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Research Scholars’ Day presentation prize winners

Nanoscale were delighted to sponsor oral and poster presentation prizes at the recent Research Scholars’ Day at Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, India, on the 29th July. Join us in congratulating all the winners! 🏆

Winners of Poster Presentations

Energy and Environment Unit

Mohit Yadav

Title:  Enzyme-instructed interfacial jamming of pillar[5]arenes for macroscopic signal amplification

Robin Singh

Title : “Strategic Utilization of Soft Acid-Base Interactions Modifies Electrochemical Nitrogen Oxidation Pathways, Facilitating High Faradaic Efficiency in Nitrate Synthesis”

Kaushik Mondal

Title: Programmable Dendritic Systems for Active Fluidics and Motility

 

Chemical Biology Unit

Preeti Negi

Title : The Pdu Microcompartment: Linking Metabolism, Pathogenesis and Operon Architecture in Salmonella

Devangi Ghosh

Title : CD33 Targeted Epigenetic Nanotherapy Reprograms a RUNX1 DNMT1/EZH2–FOXP3 Axis to Reactivate IL-2 Mediated Immunopotentiation in AML1-ETO rearranged AML in in vitro and in vivo PDX Model

Vikas Kumar Sahu

Title : CD33 Aptamer-Engineered Liposomal Co-Delivery of 5-Azacytidine and Gilteritinib Reprograms FLT3-ITD Epigenetics to Reinforce Anti Leukemic Immunity

 

Quantum Materials and Devices Unit

Sudip Naskar

Title : Au-Plasmon Regulated Dipole Alignment Yielding Ultrafast Pyroelectric Response in HighlyOrdered β-PVDF Films

Shivam

Title : Nonlinear valley Hall physics in 2D antiferromagnets.

Mohd Faizee

Title : Magnon valley-orbital Hall effect driven by surface acoustic waves in two-dimensional honeycomb antiferromagnets

 

Winners of Oral Presentation

Energy and Environment Unit

Kiran Arora

Title : Flexible Organic Single Crystals for Multifunctional Sensing Applications

Kritika Nag

Title : Electronic Modulation of Urea–based Push–Pull Chromophores for Pathway-Controlled Fluoride Recognition and Aqueous Fluoride Sensing

Bharat Bhushan Upreti

Title : Understanding the charge storage mechanisms in the aqueous zinc ion batteries using Ultramicroelectrode

Devender singh

Title : Photo-mechanical transduction enables gradient-free oscillatory flow and autonomous motion

 

Chemical Biology Unit

Aarcha Radhakrishnan

Title : Bio-nanoreactor fabrication using BMC shell protein by probing the role of disordered regions of enzyme cargos

Jahanvi Ralhan

Title : Programming Self-Assembly Pathways in Stimuli-Responsive Peptide Amphiphiles: Roles of Symmetry and aromaticity

Vishakha Sherawat

Title : From In Silico Prediction to In Vitro Validation: A Netrin 1/UNC5B-Targeted Nanoformulation Strategy for Cervical Cancer

 

Quantum Materials and Devices Unit

Arneet Kaur

Title : Microscopic origin of magnetostructural and spin-phonon coupling in a centrosymmetric BiFeO3 monolayer

Utsa Sarkar

Title: Light-Modulated Ferroelectric Phase Control in PVDF for Advanced Electroactive Devices

Alisha Rohal

Title : Droplet-driven self-powered microfluidic platform using PVDF/Cs2AgBiBr6 nanofibers for real-time viscosity sensing and prediction

Kirana Kumar Behera

Title : Electronic structure and interface-controlled spin transport in Fe-based magnetic alloy heterostructures

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2026 Royal Society of Chemistry Prizes🏆 

We are delighted to see so many nanoscience and nanotechnology researchers celebrated in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2026 Prizes. 🏆 

Find out more about some of this year’s winners and explore some of their recent research that has been published in Nanoscale or Nanoscale Advances. 

 

🏆 Graham Newton, co-author of “Asymmetric thiol-modified hybrid polyoxometalates: building blocks for hierarchical nanostructured redox materials” 

🪪 https://www.rsc.org/standards-and-recognition/prizes/winners/professor-graham-newton  

📰 https://doi.org/10.1039/D5NR00544B  

 

🏆 Mathew Horrocks, co-author of “Single-molecule imaging of aquaporin-4 array dynamics in astrocytes” 

🪪 https://www.rsc.org/standards-and-recognition/prizes/winners/professor-mathew-horrocks  

📰 https://doi.org/10.1039/D4NR00330F  

 

🏆 Angelos Michaelides & Fabian Berger (as part of n-AQUA), co-authors of “Mechanisms for the formation of active sites in single-atom alloys” 

🪪 https://www.rsc.org/standards-and-recognition/prizes/winners/test 

🪪 https://www.rsc.org/standards-and-recognition/prizes/winners/n-aqua  

📰 https://doi.org/10.1039/D5NR05517B  

 

🏆 Gwilherm Kerherve, co-author of “Exsolution of Fe-based pyramidal nanostructures from a noble metal doped perovskite matrix” 

🪪 https://www.rsc.org/standards-and-recognition/prizes/winners/dr-gwilherm-kerherve  

📰 https://doi.org/10.1039/D5NA00469A  

 

Explore the winners across all categories of this year’s #RSCprizes and some of their excellent publications in RSC journals 👇 

🏆 https://www.rsc.org/standards-and-recognition/prizes/winners?utm_campaign=rsc_prize_winners&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social_organic&utm_content=tgroup_all 

📰 https://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/articlecollectionlanding?sercode=gc&themeid=a4045bf8-dbec-448e-8d00-d4caf91aae07  

 

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Quantum Nanomaterials Themed Collection

Nanoscale is delighted to introduce a new themed collection focusing on Quantum Nanomaterials! All articles in the collection are free to read until 31st July 2026.

We invite you to discover the latest research from the Quantum nanomaterials collection and read the introductory editorial written by guest editors Dr Yujeong Bae (Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for materials science and technology, Switzerland), Dr Paola Ceroni (Università di Bologna, Italy) and Dr Yi Chen (Peking University, China).

Explore the collection  Read the Editorial

Quantum materials have emerged as a rapidly expanding field at the intersection of condensed matter physics, materials science, and quantum technology. These materials exhibit exotic quantum phenomena that cannot be described by classical models, encompassing diverse systems such as topological materials, correlated electron systems, moiré heterostructures, two-dimensional (2D) materials, and spin-based quantum systems. Their unique electronic, magnetic, and optical properties underpin advancements in quantum computing, spintronics, optoelectronics, and next-generation sensing technologies. A significant milestone in the recognition of quantum materials research was the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots, highlighting the transformative impact of nanoscale semiconductor materials. This breakthrough, along with developments in topological insulators, moiré superlattices, superconducting materials, and quantum defects in solids, has fuelled new directions in quantum information science and novel device architectures. This special collection aims to highlight the latest advancements and challenges in quantum materials research, with a broad topic scope.

We have highlighted a selection of articles below, but you can explore all papers in the collection here.

 

Reviews

 

Light outcoupling strategies for quantum dot light-emitting diodes 

Rakesh Kumar Jha, Hyuntai Kim and Seong-Yong Cho 

Nanoscale, 2026, 18, 2916-2941 

Recent advances in carbon-based quantum dots for sensing applications 

Shamim Ahmed Hira, Sharmila Durairaj, Carlos A. Ramirez and Aicheng Chen 

Nanoscale, 2025, 17, 27762-27783 

Papers

 

High-precision AFM cutting of graphene via improved electrode-free local anodic oxidation for electronic band engineering 

Zhenghan Wu, Xianliang Zhou, Kunqi Xu, Zhichun Zhang, Yufeng Xie, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi and Zhiwen Shi 

Nanoscale, 2025, 17, 25657-25663 

Direct signatures of d-level hybridization and dimerization in magnetic adatom chains on a superconductor 

Lisa M. Rütten, Eva Liebhaber, Gaël Reecht, Kai Rossnagel and Katharina J. Franke 

Nanoscale, 2025, 17, 26811-26819 

Strain-induced wave energy harvesting using atomically thin chromiteen 

Royston Mathias, Subhendu Mishra, Abhishek Kumar Singh and Partha Kumbhakar 

Nanoscale, 2025, 17, 26820-26827 

Effects of surface functionalization and size of MXene-based quantum dots on their optical properties: the exciton confinement matters  

Barbora Vénosová and František Karlický 

Nanoscale, 2025, 17, 24529-24540 

We hope you enjoy reading some of the latest research on quantum nanomaterials!  

We are always looking for great research on quantum nanomaterials. Get in touch with the Editorial Office if you are interested in submitting your work to the journal by emailing nanoscale-rsc@rsc.org.   

 

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