerging Investigator article from Nanoscale Horizons below.

Graphical abstract image for Molecular mechanics of Ag nanowire transfer processes subjected to contact loading by a PDMS substrate.

Molecular mechanics of Ag nanowire transfer processes subjected to contact loading by a PDMS substrate
Minseok Kang, Hyunkoo Lee, Sukjoon Hong and Joonmyung Choi
Nanoscale Horizons, 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D2NH00212D

We hope you enjoy reading our interview and featured article and are looking forward to sharing our future Emerging Investigators with you!

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Zhiyong Tang receives a Highly Cited Researcher Award

28 Nov 2022

By Edward Gardner, Development Editor.

We are delighted to announce that Nanoscale Horizons Scientific Editor Zhiyong Tang has been included in Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list!

The Highly Cited Researchers™ is an annual program which recognises those who have published several highly cited papers over the last ten years, and thereby have a wide and significant influence on their respective field. Zhiyong has received a 2022 Highly Cited Researcher Award in the field of Chemistry. In fact, since 2018, he has received 6 Highly Cited Researcher Awards in Chemistry, Materials Science, and Cross-Field!

Meet Zhiyong Tang

Zhiyong is a Professor at the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology in China. He received his B.S. and M.S. from the Department of Environmental Chemistry at Wuhan University before receiving his PhD from the Changchu Institute of Applied Chemistry in Dr Erkang Wang’s group. Zhiyong was a research Fellow in the Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University and University of Michigan, respectively, working with Nicholas Kotov. He joined the National Center for Nanoscience and technology in 2008 and his research interests are centred on the fabrication and application of functional inorganic nanomaterials in the fields of energy and the environment.

We asked Zhiyong some questions about his recent work and his latest achievement.

Please could you provide a short summary of your most recent work?

My recent research interest focuses on self-limited assembly of crystalline porous materials including metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) as well as their applications in catalysis and separation. My most recent work reported COF monolayer membranes with short interpore distance along with high pore density and ultimate low membrane resistance, which endowed strong pore-pore coupling effect. These features successfully debottleneck the concentration polarization phenomenon and thus greatly improve the membrane-based osmotic power generation.

What is the current biggest challenge you face in your field?

It is known that the natural enzymatic reaction process often involves auto-tandem steps of catalysis and separation with high activity and specific selectivity. By comparison, the current biggest challenge is that the artificial chemical process is often performed with multiple steps to achieve catalysis, separation, and purification, thus leading to the much lower efficiency.

What advances in your field are you most excited about?

The most exciting advance will be to precisely fabricate the well-defined multifunctional porous membranes for achieving consecutive catalysis and separation in one-pot process with high efficiency.

What does it mean to you to be a Highly Cited Researcher?

For me, being a Highly Cited Researcher means two things: On one hand, my research direction has received attention from colleagues, which encourages my research group to continuously explore the unknown and challenging issues in this field. Secondly, my research works may be followed by scientists, who could provide potential support for the development of this field.

Why is your work important and what advice would you give to up-and-coming scientists hoping to increase their visibility?

My research works mainly focus on exploring and illustrating the fundamental issues in the self-limited assembly of crystalline porous materials, which have exhibited some unique properties and could provide the solid foundation for their applications in the fields of energy and catalysis. My advice for up-and-coming scientists is to first grasp the development frontiers and challenging issues of this field, and then carry out scientific research while guided by their practical applications.

Congratulations Zhiyong!

Zhiyong’s research group

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Congratulations to the winners of the Nanoscale Horizons and Materials Horizons poster prizes at MH-22

27 Oct 2022

By Edward Gardner, Development Editor.

The 2^nd International Conference on Materials for Humanity (MH-22) took place online and in person from 19–21 September 2022 at National University of Singapore, Singapore. Nanoscale Horizons and Materials Horizons were delighted to support student poster prizes at this event and we would like to congratulate the two winners!

Nanoscale Horizons and Materials Horizons Poster Prize

Chen Jiusi (National University of Singapore)
Poster Title: “Thermo-responsive Hydrogel with Efficient Spontaneous Water Release for Atmospheric Water Harvesting”

Chen Jiusi is a MSc student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at National University of Singapore, under the supervision of Professor Xue Junmin. She got her B. Eng. in Functional Materials from Donghua University. In her undergraduate studies, she gained experience with biomedical textile materials and technology such as antibacterial hydrogels and transcatheter textile-based artificial aortic valves. Before coming to NUS, she worked as a research assistant at Innovation Centre of Textile Science, DHU. Her current research focuses on thermo-responsive hydrogels for atmospheric water harvesting and cooling. She is looking forward to pursuing a PhD in relevant fields.

Nanoscale Horizons and Materials Horizons Poster Prize

Stener Lie (Nanyang Technological University)
Poster Title: “Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cells with >13% Efficiency and 27% Transperancy Using Plasmonic Au Nanorods”

Stener Lie is a Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Lydia Helena Wong. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering (2015) and Ph.D. (2020) in Materials Science and Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His recent research focuses on the fabrication and characterization of novel materials for optoelectronic applications, such as emerging chalcogenides for solar cells or solar water splitting, semi-transparent perovskite solar cells, and p-type transparent conducting materials. Prior to his current work, he worked on improving the performance of kesterite solar cells by defect engineering, specifically through doping and alloying methods.

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Nanoscale Horizons Emerging Investigator Series – Huiyuan Zhu

14 Oct 2022

By Edward Gardner, Development Editor.

Introducing the Nanoscale Horizons Emerging Investigator Series

Congratulations to our first Emerging Investigator Dr Huiyuan Zhu (Virginia Tech, USA)!

This year we are launching an Emerging Investigator Series to showcase the exceptional work published by early-career researchers in the journal. We will regularly select a recently published Communication article and publish an interview-style Editorial article featuring the corresponding author. We hope that the series will also benefit the nanoscience community by highlighting the exciting work being done by its early-career members. More details about the Emerging Investigator Series can be found in this editorial.

We are excited to share our first Emerging Investigator, Dr Huiyuan Zhu (Virginia Tech, USA)!

Dr Huiyuan Zhu received her BS degree in chemistry from the University of Science and Technology in China (2009), and her PhD from Brown University (2014). From 2014 to 2018, she was one of the inaugural Liane B. Russell Fellows and then a staff scientist in the Nanomaterials Chemistry Group, Chemical Sciences Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She has been an assistant professor of Chemical Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University since 2018. In August 2022, she moved to the University of Virginia as an assistant professor of Chemistry. Her research interests focus on tailoring multifunctional nanostructures for catalysis, energy conversion, and chemical transformation. She has received the 2022 NSF CAREER award. She is also a recipient of the 2020 Jeffress Trust award, the 2020 Ralph E Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, the 2020 Doctoral New Investigator Award of the ACS Petroleum Research Foundation, and recognized as the 2020 Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigator and in the 2021 Class of Influential Researchers from Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Read our interview with Huiyuan here

Congratulations to Dr Huiyuan Zhu for her excellent work! You can read her featured Emerging Investigator article from Nanoscale Horizons below.

Graphical abstract image for Heterostructured Bi–Cu2S nanocrystals for efficient CO2 electroreduction to formate.

Heterostructured Bi–Cu₂S nanocrystals for efficient CO₂ electroreduction to formate
Xue Han, Tianyou Mou, Shikai Liu, Mengxia Ji, Qiang Gao, Qian He, Hongliang Xin and Huiyuan Zhu
Nanoscale Horizons, 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D1NH00661D

We hope you enjoy reading our interview and featured article and are looking forward to sharing our future Emerging Investigators with you!

With best wishes,

Dr Heather Montgomery
Managing Editor, Nanoscale Horizons

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Congratulations to the winners of the Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale, Materials Horizons and Journal of Materials Chemistry A poster prizes at MXene 2022

08 Sep 2022

By Edward Gardner, Development Editor.

The 2^nd International MXene Conference at Drexel University (MXene 2022) took place online and in person from 1–3 August 2022. Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale, Materials Horizons and Journal of Materials Chemistry A were delighted to support student poster prizes at this event and we would like to congratulate the four winners!

Nanoscale Horizons Poster Prize

Mikhail Shekhirev (Drexel University)
Poster Title: “Synthesis of large flakes of Ti₃C₂T_x MXene”

Mikhail Shekhirev is a Research Associate in the A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute under the mentorship of Dr. Yury Gogotsi. Prior to joining Dr. Gogotsi’s research group in 2019, he obtained B.Sc. in Materials Science (2008) and M.S. in Chemistry (2010) from Moscow State University and Ph.D. in Chemistry (2017) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Having experience with various nanomaterials, such as graphene, graphene nanoribbons, quantum dots, his current research is focused on synthesis and characterization of 2D transition metal carbides and carbonitrides (MXenes).

Nanoscale Poster Prize

Kiandokht Pakravan (Auburn University)
Poster Title: “Effect of Surface Chemistry on Water Permeability and Ion Rejection Through the MXene Membranes”

I’m Kiandokht Pakravan, a first-year Ph.D. student of Materials Engineering at Auburn University. I got my B. Sc in Mechanical Engineering from Iran. At the end of my undergraduate study, I got more familiar with 2D materials and their fantastic behavior in different applications, then I decided to continue my education by working on one of the new 2D materials. I started my Ph.D. in 2021 and decided to address one of the global problems, so I started working on working on MXenes membranes and their different applications in separation, water desalination, and organic solvent nanofiltration.

Materials Horizons Poster Prize

Lingyi Bi (Drexel University)
Poster Title: “Scalable Production of MXene Dip-Coated Yarns and Cords”

Lingyi Bi is a PhD candidate at Drexel University, co-advised by Prof. Yury Gogotsi, director of A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute, and Prof. Geneviève Dion, director of Center for Functional Fabrics. She received her BS in Textile Engineering from Donghua University and MS in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship from Brown University. Before coming to Drexel, she worked in textile R&D in fashion and sportswear companies. Her PhD research focuses on developing functional fibers, yarns, and fabrics by incorporating a new family of two-dimensional materials, MXenes.

And finally, congratualtions to Mark Anayee (Drexel University) for winning the Journal of Materials Chemistry A Poster Prize.

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Professor Dirk M. Guldi receives the Linstead Career Award in Phthalocyanine Chemistry

26 Jul 2022

By Edward Gardner, Development Editor.

Congratulations to Nanoscale Horizons Scientific Editor Professor Dirk M. Guldi, who has received the 2022 Linstead Career Award in Phthalocyanine Chemistry as part of the 12th International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines! The award is given to highly distinguished scientists, for the quality and trajectory of their research throughout their academic career.

Benoit Habermeyer, Karl M. Kadish, Dirk M. Guldi and Jonathan L. Sessler.

Professor Dirk M. Guldi receives the 2022 Linstead Career Award in Phthalocyanine Chemistry. Pictured from left to right: Dr Benoit Habermeyer, Professor Karl M. Kadish, Professor Dirk M. Guldi and Professor Jonathan L. Sessler.

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Congratulations to the winners of the Nanoscale Horizons Presentation Award at the 20th Annual Meeting of Society of Nano Science and Technology

06 Jul 2022

By Edward Gardner, Development Editor.

The 20^th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nano Science and Technology took place online from 20–22 May 2022. Nanoscale Horizons was delighted to support a Presentation Award at this event, intended for early career researchers, and we would like to congratulate the two winners who both received a glass plaque as part of the award!


Professor Yoichi Kobayashi (Ritsumeikan University) Presentation Title: “Quasi-reversible photoelimination of organic ligands of semiconductor nanocrystals”	Professor Yuya Tanaka (Tokyo Institute of Technology) Presentation Title: “Development of redox-responsive organometallic molecular switches”

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Horizons Community Board collection: Antimicrobial Materials and Surfaces

31 May 2022

By Edward Gardner, Development Editor.

Antimicrobial Materials and Surfaces

A new online article collection guest edited by members of the Horizons Community Boards

The Community Boards that support Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons provide a platform for early career researchers to share their experiences and ideas on scientific publishing. Working together and sharing their unique expertise, our Community Board members have recommended several key topics where significant, rapid progress has been made in the last two years. Today we are delighted to share their selected top articles published in the Horizons journals showcasing the most important advances in antimicrobial materials and surfaces.

Ignacio Insua and Nacho Martin-Fabiani

This collection is guest edited by Ignacio Insua (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain) and Nacho Martin-Fabiani (Loughborough University, UK). To get to know our guest editors, check out their Editorial article introducing this collection.

Read the collection

Read the introductory editorial

We hope you enjoy reading this collection.

With best wishes,

Dr Heather Montgomery

Managing Editor, Nanoscale Horizons

Dr Michaela Muehlberg

Executive Editor, Materials Horizons

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Nanoscale Horizons: Looking back at 2022

Looking back at 2022

An overview of the exciting events, activities and news for Nanoscale Horizons from 2022

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Outstanding paper award

Outstanding reviewers

Community board collections

Emerging investigator series

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Focus articles

Celebrating the 120th anniversary of Southeast University with a collection on new horizons in materials for energy conversion, optics and electronics

New horizons in materials for energy conversion, optics and electronics

Guest edited by Jinlan Wang, Yuanjian Zhang, Seeram Ramakrishna and Guihua Yu

Read the collection so far

Nanoscale Horizons Emerging Investigator Series – Sukjoon Hong and Joonmyung Choi

Nanoscale Horizons Emerging Investigator Series

Congratulations to our latest Emerging Investigators Dr Sukjoon Hong and Dr Joonmyung Choi (Hanyang University, South Korea)!

Read our interview with Sukjoon and Joonmyung here

Zhiyong Tang receives a Highly Cited Researcher Award

Congratulations to the winners of the Nanoscale Horizons and Materials Horizons poster prizes at MH-22

Nanoscale Horizons Emerging Investigator Series – Huiyuan Zhu

Introducing the Nanoscale Horizons Emerging Investigator Series

Congratulations to our first Emerging Investigator Dr Huiyuan Zhu (Virginia Tech, USA)!

Read our interview with Huiyuan here

Congratulations to the winners of the Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale, Materials Horizons and Journal of Materials Chemistry A poster prizes at MXene 2022

Professor Dirk M. Guldi receives the Linstead Career Award in Phthalocyanine Chemistry

Congratulations to the winners of the Nanoscale Horizons Presentation Award at the 20th Annual Meeting of Society of Nano Science and Technology

Horizons Community Board collection: Antimicrobial Materials and Surfaces

Antimicrobial Materials and Surfaces

A new online article collection guest edited by members of the Horizons Community Boards

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