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Nanoscale adhesion forces between the fungal pathogen Candida albicans and macrophages

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,69-74
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00049A, Communication
Sofiane El-Kirat-Chatel, Yves F. Dufrene
We establish atomic force microscopy as a new nanoscopy platform for quantifying the forces between fungal pathogens and immune cells.
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Size-tunable rhodium nanostructures for wavelength-tunable ultraviolet plasmonics

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,75-80
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00062A, Communication
Xiao Zhang, Pan Li, Angela Barreda, Yael Gutierrez, Francisco Gonzalez, Fernando Moreno, Henry O. Everitt, Jie Liu
The localized surface plasmon resonance of Rh nanocubes red-shifts in the UV region with increasing size.
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Nuclear quantum tunnelling and carrier delocalization effects to bridge the gap between hopping and bandlike behaviors in organic semiconductors

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,53-59
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00054H, Communication
Yuqian Jiang, Xinxin Zhong, Wen Shi, Qian Peng, Hua Geng, Yi Zhao, Zhigang Shuai
Our research investigated the significant role of nuclear tunnelling and carrier delocalization effects in the charge transport process of organic semiconductors.
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Light emission in nanogaps: overcoming quenching

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,11-13
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00059A, Focus
Jianji Yang, Remi Faggiani, Philippe Lalanne
Tiny metal nanogaps may offer a unique platform for achieving extremely larger spontaneous decay rate with high quantum yield.
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The chiral nano-world: chiroptically active quantum nanostructures

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,14-26
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00072F, Review Article
Finn Purcell Milton, Joseph Govan, Maria V. Mukhina, Yurii K. Gun'ko
This review presents recent advances in the development of various chiroptically active quantum nanostructures.
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New Horizons

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,8-10
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH90001H, Editorial

Dr Fiona McKenzie, Executive Editor, and Professor Harold Craighead, Editorial Board Chair, introduce Nanoscale Horizons.
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Functionalisation of Silica-Carbonate Biomorphs

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00094G, Communication
Julian Opel, Florian Wimmer, Matthias Kellermeier, Helmut Coelfen
Biomorphs are a unique class of self-organised silica-carbonate mineral structures with elaborate shapes. Here we report first approaches to modify these complex inorganic architectures through silane chemistry, binding of nanoparticles,...
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Exploiting the biological windows: current perspectives on fluorescent bioprobes emitting above 1000 nm

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00073D, Review Article
Eva Hemmer, Antonio Benayas, Francois Legare, Fiorenzo Vetrone
Rare-earth based nanoparticles, Group-IV nanostructures, and novel quantum dots in the near-infrared (NIR) spotlight: current trends, material merits, and latest developments in NIR-to-NIR bioimaging.
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Photocatalytic conversion of CO2 over graphene-based composites: current status and future perspective

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00113G, Review Article
Min-Quan Yang, Yi-Jun Xu
The continuous rise in atmospheric CO2 level and ever-increasing demand of energy have raised serious concerns about the ensuing effects on the global climate change and future energy supply. Photocatalytic...
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Statistics, Damned Statistics and Nanoscience - Using data science to meet the challenge of nanomaterial complexity

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00126A, Focus
Baichuan Sun, Michael Fernandez, Amanda S. Barnard
For many years dealing with the complexity of nanoscale materials, the polydispersivity of individual samples, and the persistent imperfection of individual nanostructures has been secondary to our search for novel...
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Redefining the functions of nanocapsules materials

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00112A, Minireview
Daniel Crespy, Liping Lv, Katharina Landfester
Nanocapsules are key components in new technologies related to biomedicine and materials science. However, their long-term fate after use is still largely ignored. We discuss here a sustainable approach where...
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Using hematite for photocatalytic water splitting: a review of current developments and challenges

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00098J, Review Article
Andebet Gedamu Tamirat, John F. Rick, Amare Aregahegn Dubale, Wei-nien Su, Bing Joe Hwang
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a promising technology for solar hydrogen production to build a sustainable, renewable and clean energy economy. Hematite ([small alpha]-Fe2O3) based photoanodes offer promise for such applications,...
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Alloy Oxidation as a Route to Chemically Active Nanocomposites of Gold Atoms in a Reducible Oxide Matrix

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00123D, Communication
Peter Sutter, Samuel Tenney, Francisco Ivars-Barcelo, Lijun Wu, Yimei Zhu, Eli Sutter
While nanoparticles are being pursued actively for a number of applications, dispersed atomic species have been explored far less in functional materials architectures, primarily because composites comprising dispersed atoms are...
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Solution-Processed Reduced Graphene Oxide Electrodes for Organic Photovoltaics

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00089K, Minireview
Costas Petridis, Dimitrios Konios, Minas M Stylianakis, George Kakavelakis, Maria Sygletou, Kyriaki Savva, Pavlos Tzourmpakis, Miron Krassas, Naoum Vaenas, Emmanuel Stratakis, Emmanuel Kymakis
Since the isolation of free standing graphene in 2004, graphene research has experienced a phenomenal growth. Due to its exceptional electronic, optical and mechanical properties, it is believed to be...
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Electrode materials with tailored facets for electrochemical energy storage

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00116A, Minireview
Y.P. Wu, Faxing Wang, Xiaowei Wang, Zheng Chang, Yusong Zhu, Lijun Fu, Xiang Liu
In recent years, the design and morphological control of crystals with tailored facets are becoming a hot spot. For electrode materials, morphologies play important roles in their reactivities because their...
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MnO2 nanomaterials for flexible supercapacitors: performance enhancement via intrinsic and extrinsic modification

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,109-124
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00048C, Minireview
Teng Zhai, Xihong Lu, Fuxin Wang, Hui Xia, Yexiang Tong
This review aims to describe the recent progress in MnO2 nanomaterials for flexible supercapacitors (SCs) and summarizes in detail the intrinsic and extrinsic modifications of MnO2 as high performance electrodes.
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Ultrasensitive optical detection of anions by quantum dots

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,125-134
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00039D, Minireview
Yongbing Lou, Yixin Zhao, Jun-Jie Zhu
A review about ultrasensitive optical detection of anions by quantum dots in aqueous solution or in vivo.
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Hierarchical nanostructures of metal oxides for enhancing charge separation and transport in photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion systems

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,96-108
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00033E, Review Article
Haining Chen, Shihe Yang
Photoelectrochemical solar energy conversion systems, including photoelectrochemical water splitting and photoelectrochemical solar cells (dye-sensitized solar cells, DSSCs), are under intensive development aiming at efficiently harvesting and utilizing solar energy.
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Achieving stable and efficient water oxidation by incorporating NiFe layered double hydroxide nanoparticles into aligned carbon nanotubes

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,156-160
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00082C, Communication
Rong Chen, Gengzhi Sun, Cangjie Yang, Liping Zhang, Jianwei Miao, Huabing Tao, Hongbin Yang, Jiazang Chen, Peng Chen, Bin Liu
Binder-free hybrid microfiber electrodes with excellent oxygen evolution reaction activity were fabricated by scrolling stable dispersed NiFe-LDH nanoparticles into well-aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes.
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Integrated copper-nickel oxide mesoporous nanowire arrays for high energy density aqueous asymmetric supercapacitors

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,150-155
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00100E, Communication
Ruizhi Li, Zhijun Lin, Xin Ba, Yuanyuan Li, Ruimin Ding, Jinping Liu
An integrated (Cu,Ni)O mesoporous nanowire array that delivers a high specific capacitance has been used to construct high-performance aqueous asymmetric supercapacitors of (Cu,Ni)O(+)//AC(-).
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