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Theranostic nanoplatforms for biomedicine

29 May 2025

Theranostic nanoplatforms for biomedicine

Discover the latest research in this Nanoscale collection

We invite you to discover the latest research from Theranostic nanoplatforms for biomedicine collection, guest edited by Professor Nguyen T. K. Thanh (University College London, UK), Professor Sophie Laurent (University of Mons, Belgium), Professor Sylvie Begin-Colin (University of Strasbourg, France) and Professor Teresa Pellegrino (Italian Institute of Technology, Italy).

photo of guest editors from left, Professor Nguyen T. K. Thanh, Professor Sophie Laurent, Professor Sylvie Begin-Colin and Professor Teresa Pellegrino.

For nanomedicine to fill its promise, either direct intratumoral injection or active targeting with affinity ligands to achieve favourable specificity and biodistribution profiles is critical for accurate detection, monitoring and therapeutic efficacy. Such smart approaches, when translated to clinical uses, will have a great impact on the management of cancer and other diseases to improve patient survival and quality of life. However, for further clinical translation of nanoplatforms, a key step is their scale-up.

This special collection in Nanoscale focuses on the design of multifunctional hybrid nanomaterials for theranostics in biomedicine, with a focus on the scaling-up of these nanomaterials for translational studies.

Check out some of the featured articles below:

All articles in the collection are free to read until the 15^th July 2025.

Check out some of the featured articles below:

	Nanomedicines for targeted pulmonary delivery: receptor-mediated strategy and alternative Wenhao Wang, Ziqiao Zhong, Zhengwei Huang, Tze Ning Hiew, Ying Huang, Chuanbin Wu and Xin Pan *Nanoscale*, 2024,16, 2820-2833
	Advanced micro/nano-electroporation for gene therapy: recent advances and future outlook Feng Liu, Rongtai Su,Xinran Jiang, Siqi Wang, Wei Mu and Lingqian Chang *Nanoscale*, 2024,16, 10500-10521
	Bayesian optimization of glycopolymer structures for the interaction with cholera toxin B subunit Masanori Nagao, Osuke Nakahara, Xincheng Zhou, Hikaru Matsumoto and Yoshiko Miura Nanoscale, 2024,16, 12406-12410
	Encapsulated mitochondria to reprogram the metabolism of M2-type macrophages for anti-tumor therapy Yonghui Wang, Chang Liu, Xiaodong Ma, Anne Filppula, Youbin Cui, Jiangbin Ye and Hongbo Zhang *Nanoscale*, 2024,16, 20925-20939

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MXene chemistries in biology, medicine and sensing

14 May 2025

MXene chemistries in biology, medicine and sensing

Discover the latest research in this Nanoscale collection guest edited by rofessors Yury Gogotsi (Drexel University, USA), Lucia Gemma Delogu (University of Padua, Italy and Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates), Acelya Yilmazer (Ankara University, Turkey) and Maksym Pogorielov (Sumy State University, Ukraine and University of Latvia, Latvia).

a graphic of the guest editors of the MXene chemistries in biology, medicine and sensing collection in Nanoscale from left Lucia Gemma Delogu, Acelya Yilmazer, Yury Gogotsi, , and Maksym Pogorielov

We invite you to discover the latest research from MXene chemistries in biology, medicine and sensing and to read the introductory editorial written by guest editors Yury Gogotsi, Lucia Gemma Delogu, Acelya Yilmazer and Maksym Pogorielov

Materials play a pivotal role in driving the progress of humanity. From the silicon age, when electronic and computer technologies revolutionized our lives, to the present, where we stand on the cusp of the age of nanomaterials, such as MXenes. MXenes represent a very large class of inorganic materials with an unparalleled diversity of structures and compositions. This sets them apart as one of the most significant recent discoveries in materials science.

These two-dimensional inorganic compounds consist of atomically thin layers of transition metal carbides, nitrides, or carbonitrides. Their versatile chemistry and unique and highly tuneable physicochemical properties have propelled them into myriad applications across various fields, ranging from energy storage to electronics and medicine.

Multiple studies have demonstrated that several MXenes are biocompatible and non-toxic to living organisms, thereby opening a door for various biomedical applications. MXene-based materials offer unique advantages in biosensing, cancer research, and regenerative medicine. The list of medical scenarios is growing every day, from the treatment of cardiovascular diseases to immunology and neuroscience.

This special themed collection aims to provide a platform to showcase the recent progress and challenges in the field of MXenes chemistries addressing the exciting current challenges in biology, medicine and sensing.

All articles in the collection are free to read until the 30^th of June 2025.

Check out some of the featured articles below:

	MXene-based aptasensors: a perspective on recent advances Navid Rabiee and Mohammad Rabiee Nanoscale, 2024,16, 18644-18665
	MXenes in healthcare: transformative applications and challenges in medical diagnostics and therapeutics Keshav Narayan Alagarsamy, Leena Regi Saleth, Kateryna Diedkova, Veronika Zahorodna, Oleksiy Gogotsi,cd Maksym Pogorielov and Sanjiv Dhingra Nanoscale, 2025, Advance Article
	Bright yellow fluorescent N-doped Ti3C2 MXene quantum dots as an “on/off/on” nanoprobe for selective As3+ ion detection Santanu Bera and Susanta Kumar Bhunia Nanoscale, 2025,17, 7193-7201
	Comparative electromagnetic shielding performance of Ti3C2Tx-PVA composites in various structural forms: compact films, hydrogels, and aerogels Shabbir Madad Naqvi, Tufail Hassan,Aamir Iqbal, Shakir Zaman, Sooyeong Cho, Noushad Hussain, Xiangmeng Kong, Zubair Khalid, Zhiwang Hao and Chong Min Koo Nanoscale, 2025,17, 8563-8576

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Award Winners at the RSC Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CNN)

06 May 2025

Congratulations to the award winners at the RSC Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CNN) Early Career Symposium in London, UK!

This event was the first of the biannual early career researcher symposia of the RSC Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CNN) Interest Group, bringing together early career scientists from PhD to PDRAs to Fellows and early-career faculty from across the full breadth of the nanoscale sciences. The meeting provides a forum for researchers to engage and exchange information, discuss challenges and build networks.

	Dr. Virgil Andre (University of Cambridge) Best Talk Prize Dr. Virgil Andrei was born in Bucharest, Romania. He obtained his Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in chemistry from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, where he studied thermoelectric polymer pastes and films in the group of Prof. Klaus Rademann (2014–2016). He then pursued a Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Cambridge (2016–2020), where he developed perovskite-based artificial leaves in the group of Prof. Erwin Reisner, working closely with the optoelectronics group of Prof. Richard Friend at the Cavendish Laboratory. He was a visiting Winton Fellow in the group of Prof. Peidong Yang at the University of California, Berkeley, and is currently a Title A Research Fellow at St. John’s College, Cambridge. His work places a strong focus on material design and practical applications, introducing modern fabrication techniques towards low-cost, large-scale solar fuel production.
	George Creasey (Imperial College London) Best Collaboration and Best Talk Runner up Prize George is a third year PhD student at Imperial College London, based in the Electrochemical Systems Laboratory in the Department of Chemical Engineering and supervised by Dr Anna Hankin and Dr Andreas Kafizas. His research addresses the engineering challenges of up-scaling solar hydrogen production. Through photoelectrochemical reactor design, scalable photoelectrode fabrication and outdoor field testing under operational conditions, George’s research is the cutting edge of future deployment of photoelectrochemical systems. Prior to his PhD, George completed a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Bath, with a year in industry at the UK government.
	Dr Amit Sil (University of Liverpool) Collaboration prize Amit obtained his M.Sc in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2012. He was awarded a PhD (2018) from the same institution focusing on developing mixed-valence compounds and emissive polymers for near infrared (NIR) absorbing materials, sensors and optoelectronics. In 2019, he moved to Durham University (UK) with a postdoctoral (PDRA) position in Prof J. A. Gareth Williams group where he worked on developing functional luminescent Pt(II) and Ir(III) complexes for the application in NIR–OLEDs. In 2021, he joined as a PDRA in Prof. Andrea Vezzoli’s group at University of Liverpool (UK) and worked in the field of single molecular electronics and to investigate the piezoresistive properties of molecular devices. In 2024, he was promoted to Research Coordinator of the group and now his research interest is developing stable organic diradicaloids for single molecular electronics.
	Eliott Studholme (University of Cambridge) Best poster prize Eliott received his master’s degree in chemistry from Swansea University in 2023, where he was supervised by Dr Emrys Evans in his final year project. His project focussed on the spin dynamics of chromium complexes for their application to photon upconversion systems. Inspired by the potential of photophysical processes like upconversion to contribute to green technologies, he is now a 2^nd year physics PhD student at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge. Under the supervision of Professor Neil Greenham, his research focuses on the synthesis, and structural and spectroscopic characterisation of silver chalcogenide quantum dots. His goal is to develop a hybrid inorganic-organic material capable of boosting the efficiency of silicon solar cells via the photophysical process of singlet fission.

Virgil Andrei (left) being awarded the best talk prize by Adam Clancy (right)

George Creasey (left) being awarded the best talk runner up prize by Adam Clancy (right)

George Creasey (left) and Amit Sil (right) after being awarded the best proposed collaboration award.

Eliott Studholme (left) being awarded the best poster prize by Adam Clancy (right)

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