Redefining the functions of nanocapsule materials

June 26, 2016, 8:21 pm

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,268-271
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00112A, Minireview

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D. Crespy, L. P. Lv, K. Landfester
Nanocapsules are tailored so that the degradation products formed after their use yield useful active molecules.
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Using hematite for photoelectrochemical water splitting: a review of current progress and challenges

June 26, 2016, 8:21 pm

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,243-267
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00098J, Review Article

Andebet Gedamu Tamirat, John 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.
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Electrode materials with tailored facets for electrochemical energy storage

June 26, 2016, 8:21 pm

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,272-289
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00116A, Minireview

Faxing Wang, Xiaowei Wang, Zheng Chang, Yusong Zhu, Lijun Fu, Xiang Liu, Yuping Wu
This review highlights electrode materials with predominantly exposed facets facilitating better electrochemical performances in electrochemical energy storage applications.
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Highly sensitive and uniform surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy from grating-integrated plasmonic nanograss

June 26, 2016, 8:21 pm

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,290-297
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00059B, Communication

Yang Shen, Xizhe Cheng, Guozhen Li, Qiangzhong Zhu, Zhenguo Chi, Jianfang Wang, Chongjun Jin
We developed a SERS sensing strategy based on grating-integrated substrates with 10-fold signal enhancement compared to the planar substrates.
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Forces between Staphylococcus aureus and human skin

June 26, 2016, 8:21 pm

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,298-303
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00057F, Communication

Cecile Formosa-Dague, Zhuo-Han Fu, Cecile Feuillie, Sylvie Derclaye, Timothy J. Foster, Joan A. Geoghegan, Yves F. Dufrene
A novel nanoscopy technique is developed for measuring the forces between bacterial pathogens and human skin at high spatiotemporal resolution. Applicable to a variety of microbes and host cells, the method offers exciting prospects for understanding the molecular details of microbial infections.
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High-speed, solution-coatable memory based on Cu-SiO2 core-shell nanowires

June 26, 2016, 8:21 pm

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,313-316
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00020G, Communication

Patrick F. Flowers, Matthew J. Catenacci, Benjamin J. Wiley
This high speed Cu-SiO₂ nanowire-based memory achieves a 10-fold increase in the number of read/write cycles, as well as a 1000-fold increase in speed compared to the next best solution-coatable non-volatile memory.
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Conjugated polyelectrolyte nano field emission adlayers

June 26, 2016, 8:21 pm

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,304-312
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00071A, Communication

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M. T. Cole, R. J. Parmee, A. Kumar, C. M. Collins, M. H. Kang, J. Xiao, C. Cepek, X. Yuan, W. I. Milne
Here we report on a straightforward and rapid means of enhancing the field electron emission performance of nascent vertically aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes by introducing a polar zwitterionic conjugated polyelectrolyte adlayer at the vacuum-emitter interface.
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Enhancing single-wall carbon nanotube properties through controlled endohedral filling

June 26, 2016, 8:21 pm

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,317-324
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00062B, Communication

J. Campo, Y. Piao, S. Lam, C. M. Stafford, J. K. Streit, J. R. Simpson, A. R. Hight Walker, J. A. Fagan
Chemical control of the endohedral volume of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) via liquid-phase filling is established to be a facile strategy to controllably modify properties of SWCNTs in manners significant for processing and proposed applications.
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Transfer and Control of Orientation of 3D Nanostructures Fabricated by Nanoskiving

July 12, 2016, 7:33 pm

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00099A, Communication

Zhiyuan Zhao, Ziwei Zhou, Gang Zhang, Ryan Chiechi
This paper describes the transfer and stacking of slabs of epoxy containing nanostructures fabricated by nanoskiving. Removal of the sacrificial transfer and epoxy matrices produces 3D nanostructures via control over...
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Solution processed reduced graphene oxide electrodes for organic photovoltaics

August 17, 2016, 7:00 am

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,375-382
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00089K, Minireview

Constantinos 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.
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Recent advances in graphene-based hybrid nanostructures for electrochemical energy storage

August 17, 2016, 7:00 am

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,340-374
DOI: 10.1039/C5NH00134J, Review Article

Pan Xiong, Junwu Zhu, Lili Zhang, Xin Wang
This review summarizes recent significant progress in graphene-based hybrid nanostructures for electrochemical energy storage.
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Electrical gas sensors based on structured organic ultra-thin films and nanocrystals on solid state substrates

August 17, 2016, 7:00 am

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,383-393
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00040A, Minireview

Lizhen Huang, Zi Wang, Xiaofei Zhu, Lifeng Chi
This review summarizes recent research studies of electrical gas sensors based on structured organic ultra-thin films and nanocrystals.
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Dipole effects on the formation of molecular junctions

August 17, 2016, 7:00 am

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,399-406
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00088F, Communication

Sachie Tanimoto, Makusu Tsutsui, Kazumichi Yokota, Masateru Taniguchi
Measuring the tunneling current is a promising way of identifying individual molecules in a liquid, wherein the electric field in an electrode gap plays an important role on restricting the conformational degrees of freedom through electrostatic interactions with the molecular dipoles.
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Redox Stimuli-responsive Hollow Mesoporous Silica Nanocarriers for Targeted Drug Delivery in Cancer Therapy

September 1, 2016, 9:28 am

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00139D, Communication

Ye Tian, Ranran Guo, Yunfeng Jiao, Yangfei Sun, Shun Shen, Daru Lu, Yujun Wang, XG Jiang, Wuli Yang
In order to specifically deliver drugs into cancer cells with targeted recognition and controlled release, biocompatible hollow mesoporous silica nanocarriers with tumor-targeting and glutathione-responsive release dual properties were developed. These...
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Making metal surfaces strong, resistant, and multifunctional by nanoscale-sculpturing

September 8, 2016, 10:15 am

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00140H, Communication

M. Baytekin-Gerngross, M. D. Gerngross, J. Carstensen, R. Adelung
Surfaces are the crucial and limiting factor in nearly all metal applications, especially when technologically relevant alloys are employed.
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Dually actuated atomic force microscope with miniaturized magnetic bead-actuators for single-molecule force measurements

September 9, 2016, 10:24 am

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00134C, Communication

Semih Sevim, Sevil Ozer, Luying Feng, Joel Wurzel, Arielle Fakhraee, Naveen Shamsudhin, Bumjin Jang, Carlos Alcantara, Olgac Ergeneman, Eva Pellicer, Jordi Sort, Tessa Luehmann, Salvador Pane, Bradley Nelson, Hamdi Torun
We report a novel atomic force microscopy (AFM) technique with dual actuation capabilities using both piezo and magnetic bead actuation for advanced single-molecule force spectroscopy experiments. The experiments are performed...
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A New Strategy to Develop Superior Electrode Materials for Advanced Batteries: Using Positive Cycling Trend to Compensate the Negative One to Achieve Ultralong Cycling Stability

September 16, 2016, 12:20 pm

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00150E, Communication

Dai-Huo Liu, Hong-Yan Lu, Xing-Long Wu, Jie Wang , Xin Yan, Jingping Zhang, Hongbo Geng, Yu Zhang, Qingyu Yan
In this communication, in order to develop superior electrode meterials for advanced energy storage devices, a new strategy is proposed and then verified firstly using the (Si@MnO)@C/RGO anode material for...
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Type-I van der Waals Heterostructure Formed by MoS2 and ReS2 Monolayers

September 23, 2016, 1:31 pm

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00144K, Communication

Matthew Z Bellus, Ming Li, Samuel Lane, Frank Ceballos, Qiannan Cui, Xiao Cheng Zeng, Hui Zhao
We report a van der Waals heterostructure formed by monolayers of MoS₂ and ReS₂ with a type-I band alignment. First-principle calculations show that in this heterostructure, both the conduction band...
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Body-centred cubic packing of spheres - The ultimate thermotropic assembly mode for highly divergent dendrons

September 30, 2016, 2:35 pm

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00155F, Communication

Xiaohong Yao, Xianbing Zeng, Min Xue, Liliana Cseh, Yongsong Liu, Goran Ungar
We have synthesised sodium tris(alkoxy)benzoates in which one of the three alkyl chains branches further into three C18H37 chains. These AB5 hyperbranched minidendrons melt directly into a body-centred cubic (BCC)...
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Trapping, Manipulation, and Crystallization of Live Cells Using Magnetofluidic Tweezers

October 3, 2016, 7:02 pm

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00104A, Communication

Jaakko V. I. Timonen, Corinna Raimondo, Didzis Pilans, Pramod P. Pillai, Bartosz Grzybowski
Live mammalian cells are captured and manipulated in magnetofluidic traps created in a suspension of biocompatible, magnetic nanoparticles by a coaxial magnetic/non-magnetic "micropen". Upon activation by an external electromagnet, the...
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