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Body-centred cubic packing of spheres - the ultimate thermotropic assembly mode for highly divergent dendrons

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00155F, Communication
Xiaohong Yao, Liliana Cseh, Xiangbing Zeng, Min Xue, Yongsong Liu, Goran Ungar
Na salts of benzoic acid carrying five long alkoxy chains ("hyperbranched" AB5 minidendrons) self-assemble into spheres which shrink to half their size on heating and display chain back-folding, obeying the predictions of the proposed geometrical model of self-assembly of taper-shaped molecules.
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Advanced cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries using nanoarchitectonics

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,423-444
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00016A, Review Article
Renjie Chen, Taolin Zhao, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Li Li, Feng Wu
Nanostructured cathode materials with different dimensions (0D, 1D, 2D, and 3D), morphologies (hollow, core-shell, etc.), and composites (mainly graphene-based composites) are highlighted, aiming to unravel the opportunities for the development of future-generation lithium-ion batteries.
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Aligned metal oxide nanotube arrays: key-aspects of anodic TiO2 nanotube formation and properties

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,445-466
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00054A, Review Article
Francesca Riboni, Nhat Truong Nguyen, Seulgi So, Patrik Schmuki
Over the past ten years, self-aligned TiO2 nanotubes have attracted tremendous interest due to their anticipated impact on energy conversion, environment remediation and biocompatibility. We review the fundamental principles that govern their self-organized initiation and illustrate the mechanistic aspects that lead to tube growth.
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Transfer and control of the orientation of 3D nanostructures fabricated by nanoskiving

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,473-479
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00099A, Communication
Open Access Open Access
Zhiyuan Zhao, Ziwei Zhou, Gang Zhang, Ryan C. Chiechi
An on-demand transfer approach has been developed to transfer and manipulate nanostructures fabricated by nanoskiving.
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Making metal surfaces strong, resistant, and multifunctional by nanoscale-sculpturing

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, 1,467-472
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00140H, Communication
Open Access Open Access
Creative Commons Licence&nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
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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Synthesis of aerogels: from molecular routes to 3-dimensional nanoparticle assembly

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00077K, Review Article
Felix Rechberger, Markus Niederberger
Inorganic aerogels are synthesized by molecular routes or through the gelation of nanoparticle dispersions. We review the different approaches and illustrate the self-assembly into macroscopic monolithic bodies.
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Surface proteomics on nanoparticles, a step to simplify the rapid prototyping of nanoparticles

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00162A, Communication
Jacob Kuruvilla, Ana Paula Farinha, Narges Bayat, Susana Cristobal
Engineered nanoparticles for biomedical applications require increasing effectiveness in targeting specific cells while preserving non-target cell's safety. We developed a surface proteomics method for a rapid and systematic analysis of...
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High-efficiency omnidirectional photoresponses based on monolayer lateral p-n heterojunctions

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00075D, Communication
Meng-Lin Tsai, Ming-Yang Li, Yumeng Shi, Lih-Juann Chen, Lain-Jong Li, Jr-Hau He
Monolayer lateral WSe2-MoS2 p-n heterojunctions exhibit a high responsivity of 0.26 A W-1 with an excellent omnidirectional photodetection capability, showing unique characteristics for the future development of sub-nano semiconductor devices and applications.
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Surface proteomics on nanoparticles: a step to simplify the rapid prototyping of nanoparticles

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00162A, Communication
J. Kuruvilla, A. P. Farinha, N. Bayat, S. Cristobal
Engineered nanoparticles for biomedical applications require increasing effectiveness in targeting specific cells while preserving non-target cells safety.
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Iron Carbide Nanoparticles: an Innovative Nanoplatform for Biomedical Applications

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00173D, Minireview
Jing Yu, Fan Chen, Weiliang Gao, Yanmin Ju, Xin Chu, Shenglei Che, Fugeng Sheng, Yanglong Hou
Iron carbide nanoparticles (ICNPs) are nano-intermetallic compounds that consist of iron and carbon. Benefiting from the magnetic and chemical activity of iron, and/or mechanical strength and chemical inertness from carbon,...
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Iron carbide nanoparticles: an innovative nanoplatform for biomedical applications

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00173D, Minireview
Jing Yu, Fan Chen, Weiliang Gao, Yanmin Ju, Xin Chu, Shenglei Che, Fugeng Sheng, Yanglong Hou
This review summarize the biomedical applications of iron carbide nanoparticles.
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Doping Two-Dimensional Materials: Ultra-sensitive Sensors, Band Gap Tuning and Ferromagnetic Monolayers

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00192K, Focus
Simin Feng, Zhong Lin, Xin Gan, Ruitao Lv, Mauricio Terrones
The successful isolation of graphene from graphite in 2004 opened up new avenues to study two-dimensional (2D) systems from layered materials. Since then, research on 2D materials, including graphene, hexagonal-BN...
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Externally controllable glycan presentation on nanoparticle surfaces to modulate lectin recognition

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2016, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00202A, Communication
Sangho Won, Sarah-Jane Richards, Marc Walker, Matthew Ian Gibson
Nature dynamically controls carbohydrate expression on cells rather than static presentation. Here we report synthetic glycosylated nanoparticles that contain polymeric 'gates' to enable external control (via temperature changes) of glycan...
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Type-I van der Waals heterostructure formed by MoS2 and ReS2 monolayers

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2,31-36
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00144K, Communication
Matthew Z. Bellus, Ming Li, Samuel D. Lane, Frank Ceballos, Qiannan Cui, Xiao Cheng Zeng, Hui Zhao
Monolayers of ReS2 and MoS2 form a type-I van der Waals heterostructure with both the electrons and the holes confined in the ReS2 layer.
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Body-centred cubic packing of spheres - the ultimate thermotropic assembly mode for highly divergent dendrons

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2,43-49
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00155F, Communication
Xiaohong Yao, Liliana Cseh, Xiangbing Zeng, Min Xue, Yongsong Liu, Goran Ungar
Na salts of benzoic acid carrying five long alkoxy chains ("hyperbranched" AB5 minidendrons) self-assemble into spheres which shrink to half their size on heating and display chain back-folding, obeying the predictions of the proposed geometrical model of self-assembly of taper-shaped molecules.
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Trapping, manipulation, and crystallization of live cells using magnetofluidic tweezers

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2,50-54
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00104A, Communication
J. V. I. Timonen, C. Raimondo, D. Pilans, P. P. Pillai, B. A. 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".
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Synthesis of aerogels: from molecular routes to 3-dimensional nanoparticle assembly

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2,6-30
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00077K, Review Article
Felix Rechberger, Markus Niederberger
Inorganic aerogels are synthesized by molecular routes or through the gelation of nanoparticle dispersions. We review the different approaches and illustrate the self-assembly into macroscopic monolithic bodies.
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Surface proteomics on nanoparticles: a step to simplify the rapid prototyping of nanoparticles

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2,55-64
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00162A, Communication
J. Kuruvilla, A. P. Farinha, N. Bayat, S. Cristobal
Engineered nanoparticles for biomedical applications require increasing effectiveness in targeting specific cells while preserving non-target cells safety.
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High-efficiency omnidirectional photoresponses based on monolayer lateral p-n heterojunctions

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2,37-42
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00075D, Communication
Meng-Lin Tsai, Ming-Yang Li, Yumeng Shi, Lih-Juann Chen, Lain-Jong Li, Jr-Hau He
Monolayer lateral WSe2-MoS2 p-n heterojunctions exhibit a high responsivity of 0.26 A W-1 with an excellent omnidirectional photodetection capability, showing unique characteristics for the future development of sub-nano semiconductor devices and applications.
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Externally controllable glycan presentation on nanoparticle surfaces to modulate lectin recognition

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00202A, Communication
Open Access Open Access
Creative Commons Licence&nbsp This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Sangho Won, Sarah-Jane Richards, Marc Walker, Matthew I. Gibson
Response polymer gates are employed to enable external control of glycan expression on the surface of multivalent nanoparticles.
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