Nanoscale Advances ‘Popular Advances’ collection

02 Mar 2021

‘Popular Advances’ collection – May additions

The Nanoscale Advances ‘Popular Advances’ collection recognises the most well received papers published in the journal so far. New papers are added monthly, and we will keep you up to date here with new additions each month.

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May highlights

Review
	Folding and self-assembly of short intrinsically disordered peptides and protein regions Pablo G. Argudo and Juan J. Giner-Casares *Nanoscale Adv.*, 2021, 3, 1789-1812 DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00941E
Paper
	Surface passivation of organometal halide perovskites by atomic layer deposition: an investigation of the mechanism of efficient inverted planar solar cells Ran Zhao, Kai Zhang, Jiahao Zhu, Shuang Xiao, Wei Xiong, Jian Wang, Tanghao Liu, Guichuan Xing, Kaiyang Wang, Shihe Yang and Xinwei Wang *Nanoscale Adv.*, 2021, 3, 2305-2315 DOI: 10.1039/D1NA00075F

April highlights

Mini review
	Recent advances in plasmonic nanocavities for single-molecule spectroscopy Nicolò Maccaferri, Grégory Barbillon, Alemayehu Nana Koya, Guowei Lu, Guillermo P. Acuna and Denis Garoli *Nanoscale Adv.*, 2021, 3, 633-642 DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00715C
Paper
	Phosphorescent MoS2 quantum dots as a temperature sensor and security ink Manivannan Madhu, Chi-Yu Lu and Wei-Lung Tseng *Nanoscale Adv.*, 2021, 3, 661-667 DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00730G

March highlights

Review
	Progress in polymers and polymer composites used as efficient materials for EMI shielding Ján Kruželák, Andrea Kvasničáková, Klaudia Hložeková and Ivan Hudec Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 123-172 DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00760A
Mini review
	Peptide-based nanomaterials for gene therapy Wei Zhang, Qing Chen, Feng Wu, Jun Dai, Defang Ding, Jun Wu, Xiaoding Lou and Fan Xia Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 302-310 DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00899K
Paper
	Synthesis of high quality 2D carbide MXene flakes using a highly purified MAX precursor for ink applications Shi-Hyun Seok, Seungjun Choo, Jinsung Kwak, Hyejin Ju, Ju-Hyoung Han, Woo-Seok Kang, Joonsik Lee, Se-Yang Kim, Do Hee Lee, Jungsoo Lee, Jaewon Wang, Seunguk Song, Wook Jo, Byung Mun Jung, Han Gi Chae, Jae Sung Son and Soon-Yong Kwon Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 517-527 DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00398K

February highlights

Review
	Synthesis, characterisation and applications of core–shell carbon–hexagonal boron nitride nanotubes Ruth Sang Jones, Barbara Maciejewska and Nicole Grobert *Nanoscale Adv*., 2020, 2, 4996-5014 DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00583E
Communication
	Core@shell Sb@Sb2O3 nanoparticles anchored on 3D nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets as advanced anode materials for Li-ion batteries Xian Chen, Liang Wang, Feng Ma, Tanyuan Wang, Jiantao Han, Yunhui Huang and Qing Li *Nanoscale Adv*., 2020, 2, 5578-5583 DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00711K
Communication
	High power Na 3 V 2 (PO 4 )3 symmetric full cell for sodium-ion batteries Milan K. Sadan, Anupriya K. Haridas, Huihun Kim, Changhyeon Kim, Gyu-Bong Cho, Kwon-Koo Cho, Jou-Hyeon Ahn and Hyo-Jun Ahn *Nanoscale Adv*., 2020, 2, 5166-5170 DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00729C

January highlights

Review
	Development of biological metal–organic frameworks designed for biomedical applications: from bio-sensing/bio-imaging to disease treatment Huai-Song Wang, Yi-Hui Wang and Ya Ding *Nanoscale Adv*., 2020, 2, 3788-3797 DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00557F
Communication
	Disulfide exchange assisted self-healing epoxy/PDMS/graphene oxide nanocomposites Balaji Krishnakumar, Manjeet Singh, Vijay Parthasarthy, Chanwook Park, Nanda Gopal Sahoo, Gun Jin Yun and Sravendra Rana *Nanoscale Adv*., 2020, 2, 2726-2730 DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00282H
Paper
	Thermally induced intra-molecular transformation and metalation of free-base porphyrin on Au(111) surface steered by surface confinement and ad-atoms Dipayan Sen, Piotr Błoński, Bruno de la Torre, Pavel Jelínek and Michal Otyepka *Nanoscale Adv*., 2020, 2, 2986-2991 DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00401D

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