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NMR spectroscopy: A potent tool for studying monolayer-protected metal nanoclusters

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00058A, Review Article
Thomas Burgi, giovanni salassa
Monolayer protected metal clusters are currently in the focus of interest both for fundamental reasons as well as for their use in possible applications. In the past two decades the...
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Rational design of materials interface at nanoscale towards intelligent oil-water separation

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, 3,235-260
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00185A, Review Article
Mingzheng Ge, Chunyan Cao, Jianying Huang, Xinnan Zhang, Yuxin Tang, Xinran Zhou, Keqin Zhang, Zhong Chen, Yuekun Lai
Oil-water separation is critical for the water treatment of oily wastewater or oil-spill accidents. In this review, we present the state-of-the-art developments in the rational design of materials at the nanoscale with special wettability for separation of immiscible/emulsified oil-water mixtures.
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A two-dimensional CaSi monolayer with quasi-planar pentacoordinate silicon

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, 3,327-334
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00091J, Communication
Yu Wang, Man Qiao, Yafei Li, Zhongfang Chen
In a CaSi monolayer, each Si atom binds with four calcium (Ca) atoms and one Si atom in almost the same plane to form a quasi ppSi moiety.
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MBene (MnB): a new type of 2D metallic ferromagnet with high Curie temperature

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, 3,335-341
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00197E, Communication
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Zhou Jiang, Peng Wang, Xue Jiang, Jijun Zhao
Inspired by 3D MAB, we propose a new concept of 2D MBenes, among which MnB metal exhibits stable ferromagnetism (FM) and high Curie temperature.
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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, 3,305-311
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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Self-supported one-dimensional materials for enhanced electrochromism

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, 3,261-292
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, 3,293-304
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00187H, Communication
Andra C. Dumitru, Megane A. Poncin, Louise Conrard, Yves F. Dufrene, Donatienne Tyteca, David Alsteens
Red blood cells present a complex cell plasma membrane architecture with submicrometric organization leading to nanomechanical heterogeneities.
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3D computer-aided nanoprinting for solid-state nanopores

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, 3,312-316
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00006A, Communication
Haibo Ding, Qiming Zhang, Zhongze Gu, Min Gu
Solid-state nanopores with controllable sizes and shapes were generated by direct laser writing using a computer-aided two-photon polymerization process.
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Graphdiyne: a superior carbon additive to boost the activity of water oxidation catalysts

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, 3,317-326
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00027A, Communication
Panyong Kuang, Bicheng Zhu, Yuliang Li, Huibiao Liu, Jiaguo Yu, Ke Fan
Graphdiyne with a highly [small pi]-conjugated structure of sp- and sp2-hybridized carbon networks serves as a superior carbon additive to boost the activity of water oxidation catalysts.
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Review on Nanoscale Bi-based Photocatalyst

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00062J, Review Article
Rongan He, Difa Xu, Bei Cheng, Jiaguo Yu, Wing-Kei Ho
Nanoscale Bi-based photocatalysts are promising candidates for visible-light-driven photocatalytic environmental remediation and energy conversion. However, the performance of bulk bismuthal semiconductors is unsatisfactory. Increasing efforts have been focused on enhancing...
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Multifunctional Nanozymes: Enzyme-like Catalytic Activity Combined with Magnetism and Surface Plasmon Resonance

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00070K, Minireview
Jiangjiexing Wu, Sirong Li, Hui Wei
Over decades, as alternatives to natural enzymes, highly-stable and low-cost artificial enzymes have been widely explored for various applications. In the field of artificial enzymes, the functional nanomaterials with enzyme-like...
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Zinc Oxide-Black Phosphorus Composites for Ultrasensitive Nitrogen Dioxide Sensing

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00052B, Communication
Qun Li, Yuan Cen, jinyu huang, Xuejin Li, hao Zhang, youfu Geng, Boris I Yakobson, Yu Du, Xiaoqing Tian
Multi-layer black phosphorus (m-BP) successfully incorporate in zinc oxide (ZnO) hollow spheres, developing the hetero-structured ZnO-BP composites. A study performed on its properties reveals that BP environmental stability could been...
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Highly Monodisperse Beta-Cyclodextrin-Covellite Nanoparticles for Efficient Photothermal and Chemotherapy

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00026C, Communication
Feng Lu, Jinfeng Wang, CHAO TAO, Jun-Jie Zhu
Nanomaterials with strong near-infrared (NIR) absorption have attracted more and more attentions in the field of cancer therapy, molecular imaging and even photocatalysis. Copper sulfide (Cu2-xS, 0<x<<1)
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Correction: Computational approaches to cell-nanomaterial interactions: keeping balance between therapeutic efficiency and cytotoxicity

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH90012D, Correction
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Hong-ming Ding, Yu-qiang Ma
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Percolation in networks of 1-Dimensional objects: Comparison between Monte Carlo simulations and experimental observations

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00066B, Communication
Daniel Peter Langley, Melanie Lagrange, Ngoc Duy Nguyen, Daniel Bellet
Planar networks composed of 1-dimensional nanometer scale objects such as nanotubes or nanowires have been attracting growing interest in recent years. In this work we directly compare the percolation threshold...
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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, 3,352-366
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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Improving analyte selectivity by post-assembly modification of metal-organic framework based photonic crystal sensors

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, 3,383-390
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00209B, Communication
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A. von Mankowski, K. Szendrei-Temesi, C. Koschnick, B. V. Lotsch
The porous nature and tailorable host-guest interactions of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), cast into a 1D photonic crystal architecture, provide a versatile platform for specific and selective sorption, which can be exploited for chemo-optical sensing.
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Reassessment of long circulation via monitoring of integral polymeric nanoparticles justifies a more accurate understanding

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, 3,397-407
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00010G, Communication
Haisheng He, Sifan Jiang, Yunchang Xie, Yi Lu, Jianping Qi, Xiaochun Dong, Weili Zhao, Zongning Yin, Wei Wu
Fast drug release leads to divergent kinetics of paclitaxel and mPEG-PCL nanoparticles, justifying an updated understanding of long circulation.
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Understanding charge transfer and recombination by interface engineering for improving the efficiency of PbS quantum dot solar cells

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, 3,417-429
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00030A, Communication
Chao Ding, Yaohong Zhang, Feng Liu, Yukiko Kitabatake, Shuzi Hayase, Taro Toyoda, Ruixiang Wang, Kenji Yoshino, Takashi Minemoto, Qing Shen
In Mg-doped ZnO/PbS QDHSCs, a spike structure is formed between the QDs and the "electron acceptor", which improved charge collection efficiency.
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'Painting' nanostructured metals-playing with liquid metal

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, 3,408-416
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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