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Professor Sayan Bhattacharyya joins Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances as an Associate Editor

15 Jun 2026

We are delighted to welcome Professor Sayan Bhattacharyya (Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Kolkata) as a new Associate Editor for Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances.

Sayan Bhattacharyya is a solid state chemist whose research interests span nanoscience, optoelectronic materials and catalysis for energy conversion and storage. His group focuses on understanding structure–property correlations in functional materials, particularly quantum dots and low-dimensional hybrid perovskites for optoelectronic and photovoltaic applications. His research also explores electrocatalysis using metal alloy systems for green hydrogen and ammonia production, as well as carbon dioxide reduction.

Professor Bhattacharyya received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, in 2006. Following postdoctoral research at Bar-Ilan University (2006–2008) and Drexel University (2008–2010), he joined the Department of Chemical Sciences at Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER) Kolkata as an Assistant Professor in April 2010. He is currently a Full Professor and also served as the founding Chair of the Centre for Advanced Functional Materials at IISER Kolkata.

He is the recipient of the Science and Engineering Research Board – Science and Technology Award for Research (SERB-STAR), the Chirantan Rasayan Sanstha (CRS) Silver Star Medal, and the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Bronze Medal. He currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Boards of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Small Methods and ACS Applied Energy Materials, and is also an Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports and the Indian Journal of Chemistry.

“It is a great honor and an exciting opportunity to join the Editorial Board. Having published our first paper in Nanoscale in 2016, I am delighted to contribute more actively to the continued growth and development of the journals. I look forward to supporting and promoting high-quality research in nanoscale science and technology, especially innovative materials for energy and sustainability, for the benefit of the broader scientific community.”
– Sayan Bhattacharyya

Explore some of Professor Bhattacharyya’s most recent RSC articles below.

Heterogeneous biocatalysis by magnetic nanoparticle immobilized biomass-degrading enzymes derived from microbial cultures

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2025,13, 3644-3652. DOI: 10.1039/D4TB02011A

Footprints of scanning probe microscopy on halide perovskites

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 11685-11701. DOI: 10.1039/D4CC03658A

Deciphering interfacial charge transfer mechanisms in electrochemical energy systems through impedance spectroscopy

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024,12, 14334-14353. DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00537F

Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances are high-impact international journals, publishing high-quality experimental and theoretical work across the breadth of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Our broad scope covers cross-community research that bridges the various disciplines involved with nanoscience and nanotechnology.

We welcome you to submit your latest work on nanomaterial properties, behaviour, synthesis, hierarchical assembly, catalysis or energy to Professor Bhattacharyya for consideration in Nanoscale or Nanoscale Advances.

Please join us in welcoming Professor Bhattacharyya to Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances!

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Advanced semiconductor nanocrystals

28 May 2026

Read the new collection in Nanoscale

We are delighted to introduce a new themed collection focusing on Advanced semiconductor nanocrystals.

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Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals are among the most captivating and influential nanomaterials due to their versatility and wide range of applications. Today, advanced nanocrystals are accessible, with high control over size, shape, and anisotropy, complex structures, exceptional purity, controlled doping, and more. These nanoscale materials exhibit unique optical and electronic properties because of their quantum confinement effects. They are used in light emitters, photodetectors, catalysis, energy harvesting, and components crucial for quantum computing endeavours.

With continued research and innovation, these nanomaterials promise to revolutionize various technological fields and address pressing societal challenges. A better grasp of existing processes and uncovering unknown phenomena are crucial for practical applications. This themed collection collates some of the latest research focusing on fundamental understanding and practical applications of semiconductor nanocrystals.

We invite you to discover the latest research from the Advanced semiconductor nanocrystals collection to read the introductory editorial written by guest editors Jannika Lauth (University of Tübingen and Leibniz University Hannover, Germany), Indranath Chakraborty (IIT Kharagpur, India), Klaus Boldt (University of Rostock, Germany) and Angshuman Nag (IISER Pune, India).

All articles in the collection are free to read until the 30 June 2026.

	Colloidal organometallic synthesis of solution-processable barium titanate nanoparticles for nanoelectronic applications Lara Kim Linke, Katharina E. Dehm, Kirill Gubanov, Rainer H. Fink, Bartłomiej M. Szyja and Ryan W. Crisp Nanoscale, 2025, 17, 7917-7925
	Co-doped perovskite nanocrystals for multiplexed anticounterfeiting applications Manoj Sharma, Chang Cao, Gaveshana A. Sepalage, Shi Tang, Lan Nguyen, Hao Deng, Naufan Nurrosyid, Junlin Yan, Josh Moon, Tuncay Alan, James Andell Hutchison, Paul Mulvaney and Jacek J. Jasieniak Nanoscale, 2025, 17, 9996-10005
	Minimizing defect states through multidentate coordination and morphology regulation for enhancing the performance of inverted perovskite solar cells Himangshu Baishya, Mayur Jagdishbhai Patel, Ramkrishna Das Adhikari, Deepak Yadav and Parameswar Krishnan Iyer Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 21804-21816
	Facile synthesis of Co3Te4–Fe3C for efficient overall water-splitting in an alkaline medium M. Abdul, Miao Zhang, Tianjun Ma, Nouf H. Alotaibi, Saikh Mohammad and Yin-Sheng Luo Nanoscale Adv., 2025, 7, 433-447
	Microwave-assisted synthesis of highly photoluminescent core/shell CuInZnSe/ZnS quantum dots as photovoltaic absorbers Shubham Shishodia, Hervé Rinnert, Lavinia Balan, Jordane Jasniewski, Stéphanie Bruyère, Ghouti Medjahdi, Thomas Gries and Raphaël Schneider Nanoscale Adv., 2025, 7, 1326-1334

We hope you enjoy reading some of the latest research on semiconductor nanocrystals!

We are always looking for great research on semiconductor nanocrystals. Get in touch with the Editorial Office if are interested in submitting your work to the journal by emailing nanoscale-rsc@rsc.org.

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Our themed collections in our Nanoscale family journals are built by collaboration between our Guest Editors and expert Associate Editors.

Our Guest Editors guide the scope and curate the contributions in our collections, but all submissions are handled through peer review by our team of resident Associate Editors. This means that as an author you receive a consistent experience, and as a reader you can trust the quality of the science being presented.

If you have an idea for a topical collection in your research field, we’d love to hear from you! Get in touch with us at nanoscale-rsc@rsc.org

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Call for papers: Fluorescent Nanoclusters

22 Apr 2026

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.


	Submit your research

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!

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Ultrafast meets ultrasmall: Exploring the uncharted territory of quantum dynamics

25 Mar 2026

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We are delighted to introduce a special themed collection focusing on molecular quantum dynamics!

Guest Editors: Kristina Rusimova (University of Bath), Tom Siday (University of Birmingham), and Marcello Righetto (University of Oxford)

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A selection of articles from the collection are highlighted below. Everything in the collection is free to read, and we hope you enjoy reading it.

Electron spin resonance with scanning tunneling microscopy: a tool for an on-surface quantum platform of identical qubits

Deung-Jang Choi, Soo-hyon Phark, Andreas J. Heinrich and Nicolás Lorente

Charge transfer dynamics in noble gas endofullerenes: intra- and extramolecular tunnelling

Philip Moriarty et al.

Time-resolved nanospectroscopy of III–V semiconductor nanowires

Andrei Luferau, Alexej Pashkin, Stephan Winnerl, Maximilian Obst, Susanne C. Kehr, Emmanouil Dimakis, Thales V. A. G. de Oliveira, Lukas M. Eng and Manfred Helm

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At the nanoscale journal family, our themed collections are built by collaboration between our Guest Editors and expert Associate Editors. Our Guest Editors guide the scope and curate the contributions in our collections but all submissions are handled through peer review by our team of resident Associate Editors. This means that as an author you receive a consistent experience, and as a reader you can trust the quality of the science being presented.

If you have an idea for a topical collection in your research field, we’d love to hear from you! Get in touch at nanoscaleadvances-rsc@rsc.org

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Carbon nanoarchitectonics for advanced applications in energy, environment and bio

24 Mar 2026

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We are delighted to introduce a new themed collection focusing on Carbon nanoarchitectonics for advanced applications in energy, environment and bio.

Guest edited by Katsuhiko Ariga (National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan, and University of Tokyo, Japan), Lok Kumar Shrestha (National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan and Tsukuba University, Japan) and Qingmin Ji (Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NJUST), China).

Nanotechnology has created various new possibilities for materials science, with nanoarchitectonics helping bridge the gap between nanoscale structures and functional materials. Carbon nanoarchitectonics grants access to a wide range of functional materials based on carbon allotropes, with increasingly widespread use in energy, environment and bio-related applications.


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All articles in the collection are open access and free to read! A selection of articles featured in the collection are highlighted below:

A review of emerging trends in nanomaterial-driven AI for biomedical applications

Subhendu Chakroborty, Nibedita Nath, Trishna Bal et al.

Nanoscale Adv., 2025, 7, 3619-3630

Porous carbon-nanostructured electrocatalysts for zinc–air batteries: from materials design to applications

Lei Zhang, Xinzhong Wang, Guangzhi Hu et al.

Nanoscale Adv., 2025, 7, 60-88

High-performance boron nitride/graphene oxide composites modified with sodium thiosulfate for energy storage applications

B. Bindhu, R. Ramesh, Sung Soo Han et al.

Nanoscale Adv., 2025, 7, 1803-1813

Did you know?

Our themed collections in our Nanoscale family journals are built by collaboration between our Guest Editors and expert Associate Editors.

Our Guest Editors guide the scope and curate the contributions in our collections, but all submissions are handled through peer review by our team of resident Associate Editors. This means that as an author you receive a consistent experience, and as a reader you can trust the quality of the science being presented.

If you have an idea for a topical collection in your research field, we’d love to hear from you! Get in touch with us at nanoscaleadvances-rsc@rsc.org

Nanoscale family at the Royal Society of Chemistry

The nanoscale family of journals at the Royal Society of Chemistry publish high impact interdisciplinary research across all areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

You might also be interested in this Editor’s Choice collection: Nanoarchitectonics: fine structure construction in nanoscale.

Our Guest Editor and Nanoscale Horizons board member, Katsuhiko Ariga collated some of the top articles published in Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances related to nanoarchitectonics.

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Nanoscale Advances in Innovative Bioengineering

10 Mar 2026

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We are delighted to introduce a new themed collection focusing on Nanoscale Advances in Innovative Bioengineering.

Guest edited by Zhen Gu (University of Science and Technology Beijing), Zhicheng Le (Sun Yat-sen University), and Zheng Su (The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China).

This collection features work on nanoscale functional biomaterials, frontiers of nanobioprinting techniques and other cutting nanobiotechnology research of innovative bioengineering

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All articles in the collection are open access and free to read! A selection of articles featured in the collection are highlighted below:

	Self-assembled Ac-FFA-NH2 based hydrogels with strong immunostimulating activity for vaccine delivery Ruža Frkanec, Leo Frkanec et al. *Nanoscale Adv.,* 2025, 7, 4660-4672
	RNA lipid nanoparticles stabilized during nebulization through excipient selection Molly S. Shoichet et al. *Nanoscale Adv.,* 2025, 7, 4480-4489
	Bio-nanocoatings based on castor oil enhanced with nanomaterials as corrosion reducers in injection wells pipelines Camilo A. Franco, Farid B. Cortés et al. *Nanoscale Adv.,* 2025, 7, 5811-5827
	*Rosmarinic acid attenuates doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity: bio-nanocarrier system development and an in vitro* study using H9c2 rat cardiomyocytes** Afnan Al-Hunaiti et al. *Nanoscale Adv.,* 2025, 7, 7588-7597

Did you know?

Our themed collections in our Nanoscale family journals are built by collaboration between our Guest Editors and expert Associate Editors.

If you have an idea for a topical collection in your research field, we’d love to hear from you! Get in touch with us at nanoscaleadvances-rsc@rsc.org.

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Call for papers: New Horizons in Nanomaterials with Extreme Properties

26 Feb 2026

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

Find out more about this open call

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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!

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Professor Cecilia Mattevi joins Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances as an Associate Editor

07 Jan 2026

We are delighted to welcome Professor Cecilia Mattevi, Imperial College London, as a new Associate Editor for Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances.

Cecilia Mattevi is a Professor of Materials Science in the Department of Materials. Her research focuses on the precise synthesis of atomically thin 2D materials with the aim of advancing devices for future computing and achieving carbon neutrality. Cecilia earned a PhD in Materials Science in 2008, conducting her doctoral research at the European Synchrotron Facility, Elettra. She then joined the Materials Science Department at Rutgers University as a postdoctoral researcher, before moving to Imperial College London as a Junior Research Fellow. In 2012, Cecilia was appointed as a Lecturer and Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Department of Materials.

Explore some of Professor Mattevi’s recent RSC articles

Graphene inks for printing based on thermoresponsive ABC triblock terpolymer gels

RSC Appl. Polym., 2025, 3, 973-989, DOI: 10.1039/D5LP00071H

Nature-inspired batteries: from biomaterials to biomimetic design strategies

Green Chem., 2024, 26, 6944-6958, DOI: 10.1039/D4GC00638K

3D printing of layered vanadium disulfide for water-in-salt electrolyte zinc-ion batteries

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, 9, 742-751, DOI: 10.1039/D3NH00576C

Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances are high-impact international journals, publishing high-quality experimental and theoretical work across the breadth of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Our broad scope covers cross-community research that bridges the various disciplines involved with nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Please join us in welcoming Professor Mattevi to our Editorial Boards for Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances!

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NANO 2024 – Nanostructured Materials for Energy, Bio, Photonics, and Electronics Applications

19 Nov 2025

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We are delighted to introduce a special themed collection published in connection with NANO 2024 which took place 3 – 8 November 2024 at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE!

Guest Editors: Dr Daniel Choi, General Chair (Khalifa University, UAE) and Dr Dinesh Shetty, Chair of the Publication Committee (Khalifa University, UAE)

A note from the Guest Editors: “We hope that this themed issue will serve not only as a record of current advancements but also as a catalyst for future discoveries and collaborations in the field of nanomaterials and their multifaceted applications.”

A selection of articles from the collection are highlighted below. We hope you enjoy reading them!

	Editorial: NANO 2024 – nanostructured materials for energy, bio, photonics, and electronics applications Daniel Choi and Dinesh Shetty
	Sustainable additive manufacturing through recycled and reinforced thermoplastic composites: state of the art Jatinder Singh, Rakesh Kumar and Santan Chaurasiya
	HOT article: Sustainable interfacial solar steam generation with a biochar–alginate bilayer for RO brine treatment Sumina Namboorimadathil Backer, Ismail W. Almanassra, Alaa Abushawish, Muataz Ali Atieh and Abdallah Shanableh
	Sol–gel synthesis and characterization of ZnO–SiO₂ nanocomposites: a comparative study with pure ZnO and SiO₂ A. Samuel, A. Abdullah, G. Xavier, S. Stephen, M. M. Zeidan, D. Choi and S. Abedrabbo

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Nanophotonics, plasmonics, and nano-optics

22 Oct 2025

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We are delighted to introduce a special themed collection focusing on advanced nanophotonics, plasmonics, and nano-optics!

Guest Editors: Viktoriia Babicheva (University of New Mexico), Yu-Jung (Yuri) Lu (Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica), Alexander Shalin (Suzhou City University), and Dattatray Late (CSIR National Chemical Laboratory)

A note from the Guest Editors: “We warmly thank the authors for their excellent contributions, [and] the anonymous reviewers for their careful evaluation and time commitment.”

A selection of articles from the collection are highlighted below. Everything in the collection is free to read, and we hope you enjoy reading it.

	Self-organization of photonic structures in colloidal crystals in the AI era Neha Yadav, Mingming Liu, Yongling Wu, Ashish Yadav and Hongyu Zheng
	Carrier recombination manipulation for tunable multicolor emission in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide light-emitting devices Mi-Hsueh (Michelle) Wu, James Singh Konthoujam, Iris Lin, Tzu-Yu Peng, Yu-Jung Lu and Min-Hsiung Shih
	The role of focused laser plasmonics in shaping SERS spectra of molecules on nanostructured surfaces Fran Nekvapil and Cosmin Farcău
	Flexible nanoimprinted substrate integrating piezoelectric potential and photonic-plasmonic resonances Aeshah F. Alotaibi, Rongcheng Gan, Eni Kume, Dominik Duleba, Ahmed Alanazi, Allan Finlay, Robert P. Johnson and James H. Rice