Professor Nguyen TK Thanh joins the Associate Editor team

Welcome to Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances!

We are delighted to welcome Professor Nguyen TK Thanh, University College London, UK, as a new Associate Editor working across Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances. Professor Nguyễn Thị Kim Thanh held a prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship (2005-2014). She was appointed a Full Professor in Nanomaterials in 2013 at University College London where she leads a dynamic group conducting cutting edge interdisciplinary and innovative research on the design, and synthesis of magnetic and plasmonic nanomaterials for biomedical applications. In 2019, she was honoured for her achievements in the field of nanomaterials and was awarded Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Medal. She was the RSC Interdisciplinary Prize winner in 2022 and was also awarded the SCI/RSC Colloids Groups 2023 Graham Prize Lectureship. She is one of only 12 recipients globally of the IUPAC 2023 Distinguished Women in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Awards.

“I am really looking forward to joining the editorial board of Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances as it will compliment my role as Editor-in-chief of the RSC Nanoscience and Nanotechnology book series. We published our first paper in Nanoscale in 2010 and I have been working closely with the journal as a guest editor three times. It is a great chance to promote research in nanoscale science and technology, which will have many tremendous applications and tackling many challenges in our society such as improving quality of life on earth and sustaining its climate.” – Professor Nguyen TK Thanh

We welcome you to submit your latest work on magnetic, plasmonic and colloidal nanomaterials for biomedical applications to her editorial office for consideration.

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Explore some of Professor Thanh’s recent articles below.

Development of a thermochromic lateral flow assay to improve sensitivity for dengue virus serotype 2 NS1 detection Thithawat Trakoolwilaiwan, Yasuhiro Takeuchi, Terence S. Leung, Matej Sebek, Liudmyla Storozhuk, Linh Nguyen, Le Duc Tung and Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh* Nanoscale, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D3NR01858J

Enhanced detoxification of Cr6+ by Shewanella oneidensis via adsorption on spherical and flower-like manganese ferrite nanostructures Diana S. Raie, Ioannis Tsonas, Melisa Canales, Stefanos Mourdikoudis, Konstantinos Simeonidis, Antonios Makridis, Dimitrios Karfaridis, Shanom Ali, Georgios Vourlias, Peter Wilson, Laurent Bozec, Lena Ciric and Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh* Nanoscale Adv., 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D2NA00691J

Magnetic particle imaging: tracer development and the biomedical applications of a radiation-free, sensitive, and quantitative imaging modality Stanley Harvell-Smith, Le Duc Tung and Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh* Nanoscale, 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D1NR05670K

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 Thanh to Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances and we hope you will consider Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances for your future submissions.

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Professor Eva Hemmer joins the Associate Editor team

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We are delighted to welcome Professor Eva Hemmer, University of Ottawa, Canada, as a new Associate Editor working across Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances. Eva Hemmer is an Associate Professor of Materials Chemistry at the University of Ottawa. She received her PhD (2008) in materials science from Saarland University, Germany. After a postdoctoral experience at Tokyo University of Science, Japan, with Prof. K. Soga (2009-2012), she moved to Canada to become a joint Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow with Profs. F. Vetrone and F. Légaré at INRS-EMT, Montreal (2012-2015). In 2016, Eva joined the University of Ottawa, where her research team focused on new designs of upconverting and near-infrared-emitting rare-earth-based nanoparticles for bioimaging, optoelectronic, and optomagnetic applications.

“I have been reviewing research papers for quite some time now, including for the Nanoscale family, and always enjoyed it as a great opportunity to get to see brand new research in materials chemistry that is also relevant to my own work on optical nanomaterials. I am very excited to take on this new role as member of the editorial board, looking forward to deepening and broadening this experience when engaging with authors, reviewers, and the editorial team.” – Professor Eva Hemmer

We welcome you to submit your latest work on nanomaterials for bioimaging, optoelectronics and magnetics to her editorial office for consideration.

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Explore some of Professor Hemmer’s recent articles below.

Core–multi-shell design: unlocking multimodal capabilities in lanthanide-based nanoparticles as upconverting, T2-weighted MRI and CT probes Nan Liu, Christian Homann, Samuel Morfin, Meghana S. Kesanakurti, Nicholas D. Calvert, Adam J. Shuhendler, Tom Al and Eva Hemmer* Nanoscale, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D3NR05380F

Luminescence thermometry using sprayed films of metal complexes Riccardo Marin, Natalie C. Millan, Laura Kelly, Nan Liu, Emille Martinazzo Rodrigues, Muralee Murugesu* and Eva Hemmer* J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D1TC05484H

Cubic versus hexagonal – phase, size and morphology effects on the photoluminescence quantum yield of NaGdF4:Er3+/Yb3+ upconverting nanoparticles Marta Quintanilla,* Eva Hemmer,* Jose Marques-Hueso, Shadi Rohani, Giacomo Lucchini, Miao Wang, Reza R. Zamani, Vladimir Roddatis, Adolfo Speghini, Bryce S. Richards and Fiorenzo Vetrone* Nanoscale, 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D1NR06319G

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 Hemmer to Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances and we hope you will consider Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances for your future submissions.

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Professor Yue Zhang joins as Editor-in-Chief

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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.

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.

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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.

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!

Professor Gianaurelio (Giovanni) Cuniberti joins the Associate Editor team

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We are delighted to welcome Professor Gianaurelio (Giovanni) Cuniberti, TU Dresden, Germany, as a new Associate Editor working across Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances. Gianaurelio Cuniberti has been the Chair of Materials Science and Nanotechnology at TU Dresden since 2007 and is the founding director of the Dresden Center for Intelligent Materials. He is an Honorary Professor at the Division of IT Convergence Engineering of POSTECH and the Pohang University of Science and Technology, is Adjunct Professor for the Department of Chemistry at the University of Alabama, and a Guest Professor at SJTU. In 2018 he became a faculty member of the transcampus between TU Dresden and King’s College London.

His research interests include a wide range of areas from quantum dots, nanowires and nanotubes to biosystems, molecular and organic electronics, addressing transport phenomena, structural stability and the theory and modelling of electronic and structural properties of bottom-up nanoscale materials.

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Read some of his recent papers below.

A wafer-scale two-dimensional platinum monosulfide ultrathin film via metal sulfurization for high performance photoelectronics
Jinbo Pang, Yanhao Wang, Xiaoxin Yang, Lei Zhang, Yufen Li, Yu Zhang, Jiali Yang, Feng Yang, Xiao Wang, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Hong Liu and Mark H. Rümmeli
Mater. Adv., 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D1MA00757B

One-way rotation of a chemically anchored single molecule-rotor
Frank Eisenhut, Tim Kühne, Jorge Monsalve, Saurabh Srivastava, Dmitry A. Ryndyk, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Oumaima Aiboudi, Franziska Lissel, Vladimír Zobač, Roberto Robles, Nicolás Lorente, Christian Joachim and Francesca Moresco
Nanoscale, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1NR04583K

Predicting the bulk modulus of single-layer covalent organic frameworks with square-lattice topology from molecular building-block properties
Antonios Raptakis, Arezoo Dianat, Alexander Croy and Gianaurelio Cuniberti
Nanoscale, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR07666J

Enhanced visible-light photodegradation of fluoroquinolone-based antibiotics and E. coli growth inhibition using Ag–TiO₂ nanoparticles
Jiao Wang, Ladislav Svoboda, Zuzana Němečková, Massimo Sgarzi, Jiří Henych, Nadia Licciardello and Gianaurelio Cuniberti
RSC Adv., 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D0RA10403E

Coexistence of fluorescent Escherichia coli strains in millifluidic droplet reactors
Xinne Zhao, Rico Illing, Philip Ruelens, Michael Bachmann, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, J. Arjan G. M. de Visser and Larysa Baraban
Lab Chip, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D0LC01204A

STM induced manipulation of azulene-based molecules and nanostructures: the role of the dipole moment
Tim Kühne, Kwan Ho Au-Yeung, Frank Eisenhut, Oumaima Aiboudi, Dmitry A. Ryndyk, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Franziska Lissel and Francesca Moresco
Nanoscale, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR06809H

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Professor Christian Klinke joins the Associate Editor team

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We are delighted to welcome Professor Christian Klinke, University of Rostock, Germany and Swansea University, UK, as a new Associate Editor working across Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances.

Christian Klinke studied physics at the University of Würzburg and the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, where he also obtained his diploma degree. In 2017 he joined the Chemistry Department of Swansea University, UK, as an associate professor and since 2019 he has also held a position of full professor at the University of Rostock, Germany.

His research concerns the colloidal synthesis of nanomaterials and the optoelectronic characterization of these materials.

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Read some of his recent papers below.

Two-dimensional halide perovskites: synthesis, optoelectronic properties, stability, and applications
Sushant Ghimire and Christian Klinke
Nanoscale, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1NR02769G

Anisotropic circular photogalvanic effect in colloidal tin sulfide nanosheets
Mohammad Mehdi Ramin Moayed, Fu Li, Philip Beck, Jan-Christian Schober and Christian Klinke
Nanoscale, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01189D

Photoexcitation of PbS nanosheets leads to highly mobile charge carriers and stable excitons
Jannika Lauth, Michele Failla, Eugen Klein, Christian Klinke, Sachin Kinge and Laurens D. A. Siebbeles
Nanoscale, 2019, DOI: 10.1039/C9NR07927K

Preparation of high-yield and ultra-pure Au₂₅ nanoclusters: towards their implementation in real-world applications
Michael Galchenko, Raphael Schuster, Andres Black, Maria Riedner and Christian Klinke
Nanoscale, 2019, DOI: 10.1039/C8NR08200F

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Professor Janet Macdonald joins the Associate Editor team

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We are delighted to welcome Professor Janet Macdonald, Vanderbilt University, USA, as a new Associate Editor working across Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances.

Janet Macdonald received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from McGill University, followed by a PhD from the University of Alberta in 2008. She joined the chemistry faculty at Vanderbilt University in 2011, where she is an associate professor of chemistry and a member of the Vanderbilt Institute for Nanoscale Science and Engineering.

Her research focuses on the phase selective synthesis of nanocrystalline materials, especially preparing non-natural phases of metal chalcogenides. Her group also studies fundamental charge transfer phenomena from semiconductor nanocrystals for solar-to-fuel technologies and photovoltaics, including specialized ligand synthesis to aid charge transfer.

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Alkyl selenol reactivity with common solvents and ligands: influences on phase control in nanocrystal synthesis
Eric A. Ho, Antony R. Peng and Janet E. Macdonald
Nanoscale, 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D1NR06282D

Synthesis of vulcanite (CuTe) and metastable Cu_1.5Te nanocrystals using a dialkyl ditelluride precursor
Evan H. Robinson, Kaelyn M. Dwyer, Alexandra C. Koziel, Ahmed Y. Nuriye and Janet. E. Macdonald
Nanoscale, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR06910H

Photo-induced copper mediated copolymerization of activated-ester methacrylate polymers and their use as reactive precursors to prepare multi-dentate ligands for the water transfer of inorganic nanoparticles
Binh T. Mai, Markus J. Barthel, Aidin Lak, Tommaso Avellini, Ana Maria Panaite, Emille M. Rodrigues, Luca Goldoni and Teresa Pellegrino
Polym. Chem., 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00212G

Ligand cleavage enables formation of 1,2-ethanedithiol capped colloidal quantum dot solids
James Z. Fan, Andrew D. La Croix, Zhenyu Yang, Emma Howard, Rafael Quintero-Bermudez, Larissa Levina, Nicole M. Jenkinson, Nathan J. Spear, Yiying Li, Olivier Ouellette, Zheng-Hong Lu, Edward H. Sargent and Janet E. Macdonald
Nanoscale, 2019, DOI: 10.1039/C9NR02708D

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Professor Teresa Pellegrino joins the Associate Editor team

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We are delighted to welcome Professor Teresa Pellegrino, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy, as a new Associate Editor working across Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances.

Teresa Pellegrino received her Master’s in Chemistry in 2000 and her PhD in Chemical Synthesis and Applied Enzymatic Chemistry in 2005 from the University of Bari, Italy. In 2014 she became a tenured Team Leader of the Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications Group at the Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy.

Her current research interests focus on the synthesis of inorganic nanocrystals with an emphasis on magnetic materials and organic-inorganic nanostructured materials for drug delivery, magnetic hyperthermia, photo-thermal treatment and radiotherapy.

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Magnetic nanoparticles and clusters for magnetic hyperthermia: optimizing their heat performance and developing combinatorial therapies to tackle cancer
Helena Gavilán, Sahitya Kumar Avugadda, Tamara Fernández-Cabada, Nisarg Soni, Marco Cassani, Binh T. Mai, Roy Chantrell and Teresa Pellegrino
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1CS00427A

Di- and tri-component spinel ferrite nanocubes: synthesis and their comparative characterization for theranostic applications
Niccolò Silvestri, Helena Gavilán, Pablo Guardia, Rosaria Brescia, Soraia Fernandes, Anna Cristina S. Samia, Francisco J. Teran and Teresa Pellegrino
Nanoscale, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1NR01044A

Photo-induced copper mediated copolymerization of activated-ester methacrylate polymers and their use as reactive precursors to prepare multi-dentate ligands for the water transfer of inorganic nanoparticles
Binh T. Mai, Markus J. Barthel, Aidin Lak, Tommaso Avellini, Ana Maria Panaite, Emille M. Rodrigues, Luca Goldoni and Teresa Pellegrino
Polym. Chem., 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00212G

Novel synthesis of platinum complexes and their intracellular delivery to tumor cells by means of magnetic nanoparticles
Alessandra Quarta, Manuel Amorín, María José Aldegunde, Laura Blasi, Andrea Ragusa, Simone Nitti, Giammarino Pugliese, Giuseppe Gigli, Juan R. Granja and Teresa Pellegrino
Nanoscale, 2019, DOI: 10.1039/C9NR07015J

Dually responsive gold–iron oxide heterodimers: merging stimuli-responsive surface properties with intrinsic inorganic material features
Hamilton Kakwere, Maria Elena Materia, Alberto Curcio, Mirko Prato, Ayyappan Sathya, Simone Nitti and Teresa Pellegrino
Nanoscale, 2018, DOI: 10.1039/C7NR06726G

Unraveling viscosity effects on the hysteresis losses of magnetic nanocubes
D. Cabrera, A. Lak, T. Yoshida, M. E. Materia, D. Ortega, F. Ludwig, P. Guardia, A. Sathya, T. Pellegrino and F. J. Teran
Nanoscale, 2017, DOI: 10.1039/C7NR00810D

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Professor Zhiqun Lin joins the Associate Editor team

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We are delighted to welcome Professor Zhiqun Lin, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, as a new Associate Editor working across Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances.

Zhiqun Lin received his Ph.D in Polymer Science and Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2002. He is currently a Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

His research interests include solar cells, photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, batteries, quantum dots (rods), multifunctional nanocrystals, Janus nanostructures, conjugated polymers, semiconductor organic-inorganic nanocomposites, block copolymers, polymer blends, hierarchical structure formation and assembly, and surface and interfacial properties.

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Piezo-phototronic effect on photocatalysis, solar cells, photodetectors and light-emitting diodes
Baoying Dai, Gill M. Biesold, Meng Zhang, Haiyang Zou, Yong Ding, Zhong Lin Wang and Zhiqun Lin
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1CS00506E

Tailoring oxygen evolution reaction activity of metal-oxide spinel nanoparticles via judiciously regulating surface-capping polymers
Christopher D. Sewell, Zewei Wang, Yeu-Wei Harn, Shuang Liang, Likun Gao, Xun Cui and Zhiqun Lin
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1TA04511C

Continuous production of ultrathin organic–inorganic Ruddlesden–Popper perovskite nanoplatelets via a flow reactor
Gill M. Biesold, Shuang Liang, Brent K. Wagner, Zhitao Kang and Zhiqun Lin
Nanoscale, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1NR03239A

Stimuli-responsive Janus mesoporous nanosheets towards robust interfacial emulsification and catalysis
Jiangyan Yang, Jialin Wang, Yijiang Liu, Huaming Li and Zhiqun Lin
Mater. Horiz. 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0MH01260B

Tailoring carrier dynamics in perovskite solar cells via precise dimension and architecture control and interfacial positioning of plasmonic nanoparticles
Xun Cui, Yihuang Chen, Meng Zhang, Yeu Wei Harn, Jiabin Qi, Likun Gao, Zhong Lin Wang, Jinsong Huang, Yingkui Yang and Zhiqun Lin
Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, DOI: 10.1039/C9EE03937F

An integrated experimental and theoretical study on the optical properties of uniform hairy noble metal nanoparticles
Di Yang, Yihuang Chen, Hongshang Peng, Gengxiang Chen and Zhiqun Lin
Nanoscale, 2018, DOI: 10.1039/C8NR07115B

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Professor Jinlan Wang joins the Associate Editor team

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We are delighted to welcome Professor Jinlan Wang, Southeast University, China, as a new Associate Editor working across Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances.

Jinlan Wang received her Ph.D from Nanjing University, China, in 2002. She subsequently spent three years at Argonne National Laboratory, USA, before joining Southeast University in China in 2006 as a full Professor. She has since developed the computational physics and chemistry group there and is currently a Chief Professor of Southeast University.

Her current research mainly focuses on computational studies and design of two-dimensional materials and clean energy materials, using techniques ranging from machine learning to classical molecular dynamics or different level first-principles methods.

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Dr Dong Qin joins the Associate Editor team

Welcome to Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances!

We are delighted to welcome Dr Dong Qin, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, as a new Associate Editor working across Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances.

What attracted you to pursue a career in nanoscience and how did you get to where you are now?

After my PhD study on the fundamental work of gas phase spectroscopy, I was very fortunate to have an opportunity to work on soft lithography as a postdoctoral fellow with Professor George M. Whitesides at Harvard University back in 1997. I am in debt to George who brought me to this fascinating world of nanoscale science where I enjoyed the research in the field of nanostructures and nanomaterials with a solid training as a physical chemist. I had been doing independent work in building the research infrastructure for nanoscale science and engineering from 1997-2011, during which I witness the progress of the field. When I finally returned back to academia in 2012, I decided to start my own research in the field of nanoscale nanomaterials, metal nanocrystals, with my keen focus on the optical properties for the development of in situ methodology to characterize the catalytically significant interface by fingerprinting spectroscopy. It has been a rewarding journey at Georgia Tech as I renowned my passion in both nanoscale science and spectroscopy.

What is the most exciting research paper that you have read recently?

Single atom catalysis! Questions remain on the ability to probe single atom and we are part of the efforts to address this challenge at the moment.

What is your biggest passion outside of science?

Free-lance writing!

What career would you have chosen if you had not taken this career path?

 An educator – I have enormous passion in teaching! Students in my classes will not only learn knowledge but also my positive attitude toward life in broad.

Why should young people study chemistry?

Chemistry introduces the smallest building blocks, atoms, which are essential in building structure-property relationship of materials in our daily life!

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Dr Charlotte Marshall                          Dr Ania Rulka

Managing Editor, Nanoscale                  Executive Editor, Nanoscale Advances