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Editor’s Choice: Functional MOFs and COFs

23 Aug 2022

Functional MOFs and COFs

A collection of articles selected by Paolo Samorì

Professor Paolo Samorì, University of Strasbourg, France, and Associate Editor for Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances, presents his highlights of the latest research published in the journals on functional metal- and covalent-organic frameworks.

Professor Paolo Samori

“Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent–organic frameworks (COFs) have established themselves during the last few years as chemically tuneable scaffolds displaying unique structures and ad hoc physical and chemical properties that can be tailored by design. Their assembly enables the generation of highly porous structures that can, for example, host chemical species for gas and liquid purification or sensing and can host ions for energy storage and catalysis.

This online collection from Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances highlights some of the most enlightening recent results on MOF- and COF-based functional assemblies, by providing clear evidence for their outstanding potential to address today’s societal challenges in the field of energy as well as environmental sciences.”

Read the collection

We hope you enjoy reading these articles.

Best wishes,

Professor Paolo Samorì
University of Strasbourg, France

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Highly emissive gold nanoclusters

18 Aug 2022

An infographic highlighting new protein-protected noble metal nanoclusters

Higher-order assembly of BSA gold nanoclusters using supramolecular host–guest chemistry: a 40% absolute fluorescence quantum yield
Anjan Maity* and Atul Kumar
Nanoscale Adv., 2022, 4, 2988-2991, DOI: 10.1039/D2NA00123C

Meet the authors

Anjan Maity was born and brought up in a village named Naguria, just beside the Rupnarayan River in Purba Medinipur in a humble farmer’s family. From childhood, he had the vision to contribute to society and propel his country in the right direction by becoming an IAS officer. But, life directed him on a different path, and he have become a prolific researcher in the chemical science community. He pursued his B.Sc. in Chemistry (Hons.) from Vidyasagar University, followed by an M.Sc. in Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-Kharagpur) securing all India rank (AIR) 62 in IIT-JAM examination. He had multiple brief research stints at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-Kanpur), Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT-Guwahati), JNCASR-Bangalore, and National Chemical Laboratory, Pune (NCL-Pune). Finally, he joined as a Ph.D. scholar at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, in January 2020 with the support of a UGC fellowship securing AIR 24 in the National Eligibility Test (NET). He worked under a prestigious Ph.D. fellowship (Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship, PMRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India). His research is purely experimental in nature and based on the synthesis and characterizations of protein-protected gold nanoclusters, tuning its optoelectronic properties by utilizing supramolecular host-guest chemistry and further utilizing it in biology.

Apart from research, he studies music, is an avid music listener, and loves playing the violin.

a) What aspect of your work are you most excited about at the moment and what do you find most challenging about your research?

It is a biocompatible fluorescent molecule that can be utilized in biological applications. The most challenging task was synthesizing the CB7 molecule and designing the higher-order assembly.

b) How do you feel about Nanoscale Advancesas a place to publish research on this topic?

Nanoscale Advances is a gold open access journal. Because of this, my work visibility and citation will be much higher. Moreover, since my work is more advanced in this topic of BSA gold nanocluster, so, I feel it is perfect for my work.

c) Can you share one piece of career-related advice or wisdom with other early career scientists?

This is an excellent research area not only in academia but also will help to get a position as a scientist in various industries.

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Call For Papers: Nanomaterials for Printed Electronics

18 Aug 2022

Call For Papers: Nanomaterials for Printed Electronics

Guest edited by Cinzia Casirgahi, Oana Jurchescu, Shlomo Magdassi and Wenming Su

We are delighted to announce a call for papers for our latest online themed collection in Nanoscale on Nanomaterials for Printed Electronics that is being guest edited by Professor Cinzia Casiraghi, (University of Manchester, UK), Professor Oana Jurchescu (Wake Forest University, USA), Professor Shlomo Magdassi (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) and Professor Wenming Su (Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, China).

Nanomaterials for Printed Electronics open call for papers promotional graphic. Guest edited by Cinzia Casiraghi, Oana Jurchescu, Shlomo Magdassi and Wenming Su. Open for submissions until 20 October 2022.

Nanomaterials present unique physicochemical properties that make them perfect to be used as functional inks for the fabrication of printed devices. This collection brings together different types of nanomaterials for printed electronics (organic, inorganic, hybrids, etc.) and provides an overview on the most used technologies for printed electronics, with the aim of connecting different communities and identifying common challenges in the field.

This call for papers is open for the following article types:

Communications
Full papers

Open for submissions until 20th October 2022

If you would like to contribute to this themed issue, you can submit your article directly through the journal’s online submission service. Please mention that this submission is a contribution to the Nanomaterials for Printed Electronics collection in the “Themed issues” section of the submission form and add a “Note to the Editor” that this is from the Open Call. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of both the journal and the collection, and inclusion of accepted articles in the final themed issue is not guaranteed.

Please also note that all submissions will be subject to initial assessment and rigorous peer review to meet the usual high standards of Nanoscale.

If you have any questions about the journal or the collection, then Edward Gardner, the Development Editor for Nanoscale, would be happy to answer them. You can contact him by emailing the journal inbox.

With best wishes,

Professor Cinzia Casiraghi, University of Manchester, UK
Professor Oana Jurchescu, Wake Forest University, USA
Professor Shlomo Magdassi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Professor Wenming Su, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, China

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Archive for August, 2022

Editor’s Choice: Functional MOFs and COFs

Functional MOFs and COFs

A collection of articles selected by Paolo Samorì

Read the collection

Highly emissive gold nanoclusters

An infographic highlighting new protein-protected noble metal nanoclusters

Meet the authors

Call For Papers: Nanomaterials for Printed Electronics

Call For Papers: Nanomaterials for Printed Electronics

Guest edited by Cinzia Casirgahi, Oana Jurchescu, Shlomo Magdassi and Wenming Su

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