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Call for papers: Ultrafast meets ultrasmall

We are delighted to announce an open call for papers to our new themed collection focusing on molecular quantum dynamics!

The Guest Editors propose to explore the recent advances in time-resolved SPM, ultrafast dynamics in nanoscale materials, atomic-scale manufacturing and quantum nano-electronics in this new themed collection.

A prime objective is to explore the overlap between groups working on scanning probe methods for advancing atom-based technologies and researchers from the photonics community working on quantum information, ultrafast molecular and quantum dynamics, light-matter interfaces, and nanometric functional materials.

Submit before 1 April 2025.

 

If you are interested in contributing to this collection, please get in touch with the Editorial Office.

Please note that article processing charges apply to all articles submitted to Nanoscale Advances if, following peer-review, they are accepted for publication. Exceptions include researchers at Research4Life Group A and B countries, and those whose institutes have an existing deal that covers publication in our gold open access journals. Details of the APC and discounted rates can be found here.

This collection is Guest Edited by:

Kristina Rusimova

University of Bath, UK

ORCID: 0000-0002-3679-9948

Dr Rusimova is interested in light-matter interactions – how she can use light to manipulate individual atoms, or atoms to manipulate the properties of light. She is particularly interested in studying the behaviour of energetic (hot) electrons generated by light, or by a local electronic probe (the tip of a scanning tunnelling microscope); how these hot electrons interact with atoms, molecules, and surface defects; and how they dissipate their energy on surfaces in two-dimensional materials. She is also interested in developing speciality low-loss hollow-core optical fibres for miniaturisation of alkali vapour devices. In addition, she works on exploiting the optical nonlinearity of exotic two-dimensional materials.

Tom Siday

University of Birmingham, UK

ORCID: 0000-0003-0157-3233

Dr Siday is an Assistant Professor at the University of Birmingham in experimental metamaterials and nanophotonics. Prior to this he held a role at the University of Oxford as Fulford Junior Research Fellow; Postdoctoral Researcher in Ultrafast Terahertz Microscopy.

Marcello Righetto

University of Oxford, UK

ORCID: 0000-0001-5507-1445

Dr Marcello Righetto is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Semiconductors Group of Prof. Laura Herz in the Department of Physics (CMP), University of Oxford. His current research focuses on novel metal halide semiconductors, studying these new materials using ultrafast spectroscopy techniques (ultrafast Upconversion PL, Optical pump-THz probe). His research aims at finding non-toxic and environmentally-friendly semiconductors, which can compete with lead halide perovskite in terms of optoelectronic applications.

 

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Open call for papers: Upconversion Nanomaterials

We are delighted to announce an open call for papers for a special collection based on UPCON24 which took place in (Montréal, Canada) to be published in Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances.

 

In keeping with the program of the UPCON 2024 conference, the following upconversion-related topics are welcome:

  • Fundamental aspects and modeling of upconversion photophysics and photochemistry
  • Research, design, and synthesis of upconversion materials and compositions
  • Molecular upconversion
  • Triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA) upconversion
  • Photophysical characterization of upconversion materials and molecules
  • Material and toxicity characterization
  • Surface functionalization and aqueous transfer of upconversion materials and molecules
  • Instrument development (both spectroscopy and microscopy)
  • Biological and chemical sensing
  • Imaging (in vitro and in vivo)
  • Photon upconversion enhancement (e.g., using plasmonic nanostructures)
  • Dye sensitized upconversion
  • Novel upconversion excitation schemes
  • Thermometry
  • Therapeutics and theranostics

Submit before 31 March 2025

If you are interested in contributing to this collection, please get in touch with the Editorial Office.

Please note that all submissions will be subject to initial assessment and rigorous peer review to meet the usual high standards of each journal. Submissions will be assessed and handled through peer review by our expert Associate Editors.

 

No costs are associated with a submission to Nanoscale. Please note that article processing charges apply to all articles submitted to Nanoscale Advances if, following peer-review, they are accepted for publication, unless your institute has an existing agreement with the RSC that covers publications in our gold open access journals. Details of the APC and discounted rates can be found here. Corresponding authors who are not already members of the Royal Society of Chemistry are entitled to one year’s Affiliate membership as part of their APC. Find out more about our member benefits.

 

This themed collection is Guest Edited by:

Niko Hildebrandt

McMaster University, Canada

ORCID: 0000-0001-8767-9623

Canada Excellence Research Chair in Nano-Optical Biosensing and Molecular Diagnostics since September 2023. His nanoFRET group comprises chemists, physicists, and biochemists who work together to create and develop novel biosensing technologies, integrating them into real-life bioapplications. Mainly focusing on Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) with lanthanide complexes, lanthanide nanoparticles, quantum dot nanocrystals, and organic dyes. More information can be found here.

Eva Hemmer

University of Ottawa, Canada

ORCID: 0000-0002-9222-1219

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 Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS-EMT, Montreal, 2012-2015). In the winter of 2016, Eva came to 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, accompanied by chemically controlled synthesis via microwave-assisted routes, surface chemistry, and understanding of structure-property relationships. She received the 2021 Jubilee Global Diversity Award of the American Ceramic Society (Engineering Ceramics Division) and the 2021 Early-career Achievement Award in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology by NanoOntario.

Fiorenzo Vetrone

Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada

ORCID: 0000-0002-3222-3052

Professor Vetrone received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Concordia University followed by postdoctoral fellowships funded by the Royal Society (UK) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada. He was appointed Assistant Professor of Nanobiotechnology at Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications (INRS-EMT) in October 2010 and promoted to Associate Professor in June 2015. He was hired to develop an ambitious and vigorous research programme at the vanguard of nanomaterials research and their implementation in the life sciences and nanomedicine. The overarching theme of his research group is to develop multifunctional nanoplatforms, excited by near-infrared light, to simultaneously trigger other light activated modalities.

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Nanocatalysis Beyond CO2 Activation

Nanoscale Advances with the guidance and support of Guest Editors Professor Yude Su (University of Science & Technology of China) and Professor Yanwei Lum (National University of Singapore) are proud to present a collection of manuscripts on Nanocatalysis Beyond CO2 Activation, including but not limited to nitrogen reduction, upgrading of biomass derived molecules and hydrogen peroxide production. Of interest here is the important role that nanoscience can play in the development of electrocatalytic materials to efficiently facilitate these reactions.

 

We would like to highlight the following papers;

Boosting activity and selectivity of glycerol oxidation over platinum–palladium–silver electrocatalysts via surface engineering
Yongfang Zhou, Yi Shen*, Xuanli Luo, Guo Liu & Yong Cao
Nanoscale Adv., 2020,2, 3423-3430
A series of platinum–palladium–silver nanoparticles with tunable structures were synthesized for glycerol electro-oxidation in both alkaline and acidic solutions.

Nanomaterials for the electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction under ambient conditions
Juan Wen, Linqing Zuo, Haodong Sun, Xiongwei Wu, Ting Huang, Zaichun Liu, Jing Wang*, Lili Liu*, Yuping Wu*, Xiang Liu &Teunis van Ree
Nanoscale Adv., 2021,3, 5525-5541
Low-dimensional nanomaterials make the road to electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction clearer!

Pd/Ni-metal–organic framework-derived porous carbon nanosheets for efficient CO oxidation over a wide pH range
Adewale K. Ipadeola, Kamel Eid,*, Aboubakr M. Abdullah*, Rashid S. Al-Hajri* & Kenneth I. Ozoemena*
Nanoscale Adv., 2022,4, 5044-5055
Ni-MOF-derived hierarchical porous carbon nanosheets (Ni-MOF/PC) decorated with Pd nanocrystals (Pd/Ni-MOF/PC) have high electrocatalytic CO oxidation activity in KOH, HClO4, and NaHCO3 electrolytes than Pd/C and Pd/Ni-MOF/C.

Synthesis of polyoxometalate-pillared Zn–Cr layered double hydroxides for photocatalytic CO2 reduction and H2O oxidation
Xiaotong Zhao, Haoyang Jiang*, Yongcheng Xiao & Miao Zhong*
Nanoscale Adv., 2024,6, 1241-1245
This study explores the use of polyoxometalate (POM)-pillared Zn–Cr layered double hydroxides (LDHs) as photocatalysts in CO2 reduction and H2O oxidation. The findings indicate that LDH pillared withSiW12O404− demonstrate promoted photocatalytic performance compared to conventional LDHs intercalated with NO3− andCO32− anions.

This collection is complimentary to other catalysis collections within the Nanoscale journal family and helps to showcase the broad, pioneering and seminal works being published within the field of Catalysis at the Nano scale, such as ‘Photocatalytic Materials for Clean Energy, Renewable Chemicals production, and Sustainable Catalysis’ in Nanoscale Advances, which has recently been promoted in Nanoscale Advances, Photocatalytic Materials for Clean Energy, Renewable Chemicals production, and Sustainable Catalysis Home (rsc.org) and ‘nanocatalysis’ currently ongoing in Nanoscale Nanocatalysis Home (rsc.org)

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Photocatalytic Materials for Clean Energy, Renewable Chemicals Production, and Sustainable Catalysis

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We are delighted to introduce our new themed collection focusing on Photocatalytic Materials for Clean Energy, Renewable Chemicals Production, and Sustainable Catalysis!

Guest Edited by Rajeev Ahuja (Uppsala University, Sweden) and Rajendra Srivastava (Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India)

This collection features research on photocatalytic materials for green or sustainable applications. A small selection of the papers are featured below, all open access and free to read.

 

Manipulation of interfacial charge dynamics for metal–organic frameworks toward advanced photocatalytic applications
Chien-Yi Wang, Huai-En Chang, Cheng-Yu Wang, Tomoyuki Kurioka, Chun-Yi Chen, Tso-Fu Mark Chang, Masato Sone and Yung-Jung Hsu
Nanoscale Adv., 2024,6, 1039-1058. DOI: 10.1039/D3NA00837A
Bioinspired graphene-based metal oxide nanocomposites for photocatalytic and electrochemical performances: an updated review
Ajay K. Potbhare, S. K. Tarik Aziz, Mohd. Monis Ayyub, Aniket Kahate, Rohit Madankar, Sneha Wankar, Arnab Dutta, Ahmed Abdala, Sami H. Mohmood, Rameshwar Adhikari and Ratiram G. Chaudhary
Nanoscale Adv., 2024,6, 2539-2568. DOI: 10.1039/D3NA01071F
Phase controlled green synthesis of wurtzite (P63mc) ZnO nanoparticles: interplay of green ligands with precursor anions, anisotropy and photocatalysis
Lahur Mani Verma, Ajay Kumar, Aejaz Ul Bashir, Upanshu Gangwar, Pravin P. Ingole and Satyawati Sharma
Nanoscale Adv., 2024,6, 155-169. DOI: 10.1039/D3NA00596H

 

We hope you enjoy reading this themed collection!

 

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At Nanoscale Advances, 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 here.

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Frontiers in Stimuli-Responsive Nanoplatforms

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We are delighted to introduce our new themed collection focusing on Frontiers in Stimuli-Responsive Nanoplatforms!

Guest Edited by Prof. Juan C. Cruz (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia) and Prof. Luis H. Reyes (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia).

 

This collection focuses on the recent developments and novel approaches in stimuli-responsive nanoplatforms for drug delivery. Papers highlight the design, synthesis, and application of these nanoplatforms, with an emphasis on their potential to transform therapeutic delivery methods.

A small selection of the papers are featured below, all open access and free to read.

 

 

Long-term in vivo dissolution of thermo- and pH-responsive, 19F magnetic resonance-traceable and injectable polymer implants
Natalia Jirát-Ziółkowska, Martin Vít, Ondřej Groborz, Kristýna Kolouchová, David Červený, Ondřej Sedláček and Daniel Jirák
Nanoscale Adv., 2024,6, 3041-3051. DOI: 10.1039/D4NA00212A
In vitro profiling and molecular dynamics simulation studies of berberine loaded MCM-41 mesoporous silica nanoparticles to prevent neuronal apoptosis
Anurag Kumar Singh, Snigdha Singh, Tarun Minocha, Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, Reema Narayan, Usha Yogendra Nayak, Santosh Kumar Singh and Rajendra Awasthi
Nanoscale Adv., 2024,6, 2469-2486. DOI: 10.1039/D3NA01142A
A new vision of photothermal therapy assisted with gold nanorods for the treatment of mammary cancers in adult female rats
Hend Gamal, Walid Tawfik, Hassan IH El-Sayyad, Ahmed N. Emam, Heba Mohamed Fahmy and Heba A. El-Ghaweet
Nanoscale Adv., 2024,6, 170-187. DOI: 10.1039/D3NA00595J

We hope you enjoy reading this themed collection!

 

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At Nanoscale Advances, 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 here.

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Open Call for Papers: Nanophotonics, Plasmonics, and Nano-optics

We are delighted to announce an open call for papers to our new themed collection focusing on advanced nanophotonics, plasmonics, and nano-optics!

 

This collection aims to highlight recent breakthroughs and innovative research in the manipulation of light at the nanoscale, including the development of novel nanostructures, enhancement of light-matter interactions, and applications in sensing, imaging, and information processing. We look forward to featuring research that unveils novel processes, phenomena, and discoveries. Although application-oriented studies are welcome, we are especially eager to receive submissions that explore new and intriguing aspects of fundamental science. Topics include but are not limited to,

  • Optical nanoantennas
  • Light-matter interaction
  • Quantum optics
  • Near-field optics
  • Nonlinear optics
  • Anomalies in light scattering
  • Spectroscopy and microscopy of materials
  • Optical sensors
  • Nanofabrication techniques
  • New techniques and methods of analysis
  • Advanced imaging
  • Nano-optical trapping
  • Optics and transport in nanomaterials
  • Functional nanophotonics
  • Optical response of advanced nanostructured materials
  • Nanofunctional photonic composites and self-organised nanostructures
  • Ultrafast opto-induced magnetism

Submit before 31 March 2025

If you are interested in contributing to this collection, please get in touch with the Editorial Office.

Please note that article processing charges apply to all articles submitted to Nanoscale Advances if, following peer-review, they are accepted for publication, unless your institute has an existing agreement with the RSC that covers publications in our gold open access journals. Details of the APC and discounted rates can be found here. Corresponding authors who are not already members of the Royal Society of Chemistry are entitled to one year’s Affiliate membership as part of their APC. Find out more about our member benefits.

 

This themed collection is Guest Edited by:

Viktoriia Babicheva

University of New Mexico

ORCID: 0000-0002-0789-5738

Viktoriia is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico.Before starting at UNM, she worked at the University of Arizona, Georgia State, and Purdue Universities. Her research interests are nanophotonics, plasmonics, and metamaterials and more information can be found here.

Yu-Jung (Yuri) Lu

Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica

ORCID: 0000-0002-3932-653X

Dr. Yu-Jung Lu is an Associate Research Fellow at the Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at National Taiwan University. She earned her Ph.D. in Physics from National Tsing Hua University, in 2013, and later joined Prof. Harry Atwater’s research group at Caltech as a postdoctoral researcher from 2015 to 2017. Dr. Lu is a renowned materials physicist who specializes in active plasmonics, nanophotonics, and metasurfaces. Her research focuses on plasmonic nanodevices that enable the harvesting, generation, and manipulation of light at the nanoscale.

Alexander Shalin

Suzhou City University

ORCID: 0000-0003-0038-5273

His research interests cover theoretical near-field optics, optics of nanoobjects, nanophotonics, plasmonics, optical forces and tweezers, NEMs, optical properties of heterogeneous media and metamaterials, optical transparency, antireflection coatings, metasurfaces, light-trapping coatings.

Dattatray Late

CSIR National Chemical Laboratory, India

ORCID: 0000-0003-3007-7220

His interests cover the synthesis of various 1D nanowires / nanotubes & 2D (Nanosheets, thin films) nanomaterials for various applications such as sensors, supercapacitors, Light Emitting diodes (LEDs), photodetectors, nano-switches, nonvolatile memory devices, Li-ion batteries, catalysts for water splitting applications, and more.

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Congratulations to the winners of the RSC poster prizes at ISMPC 2024

The 7th International Symposium on Monolayer-Protected Clusters (ISMPC 2024) took place in State College, PA, USA from 12–14 June 2024. Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances were pleased to support best poster awards at this event and we would like to congratulate our winners!

Photos of the poster prizes being awarded at ISMPC. Left photo shows Christine Aikens (left) and Maya Khatun (right). Right photo shows Christine Aikens (left) and Yuto Fukumoto (right).

Photos of the poster prizes being awarded at ISMPC. Left photo shows Christine Aikens (left) and Maya Khatun (right). Right photo shows Christine Aikens (left) and Yuto Fukumoto (right).

 

Learn more about our poster prize awardees below:

Photo of Maya Khatun.

Nanoscale Horizons Poster Prize

Maya Khatun (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
Poster Title: “Effect of Water on the Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Inosine Mutant DNA Stabilized Silver Cluster”

Maya Khatun was born in West Bengal, India. She received her bachelor’s (2014) and master’s (2016) degrees in chemistry from Aligarh Muslim University, India. In 2017, she joined the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, as a PhD student under Dr. Anoop Ayyappan. Her PhD research focuses on implementing a cluster-building algorithm using random search and the Tabu-Search algorithm to optimize atomic clusters, specifically studying nanoclusters of Pd, Au, and Pt. She also assesses various DFT and ab initio methods to identify efficient approaches for studying boron group clusters and gold thiolates. In 2023, she joined the Department of Physics at Jyväskylä University, Finland, as a postdoctoral researcher under Prof. Hannu Häkkinen. Her current research focuses on NIR-emitting, biocompatible nanosystems like DNA-wrapped silver clusters, emphasizing their electronic structure and physical properties for biomedical applications.

 

 

Photo of Yuto Fukumoto.

Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances Poster Prize

Yuto Fukumoto (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Poster Title: “Synthesis of diphosphine-protected IrAu12 cluster with open site(s) and linkage by diisocyanide linker”

Yuto Fukumoto received his B.S. degree from the University of Tokyo in 2023 and is currently a master’s student at the University of Tokyo under the supervision of Professor Tatsuya Tsukuda. He is interested in the synthesis of well-defined assemblies of metal clusters and the exploration of novel properties arising from these assemblies. He is currently developing a targeted synthesis of ligand-bridged assemblies of gold clusters with predefined open sites for bridging.

 

 

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Nanoclusters – From Theory to Application

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We are delighted to introduce our new themed collection titled Nanoclusters – From Theory to Application!

Guest Edited by Yi Gao (Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China), Daojian Cheng (Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China) and Zhigang Wang (Jilin University, China).

 

 

This themed collection in Nanoscale Advances focuses on nanoparticles with unique and tuneable properties depending on their sizes, structures, and compositions.

A small selection of the papers are featured below, all open access.

Characterizing polyproline II conformational change of collagen superhelix unit on adsorption on gold surface
Yuntao Li, Jinrong Yang and Xiao He
Nanoscale Adv., 2023, 5, 5322-5331. DOI: 10.1039/D3NA00185G

Infrared spectroscopic study of solvation and size effects on reactions between water molecules and neutral rare-earth metals
Tiantong Wang, Shangdong Li, Wenhui Yan, Shuai Jiang, Hua Xie, Gang Li and Ling Jiang
Nanoscale Adv., 2023, 5, 6626-6634. DOI: 10.1039/D3NA00873H

Modeling size and edge functionalization of MXene-based quantum dots and their effect on electronic and magnetic properties
Barbora Vénosová and František Karlický
Nanoscale Adv., 2023, 5, 7067-7076. DOI: 10.1039/D3NA00474K

 

We hope you enjoy reading this themed collection!

 

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At Nanoscale Advances, 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 here.

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Nanomaterials for Gas Sensing and Delivery

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We are delighted to introduce our new themed collection focusing on nanomaterials for gas sensing and delivery!

Guest Edited by Dr Run Zhang (The University of Queensland, Australia) Dr Songjun Zeng (Hunan Normal University, China) and Associate Professor Rona Chandrawati (University of New South Wales, Australia)

 

 

This themed collection in Nanoscale Advances aims to provide a forum for recent trends in the rapidly evolving field of nanomaterials for gas sensing and delivery.

A small selection of the papers are featured below, all open access.

Graphene-based chemiresistive gas sensors
Patrick Recum and Thomas Hirsch
Nanoscale Adv., 2024, 6, 11-31. DOI: 10.1039/D3NA00423F

Embedding Pd into SnO2 drastically enhances gas sensing
Katarzyna Jabłczyńska, Alexander Gogos, Christian M. P. Kubsch and Sotiris E. Pratsinis
Nanoscale Adv., 2024, 6, 1259-1268. DOI: 10.1039/ D3NA00558E

Role of graphene quantum dots with discrete band gaps on SnO2 nanodomes for NO2 gas sensors with an ultralow detection limit
Jinho Lee, Minsu Park, Young Geun Song, Donghwi Cho, Kwangjae Lee, Young-Seok Shim and Seokwoo Jeon
Nanoscale Adv., 2023, 5, 2767-2775. DOI: 10.1039/D2NA00925K

 

We hope you enjoy reading this themed collection!

 

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At Nanoscale Advances, 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 here.

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Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Vanderbilt University

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Vanderbilt University

Guest edited by De-en Jiang, Janet E. Macdonald and Sharon M. Weiss

Piran R. Kidambi et al’s cover for their article on ultra-thin proton conducting carrier layers for scalable integration of atomically thin 2D materials with proton exchange polymers for next-generation PEMs.

We were delighted to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Vanderbilt University at the end of last year and into the start of 2024 with a special collection in Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances highlighting the breadth of high-quality work from the institute and commemorating the university’s sesquicentennial. We’re pleased to share this excellent collection of research and reviews with you, providing a snapshot of the nanoscale science and engineering research from Vanderbilt faculty, alumni, and collaborators in 2023 and 2024.

We’re also delighted to showcase the work of Piran R. Kidambi et al, which featured on the cover of Nanoscale!

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 August 2024.

Read the collection

Professors De-en Jiang, Janet Macdonald and Sharon Weiss served as guest editors for this collection and highlight the history of Vanderbilt University and the significance of the Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) in their introductory editorial.

Photos of De-en Jiang, Janet Macdonald and Sharon Weiss.

Read the introductory editorial

All of the articles in the collection are free to access until the end of August 2024. Read some of the featured articles below.

Graphical abstract image for ‘Phonon vortices at heavy impurities in two-dimensional materials’.

Phonon vortices at heavy impurities in two-dimensional materials
De-Liang Bao, Mingquan Xu, Ao-Wen Li, Gang Su, Wu Zhou and Sokrates T. Pantelides
Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D3NH00433C

 

Graphical abstract image for ‘Role of carboxylates in the phase determination of metal sulfide nanoparticles’.

Role of carboxylates in the phase determination of metal sulfide nanoparticles
Andrey A. Shults, Guanyu Lu, Joshua D. Caldwell and Janet E. Macdonald
Nanoscale Horiz., 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D3NH00227F

 

Graphical abstract image for ‘Engineering endosomolytic nanocarriers of diverse morphologies using confined impingement jet mixing’.

Engineering endosomolytic nanocarriers of diverse morphologies using confined impingement jet mixing
Hayden M. Pagendarm, Payton T. Stone, Blaise R. Kimmel, Jessalyn J. Baljon, Mina H. Aziz, Lucinda E. Pastora, Lauren Hubert, Eric W. Roth, Sultan Almunif, Evan A. Scott and John T. Wilson
Nanoscale, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D3NR02874G

 

Graphical abstract image for ‘Hyperspectral mapping of nanoscale photophysics and degradation processes in hybrid perovskite at the single grain level’.

Hyperspectral mapping of nanoscale photophysics and degradation processes in hybrid perovskite at the single grain level
Ethan J. Taylor, Vasudevan Iyer, Bibek S. Dhami, Clay Klein, Benjamin J. Lawrie and Kannatassen Appavoo
Nanoscale Adv., 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D3NA00529A

 

Nanoscale Horizons and Nanoscale are high-impact international journals, publishing high-quality experimental and theoretical work across the breadth of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Nanoscale Advances is our gold open access member of the nanoscale journal family. Our broad scope covers cross-community research that bridges various disciplines, and the journal series allows full coverage of interdisciplinary advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology. We hope you will consider Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances for your future submissions.

We hope you enjoy reading this collection and look forward to showcasing more work from Vanderbilt faculty and alumni in the future. Please continue to submit your exciting work to Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances.

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