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Poster Prize Winner at the 4th Annual Postgraduate Symposium on Nanotechnology

17 Dec 2014

Congratulations to Richard Archer from the University of Sheffield for winning the Nanoscale and Polymer Chemistry poster prize at the 4th Annual Postgraduate Symposium on Nanotechnology.

Richard won the prize for his poster entitled “Nanospinners: Controlling Rotational Frequency in Self-Phoretic Janus Devices”.

Richard Archer receiving his poster prize from Adam Perriman

The symposium took place at the University of Birmingham on the 15th December 2014 and is aimed at giving early career researchers an opportunity to present their research.

Further information about the symposium can be found on the event website.

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3D nanoprinting pen

03 Dec 2014

By Katie Lim, Deputy Editor.

Jennifer Newton writes for Chemistry World

A pen that performs 3D printing on the nanoscale has been developed by scientists in South Korea.

The pen, created by Seongpil Hwang of Korea University and co-workers, amalgamates the precision of atomic force microscopy with a diffusion limited current from a microscopic electrode.

Contact between the pen's tip and a working electrode creates a localised electroactive area for precise electrodeposition

At its tip, the pen has a microscopic hydrogel pyramid, the sharp apex of which is soaked in an electrolyte for electrochemical reactions. A nanometre-scale area for reactant mass transport results from contact between this tip and an ultramicroelectrode. Controlling this contact with a nanopositioning system regulates a faradaic reaction that enables electroplating to give precise nanostructures; in this case 3D structures of platinum were deposited on a gold electrode – some with dimensions less than 100nm.

To read the full article visit the Chemistry World website.

The paper is free to read in Nanoscale until 13 January 2015:

Hydrogel Pen for Electrochemical Reaction and Its Applications for 3D Printing
Hosuk Kang, Seongpil Hwang and Juhyoun Kwak, Nanoscale, 2015, DOI: 10.1039/C4NR06041E

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Top 10 most-read Nanoscale articles – Q3 2014

14 Nov 2014

By Fangjie Chen, Publishing Administrator Coordinator.

This month sees the following articles in Nanoscale that are in the top 10 most accessed from July – September:

Facile synthesis of lanthanide nanoparticles with paramagnetic, down- and up-conversion properties
Zhengquan Li and Yong Zhang
Nanoscale, 2010,2, 1240-1243
DOI: 10.1039/C0NR00073F, Paper

Tailor-made directional emission in nanoimprinted plasmonic-based light-emitting devices
G. Lozano, G. Grzela, M. A. Verschuuren, M. Ramezani and J. Gómez Rivas
Nanoscale, 2014,6, 9223-9229
DOI: 10.1039/C4NR01391C, Paper

An 80.11% FF record achieved for perovskite solar cells by using the NH4Cl additive
Chuantian Zuo and Liming Ding
Nanoscale, 2014,6, 9935-9938
DOI: 10.1039/C4NR02425G, Communication

6.5% efficient perovskite quantum-dot-sensitized solar cell
Jeong-Hyeok Im, Chang-Ryul Lee, Jin-Wook Lee, Sang-Won Park and Nam-Gyu Park
Nanoscale, 2011,3, 4088-4093
DOI: 10.1039/C1NR10867K, Communication

An ultrasensitive, non-enzymatic glucose assay via gold nanorod-assisted generation of silver nanoparticles
Yunlei Xianyu, Jiashu Sun, Yixuan Li, Yue Tian, Zhuo Wang and Xingyu Jiang
Nanoscale, 2013,5, 6303-6306
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR01697H, Communication

Controlling the surface nanostructure of ZnO and Al-doped ZnO thin films using electrostatic spraying for their application in 12% efficient perovskite solar cells
Khalid Mahmood, Bhabani Sankar Swain and Hyun Suk Jung
Nanoscale, 2014,6, 9127-9138
DOI: 10.1039/C4NR02065K, Paper

High-density metallic nanogaps fabricated on solid substrates used for surface enhanced Raman scattering
Gang Lu, Hai Li, Shixin Wu, Peng Chen and Hua Zhang
Nanoscale, 2012,4, 860-863
DOI: 10.1039/C1NR10997A, Paper

Large-area fabrication of highly reproducible surface enhanced Raman substrate via a facile double sided tape-assisted transfer approach using hollow Au–Ag alloy nanourchins
Zhen Liu, Lin Cheng, Lei Zhang, Chao Jing, Xin Shi, Zhongbo Yang, Yitao Long and Jixiang Fang
Nanoscale, 2014,6, 2567-2572
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05840A, Communication

Supramolecular self-assemblies as functional nanomaterials
Eric Busseron, Yves Ruff, Emilie Moulin and Nicolas Giuseppone
Nanoscale, 2013,5, 7098-7140
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR02176A, Review Article

Nanostructured carbon–metal oxide composite electrodes for supercapacitors: a review
Mingjia Zhi, Chengcheng Xiang, Jiangtian Li, Ming Li and Nianqiang Wu
Nanoscale, 2013,5, 72-88
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR32040A, Feature Article

Why not take a look at the articles today and blog your thoughts and comments below.

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Nanoscale Issue 23 of 2014 out now!

10 Nov 2014

By Fangjie Chen, Publishing Administrator Coordinator.

Nanoscale is delighted to present its current issue.

Generic phosphatase activity detection using zinc mediated aggregation modulation of polypeptide-modified gold nanoparticles is the article highlighted on the outside front cover by Robert Selegård, Karin Enander and Daniel Aili.

The inside front cover features an article on Toward highly radiative white light emitting nanostructures: a new approach to dislocation-eliminated GaN/InGaN core–shell nanostructures with a negligible polarization field by Je-Hyung Kim, Young-Ho Ko, Jong-Hoi Cho, Su-Hyun Gong, Suk-Min Ko and Yong-Hoon Cho.

Issue 23 contains the following Review, Feature and Minireview articles:

Mesoscopically structured nanocrystalline metal oxide thin films
Adrian Carretero-Genevrier, Glenna L. Drisko, David Grosso, Cédric Boissiere and Clement Sanchez

Nanostructured bismuth vanadate-based materials for solar-energy-driven water oxidation: a review on recent progress
Zhen-Feng Huang, Lun Pan, Ji-Jun Zou, Xiangwen Zhang and Li Wang

Synthesis and assembly of nanomaterials under magnetic fields
Lin Hu, Ruirui Zhang and Qianwang Chen

Metal non-oxide nanostructures developed from organic–inorganic hybrids and their catalytic application
Qingsheng Gao, Ning Liu, Sinong Wang and Yi Tang

DNA origami nanopores: developments, challenges and perspectives
Silvia Hernández-Ainsa and Ulrich F. Keyser

Topological crystalline insulator nanostructures
Jie Shen and Judy J. Cha

Engineered nanoparticles: thrombotic events in cancer
Ahmed M. E. Abdalla, Lin Xiao, Chenxi Ouyang and Guang Yang

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This week’s HOT articles

16 Oct 2014

By Fangjie Chen, Publishing Administrator Coordinator.

Take a look at this week’s selection! These articles are available free for a limited time:

Metalization of Li2S particle surfaces in Li–S batteries
Yan-Xin Chen and Payam Kaghazchi
DOI: 10.1039/C4NR03428G, Communication

Metallic nanowire networks: effects of thermal annealing on electrical resistance
D. P. Langley, M. Lagrange, G. Giusti, C. Jiménez, Y. Bréchet, N. D. Nguyen and D. Bellet
DOI: 10.1039/C4NR04151H, Paper

Thermal conductivity of twisted bilayer graphene
Hongyang Li, Hao Ying, Xiangping Chen, Denis L. Nika, Alexandr I. Cocemasov, Weiwei Cai, Alexander A. Balandin and Shanshan Chen
DOI: 10.1039/C4NR04455J, Communication

NiP2 nanosheet arrays supported on carbon cloth: an efficient 3D hydrogen evolution cathode in both acidic and alkaline solutions
Ping Jiang, Qian Liu and Xuping Sun
DOI: 10.1039/C4NR04866K, Communication

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Nanoscale Issue 21 of 2014 out now!

13 Oct 2014

By Fangjie Chen, Publishing Administrator Coordinator.

Nanoscale is delighted to present its current issue.

Effects of nanopillar array diameter and spacing on cancer cell capture and cell behaviors is the article highlighted on the outside front cover by Shunqiang Wang, Yuan Wan and Yaling Liu.

The inside front cover features an article on Nanoparticle conversion chemistry: Kirkendall effect, galvanic exchange, and anion exchange by Bryan D. Anderson and Joseph B. Tracy.

Issue 21 contains the following Review, Feature and Minireview articles:

Nanoparticle conversion chemistry: Kirkendall effect, galvanic exchange, and anion exchange
Bryan D. Anderson and Joseph B. Tracy

Classic, liquid, and matrix-assisted dip-pen nanolithography for materials research
Jian Zhong, Gang Sun and Dannong He

In situ single molecule imaging of cell membranes: linking basic nanotechniques to cell biology, immunology and medicine
Jiang Pi, Hua Jin, Fen Yang, Zheng W. Chen and Jiye Cai

Two-dimensional heterostructures: fabrication, characterization, and application
Hong Wang, Fucai Liu, Wei Fu, Zheyu Fang, Wu Zhou and Zheng Liu

Enzyme-responsive nanomaterials for controlled drug delivery
Quanyin Hu, Prateek S. Katti and Zhen Gu

Perovskite photovoltaics: a high-efficiency newcomer to the solar cell family
Baohua Wang, Xudong Xiao and Tao Chen

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This week’s HOT articles

25 Sep 2014

By Fangjie Chen, Publishing Administrator Coordinator.

Take a look at this week’s selection! These articles are available free for a limited time:

Where is the required lattice match in horizontal growth of nanowires?
Babak Nikoobakht and Andrew Herzing
DOI: 10.1039/C4NR04537H, Paper

Scalable high-mobility MoS2 thin films fabricated by an atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition process at ambient temperature
Chung-Che Huang, Feras Al-Saab, Yudong Wang, Jun-Yu Ou, John C. Walker, Shuncai Wang, Behrad Gholipour, Robert E.
Simpson and Daniel W. Hewak
DOI: 10.1039/C4NR04228J, Paper

300 mm Wafer-level, ultra-dense arrays of Au-capped nanopillars with sub-10 nm gaps as reliable SERS substrates
Jiaqi Li, Chang Chen, Hilde Jans, Xiumei Xu, Niels Verellen, Ingrid Vos, Yasuaki Okumura, Victor V. Moshchalkov, Liesbet Lagae and Pol Van Dorpe
DOI: 10.1039/C4NR04315D, Communication

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Nanoscale Issue 19 of 2014 out now!

22 Sep 2014

By Fangjie Chen, Publishing Administrator Coordinator.

Nanoscale is delighted to present its current issue.

Vine-like MoS2 anode materials self-assembled from 1-D nanofibers for high capacity sodium rechargeable batteries is the article highlighted on the outside front cover by Won-Hee Ryu, Ji-Won Jung, Kyusung Park, Sang-Joon Kim and Il-Doo Kim.

The inside front cover features an article on Inkjet printing of flexible high-performance carb o n nanotube transparent conductive films by “coffee ring effect” by Allon Shimoni, Suzanna Azoubel and Shlomo Magdassi.

Issue 19 contains the following Review and Feature articles:

Plasmon modes in graphene: status and prospect
Antonio Politano and Gennaro Chiarello

The use of atomic layer deposition in advanced nanopatterning
A. J. M. Mackus, A. A. Bol and W. M. M. Kessels

Impact of optical antennas on active optoelectronic devices
Alireza Bonakdar and Hooman Mohseni

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This week’s HOT articles

11 Sep 2014

By Fangjie Chen, Publishing Administrator Coordinator.

Take a look at this week’s selection! These articles are available free for a limited time:

A stretchable strain sensor based on a metal nanoparticle thin film for human motion detection
Jaehwan Lee, Sanghyeok Kim, Jinjae Lee, Daejong Yang, Byong Chon Park, Seunghwa Ryu and Inkyu Park
DOI: 10.1039/C4NR03295K, Paper

The search for the most stable structures of silicon–carbon monolayer compounds
Pengfei Li, Rulong Zhou and Xiao Cheng Zeng
DOI: 10.1039/C4NR03247K, Communication

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