Challenges in Nanoscience (ISACS15) – call for abstracts
Challenges in Nanoscience (ISACS15) will be the 15th conference in the highly successful International Symposia on Advancing the Chemical Sciences (ISACS) series.
Abstracts are now invited for this event so submit today and take advantage of this exceptional opportunity to present your work alongside scientists from across the globe.
For details of speakers and conferences themes, please visit the dedicated website.
Take a look at this week’s selection! These articles are available free for a limited time:
High performance few-layer GaS photodetector and its unique photo-response in different gas environments
Shengxue Yang, Yan Li, Xiaozhou Wang, Nengjie Huo, Jian-Bai Xia, Shu-Shen Li and Jingbo Li
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05965K, Communication
Local structural investigation of Eu3+-doped BaTiO3 nanocrystals
Federico A. Rabuffetti, Sean P. Culver, John S. Lee and Richard L. Brutchey
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR06610J, Paper
Graphene–nickel interfaces: a review
Arjun Dahal and Matthias Batzill
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05279F, Review Article
Take a look at this week’s selection! This article is available free for a limited time:
Emerging advances in nanomedicine with engineered gold nanostructures
Joseph A. Webb and Rizia Bardhan
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05112A, Review Article
Size-dependent propagation of Au nanoclusters through few-layer graphene is the article highlighted on the outside front cover by Simon R. Plant, Lu Cao, Feng Yin, Zhi Wei Wang and Richard E. Palmer.
The inside front cover features an article on Curved polymer nanodiscs by wetting nanopores of anodic aluminum oxide templates with polymer nanospheres by Mu-Huan Chi, Yi-Huei Kao, Tzu-Hui Wei, Chih-Wei Lee and Jiun-Tai Chen.
Issue 3 contains the following Feature article:
Hollow/porous nanostructures derived from nanoscale metal–organic frameworks towards high performance anodes for lithium-ion batteries
Lin Hu and Qianwang Chen
One-step synthesis of carbon nanosheets converted from a polycyclic compound and their direct use as transparent electrodes of ITO-free organic solar cells is the article highlighted on the outside front cover by Su-Young Son, Yong-Jin Noh, Changsuk Bok, Sungho Lee, Byoung Gak Kim, Seok-In Na and Han-Ik Joh.
The inside front cover features an article on Synergistic influence of polyoxometalate surface corona towards enhancing the antibacterial performance of tyrosine-capped Ag nanoparticles by Hemant K. Daima, P. R. Selvakannan, Ahmad E. Kandjani, Ravi Shukla, Suresh K. Bhargava and Vipul Bansal.
Issue 2 contains the following Review article:
Nanomedicine: de novo design of nanodrugs
Zaixing Yang, Seung-gu Kang and Ruhong Zhou
Strong localized surface plasmon resonance effects of Ag/TiO 2 core–shell nanowire arrays in UV and visible light for photocatalytic activity is the article highlighted on the outside front cover by Hyeonjin Eom, Joo-Yun Jung, Yosep Shin, Sarah Kim, Jun-Hyuk Choi, Eungsug Lee, Jun-Ho Jeong and Inkyu Park.
The inside front cover features an article on Photocatalysts with internal electric fields by Li Li, Paul A. Salvador and Gregory S. Rohrer.
Issue 1 contains the following Review and Feature articles:
Semicondutor quantum dots-based metal ion probes
Peng Wu, Ting Zhao, Shanling Wang and Xiandeng Hou
Polymeric nanotherapeutics: clinical development and advances in stealth functionalization strategies
Che-Ming J. Hu, Ronnie H. Fang, Brian T. Luk and Liangfang Zhang
Rice- and butterfly-wing effect inspired self-cleaning and low drag micro/nanopatterned surfaces in water, oil, and air flow
Gregory D. Bixler and Bharat Bhushan
Tailoring photocatalytic nanostructures for sustainable hydrogen production
Matteo Cargnello and Benjamin T. Diroll
Polymer-directed synthesis of metal oxide-containing nanomaterials for electrochemical energy storage
Yiyong Mai, Fan Zhang and Xinliang Feng
Take a look at this week’s selection! These articles are available free for a limited time:
Synthesis of Mn2O3 nanomaterials with controllable porosity and thickness for enhanced lithium-ion batteries performance
Xing Zhang, Yitai Qian, Yongchun Zhu and Kaibin Tang
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05551E, Paper
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
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05226E, Paper
Transport of nanoparticles through the blood–brain barrier for imaging and therapeutic applications
Malka Shilo, Menachem Motiei, Panet Hana and Rachela Popovtzer
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04878K, Paper
Probing the atomic structure of metallic nanoclusters with the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope
Koen Schouteden, Koen Lauwaet, Ewald Janssens, Giovanni Barcaro, Alessandro Fortunelli, Chris Van Haesendonck and Peter Lievens
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03585A, Paper
Up to £5,000 prize money
The Royal Society of Chemistry’s Prizes and Awards recognise achievements by individuals, teams and organisations in advancing the chemical sciences. There are over 80 Prizes and Awards available covering all areas of the chemical sciences.
You still have time to make your nomination before the deadline on 15th January 2014
As well as the cash prize of up to £5,000 and an inscribed medal , all Prize and Award winners are given the opportunity to present their work to the wider community by giving lectures at several universities around the UK.
Prizes are available in the categories various categories, including Biosciences, Environment, Sustainability and Energy, Materials Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Industry & Technology.
Please nominate someone or be nominated by a Royal Society of Chemistry member by visiting
http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/2014-RSC-Prizes-Awards.asp
“The publicity associated with my RSC Award resulted in the increased recognition for all my great colleagues who contributed and supported this programme over the years.” Monica Papworth
Take a look at this week’s selection! This article is available free for a limited time:
Selective catalytic burning of graphene by SiOx layer depletion
Kyoung-Jae Lee, Kyuwook Ihm, Yogesh Kumar, Jaeyoon Baik, Mihyun Yang, Hyun-Joon Shin, Tai-Hee Kang, Sukmin Chung and Byung Hee Hong
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04692C, Paper
Take a look at this week’s selection! These articles are available free for a limited time:
Facile preparation of hierarchically porous polymer microspheres for superhydrophobic coating
Jiefeng Gao, Julia Shuk-Ping Wong, Mingjun Hu, Wan Li and Robert. K. Y. Li
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05281H, Paper
Synthesis and electrocatalytic properties of PtBi nanoplatelets and PdBi nanowires
Hanbin Liao, Jinghan Zhu and Yanglong Hou
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05590F, Paper
Multimodal chemo–magnetic control of self-propelling microbots
Amit Kumar Singh, Krishna Kanti Dey, Arun Chattopadhyay, Tapas Kumar Mandal and Dipankar Bandyopadhyay
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR05294J, Paper
