Fundamental processes in optical nanomaterials

Guest edited by Arindam Chowdhury, Alison Funston, Eva Hemmer and Jonathan Veinot

Advanced optical nanomaterials are the building block to innovative technologies that have the potential to address societal challenges from energy to health. Optical nanomaterials offer solutions to more efficient energy harvesting and energy conversion technologies, to enhanced data storage and fast and secure telecommunication, or to more efficient and personalized biomedical approaches, to name just a few examples. To achieve the goal of real-life applications, better understanding of known processes and the discovery of new fundamental phenomena is key. We are delighted to share this special collection in Nanoscale, and ChemComm featuring the latest processes, phenomena, applications, and fundamental science in optical nanomaterials.

You can explore the collection and read the introductory editorial from our guest editors below, with all articles free to access until the end of July 2024.

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Professors Alison Funston, Eva Hemmer, Arindam Chowdhury and Jonathan Veinot served as guest editors for this collection and highlight the vast potential for optical nanomaterials and the significance of their properties and applications in their introductory editorial.

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All of the articles in the collection are free to access until the end of July 2024. Read some of the featured articles below.

Plasmonic quenching and enhancement: metal–quantum dot nanohybrids for fluorescence biosensing Niko Hildebrandt, Mihye Lim, Namjun Kim, Da Yeon Choi and Jwa-Min Nam Chem. Commun., 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D2CC06178C

Progress in the design of portable colorimetric chemical sensing devices Tushar Kant, Kamlesh Shrivas, Ankita Tejwani, Khushali Tandey, Anuradha Sharma and Shashi Gupta Nanoscale, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D3NR03803C

Heat, pH, and salt: synthesis strategies to favor formation of near-infrared emissive DNA-stabilized silver nanoclusters Rweetuparna Guha, Malak Rafik, Anna Gonzàlez-Rosell and Stacy M. Copp Chem. Commun., 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D3CC02896H

Exploring the intra-4f and the bright white light upconversion emissions of Gd2O3:Yb3+,Er3+-based materials for thermometry Talita J. S. Ramos, Ricardo L. Longo, Carlos D. S. Brites, Rute A. S. Ferreira, Oscar L. Malta and Luís D. Carlos Nanoscale, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D3NR01764H

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We hope you enjoy reading this collection and look forward to showcasing more work on optical nanomaterials in the future. Please continue to submit your exciting work to Nanoscale and ChemComm.