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
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
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 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 applications
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
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
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Take a look at this week’s selection! These articles are available free for a limited time:
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
Qi Xue, He Huang, Liang Wang, Zhiwen Chen, Minghong Wu, Zhen Li and Dengyu Pan
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03623E, Communication
Roxanne Hachani, Mark Lowdell, Martin Birchall and Nguyễn Thi Kim Thanh
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03861K, Minireview
In situ polymerized superhydrophobic and superoleophilic nanofibrous membranes for gravity driven oil–water separation
Xiaomin Tang, Yang Si, Jianlong Ge, Bin Ding, Lifang Liu, Gang Zheng, Wenjing Luo and Jianyong Yu
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03937D, Paper
Near-field electrospinning of light-emitting conjugated polymer nanofibers
Daniela Di Camillo, Vito Fasano, Fabrizio Ruggieri, Sandro Santucci, Luca Lozzi, Andrea Camposeo and Dario Pisignano
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03094F, Paper
Microworms swallow the nanobait: the use of nanocoated microbial cells for the direct delivery of nanoparticles into Caenorhabditis elegans
Gölnur I. Däwlätşina, Renata T. Minullina and Rawil F. Fakhrullin
DOI: 10.1039/C3NR03905F, Paper
These articles are HOT as recommended by the referees.
Take a look at this week’s selection:
A ZnO nanowire-based photo-inverter with pulse-induced fast recovery
Syed Raza Ali Raza, Young Tack Lee, Seyed Hossein Hosseini Shokouh, Ryong Ha, Heon-Jin Choi and Seongil Im
Photocatalysts with internal electric fields
Li Li, Paul A. Salvador and Gregory S. Rohrer
Intravenous hemostats: challenges in translation to patients
Margaret Lashof-Sullivan, Andrew Shoffstall and Erin Lavik
Exploiting shape effects of La2O3 nanocatalysts for oxidative coupling of methane reaction
Ping Huang, Yonghui Zhao, Jun Zhang, Yan Zhu and Yuhan Sun
Nanoparticle accumulation and transcytosis in brain endothelial cell layers
Dong Ye, Michelle Nic Raghnaill, Mattia Bramini, Eugene Mahon, Christoffer Åberg, Anna Salvati and Kenneth A. Dawson
Nanoscale is delighted to present its current issue.
Direct atomic imaging and density functional theory study of the Au24Pd1 cluster catalyst is the article highlighted on the outside front cover by A. Bruma, F. R. Negreiros, S. Xie, T. Tsukuda, R. L. Johnston, A. Fortunelli and Z. Y. Li.
The inside front cover features an article on Impairments of cells and genomic DNA by environmentally transformed engineered nanomaterials by Philip Jones, Sakiko Sugino, Shohei Yamamura, Fred Lacy and Vasudevanpillai Biju.
Issue 20 contains the following Review, Feature, Mini review articles:
From formation mechanisms to synthetic methods toward shape-controlled oxide nanoparticles
Thanh-Dinh Nguyen
Aligned carbon nanotubes: from controlled synthesis to electronic applications
Bilu Liu, Chuan Wang, Jia Liu, Yuchi Che and Chongwu Zhou
Gold nanoparticles and fluorescently-labelled DNA as a platform for biological sensing
Amelie Heuer-Jungemann, Pascal K. Harimech, Tom Brown and Antonios G. Kanaras
Dr Yamuna Krishnan has received the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for Chemical Sciences. The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards are India’s top awards for excellence in science and technology and are given annually to young scientists below the age of 45 who have made outstanding contributions in any field of science and technology.
The Award was instituted in 1957 in the honour of late Dr Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, an eminent scientist, founder director and principal architect of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). This year, eight scientists received awards on the 71st Foundation day of CSIR. Dr Krishnan was the only recipient in the Chemical Sciences Category. A full list of winners can be found here.
Yamuna Krishnan is a scientist at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bangalore, India. Her research involves understanding the structure and dynamics of unusual forms of DNA and translating this knowledge to create DNA-based nanodevices for applications in bionanotechnology.
Dr Krishnan is a Nanoscale Associate Editor. You can submit your best research to her Editorial Office at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/nr.
Here is one of Dr Krishnan’s recent articles in Chemical Communications:
Tunable, colorimetric DNA-based pH sensors mediated by A-motif formation
Sonali Saha, Kasturi Chakraborty and Yamuna Krishnan
Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 2513-2515
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC16347K
These articles are HOT as recommended by the referees.
Take a look at this week’s selection:
Fabrication and characterization of Ag film with sub-nanometer surface roughness as a flexible cathode for inverted top-emitting organic light-emitting devices
Yue-Feng Liu, Jing Feng, Hai-Feng Cui, Yi-Fan Zhang, Da Yin, Yan-Gang Bi, Jun-Feng Song, Qi-Dai Chen and Hong-Bo Sun
Synthesis of graphene-supported noble metal hybrid nanostructures and their applications as advanced electrocatalysts for fuel cells
Chengzhou Zhu and Shaojun Dong
Nanogap based graphene coated AFM tips with high spatial resolution, conductivity and durability
Mario Lanza, Teng Gao, Zixuan Yin, Yanfeng Zhang, Zhongfan Liu, Yuzhen Tong, Ziyong Shen and Huiling Duan
Self-organizing properties of triethylsilylethynyl-anthradithiophene on monolayer graphene electrodes in solution-processed transistors
Jaeyoung Jang, Jaesung Park, Sooji Nam, John E. Anthony, Youngsoo Kim, Keun Soo Kim, Kwang S. Kim, Byung Hee Hong and Chan Eon Park
