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Professor Jinlan Wang joins the Associate Editor team

Professor Jinlan Wang joins the Associate Editor team

Welcome to Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances!

 

Professor Jinlan Wang

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.

 

Submit your latest research to Professor Wang’s Editorial Office

 

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

Best wishes,

Dr Heather Montgomery Dr Anna Rulka
Managing Editor, Nanoscale Executive Editor, Nanoscale Advances
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Editor’s Choice: Computational studies of nanomaterials for energy, catalysis and electronics

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.

 

Professor Xiao Cheng Zeng

“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.”

 

Read the collection

 

We hope you enjoy reading these articles.

Best wishes,

Professor Xiao Cheng Zeng

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

 

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Editor’s Choice: Recent breakthroughs in nanobiotechnology

Recent breakthroughs in nanobiotechnology

A collection of articles selected by Yves Dufrêne

Professor Yves Dufrêne, UCLouvain, Belgium, an Associate Editor for Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances, presents an online article collection featuring his highlights of the latest research published in these journals on nanobiotechnology.

 

Professor Yves Dufrêne

“Nanobiotechnology is an exciting, rapidly evolving research field, which is predicted to have a dramatic impact on human activities, whether scientific, economical or societal. Nanomedicine, the medical application of nanotechnology, offers new opportunities to fight a range of diseases, including cancers and microbial infections. Progress in nanobiotechnology and nanomedicine strongly relies on the development of advanced tools and approaches for probing and manipulating biosystems, from single molecules to cells and tissues.

 

Proceeding from fundamental studies to medical applications, this collection of research and review articles published in Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances provides a snapshot of recent progress made in the nanobio field, covering the development of innovative methodologies, nanotechniques and nanomaterials, such as biosensors, nanoscale and single-molecule characterization techniques, nanoparticles, drug encapsulation, biomedical nanomaterials, and micro- and nanopatterning, as well as the application of these new developments to DNA, proteins, microbes, cells, and to the design of novel therapies against cancer, bacteria and viruses.”

 

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We hope you enjoy reading these articles.

Best wishes,

Professor Yves Dufrêne

UCLouvain, Belgium

 

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Editor’s Choice: Thermoelectric nanostructures

Thermoelectric nanostructures

A collection of articles selected by Jin Zou

Professor Jin Zou, University of Queensland, Australia and Associate Editor for Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances, presents an online article collection featuring his highlights of the latest research published in the journals on thermoelectric nanostructures.

 

Professor Jin Zou“The development of thermoelectric materials has been considered as a key sustainable solution in dealing with the global energy dilemma by harvesting electricity from waste heat. Nanostructuring is a critical approach to enhance thermoelectric properties and coupled with other strategies, the development of thermoelectric nanostructures has been an active research discipline in exploring high-performance energy materials.

 

In this online collection, we have selected an array of thermoelectric nanomaterials related research articles and reviews recently published in Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances, providing informative examples on the design and realization of thermoelectric materials with improved performance through theoretical modelling and/or experiments. In these articles, rich strategies have been demonstrated or proposed to enhance thermoelectric performance. Detailed correlations between observed properties with determined structural and chemical characteristics of thermoelectric materials allow the fundamental understanding of the nature of these materials, which, we hope, may inspire our readers in our wider nanocommunity.”

 

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We hope you enjoy reading these articles.

Best wishes,

Professor Jin Zou

University of Queensland, Australia

 

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Editor’s Choice: Single-atom and nanocluster catalysis

Single-atom and nanocluster catalysis

A collection of articles selected by Manzhou Zhu

Professor Manzhou Zhu, Anhui University, China and Associate Editor for Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances, presents an online article collection featuring his highlights of the latest research published in the journals on single-atom and nanocluster catalysis.

Professor Manzhou Zhu

 

“Owing to their atomically precise structures and highly specific surface areas, continuing research on single-atom and nanocluster-based catalysts has been performed. This online themed collection focuses on single-atom and nanocluster catalysis, which is of major significance in elucidating the catalytic mechanisms as well as investigating new types of high-efficiency catalysts. We hope that the readers find this themed collection informative and useful.”

 

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We hope you enjoy reading these articles.

Best wishes,

Professor Manzhou Zhu

Anhui University, China

 

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Introducing the new Nanoscale Advances “Welcome to the community” article collection

This month we are celebrating authors who chose Nanoscale Advances as the destination for their research in 2020.  The “Welcome to the community” collection highlights authors who published with the RSC for the first time, and joined the Nanoscale Advances community.  We look forward to seeing the new research these authors will publish with the RSC in the months and years to come.

See the collection and read the articles

Below is a snapshot of some of the articles included.

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Review

Single-nanostructure bandgap engineering enabled by magnetic-pulling thermal evaporation growth
Jinyou Xu, Xingyu Wang and Richard Nötzel
Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 4305-4322
DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00595A

 

Communication

Quenching of nonlinear photoacoustic signal generation in gold nanoparticles through coating
Genny A. Pang, Christoph Haisch and Jan Laufer
Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 2699-2704
DOI: 10.1039/C9NA00205D

 

Paper

Evaluating the chemical exfoliation of lithium cobalt oxide using UV-Vis spectroscopy
Kevin Pachuta, Emily Pentzer and Alp Sehirlioglu
Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 5362-5374
DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00755B

 

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Nanoscale Advances ‘Popular Advances’ collection

‘Popular Advances’ collection – May additions

The Nanoscale Advances ‘Popular Advances’ collection recognises the most well received papers published in the journal so far.  New papers are added monthly, and we will keep you up to date here with new additions each month.

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May highlights

 

Review

Folding and self-assembly of short intrinsically disordered peptides and protein regions

Pablo G. Argudo and Juan J. Giner-Casares

Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 1789-1812

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00941E

 

Paper

Surface passivation of organometal halide perovskites by atomic layer deposition: an investigation of the mechanism of efficient inverted planar solar cells

Ran Zhao, Kai Zhang, Jiahao Zhu, Shuang Xiao, Wei Xiong, Jian Wang, Tanghao Liu, Guichuan Xing, Kaiyang Wang, Shihe Yang and Xinwei Wang

Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 2305-2315

DOI: 10.1039/D1NA00075F

 


April highlights

 

Mini review

Recent advances in plasmonic nanocavities for single-molecule spectroscopy

Nicolò Maccaferri, Grégory Barbillon, Alemayehu Nana Koya, Guowei Lu, Guillermo P. Acuna and Denis Garoli

Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 633-642

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00715C

 

Paper

Phosphorescent MoS2 quantum dots as a temperature sensor and security ink

Manivannan Madhu, Chi-Yu Lu and Wei-Lung Tseng

Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 661-667

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00730G

 


March highlights

 

Review

Progress in polymers and polymer composites used as efficient materials for EMI shielding

Ján Kruželák, Andrea Kvasničáková, Klaudia Hložeková and Ivan Hudec

Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 123-172

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00760A

 

Mini review

Peptide-based nanomaterials for gene therapy

Wei Zhang, Qing Chen, Feng Wu, Jun Dai, Defang Ding, Jun Wu, Xiaoding Lou and Fan Xia

Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 302-310

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00899K

 

Paper

Synthesis of high quality 2D carbide MXene flakes using a highly purified MAX precursor for ink applications

Shi-Hyun Seok, Seungjun Choo, Jinsung Kwak, Hyejin Ju, Ju-Hyoung Han, Woo-Seok Kang, Joonsik Lee, Se-Yang Kim, Do Hee Lee, Jungsoo Lee, Jaewon Wang, Seunguk Song, Wook Jo, Byung Mun Jung, Han Gi Chae, Jae Sung Son and Soon-Yong Kwon

Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 517-527

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00398K


February highlights

 

Review

Synthesis, characterisation and applications of core–shell carbon–hexagonal boron nitride nanotubes

Ruth Sang Jones, Barbara Maciejewska and Nicole Grobert

Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 4996-5014

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00583E

 

Communication

Core@shell Sb@Sb2O3 nanoparticles anchored on 3D nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets as advanced anode materials for Li-ion batteries

Xian Chen, Liang Wang, Feng Ma, Tanyuan Wang, Jiantao Han, Yunhui Huang and Qing Li

Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 5578-5583

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00711K

 

Communication

High power Na3V2(PO4)3 symmetric full cell for sodium-ion batteries

Milan K. Sadan, Anupriya K. Haridas, Huihun Kim, Changhyeon Kim, Gyu-Bong Cho, Kwon-Koo Cho, Jou-Hyeon Ahn and Hyo-Jun Ahn

Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 5166-5170

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00729C

 


January highlights

 

Review

Development of biological metal–organic frameworks designed for biomedical applications: from bio-sensing/bio-imaging to disease treatment

Huai-Song Wang, Yi-Hui Wang and Ya Ding

Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 3788-3797

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00557F

 

Communication

Disulfide exchange assisted self-healing epoxy/PDMS/graphene oxide nanocomposites

Balaji Krishnakumar, Manjeet Singh, Vijay Parthasarthy, Chanwook Park, Nanda Gopal Sahoo, Gun Jin Yun and Sravendra Rana

Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 2726-2730

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00282H

 

Paper

Thermally induced intra-molecular transformation and metalation of free-base porphyrin on Au(111) surface steered by surface confinement and ad-atoms

Dipayan Sen, Piotr Błoński, Bruno de la Torre, Pavel Jelínek and Michal Otyepka

Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 2986-2991

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00401D

 

 


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Introducing the new Nanoscale Advances “Quantum and carbon dots” article collection

We are continuing to share with you a selection of articles from the most popular topics in Nanoscale Advances so far.  Our previously announced topical collections featuring articles on “Photocatalysis and Photoelectrochemistry” and “Supercapacitors”, are both free to access online.

Today we are announcing a new collection exploring the work published so far in Nanoscale Advances on “Quantum and carbon dots”.

Below is a selection of articles featured in the collection.  Access the full collection for free here.

 

Review

A review on the cytotoxicity of graphene quantum dots: from experiment to simulation
Lijun Liang, Xiangming Peng, Fangfang Sun, Zhe Kong and Jiawei Shen
Nanoscale Adv., 2021, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00904K

 

Communication

The quantum dot-FRET-based detection of vitamin B12 at a picomolar level
Sabyasachi Pramanik, Shilaj Roy and Satyapriya Bhandari
Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 3809-3814
DOI: 10.1039/C9NA00521H

 

Paper

Surface vs. core N/S/Se-heteroatom doping of carbon nanodots produces divergent yet consistent optical responses to reactive oxygen species
Xu Geng, Thomas R. Congdon, Palapuravan Anees, Andrea A. Greschner, Fiorenzo Vetrone and Marc A. Gauthier
Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 4024-4033
DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00439A

 

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Introducing the new Nanoscale Advances “Supercapacitors” article collection

With 2020 well underway we thought to look back and share with you a selection of articles from the most popular topics in Nanoscale Advances so far.  Our first collection featured articles exploring “Photocatalysis and Photoelectrochemistry”, and are all free to access online.

Today we are announcing a new collection exploring the work published so far in Nanoscale Advances on “Supercapacitors”.

Below is a selection of articles featured in the collection.  Access the full collection for free here.

 

Review

Progress in supercapacitors: roles of two dimensional nanotubular materials
Pritam Kumar Panda, Anton Grigoriev, Yogendra Kumar Mishra and Rajeev Ahuja
Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 70-108
DOI: 10.1039/C9NA00307J

Communication

Engineering doping-vacancy double defects and insights into the conversion mechanisms of an Mn–O–F ultrafine nanowire anode for enhanced Li/Na-ion storage and hybrid capacitors
Yongfa Huang, Rui Ding, Danfeng Ying, Wei Shi, Yuxi Huang, Caini Tan, Xiujuan Sun, Ping Gao and Enhui Liu
Nanoscale Adv., 2019, 1, 4669-4678
DOI: 10.1039/ C9NA00521H

Paper

Phytic acid controlled in situ synthesis of amorphous cobalt phosphate/carbon composite as anode materials with a high mass loading for symmetrical supercapacitor: amorphization of the electrode to boost the energy density
Taewoo Kim, Arjun Prasad Tiwari, Kisan Chhetri, Gunendra Prasad Ojha, Hyoju Kim, Su-Hyeong Chae, Bipeen Dahal, Byoung Min Lee, Tanka Mukhiya and Hak Yong Kim
Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 4918-4929
DOI: 10.1039/ D0NA00670J

 

We hope you enjoy reading these articles!

 

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Dr Dong Qin joins the Associate Editor team

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!

 

Please join us in welcoming Dr Qin to Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances!

Best wishes,

Dr Charlotte Marshall                          Dr Ania Rulka

Managing Editor, Nanoscale                  Executive Editor, Nanoscale Advances

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