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Nanoscale Themed Issue: Metallic Clusters

03 Aug 2012

Issue 15 of Nanoscale is themed and now online. You can read the full issue here.

This issue on Metallic Clusters was Guest Edited by Rongchao Jin (Carnegie Mellon University, USA), Sang-Kee Eah (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) and Yong Pei (Xiangtan University, China).

The outside front cover shows The halogen analogs of thiolated gold nanoclusters by De-en Jiang and Michael Walter.

The inside front cover highlights Grain size effects in polycrystalline gold nanoparticles by Chen Zhou, Jing Yu, Yanping Qin and Jie Zheng.

Highlights from this themed issue include the following Editorial, Review Articles and Communications:

Editorial

Quantum-sized metal nanoclusters
Rongchao Jin, Sang-Kee Eah and Yong Pei
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4026-4026
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR90052A

Review articles

Stabilized gold clusters: from isolation toward controlled synthesis
Prasenjit Maity, Songhai Xie, Miho Yamauchi and Tatsuya Tsukuda
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4027-4037
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30900A
Probing the electronic properties and structural evolution of anionic gold clusters in the gas phase
Lei-Ming Wang and Lai-Sheng Wang
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4038-4053
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30186E
Investigating the structural evolution of thiolate protected gold clusters from first-principles
Yong Pei and Xiao Cheng Zeng
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4054-4072
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30685A
Different sized luminescent gold nanoparticles
Jie Zheng, Chen Zhou, Mengxiao Yu and Jinbin Liu
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4073-4083
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR31192E

Communications

AuAg alloy nanomolecules with 38 metal atoms
Chanaka Kumara and Amala Dass
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4084-4086
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR11781A
Au₂₅(SG)₁₈ as a fluorescent iodide sensor
Man Wang, Zhikun Wu, Jiao Yang, Guozhong Wang, Hongzhi Wang and Weiping Cai
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4087-4090
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30169E
Ultrafast, 2 min synthesis of monolayer-protected gold nanoclusters (d < 2 nm)
Matthew N. Martin, Dawei Li, Amala Dass and Sang-Kee Eah
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4091-4094
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30890H
One-pot synthesis and characterization of subnanometre-size benzotriazolate protected copper clusters
Kirsi Salorinne, Xi Chen, Ralf W. Troff, Maija Nissinen and Hannu Häkkinen
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4095-4098
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30444A
Ligand symmetry-equivalence on thiolate protected gold nanoclusters determined by NMR spectroscopy
O. Andrea Wong, Christine L. Heinecke, Ashli R. Simone, Robert L. Whetten and Christopher J. Ackerson
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4099-4102
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30259D
Sonochemical synthesis of highly fluorescent glutathione-stabilized Ag nanoclusters and S²⁻sensing
Tingyao Zhou, Mingcong Rong, Zhimin Cai, Chaoyong James Yang and Xi Chen
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4103-4106
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30718A
A DNA-templated fluorescent silver nanocluster with enhanced stability
Jaswinder Sharma, Reginaldo C. Rocha, M. Lisa Phipps, Hsin-Chih Yeh, Kirill A. Balatsky, Dung M. Vu, Andrew P. Shreve, James H. Werner and Jennifer S. Martinez
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4107-4110
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30662J

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Pinning down cancer

18 Jul 2012

US scientists have synthesised pin-shaped nanoparticles with magnetic and optical properties. The team, led by Xiaohua Huang at the University of Memphis, says that the nanoparticles ‘could be used for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), early detection and photothermal therapy of cancer and other diseases’.

Nanoparticles with both magnetic and optical properties are highly sought after in a number of fields, particularly medicine, where they could be efficient agents for imaging tumour cells using surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and MRI.

To read the full article visit Chemistry World.

Synthesis and properties of near infrared-absorbing magnetic–optical nanopins
Saheel Bhana, Binod K. Rai, Sanjay R. Mishra, Yongmei Wang and Xiaohua Huang
Nanoscale, 2012, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR31291C

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Poster Prize: Noble Metal Nanoparticles Gordon Research Conference

09 Jul 2012

Nanoscale was delighted to recently award prize certificates and a year’s personal subscription to Nanoscale to Nisha Mammen (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India) and Sam Jones (University of Cambridge, UK) at the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Noble Metal Nanoparticles which took place at South Hadley, Massachusetts last month.

Nisha Mammen (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India)

Sam Jones (University of Cambridge, UK)

The prizes were presented by Francesco Stellacci (EPFL), Editor-in-Chief of Nanoscale and Vice Chair of the conference.

Nanoscale will be awarding further Prizes over the summer so watch this space!

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Back to carbon black

19 Jun 2012

The electrochemical properties of amorphous carbon (right) and thermally reduced graphene oxide (left) are very similar

Scientists in Singapore have discovered the potential of a readily available material that could be used to replace expensive graphene analogues in a wide range of electrochemical processes.

Graphene consists of single layers of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice structure. This structure provides unique properties, making graphene an important material for sensing and electrochemical applications.

Read the full article in Chemistry World

Thermally Reduced Graphenes Exhibiting Close Relationship to Amorphous Carbon
Colin Hong An Wong, Adriano Ambrosi and Martin Pumera
Nanoscale, 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30989K

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Highlights from Issues 11 & 12 of Nanoscale

08 Jun 2012

Issues 11 & 12 of Nanoscale are now online.

Issue 11 Highlights:

The outside front cover of Issue 11 features an article on the Bundling dynamics regulates the active mechanics and transport in carbon nanotube networks and their nanocomposites by Myung Gwan Hahm, Hailong Wang, Hyun Young Jung, Sanghyun Hong, Sung-Goo Lee, Sung-Ryong Kim, Moneesh Upmanyu and Yung Joon Jung.

Development of viral nanoparticles for efficient intracellular delivery is the article highlighted on the inside front cover by Zhuojun Wu, Kevin Chen, Ibrahim Yildiz, Anouk Dirksen, Rainer Fischer, Philip E. Dawson and Nicole F. Steinmetz.

Issue 11 also contains the following Feature and Review articles:

Chitin nanofibers: preparations, modifications, and applications
Shinsuke Ifuku and Hiroyuki Saimoto
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30383C
Polymer coated inorganic nanoparticles: tailoring the nanocrystal surface for designing nanoprobes with biological implications
Alessandra Quarta, Alberto Curcio, Hamilton Kakwere and Teresa Pellegrino
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30271C
Preparation, properties and applications of polysaccharide nanocrystals in advanced functional nanomaterials: a review
Ning Lin, Jin Huang and Alain Dufresne
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30260H
Methane storage in molecular nanostructures
Olumide O. Adisa, Barry J. Cox and James M. Hill
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR00042C

Issue 12 Highlights:

Issue 12 of Nanoscale highlights a Communication on Saddles, twists, and curls: shape transitions in freestanding nanoribbons by Hailong Wang and Moneesh Upmanyu on the outside front cover.

The inside front cover shows a Feature Article on the Impacts of core–shell structures on properties of lanthanide-based nanocrystals: crystal phase, lattice strain, downconversion, upconversion and energy transfer by Arik Kar and Amitava Patra.

Issue 12 also contains the following high-impact Communications:

Selected region functionalized fungi with magnetic targeting properties and versatile purification capabilities
Xiaolei Wang, Hui Zhu, Jia Zhang, Xuexia Liu, Fan Yang and Xiurong Yang
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30766A
Bio-functionalization of ligand-free upconverting lanthanide doped nanoparticles for bio-imaging and cell targeting
Nicoleta Bogdan, Emma Martín Rodríguez, Francisco Sanz-Rodríguez, M a Carmen Iglesias de la Cruz, Ángeles Juarranz, Daniel Jaque, José García Solé and John A. Capobianco
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30982C
Synthesis of micro-sized SnO2@carbon hollow spheres with enhanced lithium storage properties
Shujiang Ding, Dongyang Zhang, Hao Bin Wu, Zhicheng Zhang and Xiong Wen (David) Lou
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30841J
A graphene oxide (GO)-based molecular beacon for DNA-binding transcription factor detection
Jing-Jing Liu, Xiao-Rong Song, Yi-Wei Wang, Guo-Nan Chen and Huang-Hao Yang
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30499F

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Nanoscale Issue 10 of 2012 out now!

11 May 2012

The latest issue of Nanoscale is now online. You can read the full issue here:

The outside front cover features an Article on Electroplated porous polypyrrole nanostructures patterned by colloidal lithography for drug-delivery applications by J. Pokki, O. Ergeneman, K. M. Sivaraman, B. Özkale, M. A. Zeeshan, T. Lühmann, B. J. Nelson and S. Pané.

Controlled reversible debundling of single-walled carbon nanotubes by photo-switchable dendritic surfactants is the Communication highlighted on the inside front cover by Christian Kördel, Antonio Setaro, Pascal Bluemmel, Chris S. Popeney, Stephanie Reich and Rainer Haag.

Issue 10 also contains the following Feature Articles:

Transparent metal oxide nanowire transistors
Di Chen, Zhe Liu, Bo Liang, Xianfu Wang and Guozhen Shen
Controlled chain polymerisation and chemical soldering for single-molecule electronics
Yuji Okawa, Megumi Akai-Kasaya, Yuji Kuwahara, Swapan K. Mandal and Masakazu Aono

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