Call For Papers: Advanced Functional Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications

Call For Papers: Advanced Functional Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications

Guest edited by Nguyễn T. K. Thanh, Chenjie Xu, Yu Shrike Zhang and Sylvie Begin

We are delighted to announce a call for papers for our latest online themed collection in Nanoscale on “Advanced Functional Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications” that is being guest edited by Professor Nguyễn T. K. Thanh (University College London, UK), Professor Chenjie Xu (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Professor Yu Shrike Zhang (Harvard Medical School, USA) and Professor Sylvie Begin (University of Strasbourg, France).

Scope

  • Optical, electrical and magnetic properties of nanoparticles for biomedical applications.
  • Rational design and synthesis of nanomaterials for transdermal drug delivery and biosensing.
  • Rational design and synthesis of nanomaterials for regenerative medicine.
  • Nanomaterials and their composites for biofabrication.

Deadline for Submission: 1st August 2021

Although promotion of the collection is scheduled for late 2021, articles will be published online as soon as they’re accepted and they will appear in normal journal issues.

Authors are welcome to submit original research in the form of a Communication article or Full Paper. There is also the opportunity to write a review article, in the form of a Review or Minireview, and if you would be interested in this please let us know beforehand by emailing the journal inbox at nanoscale-rsc@rsc.org.

Manuscripts should be submitted via the Royal Society of Chemistry’s online submission service available at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/nr. Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for the themed collection. The Editorial Office reserves the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection.

All submissions will be subject to rigorous peer review to meet the usual high standards of Nanoscale.

If you have any questions about the journal or the collection, then Edward Gardner, the Development Editor for Nanoscale, would be happy to answer them. You can contact him at the email address given above.

With best wishes,

Professor Nguyễn T. K. Thanh

University College London, UK

Professor Chenjie Xu

City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Professor Yu Shrike Zhang

Harvard Medical School, USA

Professor Sylvie Begin

University of Strasbourg, France

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Themed collection: Advanced Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage

Advanced Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage

Guest edited by Wee-Jun Ong, Markus Antonietti and Nanfeng Zheng

Associate Professor Wee-Jun Ong (Xiamen University, Malaysia), Professor Markus Antonietti (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany) and Professor Nanfeng Zheng (Xiamen University, China)

 

We are delighted to introduce a new themed online collection on the application of nanomaterials for energy conversion and storage. This collection focuses on the use of advanced strategies such as rational size/facet control, structural/defect engineering, atomic modification, and construction of nanohybrids that can regulate the geometric and/or electronic property of the active sites to improve the performance of nanomaterials toward energy conversion and storage.

 

 

Read the collection here

 

Here is a selection of articles from this collection. All articles are free to access until the end of July 2021.

 

Recent advances in engineering active sites for photocatalytic CO2 reduction

Yanan Bo, Chao Gao and Yujie Xiong

Nanoscale, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02596H

 

Inducing rapid polysulfide transformation through enhanced interfacial electronic interaction for lithium–sulfur batteries

Chao Shen, Kun Zhang, You You, Hui Wang, Ruiqi Ning, Yaqin Qi, Nan Li, Cuimin Ding, Keyu Xie and Bingqing Wei

Nanoscale, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02429E

 

The role of carbon dots – derived underlayer in hematite photoanodes

Qian Guo, Hui Luo, Jifang Zhang, Qiushi Ruan, Arun Prakash Periasamy, Yuanxing Fang, Zailai Xie, Xuanhua Li, Xinchen Wang, Junwang Tang, Joe Briscoe, Magdalena Titirici and Ana Belen Jorge

Nanoscale, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR06139E

 

Tubular assemblies of N-doped carbon nanotubes loaded with NiFe alloy nanoparticles as efficient bifunctional catalysts for rechargeable zinc-air batteries

Xiaoying Xie, Lu Shang, Run Shi, Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse, Jiaqi Zhao and Tierui Zhang

Nanoscale, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02486D

 

We hope you enjoy reading this collection.

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Nanoscale 2021 Emerging Investigators

Nanoscale 2021 Emerging Investigators

A collection highlighting 2021’s rising stars of nanoscience and nanotechnology research

Nanoscale is proud to present our inaugural Emerging Investigators themed collection. The collection recognises the rising stars of nanoscience and nanotechnology by gathering some of the very best work from researchers in the early stages of their independent careers. Each contributor was recommended by experts in their fields for carrying out work with the potential to influence future directions in nanoscience and nanotechnology. Congratulations to all the featured researchers on their important work so far in the field.

Read the collection

Meet the scientists

We hope you enjoy reading these articles.

Best wishes,

Dr Michaela Mühlberg

Executive Editor, Nanoscale

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Editor’s Choice: Recent breakthroughs in nanobiotechnology

Recent breakthroughs in nanobiotechnology

A collection of articles selected by Yves Dufrêne

Professor Yves Dufrêne, UCLouvain, Belgium, an Associate Editor for Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances, presents an online article collection featuring his highlights of the latest research published in these journals on nanobiotechnology.

 

Professor Yves Dufrêne

“Nanobiotechnology is an exciting, rapidly evolving research field, which is predicted to have a dramatic impact on human activities, whether scientific, economical or societal. Nanomedicine, the medical application of nanotechnology, offers new opportunities to fight a range of diseases, including cancers and microbial infections. Progress in nanobiotechnology and nanomedicine strongly relies on the development of advanced tools and approaches for probing and manipulating biosystems, from single molecules to cells and tissues.

 

Proceeding from fundamental studies to medical applications, this collection of research and review articles published in Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances provides a snapshot of recent progress made in the nanobio field, covering the development of innovative methodologies, nanotechniques and nanomaterials, such as biosensors, nanoscale and single-molecule characterization techniques, nanoparticles, drug encapsulation, biomedical nanomaterials, and micro- and nanopatterning, as well as the application of these new developments to DNA, proteins, microbes, cells, and to the design of novel therapies against cancer, bacteria and viruses.”

 

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We hope you enjoy reading these articles.

Best wishes,

Professor Yves Dufrêne

UCLouvain, Belgium

 

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Editor’s Choice: Thermoelectric nanostructures

Thermoelectric nanostructures

A collection of articles selected by Jin Zou

Professor Jin Zou, University of Queensland, Australia 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 thermoelectric nanostructures.

 

Professor Jin Zou“The development of thermoelectric materials has been considered as a key sustainable solution in dealing with the global energy dilemma by harvesting electricity from waste heat. Nanostructuring is a critical approach to enhance thermoelectric properties and coupled with other strategies, the development of thermoelectric nanostructures has been an active research discipline in exploring high-performance energy materials.

 

In this online collection, we have selected an array of thermoelectric nanomaterials related research articles and reviews recently published in Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances, providing informative examples on the design and realization of thermoelectric materials with improved performance through theoretical modelling and/or experiments. In these articles, rich strategies have been demonstrated or proposed to enhance thermoelectric performance. Detailed correlations between observed properties with determined structural and chemical characteristics of thermoelectric materials allow the fundamental understanding of the nature of these materials, which, we hope, may inspire our readers in our wider nanocommunity.”

 

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We hope you enjoy reading these articles.

Best wishes,

Professor Jin Zou

University of Queensland, Australia

 

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Themed collection: Advances in plasmonics and its applications

Advances in plasmonics and its applications

Guest edited by Xing Yi Ling, Ramón Álvarez-Puebla and Jian-Feng Li

 

Professor Xing Yi Ling, Professor Ramón Álvarez-Puebla and Professor Jian-Feng LiWe are delighted to introduce a new themed online collection on the recent advances in plasmonics. This collection is dedicated to the integration of experimental and in silico studies for the advances in plasmonics and for innovative development of efficient plasmonic-based applications in a variety of different fields.

 

Read the collection here

 

Here is a selection of articles from this collection. All articles are free to access until the end of May 2021.*

 

Self-assembly of colloidal nanoparticles into 2D arrays at water–oil interfaces: rational construction of stable SERS substrates with accessible enhancing surfaces and tailored plasmonic response

Ziwei Ye, Chunchun Li, Qinglu Chen, Yikai Xu and Steven E. J. Bell

Nanoscale, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR08803J

 

Electrochemical coating of different conductive polymers on diverse plasmonic metal nanocrystals

Wenzheng Lu, Tsz Him Chow, Yao Lu and Jianfang Wang

Nanoscale, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR05715K

 

Addressing molecular optomechanical effects in nanocavity-enhanced Raman scattering beyond the single plasmonic mode

Yuan Zhang, Ruben Esteban, Roberto A. Boto, Mattin Urbieta, Xabier Arrieta, ChongXin Shan, Shuzhou Li, Jeremy J. Baumberg and Javier Aizpurua

Nanoscale, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR06649D

 

Microporous silica membranes promote plasmonic nanoparticle stability for SERS detection of uranyl

Hoa T. Phan, Shenghao Geng and Amanda J. Haes

Nanoscale, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0NR06296K

 

 

We hope you enjoy reading this collection.

 

 

* Free access to articles via your free Royal Society of Chemistry publishing personal account

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Editor’s Choice: Single-atom and nanocluster catalysis

Single-atom and nanocluster catalysis

A collection of articles selected by Manzhou Zhu

Professor Manzhou Zhu, Anhui University, China 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 single-atom and nanocluster catalysis.

Professor Manzhou Zhu

 

“Owing to their atomically precise structures and highly specific surface areas, continuing research on single-atom and nanocluster-based catalysts has been performed. This online themed collection focuses on single-atom and nanocluster catalysis, which is of major significance in elucidating the catalytic mechanisms as well as investigating new types of high-efficiency catalysts. 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 Manzhou Zhu

Anhui University, China

 

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Introducing the new Nanoscale Advances “Welcome to the community” article collection

This month we are celebrating authors who chose Nanoscale Advances as the destination for their research in 2020.  The “Welcome to the community” collection highlights authors who published with the RSC for the first time, and joined the Nanoscale Advances community.  We look forward to seeing the new research these authors will publish with the RSC in the months and years to come.

See the collection and read the articles

Below is a snapshot of some of the articles included.

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Review

Single-nanostructure bandgap engineering enabled by magnetic-pulling thermal evaporation growth
Jinyou Xu, Xingyu Wang and Richard Nötzel
Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 4305-4322
DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00595A

 

Communication

Quenching of nonlinear photoacoustic signal generation in gold nanoparticles through coating
Genny A. Pang, Christoph Haisch and Jan Laufer
Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 2699-2704
DOI: 10.1039/C9NA00205D

 

Paper

Evaluating the chemical exfoliation of lithium cobalt oxide using UV-Vis spectroscopy
Kevin Pachuta, Emily Pentzer and Alp Sehirlioglu
Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 5362-5374
DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00755B

 

We hope you enjoy reading these articles!

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Nanoscale Advances ‘Popular Advances’ collection

‘Popular Advances’ collection – May additions

The Nanoscale Advances ‘Popular Advances’ collection recognises the most well received papers published in the journal so far.  New papers are added monthly, and we will keep you up to date here with new additions each month.

Access the full collection for free

 

May highlights

 

Review

Folding and self-assembly of short intrinsically disordered peptides and protein regions

Pablo G. Argudo and Juan J. Giner-Casares

Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 1789-1812

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00941E

 

Paper

Surface passivation of organometal halide perovskites by atomic layer deposition: an investigation of the mechanism of efficient inverted planar solar cells

Ran Zhao, Kai Zhang, Jiahao Zhu, Shuang Xiao, Wei Xiong, Jian Wang, Tanghao Liu, Guichuan Xing, Kaiyang Wang, Shihe Yang and Xinwei Wang

Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 2305-2315

DOI: 10.1039/D1NA00075F

 


April highlights

 

Mini review

Recent advances in plasmonic nanocavities for single-molecule spectroscopy

Nicolò Maccaferri, Grégory Barbillon, Alemayehu Nana Koya, Guowei Lu, Guillermo P. Acuna and Denis Garoli

Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 633-642

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00715C

 

Paper

Phosphorescent MoS2 quantum dots as a temperature sensor and security ink

Manivannan Madhu, Chi-Yu Lu and Wei-Lung Tseng

Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 661-667

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00730G

 


March highlights

 

Review

Progress in polymers and polymer composites used as efficient materials for EMI shielding

Ján Kruželák, Andrea Kvasničáková, Klaudia Hložeková and Ivan Hudec

Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 123-172

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00760A

 

Mini review

Peptide-based nanomaterials for gene therapy

Wei Zhang, Qing Chen, Feng Wu, Jun Dai, Defang Ding, Jun Wu, Xiaoding Lou and Fan Xia

Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 302-310

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00899K

 

Paper

Synthesis of high quality 2D carbide MXene flakes using a highly purified MAX precursor for ink applications

Shi-Hyun Seok, Seungjun Choo, Jinsung Kwak, Hyejin Ju, Ju-Hyoung Han, Woo-Seok Kang, Joonsik Lee, Se-Yang Kim, Do Hee Lee, Jungsoo Lee, Jaewon Wang, Seunguk Song, Wook Jo, Byung Mun Jung, Han Gi Chae, Jae Sung Son and Soon-Yong Kwon

Nanoscale Adv., 2021, 3, 517-527

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00398K


February highlights

 

Review

Synthesis, characterisation and applications of core–shell carbon–hexagonal boron nitride nanotubes

Ruth Sang Jones, Barbara Maciejewska and Nicole Grobert

Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 4996-5014

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00583E

 

Communication

Core@shell Sb@Sb2O3 nanoparticles anchored on 3D nitrogen-doped carbon nanosheets as advanced anode materials for Li-ion batteries

Xian Chen, Liang Wang, Feng Ma, Tanyuan Wang, Jiantao Han, Yunhui Huang and Qing Li

Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 5578-5583

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00711K

 

Communication

High power Na3V2(PO4)3 symmetric full cell for sodium-ion batteries

Milan K. Sadan, Anupriya K. Haridas, Huihun Kim, Changhyeon Kim, Gyu-Bong Cho, Kwon-Koo Cho, Jou-Hyeon Ahn and Hyo-Jun Ahn

Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 5166-5170

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00729C

 


January highlights

 

Review

Development of biological metal–organic frameworks designed for biomedical applications: from bio-sensing/bio-imaging to disease treatment

Huai-Song Wang, Yi-Hui Wang and Ya Ding

Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 3788-3797

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00557F

 

Communication

Disulfide exchange assisted self-healing epoxy/PDMS/graphene oxide nanocomposites

Balaji Krishnakumar, Manjeet Singh, Vijay Parthasarthy, Chanwook Park, Nanda Gopal Sahoo, Gun Jin Yun and Sravendra Rana

Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 2726-2730

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00282H

 

Paper

Thermally induced intra-molecular transformation and metalation of free-base porphyrin on Au(111) surface steered by surface confinement and ad-atoms

Dipayan Sen, Piotr Błoński, Bruno de la Torre, Pavel Jelínek and Michal Otyepka

Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 2986-2991

DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00401D

 

 


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

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

 

We hope you enjoy reading these articles!

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