Nanoscale & Nanoscale Advances Blog

Nanoscale is delighted to present its current issue.

Self-template construction of hollow Co3O4 microspheres from porous ultrathin nanosheets and efficient noble metal-free water oxidation catalysts is the article highlighted on the outside front cover by Jun Zhao, Yongcun Zou, Xiaoxin Zou, Tianyu Bai, Yipu Liu, Ruiqin Gao, Dejun Wang and Guo-Dong Li.

The inside front cover features an article on Catalytic nanomotors for environmental monitoring and water remediation by Lluís Soler and Samuel Sánchez.

Issue 13 contains the following Review, Minireview and Feature articles:

Functionalization of protein-based nanocages for drug delivery applications
Lise Schoonen and Jan C. M. van Hest

Towards highly efficient photoanodes: boosting sunlight-driven semiconductor nanomaterials for water oxidation
Jiayong Gan, Xihong Lu and Yexiang Tong

Catalytic nanomotors for environmental monitoring and water remediation
Lluís Soler and Samuel Sánchez

Nanostructuring with chirality: binaphthyl-based synthons for the production of functional oriented nanomaterials
Marco Caricato, Arvind K. Sharma, Carmine Coluccini and Dario Pasini

Nanoscale is delighted to present its current issue.

Towards waste free organic synthesis using nanostructured hybrid silicas is the article highlighted on the outside front cover by Rosaria Ciriminna, Laura M. Ilharco, Valerica Pandarus, Alexandra Fidalgo, François Béland and Mario Pagliaro.

The inside front cover features an article on Nanowire array chips for molecular typing of rare trafficking leukocytes with application to neurodegenerative pathology by Minsuk Kwak, Dong-Joo Kim, Mi-Ri Lee, Yu Wu, Lin Han, Sang-Kwon Lee and Rong Fan.

Issue 12 contains the following Review and Feature articles:

Increasing the activity and enantioselectivity of lipases by sol–gel immobilization: further advancements of practical interest
Patrick Tielmann, Hans Kierkels, Albin Zonta, Adriana Ilie and Manfred T. Reetz

Precursor directed synthesis – “molecular” mechanisms in the Soft Chemistry approaches and their use for template-free synthesis of metal, metal oxide and metal chalcogenide nanoparticles and nanostructures
Gulaim A. Seisenbaeva and Vadim G. Kessler

Integrated graphene/nanoparticle hybrids for biological and electronic applications
Kim Truc Nguyen and Yanli Zhao

Hybrid materials science: a promised land for the integrative design of multifunctional materials
Lionel Nicole, Christel Laberty-Robert, Laurence Rozes and Clément Sanchez

Nanoscale is delighted to present its current issue.

Self-organization and nanostructural control in thin film heterojunctions is the article highlighted on the outside front cover by Sebastiano Cataldo, Camillo Sartorio, Filippo Giannazzo, Antonino Scandurra and Bruno Pignataro.

The inside front cover features an article on Garden-like perovskite superstructures with enhanced photocatalytic activity by Meidan Ye, Mengye Wang, Dajiang Zheng, Nan Zhang, Changjian Lin and Zhiqun Lin.

Issue 7 contains the following Feature and Mini-review articles:

An electronic structure perspective of graphene interfaces
Brian J. Schultz, Robert V. Dennis, Vincent Lee and Sarbajit Banerjee

Tailoring the self-assembled structures and photonic properties of organic nanomaterials
Wei Yao and Yong Sheng Zhao

The development of low-molecular weight hydrogels for applications in cancer therapy
Ran Tian, Jin Chen and Runfang Niu

Nanoscale is delighted to present its current issue.

Rupture mechanism of liquid crystal thin films realized by large-scale molecular simulations is the article highlighted on the outside front cover by Trung Dac Nguyen, Jan-Michael Y. Carrillo, Michael A. Matheson and W. Michael Brown.

The inside front cover features an article on Nanohybrids from NiCoAl-LDH coupled with carbon for pseudocapacitors: understanding the role of nano-structured carbon by Chang Yu, Juan Yang, Changtai Zhao, Xiaoming Fan, Gang Wang and Jieshan Qiu.

Issue 6 contains the following Feature and Mini-review articles:

Metal-seeded growth of III–V semiconductor nanowires: towards gold-free synthesis
Kimberly A. Dick and Philippe Caroff

Energy transfer processes in dye-doped nanostructures yield cooperative and versatile fluorescent probes
Damiano Genovese, Enrico Rampazzo, Sara Bonacchi, Marco Montalti, Nelsi Zaccheroni and Luca Prodi

A review of production methods of carbon nanotube and graphene thin films for electrothermal applications
D. Janas and K. K. Koziol

Nanoscale is delighted to present its current issue.

Towards biocompatible nano/microscale machines: self-propelled catalytic nanomotors not exhibiting acute toxicity is the article highlighted on the outside front cover by Elaine Lay Khim Chng, Guanjia Zhao and Martin Pumera.

The inside front cover features an article on Design of advanced porous graphene materials: from graphene nanomesh to 3D architectures by Lili Jiang and Zhuangjun Fan.

Issue 3 contains the following Review, Feature and Mini-review articles:

Highly reactive {001} facets of TiO2-based composites: synthesis, formation mechanism and characterization
Wee-Jun Ong, Lling-Lling Tan, Siang-Piao Chai, Siek-Ting Yong and Abdul Rahman Mohamed

Engineering BiOX (X = Cl, Br, I) nanostructures for highly efficient photocatalytic applications
Hefeng Cheng, Baibiao Huang and Ying Dai

Metallic glass nanostructures: fabrication, properties, and applications
Lianci Liu, Molla Hasan and Golden Kumar

Inorganic nanostructured materials for high performance electrochemical supercapacitors
Sheng Liu, Shouheng Sun and Xiao-Zeng You

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