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Nanoscale Advances is pleased to announce an open call for papers for the upcoming themed collection Fluorescent Nanoclusters.

Nanoscale Advances is a gold open access journal publishing experimental and theoretical work across the breadth of nanoscience and nanotechnology for our cross-disciplinary readership.  We invite submissions for primary research articles to Nanoscale Advances for a themed collection that will spotlight recent advances in the development and application of fluorescent nanoclusters.

These materials have generated great interest, with researchers designing fluorescent nanoclusters with tailored properties (i.e. optical properties, stability, biocompatibility, tunability, etc.) and finding applications in a wide range of fields, from clinical diagnostics to environmental monitoring.

The collection welcomes contributions across all areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology focusing on fluorescent nanoclusters. Areas of interest include but are not limited to:​

• Design, synthesis and properties of novel fluorescent nanoclusters
• Post-synthesis modification and functionalisation of fluorescent
• Their advanced applications in clinical diagnostics, environmental monitoring, chemical detection, imaging, etc.

Submit before 31 October 2026

Nanoscale Advances has published many high-quality publications on this exciting topic, such as Harnessing sustainable nanoclusters for sensitive optical detection of tetracyclines and the underlying mechanism, and we would be delighted to receive your latest research on fluorescent nanoclusters.

Please inform the Editorial Office at nanoscaleadvances-rsc@rsc.org as soon as possible if you plan to submit to this open call and ensure that during the submission process you indicate that this is an open call submission for the Fluorescent Nanoclusters themed collection. Submissions should fit within the scope of the collection and Nanoscale Advances. Please click on the journal link for more information on the journal’s scope, standards and author guidelines.

Nanoscale Advances is a gold open access journal published by the Royal Society of Chemistry which offers a home for quality nanoscience and nanotechnology research. Open access publication maximises the visibility and impact of your article to the broadest possible audience. Submissions are handled by the same experienced and internationally recognised Associate Editors who also look after submissions to Nanoscale. Nanoscale Advances has a median time to first decision of 31 days* and an Impact Factor of 4.7**, which we expect to increase to above 5.0 this year.

Publishing open access with RSC journals unlocks the full potential of your research – bringing increased visibility, wider readership and higher citation potential to your work. As a not-for-profit organisation serving the chemical sciences community, we ensure that our article processing charge (APC) remains the most competitive of major publishers. More details can be found here and the APC for Nanoscale Advances is £2,200. You can also use our journal finder tool to check if your institution currently has an agreement with the RSC that may entitle you to a discount of the APC.

All submissions will undergo a rigorous review process, including an initial Editorial assessment as to suitability for the journal before potential peer review.

We sincerely hope that you will be able to contribute your latest work to this themed collection. We look forward to receiving your manuscripts!

We are pleased to open submissions to a themed collection on New Horizons in Nanomaterials with Extreme Properties. This collection will be published in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Nanoscale and we invite you to submit some of your latest quality work to be featured in this special collection.

The collection is guest edited by Professor Gang Zhang (Beijing Institute of Technology, China), Professor Wu-Xing Zhou (Hunan University of Science and Technology, China), Professor Jing Cao (Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore) and Professor Judith Driscoll (University of Cambridge, UK).

We invite submissions of original research articles that explore nanomaterials with extreme properties. Nanomaterials with extreme properties, including ultrahigh energy density, high entropy, high hardness, ultrahigh or ultralow thermal conductivity, have gained popularity due to fundamental research interest and extensive applications. However, such types of nanomaterials should be carefully envisioned, strategized, produced, optimized, and monitored to keep them highly efficient, safe, stable, and cost effective.

We would like to invite articles for this themed collection to systematically review the most impactful experimental approaches and theoretical methods for studying nanomaterials with extreme properties, intending to connect different communities and identify common challenges in the field.

Submissions deadline 31 October 2026

Nanoscale is a hybrid journal, meaning you can choose to publish your work open access or you can choose to publish your work for subscription-only audiences.

In some cases, the Associate Editors may offer authors a transfer to our companion journal Nanoscale Advances and any transferred articles will still be included in the online collection. Nanoscale Advances is a Gold Open Access and article processing charges will apply unless you are eligible for a waiver or your institute has an open access agreement with the RSC. More details can be found here.

If you have any questions about the open call, please do contact our Editorial Office at nanoscale-rsc@rsc.org. We look forward to receiving your submissions!