Archive for the ‘Themed Issue’ Category

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

21 Jan 2021

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

07 Dec 2020

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

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Introducing the new Nanoscale Advances “Photocatalysis and Photoelectrochemistry” article collection

21 Oct 2020

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 popular topic collection features articles exploring “Photocatalysis and Photoelectrochemistry”, and are all free to access online.

Below is a selection of articles featured in the collection.

Access the full collection for free here.

Reviews

Graphene nanocrystals in CO₂ photoreduction with H₂O for fuel production
Williams Kweku Darkwah, Godfred Kwesi Teye and Yanhui Ao
Nanoscale Adv., 2020,2, 991-1006
DOI: 10.1039/C9NA00756C

Photo/electrocatalysis and photosensitization using metal nanoclusters for green energy and medical applications
Tokuhisa Kawawaki, Yuichi Negishi and Hideya Kawasaki
Nanoscale Adv., 2020,2, 17-36
DOI: 10.1039/C9NA00583H

Papers

3D-printed Cu₂O photoelectrodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting
Jinhyuck Ahn, Sanghyeon Lee, Jung Hyun Kim, Muhammad Wajahat, Ho Hyung Sim, Jongcheon Bae, Jaeyeon Pyo, Muhammad Jahandar, Dong Chan Lim and Seung Kwon Seol
Nanoscale Adv., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00512F

Agro-waste extracted cellulose supported silver phosphate nanostructures as a green photocatalyst for improved photodegradation of RhB dye and industrial fertilizer effluents
Neha Tavker, Umesh K. Gaur and Manu Sharma
Nanoscale Adv., 2020,2, 2870-2884
DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00181C

Tailoring the stability, photocatalysis and photoluminescence properties of Au₁₁ nanoclusters via doping engineering
Zhaoxian Qin, Dan Zhao, Li Zhao, Qian Xiao, Tingting Wu, Jiangwei Zhang, Chongqing Wan and Gao Li
Nanoscale Adv., 2019,1, 2529-2536
DOI: 10.1039/C9NA00234K

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Themed collection: Spectroscopy and scattering for chemistry

14 Sep 2020

Spectroscopy and scattering for chemistry

New possibilities and challenges with large scale facilities

Guest edited by Kirsten M. Ø. Jensen, Serena DeBeer and Dorota Koziej

We are delighted to introduce a new themed online collection featuring new studies taking advantage of in situ synchrotron and neutron techniques. The wide variety of methods and approaches to data analysis applied illustrates the many options synchrotron and neutron methods now provide to chemists.

Read the collection here.

Here are a selection of articles from this collection. All articles are free to access until the end of November 2020.^*

Applications of pair distribution function analyses to the emerging field of non-ideal metal–organic framework materials

Celia Castillo-Blas, José María Moreno, Ignacio Romero-Muñiz and Ana E. Platero-Prats

Nanoscale, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01673J

Selective magnetometry of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in liquids

Juliusz Kuciakowski, Angelika Kmita, Dorota Lachowicz, Magdalena Wytrwal-Sarna, Krzysztof Pitala, Sara Lafuerza, Dorota Koziej, Amélie Juhin and Marcin Sikora

Nanoscale, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02866E

Surface softening in palladium nanoparticles: effects of a capping agent on vibrational properties

Luca Rebuffi, Binayak Mukherjee, Stefano Siboni, Allison P. Young, Benjamin P. Williams, Chia-Kuang Tsung and Paolo Scardi

Nanoscale, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00182A

We hope you enjoy reading this collection.

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Editor’s Choice: Optical spectroscopy of 2D materials

06 Jul 2020

Optical spectroscopy of 2D materials

A collection of articles selected by Cinzia Casiraghi

Professor Cinzia Casiraghi, University of Manchester, UK and Associate Editor for Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances, presents an online article collection featuring her highlights of the latest research published in the journals on optical spectroscopy of 2D materials.

“Characterization of nanomaterials is of crucial importance as it allows us to get insights on the fundamental properties of novel materials and to tailor them for applications. Optical spectroscopy, amongst all techniques, allows simple and quick inspection of such properties, hence it has been widely applied to nanomaterials.

In this online collection, we have selected an array of two-dimensional (2D) materials related research articles and reviews recently published in Nanoscale, providing examples on use of a wide range of optical characterization techniques, ranging from Raman spectroscopy to absorption and photoluminescence spectroscopy.

In addition to traditional characterization techniques, we have also selected manuscripts reporting emerging techniques, such as near-field spectroscopy and optical trapping, which could further improve the characterization of 2D materials, by providing higher sensitivity and spatial resolution. We hope that the readers find this themed collection informative and useful.”

Professor Casiraghi was recently awarded the 2020 Gibson-Fawcett Award for the development of practical biocompatible inks made of 2D materials and their applications in the biomedical field and in printed electronics.

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We hope you enjoy reading these articles.

Best wishes,

Professor Cinzia Casiraghi

University of Manchester, UK

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Editor’s Choice: 2D materials for energy storage and conversion

22 Jun 2020

2D materials for energy storage and conversion

A collection of articles selected by Renzhi Ma

Professor Renzhi Ma, NIMS Japan 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 2D materials for energy conversion and storage.

“The ever-growing two-dimensional (2D) material family, including graphene, phosphorene, metal oxides and hydroxides, transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes), transition metal borides (MBenes), metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) and so on, have garnered increasing attention due to their molecular thickness, high specific surface area and tunable physicochemical properties dependent on the structure, composition and functionalization. 2D materials and their composites have been extensively exploited to fabricate efficient electrochemical energy storage (supercapacitors, batteries) and energy conversion (fuel cells, thermoelectric devices) systems.

In this online collection, we have selected an array of 2D-energy related research articles and reviews recently published in Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances. In addition to providing a concrete experimental demonstration for the outstanding performance, we also paid attention in picking up theoretical results forecasting the extraordinary potential of some emerging 2D materials in energy-related applications. 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 Renzhi Ma

NIMS, Japan

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Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals Themed Collection guest edited by Lakshminarayana Polavarapu, Qiao Zhang, & Roman Krahne

13 May 2019

We are delighted to introduce you to our first themed online collection of 2019, on Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals, guest edited by Lakshminarayana Polavarapu, Qiao Zhang, and Roman Krahne.

Metal halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) have emerged as an attractive new class of semiconductor materials owing to their excellent optical and optoelectronic properties. This themed collection across Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances aims at providing a platform for recent developments in the expanding field of perovskite NCs including shape and composition-controlled synthesis, 2D layered materials, replacement of Pb, post-synthetic metal ion doping, single particle studies, and applications in LEDs, flexible photodetectors, nanorotors, and lasing. Moreover, the scope of this issue loosely aligns with an accompanying symposium that was held at the 2018 Fall E-MRS meeting at the Warsaw University of Technology, from 17-20 September 2018.

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Editor’s Choice: Perovskite Nanomaterials and Devices – Professor Zhiqun Lin

16 May 2018

Advisory Board member, Professor Zhiqun Lin, presents an online collection featuring some of our best recent articles on perovskite nanomaterials and devices, published in Nanoscale by world-leading researchers.

“The past several years have been witness to an unprecedented advance in perovskite-based materials and devices. This new class of materials possess a set of superior optoelectronic properties, including tuneable direct band gaps, large absorption coefficient, high ambipolar mobility, long carrier diffusion lengths, small exciton binding energy, and high defect tolerance. In this context, it is pertinent to compile this themed issue centring on recent rapid development in the field of perovskite-based materials and devices for the solar energy conversion research community. To this end, we have collected an array of high-quality research articles and reviews recently published in Nanoscale. We hope that the readers find this themed collection informative and useful.“

Read the collection here*

*All articles in this collection are free to access until the end of 2018.

Here’s a taste of what the collection has to offer:

Nanoarchitectures in dye-sensitized solar cells: metal oxides, oxide perovskites and carbon-based materials

Pramod S. Patil et al. 2018, 10, 4987-5034.

Stable ultra-fast broad-bandwidth photodetectors based on alpha-CsPbI₃ perovskite and NaYF₄:Yb,Er quantum dots

Zhiwen Jin and Shengzhong (Frank) Liu et al. 2017, 9, 6278-6285.

Surface ligand modification of caesium lead bromide nanocrystals for improved light-emitting performance

Yu Zhang and William W. Yu et al. 2018, 10, 4173-4178.

Surface engineering for improved stability of CH₃NH₃PbBr₃ perovskite nanocrystals

Jihoon Choi et al. 2018, 10, 1885-1891.

Nanoscale has established itself as a platform for high-quality, cross-community research that bridges the various disciplines involved with nanoscience and nanotechnology. Nanoscale‘s broad scope provides a rounded view of innovation in nano research, bridging the various disciplines involved with nanoscience and nanotechnology, and with an impact factor of 7.367*, we are proud to be the largest high impact journal in nanoscience.

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With regards,

Zhiqun Lin

Advisory Board, Nanoscale

Jeanne Andres

Managing Editor, Nanoscale

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Emerging topic: Two-dimensional materials

14 Dec 2015

Two-dimensional materials research is an emerging topic area, in particular their application in electronic devices. To help our readers stay up to date we have collected papers published in Nanoscale into one online web collection entitled 2D materials for electronic devices.

Editor’s Choice selection from Associate Editor, Professor Andrea Ferarri

A highly conducting graphene film with dual-side molecular n-doping
Youngsoo Kim, Jaesung Park, Junmo Kang, Je Min Yoo, Kyoungjun Choi, Eun Sun Kim, Jae-Boong Choi, Chanyong Hwang, K. S. Novoselov and Byung Hee Hong
Nanoscale, 2014,6, 9545-9549

“Graphene has many record properties. It is transparent like (or better than) plastic, but conducts heat and electricity better than any metal, it is an elastic film, behaves as an impermeable membrane, and it is chemically inert and stable. Thus it seems ideal as the next generation transparent conductor. There is a need to find a substitute for indium tin oxide (ITO) in the manufacturing of various types of displays and touch screens, due to the brittleness of indium that makes it difficult to use them when flexibility is a requirement. Graphene is an ideal candidate for such a task. Thus, coupled with carbon’s abundance, this presents a more sustainable alternative to ITO. Prototypes of graphene-based displays have been produced and commercial products seem imminent.

One drawback is that, in order to beat ITO’s conductivity, graphene needs to be doped. Kim et al. report a dual-side molecular doping method, demonstrating effective work function modulation, high carrier density and significant reduction of sheet resistance in large area graphene samples grown by chemical vapour deposition. With further optimization, their approach may enable a variety of practical applications of graphene films requiring low sheet resistance comparable to indium tin oxide (ITO), as well as high transparency and flexibility.”

Here are some popular articles from the collection:

Graphene-analogue carbon nitride: novel exfoliation synthesis and its application in photocatalysis and photoelectrochemical selective detection of trace amount of Cu²⁺
Hui Xu, Jia Yan, Xiaojie She, Li Xu, Jiexiang Xia, Yuanguo Xu, Yanhua Song, Liying Huang and Huaming Li
Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 1406-1415

Electrochemical properties of CVD grown pristine graphene: monolayer- vs. quasi-graphene
Dale A. C. Brownson, Sarah A. Varey, Fiazal Hussain, Sarah J. Haigh and Craig E. Banks
Nanoscale, 2014,6, 1607-1621

Transparent conductors composed of nanomaterials
Michael Layani, Alexander Kamyshny and Shlomo Magdassi
Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 5581-5591

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ICMAT2013 Article Collection

01 May 2014

We are pleased to introduce the following collection of articles marking the 7th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT2013). Guest Edited by Professor Hua Zhang (Nanyang Technical University), this collection highlights some of the high quality research presented at the conference, which took place last year on 30th June-5th July in Singapore. The ICMAT meeting is a biennial event organised by the Materials Research Society of Singapore and attracts over 2000 delegates from all over the world.

The ICMAT2013 collection includes a Mini-review, a Communication article, and two full papers. We hope you enjoy reading them.

Tailoring the self-assembled structures and photonic properties of organic nanomaterials

Wei Yao and Yong Sheng Zhao

Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 3467-3473 DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04654K

MoS2 nanoflower-decorated reduced graphene oxide paper for high-performance hydrogen evolution reaction

Chong-Bo Ma, Xiaoying Qi, Bo Chen, Shuyu Bao, Zongyou Yin, Xue-Jun Wu, Zhimin Luo, Jun Wei, Hao-Li Zhang and Hua Zhang

Nanoscale, 2014, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04975B

Light extraction enhancement with radiation pattern shaping of LEDs by waveguiding nanorods with impedance-matching tips

Yu-Hsuan Hsiao, Cheng-Ying Chen, Li-Chuan Huang, Guan-Jhong Lin, Der-Hsien Lien, Jian-Jang Huang and Jr-Hau He

Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 2624-2628 DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05226E

General synthesis of noble metal (Au, Ag, Pd, Pt) nanocrystal modified MoS2 nanosheets and the enhanced catalytic activity of Pd–MoS2 for methanol oxidation
Lihui Yuwen, Fei Xu, Bing Xue, Zhimin Luo, Qi Zhang, Biqing Bao, Shao Su, Lixing Weng, Wei Huang and Lianhui Wang
Nanoscale, 2014, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C3NR06084E

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Archive for the ‘Themed Issue’ Category

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

Introducing the new Nanoscale Advances “Supercapacitors” article collection

Introducing the new Nanoscale Advances “Photocatalysis and Photoelectrochemistry” article collection

Access the full collection for free here.

Themed collection: Spectroscopy and scattering for chemistry

Spectroscopy and scattering for chemistry

Guest edited by Kirsten M. Ø. Jensen, Serena DeBeer and Dorota Koziej

Editor’s Choice: Optical spectroscopy of 2D materials

Optical spectroscopy of 2D materials

A collection of articles selected by Cinzia Casiraghi

Read the collection

Editor’s Choice: 2D materials for energy storage and conversion

2D materials for energy storage and conversion

A collection of articles selected by Renzhi Ma

Read the collection

Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals Themed Collection guest edited by Lakshminarayana Polavarapu, Qiao Zhang, & Roman Krahne

Editor’s Choice: Perovskite Nanomaterials and Devices – Professor Zhiqun Lin

Emerging topic: Two-dimensional materials

ICMAT2013 Article Collection

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