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Two-dimensional CaSi monolayer with quasi-planar pentacoordinate silicon

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00091J, Communication
Yu Wang, Man Qiao, Yafei Li, Zhongfang Chen
The prediction of new materials with peculiar topological properties is always desirable to achieve new properties and applications. In this work, by means of density functional theory computations, we extend...
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MBene (MnB): a new type of 2D metallic ferromagnet with high Curie temperature

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00197E, Communication
Zhou Jiang, Peng Wang, Xue Jiang, Jijun Zhao
We extend the 2D MXenes family into boride world, namely, MBenes. High-throughput calculations screen twelve MBenes with excellent stability. Among them, 2D MnB MBene exhibits robust metallic ferromagnetism (~3.2 [small mu ]B...
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A programmable lipid-polymer hybrid nanoparticle system for localized, sustained antibiotic delivery to Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial biofilms

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00167C, Communication
Jong-Suep Baek, Chuan Hao Tan, Noele Kai Jing Ng, Yee Phan Yeo, Scott A. Rice, Say Chye Joachim Loo
Lipid-polymer hybrid nanoparticle enhances antibiotic efficacy through localised, sustained delivery to bacterial biofilms.
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2D transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets for photo/thermo-based tumor imaging and therapy

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, 3,74-89
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00158D, Review Article
Hang Chen, Tianjiao Liu, Zhiqiang Su, Li Shang, Gang Wei
TMD nanosheets exhibit promising applications for both photo/thermo-based tumor bioimaging and therapy.
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Group 6 transition metal dichalcogenide nanomaterials: synthesis, applications and future perspectives

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, 3,90-204
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00137A, Review Article
Morasae Samadi, Navid Sarikhani, Mohammad Zirak, Hua Zhang, Hao-Li Zhang, Alireza Z. Moshfegh
Looking at the science and production methods of group 6 transition metal dichalcogenide (MoS2, WSe2, etc.) nanomaterials from the viewpoint of technological applications.
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Size dependent surface reconstruction in detonation nanodiamonds

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, 3,213-217
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00125H, Communication
Shery L. Y. Chang, Christian Dwyer, Eiji Osawa, Amanda S. Barnard
Sub 3 nm diamond particles show size- and shape-dependent surface reconstructions, which have significant impact to their functionality and performance.
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Self-supported one-dimensional materials for enhanced electrochromism

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00016F, Review Article
Zhongqiu Tong, Shikun Liu, Xingang Li, Jiupeng Zhao, Yao Li
This review describes recent advances of strategies for the design and morphology control of self-supported 1D nanostructured materials for electrochromism.
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Nanoscale membrane architecture of healthy and pathological red blood cells

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00187H, Communication
Andra Dumitru, Megane Poncin, Louise Conrard, Yves Dufrene, Donatienne Tyteca, David Alsteens
Red blood cells feature remarkable mechanical properties while navigating through microcirculation vessels and during spleen filtration. An unusual combination of plasma membrane and cytoskeleton physical properties allows red blood cells...
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Electron transfer and exciplex chemistry of functionalized nanocarbons: effects of electronic coupling and donor dimerization

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00024G, Review Article
Tomokazu Umeyama, Hiroshi Imahori
In the past few decades, research on the construction of donor-bridge-acceptor linked systems capable of efficient photoinduced charge separation has fundamentally contributed to the fields of artificial photosynthesis and solar energy conversion.
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3D computer-aided nanoprinting for solid-state nanopores

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00006A, Communication
Haibo Ding, qiming zhang, Zhong-Ze Gu, Min Gu
Here we report on the generation of solid-state nanopores with controllable sizes and shapes based on direct laser writing with a computer-aided two-photon polymerization. Through the theoretical and experimental study...
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Graphdiyne: A Superior Carbon Additive to Boost Water Oxidation Catalyst

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00027A, Communication
Panyong Kuang, Bicheng Zhu, Yuliang Li, Huibiao Liu, Jiaguo Yu, ke fan
A new carbon allotrope, Graphdiyne (GDY), with highly [small pi]-conjugated structure of sp- and sp2-hybridized carbon networks, has recently been emerging and serves as superior carbon additive to boost water oxidation...
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Improving analyte selectivity by post-assembly modification of metal-organic framework based photonic crystal sensors

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00209B, Communication
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Alberto von Mankowski, Katalin Szendrei, Charlotte Koschnick, Bettina V. Lotsch
The porous nature and structural diversity of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) provide a versatile platform for specific and selective sorption behavior. When integrated as functional layers into photonic crystals (PCs), loading...
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Reassessment of long circulating via monitoring integral polymeric nanoparticles justifies more accurate understanding

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00010G, Communication
Haisheng He, Sifan Jiang, Yunchang Xie, Yi Lu, Jianping Qi, Xiaochun Dong, Weili Zhao, Zongning Yin, Wei Wu
Monitoring the payloads results in biased perception of long circulating of nanoparticles. Instead, the long-circulating effect is re-confirmed by monitoring integral nanoparticles but found not to be as "long" as...
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Understanding Charge Transfer and Recombination by Interface Engineering for Improving the Efficiency of PbS Quantum Dot Heterojunction Solar Cells

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00030A, Communication
Chao Ding, Yaohong Zhang, Feng Liu, Yukiko Kitabatake, Shuji Hayase, Taro Toyoda, Ruixiang Wang, Kenji Yoshino, Takashi Minemoto, Qing Shen
In quantum dot heterojunction solar cells (QDHSCs), the QD active layer absorbs sunlight and then transfers the photogenerated electrons to an electron-transport layer (ETL). It is generally believed that the...
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pH-Triggered Self-assembly and Hydrogelation of Cyclic Peptide Nanotubes Confined in Water Micro-droplets

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00009C, Communication
Alejandro Mendez-Ardoy, Juan R Granja, Javier Montenegro
The controlled one-dimensional supramolecular polymerization of synthetic building blocks in confined spaces constitutes a key challenge to simplify the understanding of the fundamental physical principles behind the behavior of more...
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None of us is the same as all of us: resolving heterogeneity of stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles using single-vesicle, nanoscale characterization with high-resolution resonance enhanced atomic force microscope infrared spectroscopy (AFM-IR)

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00048D, Communication
Sally Yunsun Kim, Dipesh Khanal, Priyanka Tharkar, Bill Kalionis, Wojciech Chrzanowski
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are highly specialized, nanoscale messengers that deliver biological signals and in doing so mediate intercellular communication. Increasing evidence shows that within populations of EVs, important properties including...
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'Painting' nanostructured metals-playing with liquid metal

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00045J, Communication
Zhenbin Wang, Ying Wang, Hui Gao, Jiazheng Niu, Jie Zhang, Zhangquan Peng, Zhonghua Zhang
We show that materials scientists can 'paint' nanostructured metal on a metallic foil using liquid metal (gallium) as the paint.
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Visible light active nanofibrous membrane for antibacterial wound dressing

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00021B, Communication
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Shuai Jiang, Beatriz Chiyin Ma, Wei Huang, Anke Kaltbeitzel, Gonul Kizilsavas, Daniel Crespy, Kai A. I. Zhang, Katharina Landfester
Chronic wound infections, especially due to the emergence of multidrug resistance in bacteria, require urgent development of alternative antibacterial therapies. Here, we developed a new class of hydrogel nanofibrous membranes...
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Single glucose molecule transport process revealed by force tracing and molecular dynamics simulations

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00056E, Communication
Hongda Wang, Yangang Pan, Pianchou Gongpan, Yuebin Zhang, Qingrong Zhang, Yuping Shan, Bin Wang, Bingqian Xu, Wenyong Xiong, Guo-Hui Li, siteng huang
Transporting individual molecules across cell membranes is a fundamental process in cellular metabolism. Although the crystal diffraction technique has greatly contributed to our understanding of the structures of the involved...
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Realizing Nanoscale Quantitative Thermal Mapping of Scanning Thermal Microscopy by Resilient Tip-Surface Contact Resistance Models

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00043C, Communication
Yifan Li, Nitin Mehra, Tuo Ji, Jiahua Zhu
Quantitative assessment of thermal property by scanning thermal microscopy (SThM) is a demanded technology but still not available yet due to the presence of unpredictable thermal contact resistance (TCR) at...
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