Nanoscale themed collection: Hybrid Materials – deadline now approaching

Nanoscale themed collection: Hybrid Materials
Dedicated to Professor Avnir on his 65th Birthday
Guest Editors: Mario Pagliaro and Jean-Marie Nedelec

The deadline for submissions to this themed collection is now approaching: 29th November 2013.

This high-profile collection of review articles on hybrid materials will be published in 2014. The themed collection will be guest edited byMario Pagliaro (CNR, Italy) and Jean-Marie Nedelec, (Institute de Chemie de Clermont Ferrand, France), two leading researchers in the the topic of the themed issue.

The articles will be dedicated to Professor David Avnir on his 65th Birthday. Professor Avnir is well known for his research in the areas of organically doped metals and sol-gel organic hybrid materials and biomaterials, and the collection will include exciting articles in these areas.

Please email the editorial office if you are interested in submitting an article for this themed collection at nanoscale-rsc@rsc.org.

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Magnetic nanoparticles as contrast agents for MRI-based stem cell tracking and labeling.

Lee Barrett is a guest web-writer for Nanoscale. He is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Strathclyde, UK

Tracking the distribution of stem cells (SCs) in tissue engineered organ scaffolds is of great importance in order to understand the role, movement and distribution of SCs after they have been implanted.   A recent minireview, by Hachani et al. at University College London, highlights the recent application of nanotechnology in SC labeling and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

The authors provide an overview of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs), such as iron oxide and gadolinium nanoparticles, for use as contrast agents in MRI-based cell tracking and labeling.  The minireview introduces SC research and how conventional MRI is used as a tool for tracking and labeling.  However, the review’s main focus is discussing the recent developments in magnetic nanoparticle research, particularly detailing the efforts made by researchers in controlling the physical properties of the MNPs, such as size, shape, surface chemistry, etc, in order to produce more biocompatible and stable MNP contrast agents.

For researchers wishing to gain an insight into the application of nanotechnology in MRI and stem cell research, this review provides a valuable starting point for becoming familiar with recent developments in this area.

By Lee Barrett

You can read this Minireview in Nanoscale by clicking the link below:

Tracking stem cells in tissue-engineered organs using magnetic nanoparticles
Roxanne Hachani, Mark Lowdell, Martin Birchall and Nguyễn Thi Kim Thanh
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03861K, Minireview

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This week’s HOT articles

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

Quintuple-modality (SERS-MRI-CT-TPL-PTT) plasmonic nanoprobe for theranostics
Yang Liu, Zheng Chang, Hsiangkuo Yuan, Andrew M. Fales and Tuan Vo-DinhBipolar switching polarity reversal by electrolyte layer sequence in electrochemical metallization cells with dual-layer solid electrolytes
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03762B, Communication

Bipolar switching polarity reversal by electrolyte layer sequence in electrochemical metallization cells with dual-layer solid electrolytes
Rohit Soni, Paul Meuffels, Adrian Petraru, Mirko Hansen, Martin Ziegler, Ondrej Vavra, Hermann Kohlstedt and Doo Seok Jeong
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03993E, Paper

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Nanoscale Issue 22 of 2013 out now!

Nanoscale Issue 22 Outside Front CoverNanoscale is delighted to present its current issue.

Electron beam induced local crystallization of HfO 2 nanopores for biosensing applications is the article highlighted on the outside front cover by Jiwook Shim, Jose A. Rivera and Rashid Bashir.

The inside front cover features an article on Single Particle Orientation and Rotational Tracking (SPORT) in biophysical studies by Yan Gu, Ji Won Ha, Ashley E. Augspurger, Kuangcai Chen, Shaobin Zhu and Ning Fang.

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

Nanostructure-based optoelectronic sensing of vapor phase explosives – a promising but challenging method
Baiyi Zu, Yanan Guo and Xincun Dou, Nanoscale

Current and emerging challenges of field effect transistor based bio-sensing Nanoscale Issue 22 Inside Front Cover
Akira Matsumoto and Yuji Miyahara, Nanoscale

Intravenous hemostats: challenges in translation to patients
Margaret Lashof-Sullivan, Andrew Shoffstall and Erin Lavik, Nanoscale

Recent advances in surface chemistry strategies for the fabrication of functional iron oxide based magnetic nanoparticles
Kostiantyn Turcheniuk, Arkadii V. Tarasevych, Valeriy P. Kukhar, Rabah Boukherroub and Sabine Szunerits, Nanoscale

Synthesis of graphene-supported noble metal hybrid nanostructures and their applications as advanced electrocatalysts for fuel cells
Chengzhou Zhu and Shaojun Dong, Nanoscale

Single cycle and transient force measurements in dynamic atomic force microscopy
Karim Gadelrab, Sergio Santos, Josep Font and Matteo Chiesa, Nanoscale

Hot spots in different metal nanostructures for plasmon-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
Hong Wei and Hongxing Xu, Nanoscale

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High impact research on biotechnology

We would like to share with you a selection of recent articles published in the Royal Society of Chemistry journals Energy & Environmental Science (EES), Nanoscale and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) in the area of biotechnology.

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Nanoscale publishes community-spanning research across the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Its Impact Factor is currently 6.23.

FREE: The interplay between carbon nanomaterials and amyloid fibrils in bio-nanotechnology
Chaoxu Li and Raffaele Mezzenga
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR01644G, Review Article

FREE: Lanthanide-doped luminescent nano-bioprobes: from fundamentals to biodetection
Yongsheng Liu, Datao Tu, Haomiao Zhu, En Ma and Xueyuan Chen
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR33239F, Feature Article

FREE: Cholesterol – a biological compound as a building block in bionanotechnology
Leticia Hosta-Rigau, Yan Zhang, Boon M. Teo, Almar Postma and Brigitte Städler
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR32923A, Feature Article

FREE: Plant mediated green synthesis: modified approaches
Ratul Kumar Das and Satinder Kaur Brar
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR02548A, Minireview

FREE: Graphene: a versatile nanoplatform for biomedical applications
Yin Zhang, Tapas R. Nayak, Hao Hong and Weibo Cai
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR31040F, Review Article

FREE: Nanocellulose electroconductive composites
Zhijun Shi, Glyn O. Phillips and Guang Yang
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR00408B, Minireview

FREE: Recombinant antibody mediated delivery of organelle-specific DNA pH sensors along endocytic pathways.
Yamuna Krishnan, Souvik Modi, Saheli Halder and Clément Nizak
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03769J, Paper

FREE: Multi-enzyme Co-Embedded Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanoflowers: Synthesis and Application in Colorimetric Sensor
Jiayu Sun, Jiechao Ge, Weimin Liu, Minhuan Lan, Hongyan Zhang, Pengfei Wang, Yanming Wang and Zhongwei Niu
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04425D, Paper

FREE: An unusual pathway for the membrane wrapping of rodlike nanoparticles and the orientation- and membrane wrapping-dependent nanoparticle interaction
Tongtao Yue, Xiaojuan Wang, Fang Huang and Xianren Zhang
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR02683C, Paper

FREE: Flash photo stimulation of human neural stem cells on graphene/TiO2 heterojunction for differentiation into neurons
Omid Akhavan and Elham Ghaderi
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR02161K, Paper

FREE: Bio-nanohybrids of quantum dots and photoproteins facilitating strong nonradiative energy transfer
Urartu Ozgur Safak Seker, Evren Mutlugun, Pedro Ludwig Hernandez-Martinez, Vijay K. Sharma, Vladimir Lesnyak, Nikolai Gaponik, Alexander Eychmüller and Hilmi Volkan Demir
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR01417G, Paper

FREE: A methodology for preparing nanostructured biomolecular interfaces with high enzymatic activity
Lu Shin Wong, Chinnan V. Karthikeyan, Daniel J. Eichelsdoerfer, Jason Micklefield and Chad A. Mirkin
DOI: 10.1039/C1NR11443C, Paper


With an Impact Factor of 11.65, which is rising fast, EES is the ideal place to publish your research.

FREE: The role of biofuels in the future energy supply
Luis Caspeta, Nicolaas A. A. Buijs and Jens Nielsen
DOI: 10.1039/C3EE24403B, Opinion

FREE: Implanted biofuel cells operating in vivo – methods, applications and perspectives – feature article
Evgeny Katz and Kevin MacVittie
DOI: 10.1039/C3EE42126K, Opinion

FREE: Enzymes and bio-inspired electrocatalysts in solar fuel devices
Thomas W. Woolerton, Sally Sheard, Yatendra S. Chaudhary and Fraser A. Armstrong
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE21471G, Perspective

FREE: From biodiesel and bioethanol to liquid hydrocarbon fuels: new hydrotreating and advanced microbial technologies
Juan Carlos Serrano-Ruiz, Enrique V. Ramos-Fernández and Antonio Sepúlveda-Escribano
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE02418C, Perspective

FREE: Immobilization technology: a sustainable solution for biofuel cell design
Xiao-Yu Yang, Ge Tian, Nan Jiang and Bao-Lian Su
DOI: 10.1039/C1EE02391H, Review Article

FREE: Oxygen-tolerant coenzyme A-acylating aldehyde dehydrogenase facilitates efficient photosynthetic n-butanol biosynthesis in cyanobacteria
Ethan I. Lan, Soo Y. Ro and James C. Liao
DOI: 10.1039/C3EE41405A, Paper

FREE: Engineered yeast for enhanced CO2 mineralization
Roberto Barbero, Lino Carnelli, Anna Simon, Albert Kao, Alessandra d’Arminio Monforte, Moreno Riccò, Daniele Bianchi and Angela Belcher
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE24060B, Paper

FREE: Layered corrugated electrode macrostructures boost microbial bioelectrocatalysis
Shuiliang Chen, Guanghua He, Qin Liu, Falk Harnisch, Yan Zhou, Yu Chen, Muddasir Hanif, Suqin Wang, Xinwen Peng, Haoqing Hou and Uwe Schröder
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE23344D, Communication

FREE: An extremely radioresistant green eukaryote for radionuclide bio-decontamination in the nuclear industry
Corinne Rivasseau, Emmanuel Farhi, Ariane Atteia, Alain Couté, Marina Gromova, Diane de Gouvion Saint Cyr, Anne-Marie Boisson, Anne-Sophie Féret, Estelle Compagnon and Richard Bligny
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE23129H, Paper

FREE: Living battery – biofuel cells operating in vivo in clams
Alon Szczupak, Jan Halámek, Lenka Halámková, Vera Bocharova, Lital Alfonta and Evgeny Katz
DOI: 10.1039/C2EE21626D, Communication


PCCP is committed to publishing the best research across physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry.

FREE: Miniaturized biological and electrochemical fuel cells: challenges and applications
Jie Yang, Sasan Ghobadian, Payton J. Goodrich, Reza Montazami and Nastaran Hashemi
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP50804H, Perspective

FREE: Plasmonic fluorescence enhancement by metal nanostructures: shaping the future of bionanotechnology
Daniel Darvill, Anthony Centeno and Fang Xie
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP50415H, Perspective

FREE: Construction of biomimetic smart nanochannels with polymer membranes and application in energy conversion systems
Liping Wen, Ye Tian, Jie Ma, Jin Zhai and Lei Jiang
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP23911F, Perspective

FREE: Encapsulation of actives for sustained release
Markus Andersson Trojer, Lars Nordstierna, Matias Nordin, Magnus Nydén and Krister Holmberg
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP52686K, Perspective

FREE: Mussel inspired surface functionalization of electrospun nanofibers for bio-applications
Søren Roesgaard Nielsen, Flemming Besenbacher and Menglin Chen
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP52651H, Perspective

FREE: Physics and engineering of peptide supramolecular nanostructures
Amir Handelman, Peter Beker, Nadav Amdursky and Gil Rosenman
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP40157F, Perspective

FREE: A pacemaker powered by an implantable biofuel cell operating under conditions mimicking the human blood circulatory system – battery not included
Mark Southcott, Kevin MacVittie, Jan Halámek, Lenka Halámková, William D. Jemison, Robert Lobel and Evgeny Katz
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP50929J, Paper

FREE: A novel three-dimensional macrocellular carbonaceous biofuel cell
Victoria Flexer, Nicolas Brun, Mathieu Destribats, Rénal Backov and Nicolas Mano
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP50807B, Pape

FREE: In situ fluorescence and electrochemical monitoring of a photosynthetic microbial fuel cell
Alister E. Inglesby, Kamran Yunus and Adrian C. Fisher
DOI: 10.1039/C3CP51076J, Paper

FREE: Surface morphology and surface energy of anode materials influence power outputs in a multi-channel mediatorless bio-photovoltaic (BPV) system
Paolo Bombelli, Marie Zarrouati, Rebecca J. Thorne, Kenneth Schneider, Stephen J. L. Rowden, Akin Ali, Kamran Yunus, Petra J. Cameron, Adrian C. Fisher, D. Ian Wilson, Christopher J. Howe and Alistair J. McCormick
DOI: 10.1039/C2CP42526B, Paper

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This week’s HOT articles

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

High mobility graphene ion-sensitive field-effect transistors by noncovalent functionalization
W. Fu, C. Nef, A. Tarasov, M. Wipf, R. Stoop, O. Knopfmacher, M. Weiss, M. Calame and C. Schönenberger
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03940D, Communication

Covalent functionalization based heteroatom doped graphene nanosheet as a metal-free electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction
Minju Park, Taemin Lee and Byeong-Su Kim
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03581F, Paper

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New Nanoscale Editor: Dr Xiaodong Chen

Nanoscale is delighted to welcome Dr Xiaodong Chen as a new Associate Editor.

Dr Chen is an Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His research focuses on developing integrated sytems at the nano-bio interface for monitoring, manipulating, and mimicking biological processes at the nanoscale and exploring programmable nanoscale modules for energy conversion.

So you can see for yourself the quality of work in Nanoscale, we have collected together some recent articles in Dr Chen’s exciting research fields, with a selection available to read for free for a limited period.

The nano-bio interface

Bio-inspired magnetic swimming microrobots for biomedical applications
Kathrin E. Peyer, Li Zhang and Bradley J. Nelson
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR32554C, Feature Article

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

Biomimetic graphene films and their properties
Yong-Lai Zhang, Qi-Dai Chen, Zhi Jin, Eunkyoung Kim and Hong-Bo Sun
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30813D, Feature Article

Lanthanide-doped luminescent nano-bioprobes: from fundamentals to biodetection
Yongsheng Liu, Datao Tu, Haomiao Zhu, En Ma and Xueyuan Chen
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR33239F, Feature Article

Bioinspired design and macroscopic assembly of poly(vinyl alcohol)-coated graphene into kilometers-long fibers
Liang Kou and Chao Gao
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR00455D, Paper

Plasmon enhanced upconversion luminescence of NaYF4:Yb,Er@SiO2@Ag core–shell nanocomposites for cell imaging
Peiyan Yuan, Yih Hong Lee, Muthu Kumara Gnanasammandhan, Zhenping Guan, Yong Zhang and Qing-Hua Xu
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR31241G, Paper

Photo-switched self-assembly of a gemini α-helical peptide into supramolecular architectures
Chang-Sheng Chen, Xiao-Ding Xu, Shi-Ying Li, Ren-Xi Zhuo and Xian-Zheng Zhang
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR01967E, Communication

Energy Conversion

Free-standing one-dimensional plasmonic nanostructures
Lin Jiang, Yinghui Sun, Fengwei Huo, Hua Zhang, Lidong Qin, Shuzhou Li and Xiaodong Chen
DOI: 10.1039/C1NR11445J, Feature Article

Recent advances in solar cells based on one-dimensional nanostructure arrays
Miao Yu, Yun-Ze Long, Bin Sun and Zhiyong Fan
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30437F, Review Article

Power conversion efficiency enhancement based on the bio-inspired hierarchical antireflection layer in dye sensitized solar cells
Hyo-Jin Ahn, Sun-I Kim, Jong-Chul Yoon, Jung-Soo Lee and Ji-Hyun Jang
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR31214J, Communication

Bio-inspired Antireflective Hetero-nanojunctions with Enhanced Photoactivity
Dianpeng Qi, Liyan Zheng, Xue Cao, Yueyue Jiang, Hongbo Xu, Zhang YanYan, Bingjie Yang, Yinghui Sun, Huey Hoon Hng, Nan Lu, Lifeng Chi and Xiaodong Chen
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04011A, Paper

Bio-nanohybrids of quantum dots and photoproteins facilitating strong nonradiative energy transfer
Urartu Ozgur Safak Seker, Evren Mutlugun, Pedro Ludwig Hernandez-Martinez, Vijay K. Sharma, Vladimir Lesnyak, Nikolai Gaponik, Alexander Eychmüller and Hilmi Volkan Demir
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR01417G, Paper

Functionalization of nanomaterials by non-thermal large area atmospheric pressure plasmas: application to flexible dye-sensitized solar cells
Heesoo Jung, Jaeyoung Park, Eun Sang Yoo, Gill-Sang Han, Hyun Suk Jung, Min Jae Ko, Sanghoo Park and Wonho Choe
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR01889J, Paper

Spherical TiO2 aggregates with different building units for dye-sensitized solar cells
Zhaohui Liu, Xunjia Su, Genliang Hou, Song Bi, Zhou Xiao and Haipeng Jia
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR01767B, Paper

Nanorainforest solar cells based on multi-junction hierarchical p-Si/n-CdS/n-ZnOnanoheterostructures
Wei Wang, Qing Zhao, Kevin Laurent, Y. Leprince-Wang, Zhi-Min Liao and Dapeng Yu
DOI: 10.1039/C1NR11123J, Paper

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Nanoscale Issue 21 of 2013 out now!

Nanoscale 21 Outside Front Cover

Nanoscale is delighted to present its current issue.

Ag nanocluster functionalized glasses for efficient photonic conversion in light sources, solar cells and flexible screen monitors is the article highlighted on the outside front cover byA. S. Kuznetsov, V. K. Tikhomirov, M. V. Shestakov and V. V. Moshchalkov.

The inside front cover features an article on A reversible strain-induced electrical conductivity in cup-stacked carbon nanotubes by Takuya Hayashi, Thomas C. O’Connor, Katsuhisa Higashiyama, Kohei Nishi, Kazunori Fujisawa, Hiroyuki Muramatsu, Yoong Ahm Kim, Bobby G. Sumpter, Vincent Meunier, Mauricio Terrones and Morinobu Endo.

Issue 21 contains the following Review, Feature, Mini review articles:

Nanoscale resistive switching devices: mechanisms and modeling
Yuchao Yang and Wei Lu

Synthesis of nanostructured materials in inverse miniemulsions and their applicationsNanoscale 21 inside front cover
Zhihai Cao and Ulrich Ziener

Graphene for energy solutions and its industrialization
Di Wei and Jani Kivioja

Plasmonic nanoprobes: from chemical sensing to medical diagnostics and therapy
Tuan Vo-Dinh, Andrew M. Fales, Guy D. Griffin, Christopher G. Khoury, Yang Liu, Hoan Ngo, Stephen J. Norton, Janna K. Register, Hsin-Neng Wang and Hsiangkuo Yuan

Point-of-care nucleic acid detection using nanotechnology
Mark R. Hartman, Roanna C. H. Ruiz, Shogo Hamada, Chuanying Xu, Kenneth G. Yancey, Yan Yu, Wei Han and Dan Luo

Plant mediated green synthesis: modified approaches
Ratul Kumar Das and Satinder Kaur Brar

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Top 10 most-read Nanoscale articles – Q3 2013

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

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

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

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

Focusing on luminescent graphene quantum dots: current status and future perspectives
Lingling Li, Gehui Wu, Guohai Yang, Juan Peng, Jianwei Zhao and Jun-Jie Zhu
Nanoscale, 2013,5, 4015-4039
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR33849E

Graphene-related nanomaterials: tuning properties by functionalization
Qing Tang, Zhen Zhou and Zhongfang Chen
Nanoscale, 2013,5, 4541-4583
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR33218G

Recent advances in the efficient reduction of graphene oxide and its application as energy storage electrode materials
Tapas Kuila, Ananta Kumar Mishra, Partha Khanra, Nam Hoon Kim and Joong Hee Lee
Nanoscale, 2013,5, 52-71
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR32703A

2D materials: to graphene and beyond
Rubén Mas-Ballesté, Cristina Gómez-Navarro, Julio Gómez-Herrero and Félix Zamora
Nanoscale, 2011,3, 20-30
DOI: 10.1039/C0NR00323A

All-solid-state hybrid solar cells based on a new organometal halide perovskite sensitizer and one-dimensional TiO2 nanowire arrays
Jianhang Qiu, Yongcai Qiu, Keyou Yan, Min Zhong, Cheng Mu, He Yan and Shihe Yang
Nanoscale, 2013,5, 3245-3248
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR00218G

‘Inorganics-in-Organics’: recent developments and outlook for 4G polymer solar cells
K. D. G. Imalka Jayawardena, Lynn J. Rozanski, Chris A. Mills, Michail J. Beliatis, N. Aamina Nismy and S. Ravi P. Silva
Nanoscale, 2013,5, 8411-8427
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR02733C

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, 2013,5, 8326-8339
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR01577G

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

Fancy submitting an article to Nanoscale? Then why not submit to us today!

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This week’s HOT articles

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Template Electrosynthesis of Tailored-Made Helical Nanoswimmers Template electrosynthesis of tailored-made helical nanoswimmers
Jinxing Li, Sirilak Sattayasamitsathit, Renfeng Dong, Wei Gao, Ryan Tam, Xiaomiao Feng, Stephen Ai and Joseph Wang
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04760A, Communication

Instantly switchable adhesion of bridged fibrillar adhesive via gecko-inspired detachment mechanism and its application to a transportation system
Won-Gyu Bae, Doogon Kim and Kahp-Yang Suh
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR02008H, Paper

Parallel array of nanochannels grafted with polymer brushes stabilized Au nanoparticles for flow–through catalysis
Jianxi Liu, Shuanhong Ma, Qiangbing Wei, Lei Jia, Bo Yu, Daoai Wang and Feng Zhou
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03901C, Paper

Strain Sensors Based on Chromium Nanoparticle Arrays
Mengyang Zheng, Wenyang Li, Mengjiao Xu, Ning Xu, Peng Chen, Min Han and Bo Xie
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR04135B, Paper

The fast filling of nano-SnO2 in CNTs by vacuum absorption: a new approach to realize cyclic durable anodes for lithium ion batteries
Renzong Hu, Wei Sun, Hui Liu, Meiqin Zeng and Min Zhu
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03756H, Paper

Enhanced Photoresponse in Curled Graphene Ribbons
Zeynab Jarrahi, Yunhao Cao, Tu Hong, Yevgeniy S. Puzyrev, Bin Wang, Junhao Lin, Alex H. Huffstutter, Sokrates T. Pantelides and Ya-Qiong Xu
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03988A, Paper

Nearly monodisperse graphene quantum dots fabricated by amine-assisted cutting and ultrafiltrationNearly Monodisperse Graphene Quantum Dots Fabricated by amine-assisted Cutting and Ultrafiltration
Qi Xue, He Huang, Liang Wang, Zhiwen Chen, Minghong Wu, Zhen Li and Dengyu Pan
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03623E, Communication

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