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Nanomedicine Unlocks Novel Cancer Vaccine with a Dual Immunogenic Effect

Nanomedicine Unlocks Novel Cancer Vaccine with a Dual Immunogenic Effect

An infographic highlighting nanoprodrug-based in situ cancer vaccines

We would like to share an infographic highlighting the excellent work by Ping’an Ma, Jun Lin et al. on a strategy to develop in situ cancer vaccines via dual immunogenic cell death induced by amorphous iron oxide-packaged oxaliplatin nanoprodrugs! Check out the infographic below to learn more or get the full story from their Nanoscale article.

Tumor microenvironment-triggered in situ cancer vaccines inducing dual immunogenic cell death for elevated antitumor and antimetastatic therapy
Binbin Ding, Pan Zheng, Dong Li, Meifang Wang, Fan Jiang, Zhanfeng Wang, Ping’an Ma and Jun Lin
Nanoscale, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1NR02018H

An infographic summarising the content of the article “Tumor microenvironment-triggered in situ cancer vaccines inducing dual immunogenic cell death for elevated antitumor and antimetastatic therapy"

Meet the authors

Dr Binbin Ding Binbin Ding (丁彬彬)

Binbin Ding (丁彬彬) was born in Anhui, China, in 1991. He received his B.S. degree (2015) in Pharmaceutical Engineering from Hefei University of Technology, and his Ph.D. degree (2020) in Inorganic Chemistry under the guidance of Prof. Jun Lin at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. After graduation, he became an Assistant Professor in Prof. Jun Lin’s group. Now as the first author, he has published over 10 of papers in Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Nano Lett., Chem. Mater., Nanoscale, etc. His current research focuses on the synthesis and bioapplications of nanoadjuvants.

Professor Ping'an Ma Ping’an Ma (马平安)

Ping’an Ma (马平安) was born in Jilin, China, in 1982. He received his B.S. degree in Biology in 2005 at Northeast Normal University, and his Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry in 2010 at Northeast Normal University. After graduation, he became an Assistant Professor in Prof. Jun Lin’s group and was promoted to Professor in 2020. Now he as the first author or corresponding author has published over 40 of papers in Adv. Mater., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Mater. Today, Nano Lett., Adv. Sci., Biomaterials, Chem. Mater., Small, Nanoscale, etc. His research focuses on the synthesis and application of multifunctional inorganic nanoparticles for bioapplication, particularly the design and mechanism of platinum-based anticancer drugs.

Professor Jun Lin Jun Lin (林君)

Jun Lin (林君) was born in Changchun, China, in 1966. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Jilin University, and a Ph.D. degree in Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (1995). His postdoctoral studies were performed at the City University of Hong Kong (1996), Institute of New Materials (Germany, 1997), Virginia Commonwealth University (USA, 1998), and University of New Orleans (USA, 1999). He has been working as a Professor at CIAC since 2000. His research interests include bulk- and nanostructured luminescent materials and multifunctional composite materials, together with their applications in display, lighting, and biomedical fields. So far he has published more than 700 peer-reviewed journal articles, such as Chem. Rev., Chem. Soc. Rev., Mater. Today, Nano Today, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Nat. Commun., Coord. Chem. Rev., Adv. Funct. Mater., ACS Nano, Biomaterials, Chem. Mater., Small, Nanoscale etc. (over 100 papers with IF > 10), and these articles have totally been cited over 55000 times by others with a personal H index of 124 (Google Scholar).

 

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New Ceria Nanoparticles to Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

New Ceria Nanoparticles to Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

An infographic highlighting ceria-based nanoparticles as intracellular antibacterial agents

We would like to share an infographic highlighting the excellent work by Inge K. Herrmann et al. on ceria/bioglass nanohybrids that significantly reduce bacterial survival inside human cells without harming the human cells, overcoming the major shortcomings of conventional antibiotics! Check out the infographic below to learn more or get the full story from their Nanoscale article.

Inorganic nanohybrids combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria hiding within human macrophages
Martin T. Matter, Meagan Doppegieter, Alexander Gogos, Kerda Keevend, Qun Ren and Inge K. Herrmann
Nanoscale, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR08285F

An infographic summarising the content of the article “Inorganic nanohybrids combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria hiding within human macrophages"

 

Meet the authors

Dr Martin T Matter

Martin T. Matter

Dr Martin T. Matter completed his BSc and MSc studies in Nanosciences at the University of Basel and pursued his doctoral studies in nanostructured surgical materials at ETH Zurich and Empa St. Gallen. Since 2020, he is working on translating a nanoparticle-based wound care platform technology from the lab to clinics. He has been awarded the ETH medal and MaP award for his outstanding doctoral thesis, the Empa Innovation Award, and the Swiss Nanotech Startup Award.

Professor Inge K Herrmann Inge K. Herrmann

Inge K. Herrmann is a chemical engineer with additional training in (pre)clinical research. After graduating with a PhD from ETH Zurich, she underwent further training at the University Hospital Zurich (USZ), the University of Illinois (US) and the Imperial College London (UK). Since 2015, she is heading a research group at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) specialized on nanoscale materials and devices for healthcare. In 2019, she joined the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering as an assistant professor at ETH Zurich where she is heading the Nanoparticle Systems Engineering Lab. She has spearheaded several translational nanomedicine projects, and serves as a scientific advisor of the spin-offs hemotune, anavo and veltist commercializing technologies emerging from her lab. Inge has won various prestigious awards, including the Bayer Healthcare Award and the Johnson & Johnson Award, the Swiss National Science Foundation Eccellenza Fellowship, the Empa Innovation Award 2020 and the ETH Zurich Dandelion Award 2021 for interdisciplinary collaboration and entrepreneurship.

 

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RSC Chemical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Network Annual Symposium

In mid-January 2022, the RSC Chemical Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Network were delighted to welcome attendees to the annual symposium!

This annual flagship event of the RSC CNN Special Interest Group covers recent developments in fundamentals and applications of novel materials, with the aim to provide a forum of nanoscience and nanotechnology researchers to engage and exchange information, discuss challenges and build networks. Held in a hybrid format, more than 70 delegates attended in person at Burlington House in London, and many attendees dialed in to attend virtually.

 

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to the prize winners!

Congratulations to poster prize winner Ian Machado!

Congratulations to poster prize first runner-up Jennifer Gracie

Congratulations to poster prize runner-up Chengao Yue

 

An exciting new initiative from the RSC CNN interest group is coming in March 2022: a virtual Journal Club! If you’re on Twitter, follow @RSC__CNN to keep up to date.

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Microchip-Based Toolkit to Complement Protein Analysis Using Cryo-Electron Microscopy

Microchip-Based Toolkit to Complement Protein Analysis Using Cryo-Electron Microscopy

An infographic highlighting the structure determination of proteins including the first antibody binding site on the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) protein

We would like to share an infographic highlighting the excellent work by Deborah F. Kelly et al. on a microchip-based toolkit that performs complementary structural and biochemical analysis on low-molecular weight proteins alongside cryo-EM! Check out the infographic below to learn more or get the full story from their Nanoscale article.

Microchip-based structure determination of low-molecular weight proteins using cryo-electron microscopy
Michael A. Casasanta, G. M. Jonaid, Liam Kaylor, William Y. Luqiu, Maria J. Solares, Mariah L. Schroen, William J. Dearnaley, Jarad Wilson, Madeline J. Dukes and Deborah F. Kelly
Nanoscale, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1NR00388G

An infographic summarising the content of the article “Microchip-based structure determination of low-molecular weight proteins using cryo-electron microscopy"

Meet the authors

Dr Michael Casasanta

Michael Casasanta
Dr Michael Casasanta completed his PhD in Biochemistry at Virginia Tech and his post-doctoral training in Biomedical Engineering at Penn State University. Dr. Casasanta is currently a Senior Scientific Consultant working in the Boston area.
Professor Deb Kelly Deb Kelly
Dr Deb Kelly is a professor of Biomedical Engineering at Penn State University and the president-elect of the Microscopy Society of America. She directs the Center for Structural Oncology at the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences where she holds the Lloyd and Dottie Foehr Huck Chair in Molecular Biophysics. Dr. Kelly co-leads the Next-Generation Therapies research program at the Penn State Cancer Institute and also holds an appointment in the Materials Research Institute.

 

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Nanoscale: Looking back at 2021

Looking back at 2021

An overview of the exciting events, activities and news for Nanoscale from 2021

Now that 2021 has come to an end, we look back at some of the exciting events and activities that happened last year for Nanoscale. Thank you for your engagement in 2021, and for enabling the journal to continue to support the community. With your support, we look forward to another great year for the journal in 2022.

Board updates

We welcomed Professor Jinlan Wang, Southeast University, China, to the Editorial Board of Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances as an Associate Editor. Professor Shouheng Sun, Brown University, USA, and Professor Xiao Cheng Zeng, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA, completed their final terms as Associate Editors for Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances in 2022 and joined our Advisory Board. We would like to thank them both for their excellent service to the journal and community over many years.

Professor Jinlan Wang, Professor Shouheng Sun and Professor Xiao Cheng ZengAlong with Professor Sun and Professor Zeng, we welcomed seven other new Nanoscale Advisory Board members in order to better represent the ever-increasing diversity of our authors and readers.

  • Suryasarathi Bose, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
  • Wenlong Cheng, Monash University, Australia
  • Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, EPFL, Switzerland
  • Michael Sailor, University of California, San Diego, USA
  • Xiaoming Sun, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
  • Sarah Tolbert, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
  • Miqin Zhang, University of Washington, USA

A full list of the Nanoscale Advisory Board members can be found here.

Outstanding reviewers

Following on from recent years, Nanoscale once again recognised the significant contributions that our reviewers have made to the journal and highlighted the 2020 Outstanding Reviewers for Nanoscale in this Editorial.

Emerging investigators

In 2021, Nanoscale launched our inaugural Emerging Investigators themed collection, recognising the rising stars of nanoscience and nanotechnology in the early stages of their independent careers. Congratulations to all the featured researchers on their important work so far in the field. You can meet the featured authors in this Profile.

Themed collections

Nanoscale published six themed collections in 2021, and we have many more exciting themed collections planned.

Editor’s choice collections

Nanoscale published five Editor’s Choice Collections on topics selected by our Associate Editors. Look out for the upcoming collections that we will be publishing throughout 2022!

HOT articles

Finally, be sure to read the exciting articles featured in the 2021 Nanoscale HOT Article Collection.

 

The Nanoscale team wish you a Happy New Year!

 

With best wishes,

Dr Heather Montgomery

Managing Editor, Nanoscale

 

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Nanoscale 2022 Lunar New Year Collection

Lunar New Year collection

A collection of our most popular articles from Asia

To celebrate the Lunar New Year, we are delighted to highlight some of the most popular articles, determined by their citations and page views, published in Nanoscale last year by corresponding authors based in Asia.

Read the collection

All of the articles in the collection are free to access until the end of March 2022. Read some of the featured articles below.

2D metal–organic framework-based materials for electrocatalytic, photocatalytic and thermocatalytic applications
Yanpeng Xue, Gongchi Zhao, Ruiying Yang, Feng Chu, Juan Chen, Lei Wang and Xiubing Huang
Nanoscale, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR09064F

Towards a point-of-care SERS sensor for biomedical and agri-food analysis applications: a review of recent advancements
Jayakumar Perumal, Yusong Wang, Amalina Binte Ebrahim Attia, U. S. Dinish and Malini Olivo
Nanoscale, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR06832B

The flexibility-based modulation of DNA nanostar phase separation
Taehyun Lee, Sungho Do, Jae Gyung Lee, Do-Nyun Kim and Yongdae Shin
Nanoscale, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1NR03495B

An asymmetric sandwich structural cellulose-based film with self-supported MXene and AgNW layers for flexible electromagnetic interference shielding and thermal management
Bing Zhou, Qingtao Li, Penghui Xu, Yuezhan Feng, Jianmin Ma, Chuntai Liu and Changyu Shen
Nanoscale, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR07840A

Incorporating highly basic polyoxometalate anions comprising Nb or Ta into nanoscale reaction fields of porous ionic crystals
Zhewei Weng, Naoki Ogiwara, Takashi Kitao, Yuji Kikukawa, Yu Gao, Likai Yan and Sayaka Uchida
Nanoscale, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1NR04762K

 

We hope you enjoy reading these popular articles and wish you a happy Lunar New Year!

With best wishes,

Dr Heather Montgomery

Managing Editor, Nanoscale

 

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Call for Papers: Design and Function of Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances invite you to contribute to our new themed collection on the design and function of materials nanoarchitectonics.

Nanoarchitectonics refers to the creation of functional materials using nanoscale component units, encompassing fields such as nanostructured materials synthesis, supramolecular assembly, nanoscale structural fabrications, and materials hybridizations.

Find out more about nanoarchitectonics in this recent Focus article by Guest Editor Katsuhiko Ariga.

The Guest Editor team welcome submissions utilizing both theoretical and experimental methods. You are welcome to submit to either journal, and all published articles will be collated into a single online collection for promotion.

Find out more about Nanoscale here: www.rsc.li/nanoscale

Find out more about Nanoscale Advances* here: www.rsc.li/nanoscale-advances

 

Submit any time before 1st April 2022

 

Submit to Nanoscale

Submit to Nanoscale Advances

 

Please make sure you mention on the submission form that your contribution is intended for the nanoarchitectonics themed collection.

We welcome contributions of original research as a Communication or Full Paper. All submissions will be subject to initial assessment and rigorous peer review to meet the usual high standards of the journals.

 

 

*Nanoscale Advances is an international gold open access journal (impact factor 4.5), publishing research across the breadth of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Please note that article processing charges apply to all articles submitted to Nanoscale Advances if, following peer-review, they are accepted for publication. 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. 

 

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Editor’s Choice: Controlling anisotropy in nanomaterials

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.

Professor Shouheng Sun

 

“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.”

 

 

Read the collection

 

We hope you enjoy reading these articles.

Best wishes,

Professor Shouheng Sun

Brown University, USA

 

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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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