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Themed collection: Emerging concepts in nucleic acids

Emerging concepts in nucleic acids: structures, functions and applications

Guest edited by Arun Richard Chandrasekaran, Dhiraj Bhatia, Xiaogang Liu and Prabal Maiti

Nanoscale and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) are delighted to introduce our latest themed collection on DNA and RNA nanotechnology, bringing recent updates in nucleic acids research under three broad themes: structure, functions and applications. The collection focuses on self-assembly, structure-function relationships, physical chemistry and biophysics of nucleic acids, new structures and new technologies involving nucleic acid modelling and simulation and various applications in biology, medicine, robotics, materials science, computing, and other fields.

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 September 2023.

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Photos of Arun Richard Chandrasekaran, Dhiraj Bhatia, Xiaogang Liu and Prabal Maiti.

Dr Arun Richard Chandrasekaran (University at Albany, SUNY, USA), Dr Dhiraj Bhatia (IIT Gandhinagar, India), Professor Xiaogang Liu (National University of Singapore, Singapore) and Professor Prabal Maiti (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India) served as guest editors for this collection and highlight the importance and potential of nucleic acids for various applications in their introductory editorial.

Read the introductory editorial

Read some of the featured articles below.

Utilization of DNA and 2D metal oxide interaction for an optical biosensor
Partha Kumbhakar, Indrani Das Jana, Subhadip Basu, Sandip Mandal, Saptarshi Banerjee, Subhanita Roy, Chinmayee Chowde Gowda, Anyesha Chakraborty, Ashim Pramanik, Pooja Lahiri, Basudev Lahiri, Amreesh Chandra, Pathik Kumbhakar, Arindam Mondal, Prabal K Maiti and Chandra Sekhar Tiwary
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D3CP01402A

Tuning innate immune function using microneedles containing multiple classes of toll-like receptor agonists
Camilla Edwards, Robert S. Oakes and Christopher M. Jewell
Nanoscale, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D3NR00333G

Creation of ordered 3D tubes out of DNA origami lattices
Johannes M. Parikka, Heini Järvinen, Karolina Sokołowska, Visa Ruokolainen, Nemanja Markešević, Ashwin K. Natarajan, Maija Vihinen-Ranta, Anton Kuzyk, Kosti Tapio and J. Jussi Toppari
Nanoscale, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D2NR06001A

Mechanistic insight into the structure, thermodynamics and dynamics of equilibrium gels of multi-armed DNA nanostars
Supriyo Naskar, Dhiraj Bhatia, Shiang-Tai Lin and Prabal K. Maiti
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D2CP04683K

Synthesizing the biochemical and semiconductor worlds: the future of nucleic acid nanotechnology
Jacob M. Majikes and J. Alexander Liddle
Nanoscale, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D2NR04040A

 

Nanoscale and PCCP are always interested in considering high-quality articles on the synthesis, function and applications of nucleic acid nanotechnology and we would be delighted if you would consider the journals for your next submission, which can be made via the Nanoscale online submission service or PCCP online submission service. All submissions will be subject to initial assessment and peer review as appropriate according to the journals’ guidelines linked above.

We hope you enjoy reading this collection and look forward to seeing how this field progresses! Please continue to submit your exciting work on DNA and RNA nanotechnology to Nanoscale and PCCP.

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Congratulations to winners of the Nanoscale journal family early career researcher and poster prizes at #NanoSeries2023

The 2nd Annual Conference on Global Nanotechnology (#NanoSeries2023) took place in Madrid, Spain from 19–21 June 2023. Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances were pleased to support best Early Career Researcher (ECR) and poster prize awards at this event and we would like to congratulate our winners!

 

Best Early Career Research Award Winners

Photo of Rafael Fuentes-Domínguez.

 

Rafael Fuentes-Domínguez (University of Nottingham, UK)
Talk Title: “Super-resolution acoustic imaging using nanostructures”

Dr Rafael Fuentes-Dominguez obtained his PhD from the University of Nottingham in 2018 and he is currently a Research Fellow in the Optics and Photonics Research Group at the University of Nottingham (UK), where he is developing novel super-resolution imaging technologies, using phonons instead of photons, and also designing metamaterials / metasurfaces on optical fibres for advanced endoscopic imaging.

Photo of Eva Osuna Bris.

 

Eva Osuna Bris (The Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain)
Talk Title: “Nano-scale conductivity of Ni3(HITP)2 metal-organic framework”

Eva Osuna Bris is a PhD student at the Autonomous University of Madrid, and is vinculated to the IFIMAC Condensed Matter Center. Her research focuses on low dimensional materials, nanotechnology and atomic force microscopy.

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Vivek Pareek (OIST Graduate University, Japan)
Talk Title: “Imaging the constituent electron and hole of a Moiré localized interlayer exciton”

Vivek Pareek is currently a graduate student in Femtosecond Spectroscopy (Dani) Unit at OIST Graduate University, Japan. He completed his Integrated BS-MS in Physical Sciences from IISER-Kolkata, India as an INSPIRE fellow. At OIST, he is working on understanding the properties of excitons in van der Waals 2D semiconductors using novel technique of micro time and angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy (Tr-µ-ARPES). His research interests are in the field of van der Waals materials and their heterostructures, ultrafast spectroscopy, and quantum materials.

Photo of Tamara Muñoz Ortiz.

 

Tamara Muñoz Ortiz (The Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain)
Talk Title: “Optical coherence tomography meets thermoresponsive nanogels: a combination for three-dimensional thermal bioimaging”

Tamara Muñoz Ortiz graduated in Physics at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) in 2018. One year later she obtained a Master degree on Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology, and Photonics at UAM. She was awarded the Extraordinary Master Award for her academic performance. In February 2020 Tamara started a PhD on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology at the nanoBIG group in UAM under the supervisor of Prof. José García Solé and Dr. Emma Martín Rodríguez. In her PhD she has participated in multidisplinar projects regarding the use of nanoparticles of different materials for biomedical optical coherence tomography imaging applications.

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Makars Šiškins (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Talk Title: “Magneto-mechanics of 2D material membranes”

Dr. Makars Šiškins is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials (I-FIM) of National University of Singapore. He defended his PhD cum laude at the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, in 2021, where he also was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in 2022. His research interests cover fields of nanomechanics, 2D materials, magnetism and condensed matter physics.

 

Poster Award Winners

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Yujie Guo (King’s College London, UK)
Poster Title: “Real-time single-molecule monitoring and control of nanoparticle formation”

Yujie Guo is a final year PhD student at department of chemistry, King’s College London, UK. She completed her master’s degree in pharmaceutics at University College London. Yujie’s research focuses on studying reaction kinetics at single-molecule scale. Her work involves the design and synthesis of nanomaterials, such as nanoparticles and polymers, as well as characterization of these molecules with label-free single-molecule imaging techniques. In addition to her research, Yujie enjoys reading and exploring different culture across the world in her free time.

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Fatemeh Rajabasadi (Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden – IFW, Germany)
Poster Title: “Polymersomes-decorated microrobots with multiple cargos for gynecological cancer therapy”

Fatemeh Rajabasadi is a PhD student at Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden, Germany. Her main interests are in the field of assisted fertilization by facilitating multiple sperm cell transport by means of synthetic microcarriers.

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Aswin Asaithambi (Italian Institute of Technology, Italy)
Poster Title: “Enhanced photoresponse from MoS2-InAs/ZnSe heterostructure”

Aswin Asaithambi Postdoctoral Researcher at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia with a specialization in optical spectroscopy including designing and building of advanced spectroscopic setups.

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Alberto Martín-Pérez (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Poster Title: “Label-free characterization of cells and particles merging optics, nanomechanics and microfluidics in a single device”

Alberto Martín-Pérez is an Assistant Professor with a strong academic background and expertise in various interdisciplinary fields. He holds a PhD in Applied Physics from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and has completed a postdoctoral research stint at the Materials Science Institute of Madrid (ICMM-CSIC). His research interests span across nanomechanics, microfluidics, optics, and MEMS (Microelectromechanical Systems). With a focus on cutting-edge technology and materials, Alberto is particularly interested in 2D materials, optomechanics, nanofluidics, optoelectronics, and photonics.

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Announcing our new Editor-in-Chief and Honorary Editor-in-Chief of Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances

Professor Yue Zhang joins as Editor-in-Chief

Welcome to Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances!

We are delighted to welcome Professor Yue Zhang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China, as our new Editor-in-Chief working across Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances, joining Professor Dirk Guldi as co-Editor-in-Chief for the journals.

Photo of Professor Yue Zhang.

 

Prof. Yue Zhang obtained his PhD in Metal Physics from the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) in 1993. He was elected as the academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in 2019 and 2022 respectively and currently serves as the director of State Key State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, dean of the Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Technology at USTB.

Prof. Zhang has devoted his research to the synthesis, characterization, functionalization and advanced applications of semiconductor nanomaterials in energy and information, including two-dimensional electronic devices, energy conversion and storage devices, and information sensing systems.

“It’s a great responsibility for me to serve as Editor-in-chief. Pooling strength from our editorial team, we will strive to further extend the global impact of RSC journals, embrace a broader range of diversity to inspire more academic ideas, and keep on expanding the role of nanoscience exploration in backing sustainable social development.”
– Professor Yue Zhang

Professor Zhang will also act as an Associate Editor for Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances, handling manuscripts through peer review, and we welcome you to submit your latest work on nanomaterials and devices for electronics, energy and information sensing to his editorial office for consideration.

 

Submit your latest research to Nanoscale

 

Professor Chunli Bai becomes Honorary Editor-in-Chief

We are also delighted to announce that Professor Chunli Bai, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, has been appointed as Honorary Editor-in-Chief. Professor Bai was one of the inaugural Editors-in-Chief of both Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances, working with the Royal Society of Chemistry for the past 14 years. We would like to thank him for his ongoing support of the journals and nanoscience community and look forward to working with him in this new role.

Photo of Professor Chunli Bai.

 

Professor Chunli Bai received his MS and PhD degrees from the CAS Institute of Chemistry in 1981 and 1985, respectively. From 1985-1987 he was at Caltech, USA, conducting research in the field of physical chemistry as a post-doctorate associate and visiting scholar. Returning home in 1987, Chunli continued his research at CAS Institute of Chemistry. From 1991 to 1992, he was a visiting professor at Tohoku University in Japan.

His research covers the structure and properties of polymer catalysts, X-ray crystallography of organic compounds, molecular mechanics and EXAFS research on electro-conducting polymers, scanning tunnelling microscopy, and molecular nanotechnology.

Please join us in welcoming Professor Yue Zhang to Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances and congratulating Professor Chunli Bai on his new appointment!

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Themed collection: Nanoscale quantum technologies

Nanoscale quantum technologies

Guest edited by Qing Dai, Chao-Yang Lu and Zhipei Sun

We are delighted to introduce a new online collection published in Nanoscale that provides a snapshot of recent progress in quantum technologies, including quantum materials, computing, sensing, imaging, photonics, optics and more, which we hope will inspire future developments.

Materials and structures at the nanoscale play a key role in various current and emerging quantum technologies. In the last few decades, we have witnessed significant progress in nanoscience and nanotechnology, which has enabled great successes from fundamental research to applications in quantum technologies, facilitating completely new horizons in this area.

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 September 2023.

Read the collection

Qing Dai, Chao-Yang Lu and Zhipei Sun.

Professor Qing Dai (National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China), Professor Chao-Yang Lu (University of Science and Technology of China, China) and Professor Zhipei Sun (Aalto University, Finland), served as guest editors for this collection and highlight the importance of quantum technologies in their introductory editorial.

Read the introductory editorial

Read some of the featured articles below.

Silicon photonics interfaced with microelectronics for integrated photonic quantum technologies: a new era in advanced quantum computers and quantum communications?
Rajeev Gupta, Rajesh Singh, Anita Gehlot, Shaik Vaseem Akram, Neha Yadav, Ranjeet Brajpuriya, Ashish Yadav, Yongling Wu, Hongyu Zheng, Abhijit Biswas, Ephraim Suhir, Vikram Singh Yadav, Tanuj Kumar and Ajay Singh Verma
Nanoscale, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D2NR05610K

Photon pairs bi-directionally emitted from a resonant metasurface
Changjin Son, Vitaliy Sultanov, Tomás Santiago-Cruz, Aravind P. Anthur, Haizhong Zhang, Ramon Paniagua-Dominguez, Leonid Krivitsky, Arseniy I. Kuznetsov and Maria V. Chekhova
Nanoscale, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D2NR05499J

Highly-efficient radiative thermal rectifiers based on near-field gap variations
Bei Yang and Qing Dai
Nanoscale, 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D2NR04350E

Coupling spin defects in hexagonal boron nitride to titanium dioxide ring resonators

Milad Nonahal, Chi Li, Febiana Tjiptoharsono, Lu Ding, Connor Stewart, John Scott, Milos Toth, Son Tung Ha, Mehran Kianinia and Igor Aharonovich
Nanoscale, 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D2NR02522A

Synthesis of mono- and few-layered n-type WSe2 from solid state inorganic precursors
Mauro Och, Konstantinos Anastasiou, Ioannis Leontis, Giulia Zoe Zemignani, Pawel Palczynski, Ali Mostaed, Maria S. Sokolikova, Evgeny M. Alexeev, Haoyu Bai, Alexander I. Tartakovskii, Johannes Lischner, Peter D. Nellist, Saverio Russo and Cecilia Mattevi
Nanoscale, 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D2NR03233C

 

Nanoscale is always interested in considering high-quality articles on on quantum materials, devices and technologies and we would be delighted if you would consider the journal for your next submission, which can be made via our online submission service. All submissions will be subject to initial assessment and peer review as appropriate according to the journal’s guidelines.

We hope you enjoy reading this collection and look forward to seeing how this field progresses! Please continue to submit your exciting work on emerging quantum technologies to Nanoscale.

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Nanoscale 2023 Emerging Investigators

Nanoscale 2023 Emerging Investigators.

A collection highlighting 2023’s rising stars of nanoscience and nanotechnology research

Nanoscale is proud to present our annual Emerging Investigators collection, recognising the rising stars of nanoscience and nanotechnology by gathering some of the very best work from researchers in the early stages of their independent careers. Each contributor was recommended by experts in their fields for carrying out work with the potential to influence future directions in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Please join us in congratulating our featured researchers on their important work so far! You can explore the collection and profiles of our Emerging Investigators below, with all articles free to access until the end of August 2023.

Read the collection

Meet the scientists

Collage of the 2023 Nanoscale Emerging Investigators.

Congratulations to all of the featured researchers, we hope you enjoy reading these articles and look forward to sharing more work from early-career nano researchers with you soon!

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Themed collection: Nanomaterials for printed electronics

Nanomaterials for printed electronics

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

Printed electronics have witnessed significant interest within the last few decades, in particular in conjunction with the development of the Internet of Things (IoTs). The digitization of machines, vehicles, and elements of the physical world could completely change the way we interact with objects and collect and get access to data, leading to improved quality of life and reduced costs. This collection explores a multitude of applications within the field and aims to exhibit new and exciting prospects for nanomaterials in printed electronics.

We are delighted to introduce a new online collection published in Nanoscale that explores a multitude of applications within the field and aims to exhibit new and exciting prospects for nanomaterials in printed electronics. All of the articles in the collection are free to access until the end of August 2023.

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Cinzia Casiraghi, Oana Jurchescu, Shlomo Magdassi and Wenming Su.

The guest editors, 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), introduce this collection in their editorial.

Read the introductory editorial

Read some of the featured articles below.

A sprayed graphene transistor platform for rapid and low-cost chemical sensing
Benji Fenech-Salerno, Martin Holicky, Chengning Yao, Anthony E. G. Cass and Felice Torrisi
Nanoscale, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D2NR05838C

High performance printed organic electrochromic devices based on an optimized UV curable solid-state electrolyte
Chenchao Huang, Zishou Hu, Yuan-Qiu-Qiang Yi, Xiaolian Chen, Xinzhou Wu, Wenming Su and Zheng Cui
Nanoscale, 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D2NR03209K

Visualisation of individual dopants in a conjugated polymer: sub-nanometre 3D spatial distribution and correlation with electrical properties
Gustav Persson, Emmy Järsval, Magnus Röding, Renee Kroon, Yadong Zhang, Stephen Barlow, Seth Marder, Christian Müller and Eva Olsson
Nanoscale, 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D2NR03554E

Ionic dielectrics for fully printed carbon nanotube transistors: impact of composition and induced stresses
Brittany N. Smith, Hope Meikle, James L. Doherty, Shiheng Lu, Gianna Tutoni, Matthew L. Becker, Michael J. Therien and Aaron D. Franklin
Nanoscale, 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D2NR04206A

Plasmon enhanced fluorescence from meticulously positioned gold nanoparticles, deposited by ultra sonic spray coating on organic light emitting diodes
Rachith Shanivarasanthe Nithyananda Kumar, Maarten Eerdekens, Yovan de Coene, Veda Sandeep Nagaraja, Shabnam Ahadzadeh, Melissa Vanlandeghem, Thierry Verbiest and Wim Deferme
Nanoscale Adv., 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D2NA00753C

 

Nanoscale is always interested in considering high-quality articles on nanomaterials for printed electronics and we would be delighted if you would consider the journal for your next submission, which can be made via our online submission service. All submissions will be subject to initial assessment and peer review as appropriate according to the journal’s guidelines.

We hope you enjoy reading this collection and look forward to seeing how this field progresses! Please continue to submit your exciting work on printed electronics to Nanoscale.

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Congratulations to the winners of the RSC prizes at the Iontronics Faraday Discussion

The Iontronics: from fundamentals to ion-controlled devices Faraday Discussion took place in Edinburgh, UK from 21–23 June 2023. Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale, Nanoscale Advances, and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) were delighted to support prizes at this event and we would like to congratulate our winners!

Anna Drummond Young

 

Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances Poster Prize

Anna Drummond Young (University of Oxford, UK)
Poster Title: “Cation dependence of noise induced by polymer adsorption in nanopores”

Anna Drummond Young is a DPhil student in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, UK, under the supervision of Prof. Alice Thorneywork. She received her M. Sci. in the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge, UK, in 2022. Her current research focuses on noise in the ionic current of nanopores, specifically in relation to the adsorption of polymers, such as PEG, inside the pore.

 

 

 

Dominik Duleba.

 

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) Poster Prize

Dominik Duleba (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Poster Title: “Proton enrichment and surface charge dynamics in pH-responsive nanopores”

Dominik Duleba completed his undergraduate degree in chemistry (with a focus on analytical chemistry and nanotechnology) at Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Afterwards, he completed his Master’s at University College Dublin, Ireland, under the supervision Prof. Robert Johnson where he is staying to complete his PhD. His major research interests currently lie in understanding the fundamental processes occurring in confined spaces, continuum modelling of nanoconfined devices with the Finite Element Method, and the incorporation of machine learning approaches with iontronic devices. Previously, he has also worked with the modelling of air pollution patterns, with phosphorescent halogen-bonded frameworks, and with the conduction mechanisms of supercapacitor electrolyte gels.

 

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Congratulations to the winners of the RSC prizes at WCUCC 2023

The Western Canadian Undergraduate Chemistry Conference 2023 (WCUCC 2023) took place in Edmonton, Canada from 2–5 May 2023. Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances were delighted to support prizes at this event and we would like to congratulate the two winners!

Maria Hangad standing between posters for the Western Canadian Undergraduate Chemistry Conference 2023 and the Chemistry Students Association.

Chemical Engineering Oral and Poster Prize

Maria Hangad (University of Victoria, Canada)
Presentation Title: “From droplets to drug delivery: A lab-on-a-chip device for dosing retinoic acid in polycaprolactone (PCL) microparticles”

Maria Hangad is an undergraduate student in the Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry/Microbiology at the University of Victoria. Her research journey began in 2020 before the pandemic, where she first took interest in microfluidics under the supervision of Dr. Katherine Elvira. This experience has led her to gain co-op job experiences in the nanomedicine industry and in academia under the supervision of Dr. Stephanie Willerth investigating drug delivery in 3D bioprinted neural tissues. Outside the lab, Maria is passionate about equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and advocates for better accessibility for marginalized communities in Science. For the future, Maria intends to pursue an MD/Ph.D to dive deep within the fields of translational medicine and biotechnology in addition to assessing its impacts on human health.

Chantell Fernandes standing between posters for the Western Canadian Undergraduate Chemistry Conference 2023 and the Chemistry Students Association.

Materials Chemistry Poster Prize

Chantell Fernandes (University of Alberta, Canada)
Poster Title: “ATP and pH dual-triggered drug delivery using chitosan-based supramolecular nanogels”

Chantell Fernandes is an undergraduate student with a major in Chemistry and minor in Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta, working under supervision of MSc Student, Karen Kanemaru, and Professor Michael Serpe. Throughout her degree, she undertook teaching and mentoring opportunities for first year general chemistry classes and did research in chemical education to create interactive resources to foster a robust understanding of fundamental concepts for students. Further, she worked in a surgical lab focusing on the biomedical applications of hydrogels in 3D bioprinting of human nasal cartilage. Her current work looks at controlled drug delivery systems using supramolecular nanogels which she will be continuing in the upcoming year.

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Call For Papers: Theranostic nanoplatforms for biomedicine

Call For Papers: Theranostic nanoplatforms for biomedicine

Guest edited by Nguyen T. K. Thanh, Sophie Laurent, Sylvie Begin-Colin and Teresa Pellegrino ‬‬

We are delighted to announce a call for papers for our latest online themed collection in Nanoscale on Theranostic nanoplatforms for biomedicine that is being 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).

Theranostic nanoplatforms for biomedicine open call for papers promotional graphic. Guest edited by Nguyen T.K. Thanh, Sophie Laurent, Sylvie Begin-Colin and Teresa Pellegrino. Open for submissions until 31 March 2024.

 

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 new 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. The scope of this collection loosely aligns with an accompanying symposium held at the 2023 Spring E-MRS meeting: Symposium J – Design and scaling up of theranostic nanoplatforms for health: towards translational studies, in Strasbourg, from 29 May – 2 June 2023. Potential topics include but are not limited to:

  • Design, synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles: inorganic, polymers, liposomes, dendrimers
  • Targeting strategies
  • Multimodal Imaging (e.g., MRI, MPI, SPECT, PET)
  • Multimodal therapy (e.g., hyperthermia, curie therapy)
  • Drug delivery
  • Nanotoxicology
  • In vitro and in vivo validation of nanoplatforms combining multimodal imaging and therapies
  • Scaling-up strategies of nanoplatform synthesis
  • New synthesis processes taking into account good manufacturing practice (GMP) and environmental considerations

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

  • Communications
  • Full papers

Open for submissions until 31 March 2024

If you would like to contribute to this themed collection, you can submit your article directly through the Nanoscale online submission system. Please mention that this submission is a contribution to the Theranostic nanoplatforms for biomedicine 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 undergo our normal rigorous peer review processes including an initial assessment prior to peer review, and that peer review and acceptance are not guaranteed.

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 Nguyen T. K. Thanh, University College London, UK
Professor Sophie Laurent, University of Mons, Belgium
Professor Sylvie Begin-Colin, University of Strasbourg, France
Professor Teresa Pellegrino, Italian Institute of Technology, Italy

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Call For Papers: Fundamental processes in optical nanomaterials

Call For Papers: Fundamental processes in optical nanomaterials

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

We are delighted to announce a call for papers for our latest online themed collection in Nanoscale and ChemComm on Fundamental processes in optical nanomaterials that is being guest edited by Professor Arindam Chowdhury (IIT Bombay, India), Dr Alison Funston (Monash University, Australia),  Professor Eva Hemmer (University of Ottawa, Canada) and Professor Jonathan Veinot (University of Alberta, Canada).

Fundamental properties of optical nanomaterials open call for papers promotional graphic. Guest edited by Arindam Chowdhury, Eva Hemmer, Alison Funston and Jon Veinot. Open for submissions until 31 July 2023.

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.

This special cross-journal collection in Nanoscale and ChemComm aims to look at new phenomena in optical nanomaterials, without the need for applications to be fully realized. We hope to feature research reporting new processes, phenomena and observations, and applications are welcomed but we are also excited to see reports of new and interesting fundamental science. Potential topics include but are not limited to:

  • Luminescent materials
  • Scattering materials
  • Metamaterials
  • Plasmonics
  • Nanophotonics
  • Fundamental processes in optical materials (although applications can be included)
  • New techniques or methods of analysis
  • Spectroscopy of materials
  • Single-particle imaging
  • Light interaction with nanomaterials in tissues

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

  • Communications
  • Full papers

Open for submissions until 31 July 2023

If you would like to contribute to this themed collection, you can submit your article directly through the Nanoscale online submission service. or the ChemComm online submission service. Please mention that this submission is a contribution to the Fundamental processes in optical nanomaterials 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 the journals and acceptance is not guaranteed.

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 Arindam Chowdhury, IIT Bombay, India
Dr Alison Funston, Monash University, Australia
Professor Eva Hemmer, University of Ottawa, Canada
Professor Jonathan Veinot, University of Alberta, Canada

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