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Zinc oxide–black phosphorus composites for ultrasensitive nitrogen dioxide sensing

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, 3,525-531
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00052B, Communication
Qun Li, Yuan Cen, Jinyu Huang, Xuejin Li, Hao Zhang, Youfu Geng, Boris I. Yakobson, Yu Du, Xiaoqing Tian
ZnO–BP composites exhibit high sensitivity, fast response behavior, outstanding selectivity, and ultralow detection limit towards nitrogen dioxide due the large surface area, excellent carrier mobility, and enhanced charge transfer of ZnO–BP in the presence of BP. Moreover, the introduction of ZnO significantly enhances BP environmental stability.
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Highly monodisperse beta-cyclodextrin-covellite nanoparticles for efficient photothermal and chemotherapy

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, 3,538-544
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00026C, Communication
Feng Lu, Jinfeng Wang, Chao Tao, Jun-Jie Zhu
A versatile nano-platform for theranostic applications was fabricated with beta-cyclodextrin conjugated covellite nanoparticles.
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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, 3,545-550
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00066B, Communication
Daniel P. Langley, Mélanie Lagrange, Ngoc Duy Nguyen, Daniel Bellet
This work directly compares the percolation threshold of silver nanowire networks to predictions from Monte Carlo simulations, focusing particularly on incorporating the impact of real world imperfections. This SEM image of silver nanowire networks compared to MATLAB simulation based on the physical characteristics of the sample.
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Activating basal plane in NiFe layered double hydroxide by Mn2+ doping for efficient and durable oxygen evolution reaction

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, 3,532-537
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00121A, Communication
Daojin Zhou, Zhao Cai, Yin Jia, Xuya Xiong, Qixian Xie, Shiyuan Wang, Ying Zhang, Wen Liu, Haohong Duan, Xiaoming Sun
Reducing Mn2+ ions were doped to tailor the electronic structure of Ni and Fe sites in NiFe-layered double hydroxides.
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Harnessing the unique properties of 2D materials for advanced lithium-sulfur batteries

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00170G, Review Article
Bin Li, Hongfei Xu, Yang Ma, Shubin Yang
In the past decade, lithium-sulfur batteries have attracted tremendous attentions owing to their high theoretical energy densities. The electrochemical performances of lithium-sulfur batteries are stongly dependant on the electrode materials....
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Active tuning Fano resonance from Si nanosphere dimer by substrate effect

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00198G, Communication
Guowei Yang, Yingchong Huang, J. H. Yan, C.R. Ma
All-dielectric materials have aroused great interest for their unique light scattering and lower losses compared with plasmonics. Generally, optical properties made by all-dielectric materials can be passively controlled by varying...
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Erasable memory properties of spectral selectivity modulated by temperature and bias in an individual CdS nanobelt-based photodetector

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00182K, Communication
Tao Tong, Shujuan Wang, Jie Zhao, Baochang Cheng, Yanhe Xiao, Shuijin Lei
Single CdS nanobelt-based photodetector is strong dependent on bias and temperature. They not only can show a strong photoresponse to close bandgap energy light with ultrahigh responsivity of approximately 107...
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Recent advances of bioinspired functional materials with special wettability: from nature and beyond nature

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00223A, Review Article
Zhiguang Guo, Yihan Sun
Through 3.7 billion years of evolution and natural selection, plants and animals in nature have ingeniously fulfilled a broad range of fascinating functions to achieve the optimized performance in responding...
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Graphene oxide and carbon dots as broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents – A minireview

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00174J, Minireview
Anisha Anand, Binesh Unnikrishnan, Shih-Chun Wei, Lizhi Zhang, C. Perry Chou, Chih-Ching Huang
Due to the increasing global population, growing contamination of water and air, and widespread of infectious diseases, antibiotics are extensively used as a major antibacterial drug. However, many microbes have...
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Transition metal (Fe, Co, Ni) fluoride-based materials for electrochemical energy storage

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00144H, Review Article
Huan Pang, Xiao Xiao, Nan Nan Zhang
The improvement of advanced battery performance has always been a key issue in energy research. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the application of excellent materials in advanced batteries. Transition-metal...
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Nanostructure of the deep eutectic solvent / platinum electrode interface as a function of potential and water content

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00272J, Communication
Oliver S Hammond, Hua LI, Christian Westermann, Frank Endres, Azhar Y.M. Al-Murshedi, Andrew P Abbott, Gregory Warr, Karen J Edler, Rob Atkin
The interfacial nanostructure of the three most widely-studied Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs), choline chloride:urea (ChCl:Urea), choline chloride:ethylene glycol (ChCl:EG), and choline chloride:glycerol (ChCl:Gly) at a Pt(111) electrode has been studied...
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Tin Sulfide Modified Separator as an Efficient Polysulfide Trapper for Stable Cycling Performance in Li-S Batteries

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00172C, Communication
Brindha Moorthy, Soon Ho Kwon, Joo-Hyung Kim, Pitchai Ragupathy, Hyuck Mo Lee, Do Kyung Kim
Lithium-sulfur batteries (Li-S) are considered the most promising systems for next-generation energy storage devices due to their high theoretical energy density and relatively low cost. However, the practical applications of...
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Copper (I) sulfide: A two-dimensional semiconductor with superior oxidation resistance and high carrier mobility

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00216A, Communication
Yu Guo, Qisheng Wu, Yunhai Li, Ning Lu, Keke Mao, Yizhen Bai, Jijun Zhao, Jinlan Wang, Xiao Cheng Zeng
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor with suitable direct band gap, high carrier mobility, and excellent open-air stability is especially desirable for material applications. Herein, we show theoretical evidence of a new phase...
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Anisotropic microfibres of a liquid-crystalline diketopyrrolopyrrole by self-assembly-assisted electrospinning

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00219C, Communication
Markus Hecht, Bartolome Soberats, Jian Zhu, Vladimir Stepanenko, Seema Agarwal, Andreas Greiner, Frank Würthner
Electrospinning is used to prepare microfibres with anisotropic arrangement of a diketopyrrolopyrrole that self-assembles in solution and forms liquid-crystalline phases in bulk.
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Surface Related Intrinsic Luminescence from Carbon Nanodots: Solvent Dependent Piezochromism

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00258D, Communication
Pengtao Jing, Dong Han, Di Li, Ding Zhou, Dezhen Shen, Guanjun Xiao, Bo Zou, Songnan Qu
It is a long standing debate on the luminescence origination of carbon nanodots (CDs). We reported solvent dependent piezochromism of CDs by diamond anvil cells experiment. Red- and blue-shift piezochromism...
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Fully Integrated Hierarchical Double-Shelled Co9S8@CNTs Nanostructures with Unprecedented Performance for Li-S Batteries

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00289D, Communication
Jie Zhou, Xiaojing Liu, Jianbin Zhou, Haoyu Zhao, ning Lin, Linqin Zhu, Yongchun Zhu, Gongming Wang, Yitai Qian
The insulating and dissoluble feature of sulfur and polysulfide intermediates significantly hinders the cycling performance and coulombic efficiency of Li-S batteries. We herein design a fully integrated hierarchical double-shelled Co9S8@CNTs...
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Enhanced Enzymatic Reaction Using a Triphase System Based on Superhydrophobic Mesoporous Nanowire Arrays

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00184G, Communication
Fengying Guan, Jun Zhang, Heming Tang, Liping Chen, Xinjian Feng
Gaseous reactants play a key role in a wide range of biocatalytic reactions, however reaction kinetics are generally limited by the slow mass transport of gases (typically oxygen) in or...
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A Single-step Multi-level Supramolecular System for Cancer Sonotheranostics

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00276B, Communication
Huirong Lin, Shuang Li, Junqing Wang, Chengchao Chu, Yang Zhang, Xin Pang, Peng Lv, Xiaoyong Wang, Qingliang Zhao, Jun-Jie Chen, Hongmin Chen, Wen Liu, Xiaoyuan Shawn Chen, Gang Liu
A multi-level supramolecular system approached by a single-step Fe3+-mediated ionic crosslinking self-assembly can overcome the critical issues of current sonodynamic therapy (SDT) and address the need to monitor therapeutic effects...
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Realizing the Extraction of Carbon from WC to in Situ Formation of W/WC Heterostructures with Efficient Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00275D, Communication
Zongkui Kou, TingTing Wang, Zonghua Pu, Lin Wu, Kai Xi, Shichun Mu
Although extracting carbon atoms from carbides, as the reverse route to carbide derived carbon (CDC), can own more potentials for constructing advanced nanostructures, it has not been realized yet. As...
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Efficient Hole Transfer from Monolayer WS2 to Ultrathin Amorphous Black Phosphorus

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2018, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C8NH00234G, Communication
Matthew Z Bellus, Zhibin Yang, Peymon Zereshki, Jianhua Hao, Shu Ping Lau, Hui Zhao
The newly developed van der Waals materials allow fabrication of multilayer heterostructures. Early efforts have mostly focused on heterostructures formed by similar materials. More recently, however, attempts have been made...
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