Nanoscale & Nanoscale Advances Blog

Nanoscale is delighted to present its current issue.

Size-dependent propagation of Au nanoclusters through few-layer graphene is the article highlighted on the outside front cover by Simon R. Plant, Lu Cao, Feng Yin, Zhi Wei Wang and Richard E. Palmer.

The inside front cover features an article on Curved polymer nanodiscs by wetting nanopores of anodic aluminum oxide templates with polymer nanospheres by Mu-Huan Chi, Yi-Huei Kao, Tzu-Hui Wei, Chih-Wei Lee and Jiun-Tai Chen.

Issue 3 contains the following Feature article:

Hollow/porous nanostructures derived from nanoscale metal–organic frameworks towards high performance anodes for lithium-ion batteries
Lin Hu and Qianwang Chen

Nanoscale is delighted to present its current issue:

One-step synthesis of carbon nanosheets converted from a polycyclic compound and their direct use as transparent electrodes of ITO-free organic solar cells is the article highlighted on the outside front cover by Su-Young Son, Yong-Jin Noh, Changsuk Bok, Sungho Lee, Byoung Gak Kim, Seok-In Na and Han-Ik Joh.

The inside front cover features an article on Synergistic influence of polyoxometalate surface corona towards enhancing the antibacterial performance of tyrosine-capped Ag nanoparticles by Hemant K. Daima, P. R. Selvakannan, Ahmad E. Kandjani, Ravi Shukla, Suresh K. Bhargava and Vipul Bansal.

Issue 2 contains the following Review article:

Nanomedicine: de novo design of nanodrugs
Zaixing Yang, Seung-gu Kang and Ruhong Zhou

Nanoscale is delighted to present its current issue.

Strong localized surface plasmon resonance effects of Ag/TiO 2 core–shell nanowire arrays in UV and visible light for photocatalytic activity is the article highlighted on the outside front cover by Hyeonjin Eom, Joo-Yun Jung, Yosep Shin, Sarah Kim, Jun-Hyuk Choi, Eungsug Lee, Jun-Ho Jeong and Inkyu Park.

The inside front cover features an article on Photocatalysts with internal electric fields by Li Li, Paul A. Salvador and Gregory S. Rohrer.

Issue 1 contains the following Review and Feature articles:

Semicondutor quantum dots-based metal ion probes
Peng Wu, Ting Zhao, Shanling Wang and Xiandeng Hou

Polymeric nanotherapeutics: clinical development and advances in stealth functionalization strategies
Che-Ming J. Hu, Ronnie H. Fang, Brian T. Luk and Liangfang Zhang

Rice- and butterfly-wing effect inspired self-cleaning and low drag micro/nanopatterned surfaces in water, oil, and air flow
Gregory D. Bixler and Bharat Bhushan

Tailoring photocatalytic nanostructures for sustainable hydrogen production
Matteo Cargnello and Benjamin T. Diroll

Polymer-directed synthesis of metal oxide-containing nanomaterials for electrochemical energy storage
Yiyong Mai, Fan Zhang and Xinliang Feng

The Royal Society of Chemistry’s Prizes and Awards recognise achievements by individuals, teams and organisations in advancing the chemical sciences. There are over 80 Prizes and Awards available covering all areas of the chemical sciences.

You still have time to make your nomination before the deadline on 15th January 2014

As well as the cash prize of up to £5,000 and an inscribed medal , all Prize and Award winners are given the opportunity to present their work to the wider community by giving lectures at several universities around the UK.

Prizes are available in the categories various categories, including Biosciences, Environment, Sustainability and Energy, Materials Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Industry & Technology.

Please nominate someone or be nominated by a Royal Society of Chemistry member by visiting

http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/2014-RSC-Prizes-Awards.asp

“The publicity associated with my RSC Award resulted in the increased recognition for all my great colleagues who contributed and supported this programme over the years.” Monica Papworth

Nano-structured carbon materials are key components for building advanced composite electrode materials which demonstrate intriguing properties. This makes carbon materials important electrode materials for energy storage devices, and provide the possibility to design versatile energy-related devices.

Nevertheless, optimization of the distribution of various nano-structured carbon within the electrode matrix is needed and further analysis of the role of carbon species within the electrode matrix is required.

In this Nanoscale paper, Chang Yu, Jieshan Qiu and co-workers at the Dalian University of Technology, China report in detail on the effects of carbon species within the electrode matrix on the electrochemical activity, in terms of pore structure, conductivity, and surface chemistry of carbon materials.

by Chang YU

The article is currently available as an Accepted Manuscript:

Nanohybrids from NiCoAl-LDH Coupled with Carbon for Pseudocapacitors: Understanding the Role of Nano-structured Carbon
Chang YU, Juan YANG, Changtai ZHAO, Xiaoming Fan, gang wang and Jieshan QIU
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05477B