Highlights of ChinaNANO 2023

Cake printed with the RSC logo, NCNST logo, and three Nanoscale journal family journals.

After a four year hiatus, the highly anticipated 9th International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology, China (ChinaNANO 2023) was successfully held in Beijing on August 26-28. The Royal Society of Chemistry not only set up a booth at the conference, but also held a number of events during the meeting including the appointment ceremony of Editors-in-Chief for Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances, award ceremony for outstanding reviewers, a Nanoscale journal symposium and other activities.

Appointment Ceremony

Professor Chunli Bai, Honorary Editor-in-Chief

Professor Chunli Bai from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences CAS, was appointed Honoray Editor-in-Chief for the journals Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances.  Professor Chunli Bai was thanked for his continuous work with the Royal Society of Chemistry for the past 14 years, during which he served as one of the inaugural Editor-in-Chiefs for these two journals. We look forward to working with him in this new role.

Publisher Dr Neil Hammond presents Prof Chunli Bai with a certificate of recognition from the journals Nanoscale and Nanoscale advances.

Publisher Dr Neil Hammond presents Prof Chunli Bai with a certificate of recognition from the journals Nanoscale and Nanoscale advances.

Professor Yue Zhang, new Editor-in-Chief

Professor Yue Zhang from the University of Science and Technology Beijing, was appointed as a new Editor-in-Chief for the journals Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances. He will work alongside Proffesor Dirk Guldi – the founding and current Editors-in-chief of the journal, on the future developments of these two journals.

Publisher Dr Neil Hammond presents Prof Yue Zhang with a certificate of recognition from the journals Nanoscale and Nanoscale advances.

Publisher Dr Neil Hammond presents Prof Yue Zhang with a certificate of recognition from the journals Nanoscale and Nanoscale advances.

Cake-cutting Ceremony

We held a cake-cutting ceremony to honour our Editors-in-chief and to celebrate the success of the Nanoscale journal series and the ongoing collaboration with the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) of China.

(From left to right) Professor Yue Zhang, Professor Dirk Guldi, Professor Chunli Bai and Professor Yuliang Zhao cut the celebration cake together.

(From left to right) Professor Yue Zhang, Professor Dirk Guldi, Professor Chunli Bai and Professor Yuliang Zhao cut the celebration cake together.

RSC nanoscale journals symposium

The RSC Nanoscale Journals Symposium was held as a half-day symposium with talks from distinguished board members and authors of Nanoscale HorizonsNanoscale, and Nanoscale Advances to showcase their exceptionally high quality and exciting research work. Below we have included the list of talks given by speakers from around the world who shared their research on a broad range of topics across nanoscience:

Adaptive down- and up-conversion
Professor Dirk Guldi (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)

Developing diamond-based orientation sensing for cell mechanics study
Professor Quan Li (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Exploration of redox-active and superionic properties in 2D nanosheets and assemblies
Professor Renzhi Ma (National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan)

Chemical and Biophysical Signatures of the Protein Corona in Nanomedicine
Professor Chunying Chen (National Center for Nanoscience and Technology of China, China)

Controlling endothelial function as a new therapeutic path for bionanotechnologies
Dr David Leong (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Ferritin, a novel drug carrier
Professor Xiyun Yan (Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Real-time and In-situ Probing Contractile Forces of Cardiac Organoids
Professor Wenlong Cheng (Monash University, Australia)

Banners for RSC Nanoscale Journals Symposium at ChinaNANO2023

Banners for RSC Nanoscale Journals Symposium at ChinaNANO2023

 

Photo of attendees of RSC Nanoscale Journals Symposium at ChinaNANO2023

Photo of attendees of RSC Nanoscale Journals Symposium at ChinaNANO2023

Celebrating our outstanding reviewers

During the RSC Nanoscale Journals Symposium, we presented certificates to some of Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances outstanding reviewers, including Peng Huang (Shenzhen University), Tierui Zhang (Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Zuankai Wang (City University of Hong Kong), Zhicheng Zhang (Tianjin University), Qiang Zhang (Tsinghua University), Hongjin Fan (Nanyang Technological University), Juewen Liu (University of Waterloo), Aiguo Wu (Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Zhanjun Gu (Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Huiyu Liu (Beijing University of Chemical Technology), and Hui Wei (Nanjing University). We were delighted to be able to thank our reviewers in person and present them with certificates to commemorate their incredible support of the journal.

One person presenting an outstanding reviewer award to another person.One person presenting an outstanding reviewer award to another person. Another person overlooking the scene.

Thank you to everyone who attended our celebrations! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

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Celebrating Nanoscience in Spain

New region spotlight in Nanoscale Advances

Over the year, Nanoscale Advances has published quality research across the breadth of nanoscience and our authors and readers in Spain remain a core part of the journal community.

To showcase some of the great research being carried out in these countries we have selected some of the most popular articles from authors across Spain. A small selection are highlighted in this blog post, but click the button below to read the full collection. All articles are gold open access so they are free to read.

 

 

Copper(i) as a reducing agent for the synthesis of bimetallic PtCu catalytic nanoparticles
Adrian Fernandez-Lodeiro, Javier Fernandez Lodeiro, Noelia Losada-Garcia, Silvia Nuti, Jose Luis Capelo-Martinez, Jose M. Palomo and Carlos Lodeiro
Nanoscale Adv., 2023, 5, 4415-4423

Antibacterial lignin-based nanoparticles and their use in composite materials
A. Gala Morena, Tzanko Tzanov
Nanoscale Adv., 2022, 4, 4447-4469

Magnetic order and magnetic anisotropy in two-dimensional ilmenenes
R. H. Aguilera-del-Toro, M. Arruabarrena, A. Leonardoac and A. Ayuela
Nanoscale Adv., 2023, 5, 2813-2819

 

Nanoscale Advances is pleased to have prominent members of the nanoscience community in Spain acting as Advisory Board Members and Guest Editors:

  • Lakshminarayana Polavarapu (University of Vigo)
  • Maurizio Prato (CIC biomaGUNE, San Sebastián, Spain)
  • Carlos A García-González (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)

 

The Royal Society of Chemistry has arranged Read and Publish agreements with many institutes in Spain. As part of these agreements you may be entitled to publish your research gold open access at no cost or with a discount. Get in touch to find out more and find out if your institute is covered here.

Thank you for your support of the journal and we hope you will consider Nanoscale Advances for your next submission!

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Celebrating Nanoscience in Japan and South Korea

New collection in Nanoscale Advances

Over the years, Nanoscale Advances has published quality research across the breadth of nanoscience and our Japanese and South Korean authors and readers remain a core part of the journal community.

To showcase some of the great research being carried out in these countries we have selected some of the most popular articles from authors across Japan and South Korea. A small selection are highlighted in this blog post, but click the button below to read the full collection. All articles are gold open access so they are free to read.

 

 

Lipid-based colloidal nanoparticles for applications in targeted vaccine delivery
Muhammad Saad Khan, Sila Appak Baskoy, Celina Yang, Joohye Hong, Jayoung Chae, Heejin Ha, Sungjun Lee, Masayoshi Tanaka, Yonghyun Choi and Jonghoon Choi
Nanoscale Adv., 2023, 5, 1853-1869

Bottom-up synthesis of 2D layered high-entropy transition metal hydroxides
Fei Li, Shi-Kuan Sun, Yinjuan Chen, Takashi Naka, Takeshi Hashishin, Jun and Hiroya Abe
Nanoscale Adv., 2022, 4, 2468-2478

Quantum dot photolithography using a quantum dot photoresist composed of an organic-inorganic hybrid coating layer
Seungmin Myeong, Bumsoo Chon, Samir Kumar, Ho-Jin Son, Sang Ook Kang and Sungkyu Seo
Nanoscale Adv., 2022, 4, 1080-1087

 

Nanoscale Advances is pleased to have some prominent members of the nanoscience community acting as Associate Editors and as Advisory Board Members:

  • Renzhi Ma (NIMS, Japan)
  • Dong Ha Kim (Ewha Womans University)
  • So-Jung Park (Ewha Womans University)
  • Hyeon Suk Shin (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)

The Royal Society of Chemistry has arranged Read and Publish agreements with many institutes around the world. As part of these agreements you may be entitled to publish your research gold open access at no cost or with a discount. Get in touch to find out more and find out if your institute is covered here.

Thank you for your support of the journal and we hope you will consider Nanoscale Advances for your next submission!

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Top articles from NCNST

Top articles from NCNST

Celebrating NCNST’s 20th anniversary by highlighting some of their best research and reviews

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) in China and to highlight the strong connection between Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale, Nanoscale Advances and the institute we wanted to showcase some of the most exceptional research and reviews that have been published in the journals by NCNST researchers over the years since their launch in partnership with NCNST.

Top articles from NCNST promotional graphic.

The collection features some of the most cited articles from each year, some of the most popular articles and some of the most recent publications from NCNST in the nanoscale family of journals.

Read the collection

Read some of the featured articles below.

Gold nanoparticles for the colorimetric and fluorescent detection of ions and small organic molecules
Dingbin Liu, Zhuo Wang and Xingyu Jiang
Nanoscale, 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C0NR00887G

Visible light driven type II heterostructures and their enhanced photocatalysis properties: a review
Yajun Wang, Qisheng Wang, Xueying Zhan, Fengmei Wang, Muhammad Safdar and Jun He
Nanoscale, 2013, DOI: 10.1039/C3NR01577G

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

Fe3O4–Pd Janus nanoparticles with amplified dual-mode hyperthermia and enhanced ROS generation for breast cancer treatment
Xiaowei Ma, Yanyun Wang, Xiao-Li Liu, Huijun Ma, Galong Li, Yao Li, Fei Gao, Mingli Peng, Hai Ming Fan and Xing-Jie Liang
Nanoscale Horiz., 2019, DOI: 10.1039/C9NH00233B

Single atomic Fe–N4 active sites and neighboring graphitic nitrogen for efficient and stable electrochemical CO2 reduction
Leta Takele Menisa, Ping Cheng, Xueying Qiu, Yonglong Zheng, Xuewei Huang, Yan Gao and Zhiyong Tang
Nanoscale Horiz., 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D2NH00143H

Versatile fabrication of metal sulfide supraparticles by an in situ decomposition–assembly strategy
Menglei Wang, Fulin Jia, Jianxiao Gong and Yunsheng Xia
Nanoscale Adv., 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D2NA00747A

 

We hope you enjoy reading this collection and look forward our continued partnership with NCNST and to sharing more work from the institute with you in the future.

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Themed collection: Emerging concepts in nucleic acids

Emerging concepts in nucleic acids: structures, functions and applications

Guest edited by Arun Richard Chandrasekaran, Dhiraj Bhatia, Xiaogang Liu and Prabal Maiti

Nanoscale and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) are delighted to introduce our latest themed collection on DNA and RNA nanotechnology, bringing recent updates in nucleic acids research under three broad themes: structure, functions and applications. The collection focuses on self-assembly, structure-function relationships, physical chemistry and biophysics of nucleic acids, new structures and new technologies involving nucleic acid modelling and simulation and various applications in biology, medicine, robotics, materials science, computing, and other fields.

You can explore the collection and read the introductory editorial from our guest editors below, with all articles free to access until the end of September 2023.

Read the collection

Photos of Arun Richard Chandrasekaran, Dhiraj Bhatia, Xiaogang Liu and Prabal Maiti.

Dr Arun Richard Chandrasekaran (University at Albany, SUNY, USA), Dr Dhiraj Bhatia (IIT Gandhinagar, India), Professor Xiaogang Liu (National University of Singapore, Singapore) and Professor Prabal Maiti (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India) served as guest editors for this collection and highlight the importance and potential of nucleic acids for various applications in their introductory editorial.

Read the introductory editorial

Read some of the featured articles below.

Utilization of DNA and 2D metal oxide interaction for an optical biosensor
Partha Kumbhakar, Indrani Das Jana, Subhadip Basu, Sandip Mandal, Saptarshi Banerjee, Subhanita Roy, Chinmayee Chowde Gowda, Anyesha Chakraborty, Ashim Pramanik, Pooja Lahiri, Basudev Lahiri, Amreesh Chandra, Pathik Kumbhakar, Arindam Mondal, Prabal K Maiti and Chandra Sekhar Tiwary
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D3CP01402A

Tuning innate immune function using microneedles containing multiple classes of toll-like receptor agonists
Camilla Edwards, Robert S. Oakes and Christopher M. Jewell
Nanoscale, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D3NR00333G

Creation of ordered 3D tubes out of DNA origami lattices
Johannes M. Parikka, Heini Järvinen, Karolina Sokołowska, Visa Ruokolainen, Nemanja Markešević, Ashwin K. Natarajan, Maija Vihinen-Ranta, Anton Kuzyk, Kosti Tapio and J. Jussi Toppari
Nanoscale, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D2NR06001A

Mechanistic insight into the structure, thermodynamics and dynamics of equilibrium gels of multi-armed DNA nanostars
Supriyo Naskar, Dhiraj Bhatia, Shiang-Tai Lin and Prabal K. Maiti
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D2CP04683K

Synthesizing the biochemical and semiconductor worlds: the future of nucleic acid nanotechnology
Jacob M. Majikes and J. Alexander Liddle
Nanoscale, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D2NR04040A

 

Nanoscale and PCCP are always interested in considering high-quality articles on the synthesis, function and applications of nucleic acid nanotechnology and we would be delighted if you would consider the journals for your next submission, which can be made via the Nanoscale online submission service or PCCP online submission service. All submissions will be subject to initial assessment and peer review as appropriate according to the journals’ guidelines linked above.

We hope you enjoy reading this collection and look forward to seeing how this field progresses! Please continue to submit your exciting work on DNA and RNA nanotechnology to Nanoscale and PCCP.

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Congratulations to winners of the Nanoscale journal family early career researcher and poster prizes at #NanoSeries2023

The 2nd Annual Conference on Global Nanotechnology (#NanoSeries2023) took place in Madrid, Spain from 19–21 June 2023. Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances were pleased to support best Early Career Researcher (ECR) and poster prize awards at this event and we would like to congratulate our winners!

 

Best Early Career Research Award Winners

Photo of Rafael Fuentes-Domínguez.

 

Rafael Fuentes-Domínguez (University of Nottingham, UK)
Talk Title: “Super-resolution acoustic imaging using nanostructures”

Dr Rafael Fuentes-Dominguez obtained his PhD from the University of Nottingham in 2018 and he is currently a Research Fellow in the Optics and Photonics Research Group at the University of Nottingham (UK), where he is developing novel super-resolution imaging technologies, using phonons instead of photons, and also designing metamaterials / metasurfaces on optical fibres for advanced endoscopic imaging.

Photo of Eva Osuna Bris.

 

Eva Osuna Bris (The Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain)
Talk Title: “Nano-scale conductivity of Ni3(HITP)2 metal-organic framework”

Eva Osuna Bris is a PhD student at the Autonomous University of Madrid, and is vinculated to the IFIMAC Condensed Matter Center. Her research focuses on low dimensional materials, nanotechnology and atomic force microscopy.

Photo of Vivek Pareek.

 

Vivek Pareek (OIST Graduate University, Japan)
Talk Title: “Imaging the constituent electron and hole of a Moiré localized interlayer exciton”

Vivek Pareek is currently a graduate student in Femtosecond Spectroscopy (Dani) Unit at OIST Graduate University, Japan. He completed his Integrated BS-MS in Physical Sciences from IISER-Kolkata, India as an INSPIRE fellow. At OIST, he is working on understanding the properties of excitons in van der Waals 2D semiconductors using novel technique of micro time and angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy (Tr-µ-ARPES). His research interests are in the field of van der Waals materials and their heterostructures, ultrafast spectroscopy, and quantum materials.

Photo of Tamara Muñoz Ortiz.

 

Tamara Muñoz Ortiz (The Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain)
Talk Title: “Optical coherence tomography meets thermoresponsive nanogels: a combination for three-dimensional thermal bioimaging”

Tamara Muñoz Ortiz graduated in Physics at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) in 2018. One year later she obtained a Master degree on Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology, and Photonics at UAM. She was awarded the Extraordinary Master Award for her academic performance. In February 2020 Tamara started a PhD on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology at the nanoBIG group in UAM under the supervisor of Prof. José García Solé and Dr. Emma Martín Rodríguez. In her PhD she has participated in multidisplinar projects regarding the use of nanoparticles of different materials for biomedical optical coherence tomography imaging applications.

Photo of Makars Šiškins.

 

Makars Šiškins (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Talk Title: “Magneto-mechanics of 2D material membranes”

Dr. Makars Šiškins is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials (I-FIM) of National University of Singapore. He defended his PhD cum laude at the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, in 2021, where he also was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in 2022. His research interests cover fields of nanomechanics, 2D materials, magnetism and condensed matter physics.

 

Poster Award Winners

Photo of Yujie Guo.

 

Yujie Guo (King’s College London, UK)
Poster Title: “Real-time single-molecule monitoring and control of nanoparticle formation”

Yujie Guo is a final year PhD student at department of chemistry, King’s College London, UK. She completed her master’s degree in pharmaceutics at University College London. Yujie’s research focuses on studying reaction kinetics at single-molecule scale. Her work involves the design and synthesis of nanomaterials, such as nanoparticles and polymers, as well as characterization of these molecules with label-free single-molecule imaging techniques. In addition to her research, Yujie enjoys reading and exploring different culture across the world in her free time.

Photo of Fatemeh Rajabasadi.

 

Fatemeh Rajabasadi (Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden – IFW, Germany)
Poster Title: “Polymersomes-decorated microrobots with multiple cargos for gynecological cancer therapy”

Fatemeh Rajabasadi is a PhD student at Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden, Germany. Her main interests are in the field of assisted fertilization by facilitating multiple sperm cell transport by means of synthetic microcarriers.

Photo of Aswin Asaithambi.

 

Aswin Asaithambi (Italian Institute of Technology, Italy)
Poster Title: “Enhanced photoresponse from MoS2-InAs/ZnSe heterostructure”

Aswin Asaithambi Postdoctoral Researcher at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia with a specialization in optical spectroscopy including designing and building of advanced spectroscopic setups.

Photo of Alberto Martín-Pérez.

 

Alberto Martín-Pérez (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Poster Title: “Label-free characterization of cells and particles merging optics, nanomechanics and microfluidics in a single device”

Alberto Martín-Pérez is an Assistant Professor with a strong academic background and expertise in various interdisciplinary fields. He holds a PhD in Applied Physics from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and has completed a postdoctoral research stint at the Materials Science Institute of Madrid (ICMM-CSIC). His research interests span across nanomechanics, microfluidics, optics, and MEMS (Microelectromechanical Systems). With a focus on cutting-edge technology and materials, Alberto is particularly interested in 2D materials, optomechanics, nanofluidics, optoelectronics, and photonics.

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Announcing our new Editor-in-Chief and Honorary Editor-in-Chief of Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances

Professor Yue Zhang joins as Editor-in-Chief

Welcome to Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances!

We are delighted to welcome Professor Yue Zhang, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China, as our new Editor-in-Chief working across Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances, joining Professor Dirk Guldi as co-Editor-in-Chief for the journals.

Photo of Professor Yue Zhang.

 

Prof. Yue Zhang obtained his PhD in Metal Physics from the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) in 1993. He was elected as the academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in 2019 and 2022 respectively and currently serves as the director of State Key State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, dean of the Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Technology at USTB.

Prof. Zhang has devoted his research to the synthesis, characterization, functionalization and advanced applications of semiconductor nanomaterials in energy and information, including two-dimensional electronic devices, energy conversion and storage devices, and information sensing systems.

“It’s a great responsibility for me to serve as Editor-in-chief. Pooling strength from our editorial team, we will strive to further extend the global impact of RSC journals, embrace a broader range of diversity to inspire more academic ideas, and keep on expanding the role of nanoscience exploration in backing sustainable social development.”
– Professor Yue Zhang

Professor Zhang will also act as an Associate Editor for Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances, handling manuscripts through peer review, and we welcome you to submit your latest work on nanomaterials and devices for electronics, energy and information sensing to his editorial office for consideration.

 

Submit your latest research to Nanoscale

 

Professor Chunli Bai becomes Honorary Editor-in-Chief

We are also delighted to announce that Professor Chunli Bai, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, has been appointed as Honorary Editor-in-Chief. Professor Bai was one of the inaugural Editors-in-Chief of both Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances, working with the Royal Society of Chemistry for the past 14 years. We would like to thank him for his ongoing support of the journals and nanoscience community and look forward to working with him in this new role.

Photo of Professor Chunli Bai.

 

Professor Chunli Bai received his MS and PhD degrees from the CAS Institute of Chemistry in 1981 and 1985, respectively. From 1985-1987 he was at Caltech, USA, conducting research in the field of physical chemistry as a post-doctorate associate and visiting scholar. Returning home in 1987, Chunli continued his research at CAS Institute of Chemistry. From 1991 to 1992, he was a visiting professor at Tohoku University in Japan.

His research covers the structure and properties of polymer catalysts, X-ray crystallography of organic compounds, molecular mechanics and EXAFS research on electro-conducting polymers, scanning tunnelling microscopy, and molecular nanotechnology.

Please join us in welcoming Professor Yue Zhang to Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances and congratulating Professor Chunli Bai on his new appointment!

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Themed collection: Nanoscale quantum technologies

Nanoscale quantum technologies

Guest edited by Qing Dai, Chao-Yang Lu and Zhipei Sun

We are delighted to introduce a new online collection published in Nanoscale that provides a snapshot of recent progress in quantum technologies, including quantum materials, computing, sensing, imaging, photonics, optics and more, which we hope will inspire future developments.

Materials and structures at the nanoscale play a key role in various current and emerging quantum technologies. In the last few decades, we have witnessed significant progress in nanoscience and nanotechnology, which has enabled great successes from fundamental research to applications in quantum technologies, facilitating completely new horizons in this area.

You can explore the collection and read the introductory editorial from our guest editors below, with all articles free to access until the end of September 2023.

Read the collection

Qing Dai, Chao-Yang Lu and Zhipei Sun.

Professor Qing Dai (National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China), Professor Chao-Yang Lu (University of Science and Technology of China, China) and Professor Zhipei Sun (Aalto University, Finland), served as guest editors for this collection and highlight the importance of quantum technologies in their introductory editorial.

Read the introductory editorial

Read some of the featured articles below.

Silicon photonics interfaced with microelectronics for integrated photonic quantum technologies: a new era in advanced quantum computers and quantum communications?
Rajeev Gupta, Rajesh Singh, Anita Gehlot, Shaik Vaseem Akram, Neha Yadav, Ranjeet Brajpuriya, Ashish Yadav, Yongling Wu, Hongyu Zheng, Abhijit Biswas, Ephraim Suhir, Vikram Singh Yadav, Tanuj Kumar and Ajay Singh Verma
Nanoscale, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D2NR05610K

Photon pairs bi-directionally emitted from a resonant metasurface
Changjin Son, Vitaliy Sultanov, Tomás Santiago-Cruz, Aravind P. Anthur, Haizhong Zhang, Ramon Paniagua-Dominguez, Leonid Krivitsky, Arseniy I. Kuznetsov and Maria V. Chekhova
Nanoscale, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D2NR05499J

Highly-efficient radiative thermal rectifiers based on near-field gap variations
Bei Yang and Qing Dai
Nanoscale, 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D2NR04350E

Coupling spin defects in hexagonal boron nitride to titanium dioxide ring resonators

Milad Nonahal, Chi Li, Febiana Tjiptoharsono, Lu Ding, Connor Stewart, John Scott, Milos Toth, Son Tung Ha, Mehran Kianinia and Igor Aharonovich
Nanoscale, 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D2NR02522A

Synthesis of mono- and few-layered n-type WSe2 from solid state inorganic precursors
Mauro Och, Konstantinos Anastasiou, Ioannis Leontis, Giulia Zoe Zemignani, Pawel Palczynski, Ali Mostaed, Maria S. Sokolikova, Evgeny M. Alexeev, Haoyu Bai, Alexander I. Tartakovskii, Johannes Lischner, Peter D. Nellist, Saverio Russo and Cecilia Mattevi
Nanoscale, 2022, DOI: 10.1039/D2NR03233C

 

Nanoscale is always interested in considering high-quality articles on on quantum materials, devices and technologies and we would be delighted if you would consider the journal for your next submission, which can be made via our online submission service. All submissions will be subject to initial assessment and peer review as appropriate according to the journal’s guidelines.

We hope you enjoy reading this collection and look forward to seeing how this field progresses! Please continue to submit your exciting work on emerging quantum technologies to Nanoscale.

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Call for papers: Frontiers in Stimuli-Responsive Nanoplatforms

Call for papers: Frontiers in Stimuli-Responsive Nanoplatforms

Pioneering Drug Delivery in Nanobiotechnology

We are delighted to announce an open call for papers to our new themed collection focusing on stimuli-responsive nanoplatforms for drug delivery!

 

 

 

Guest Editors: Prof. Juan C. Cruz, (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia) and Prof. Luis H. Reyes (Universidad de los Andes, Columbia)

This collection welcomes innovative research and review articles focused on the recent developments and novel approaches in stimuli-responsive nanoplatforms for drug delivery. We encourage submissions that highlight the design, synthesis, and application of these nanoplatforms, with an emphasis on their potential to transform therapeutic delivery methods. We aim to highlight the intersection of nanobiotechnology and drug delivery, fostering discussions on future trends and challenges within this exciting field.

You are welcome to submit an article within the scope before 01 March 2024.

If you are interested in contributing to this collection, please get in touch with the Editorial Office by email.

Please note that article processing charges apply to all articles submitted to Nanoscale Advances if, following peer-review, they are accepted for publication. Exceptions include researchers at Research4Life Group A and B countries, and those whose institutes have an existing deal that covers publication in our gold open access journals. Details of the APC and discounted rates can be found here.

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Call for papers: Photocatalytic Nanomaterials

Call for papers: Photocatalytic Nanomaterials for Clean Energy, Renewable Chemicals production, and Sustainable Catalysis

Guest edited by Rajeev Ahuja and Rajendra Srivastava 

We are delighted to announce an open call for papers to our new themed collection focusing on photocatalytic nanomaterials!

 

 

 

Guest Editors: Rajeev Ahuja (Uppsala University, Sweden) and Rajendra Srivastava (Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India)

Nanocatalytic materials can solve energy and environmental problems by penetrating plastic polymer waste and providing a high surface area with exposed active sites to catalyze the reactions to produce sustainable chemicals and fuels. The process will be highly sustainable if light energy, including solar energy, is utilized to produce clean energy and chemicals. Thus, efforts must be made to develop novel materials or engineer materials for harvesting light energy for producing clean energy and chemicals.

In this collection, we welcome both review and research articles on the following topics:

  • Photocatalytic nanomaterials and process for H2 production, CO2 to chemicals and fuels
  • Photocatalytic nanomaterials and biomass conversion to chemicals and fuels
  • Engineering photocatalytic nanomaterials for sustainable catalysis
  • Photocatalytic nanomaterials for photoreforming of plastic waste
  • Computational study on designing new photocatalytic nanomaterials for clean energy

You are welcome to submit an article within the scope before 20 February 2024.

If you are interested in contributing to this collection, please get in touch with the Editorial Office by email.

Please note that article processing charges apply to all articles submitted to Nanoscale Advances if, following peer-review, they are accepted for publication. Exceptions include researchers at Research4Life Group A and B countries, and those whose institutes have an existing deal that covers publication in our gold open access journals. Details of the APC and discounted rates can be found here.

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