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Celebrating NCNST’s 20th anniversary by highlighting some of their best research and reviews

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) in China and to highlight the strong connection between Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale, Nanoscale Advances and the institute we wanted to showcase some of the most exceptional research and reviews that have been published in the journals by NCNST researchers over the years since their launch in partnership with NCNST.

The collection features some of the most cited articles from each year, some of the most popular articles and some of the most recent publications from NCNST in the nanoscale family of journals.

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Gold nanoparticles for the colorimetric and fluorescent detection of ions and small organic molecules
Dingbin Liu, Zhuo Wang and Xingyu Jiang
Nanoscale, 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0NR00887G

Visible light driven type II heterostructures and their enhanced photocatalysis properties: a review
Yajun Wang, Qisheng Wang, Xueying Zhan, Fengmei Wang, Muhammad Safdar and Jun He
Nanoscale, 2013, DOI: 10.1039/C3NR01577G

An 80.11% FF record achieved for perovskite solar cells by using the NH₄Cl additive
Chuantian Zuo and Liming Ding
Nanoscale, 2014, DOI: 10.1039/C4NR02425G

Fe₃O₄–Pd Janus nanoparticles with amplified dual-mode hyperthermia and enhanced ROS generation for breast cancer treatment
Xiaowei Ma, Yanyun Wang, Xiao-Li Liu, Huijun Ma, Galong Li, Yao Li, Fei Gao, Mingli Peng, Hai Ming Fan and Xing-Jie Liang
Nanoscale Horiz., 2019, DOI: 10.1039/C9NH00233B

Single atomic Fe–N₄ active sites and neighboring graphitic nitrogen for efficient and stable electrochemical CO₂ reduction
Leta Takele Menisa, Ping Cheng, Xueying Qiu, Yonglong Zheng, Xuewei Huang, Yan Gao and Zhiyong Tang
Nanoscale Horiz., 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D2NH00143H

Versatile fabrication of metal sulfide supraparticles by an in situ decomposition–assembly strategy
Menglei Wang, Fulin Jia, Jianxiao Gong and Yunsheng Xia
Nanoscale Adv., 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D2NA00747A

We hope you enjoy reading this collection and look forward our continued partnership with NCNST and to sharing more work from the institute with you in the future.

The US National Nanotechnology Day 2022 is an annual event of the National Nanotechnology Initiative of the U.S government “featuring community-led events and activities on or around October 9^th to help raise awareness of nanotechnology.” Holding the event on October 9th pays homage to the nanometer scale (10^-9 m).

We are delighted to share with you a new collection of recent articles published in Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale, Nanoscale Advances, Environmental Science: Nano and RSC Advances on this year’s theme of nanotechnology’s role in understanding and responding to climate change and improving the health of the Earth and its people.

Containing both reviews and original research, this collection includes work on nanoparticles used in sustainable agriculture, photonics and power generation as well as environmental remediation: rsc.li/USNanoDay2022

Below is a snapshot of some of the papers in the collection. We hope you enjoy reading these articles, which are all free to access till 30^th November, 2022. Nanoscale Advances and RSC Advances are fully gold open access journals whose articles are free to read always.

Reviews

Doing nano-enabled water treatment right: sustainability considerations from design and research through development and implementation, M. Falinski, R. S. Turley, J. Kidd, A. W. Lounsbury, M. Lanzarini-Lopes,   A. Backhaus,  H. E. Rudel, M. K. M. Lane,   C. L. Fausey   A. C. Barrios,  J. E. Loyo-Rosales,  F. Perreault, W. S. Walker, L. B. Stadler,  M. Elimelech, J. L. Gardea-Torresdey, P. Westerhoff, J. B. Zimmerman, Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2020,7, 3255-3278, DOI:10.1039/D0EN00584C

Silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs) in sustainable agriculture: major emphasis on the practicality, efficacy and concerns , Javaid Akhter Bhat, Nitika Rajora, Gaurav Raturi, Shivani Sharma, Pallavi Dhiman, Sandhya Sanand,  S. M. Shivaraj, Humira Sonahand,  Rupesh Deshmukh, Nanoscale Adv., 2021,3, 4019-4028, DOI: 10.1039/D1NA00233C

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Cellulose particles capture aldehyde VOC pollutants, Isaac Bravo, Freddy Figueroa, Maria I. Swasy, Mohamed F. Attia, Mohamed Ateia, Domenica Encalada, Karla Vizuete,  Salome Galeas,  Victor H. Guerrero, Alexis Debut, Daniel C. Whitehead, Frank Alexis, RSC Adv., 2020,10, 7967-7975, DOI: 10.1039/D0RA00414F

Here is what Professor Jesse Jokerst, University of California at San-Diego, Advisory Board member, Nanoscale had to say on this theme:

“Nanotechnology can lead to better particulates and aerosols that reflect sunlight during geo-engineering. Nanotechnology and nanoengineering can also produce better containment systems for next-generation nuclear reactors.”

We wish you all a Happy #NationalNanoDay!

Thank you for reading this collection of papers and for your support!

Functional MOFs and COFs

A collection of articles selected by Paolo Samorì

Professor Paolo Samorì, University of Strasbourg, France, and Associate Editor for Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances, presents his highlights of the latest research published in the journals on functional metal- and covalent-organic frameworks.

“Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent–organic frameworks (COFs) have established themselves during the last few years as chemically tuneable scaffolds displaying unique structures and ad hoc physical and chemical properties that can be tailored by design. Their assembly enables the generation of highly porous structures that can, for example, host chemical species for gas and liquid purification or sensing and can host ions for energy storage and catalysis.

This online collection from Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances highlights some of the most enlightening recent results on MOF- and COF-based functional assemblies, by providing clear evidence for their outstanding potential to address today’s societal challenges in the field of energy as well as environmental sciences.”

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Best wishes,

Professor Paolo Samorì
University of Strasbourg, France

Controlling anisotropy in nanomaterials

A collection of articles selected by Shouheng Sun

Professor Shouheng Sun, Brown University, USA, and Associate Editor for Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances, presents his highlights of the latest research published in the journals on anisotropic nanomaterials.

“Anisotropy is an important characteristic that offers desirable direction-dependent properties in materials. Recent advances in nanoscience research have led to extensive studies in controlling anisotropy in nanomaterials to provide unprecedented control over their properties and functionality.

This online collection from Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances highlights work on controlling anisotropy in nanomaterials to achieve desired chemical and physical properties. These articles provide understanding of the growth of anisotropic nanostructures at the atomic and molecular level, and explore their use in optoelectronic, magnetic, catalytic, biomedical and molecular separation applications.”

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Professor Shouheng Sun

Brown University, USA

Computational studies of nanomaterials for energy, catalysis and electronics

A collection of articles selected by Xiao Cheng Zeng

Professor Xiao Cheng Zeng, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA, and Associate Editor for Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances, presents his highlights of the latest computational research published in the journals on nanomaterials for energy, catalysis and electronics.

“Computational nanomaterials research has been playing a growing role over the past decade in the design of new nanomaterials, bringing deeper insights into novel properties of nanomaterials, supporting and corroborating experimental research, and gathering new data for machine learning and model development.

This online collection from Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances covers several active areas of computational nanomaterials research, including design and/or investigation of nanoscale and single-atom catalysts, low-dimensional ferromagnetic, ferroelectric and multiferroic materials, low-dimensional semiconductors, halide perovskites, protein-ligand binding affinity, plasmonic nanoparticles, and metal nanoclusters. We hope this themed collection will be informative to contemporary computational nanomaterials research.”

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Best wishes,

Professor Xiao Cheng Zeng

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA