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A Roll-to-Roll Process for Multi-Responsive Soft-Matter Composite Films Containing CsxWO3 Nanorods for Energy-Efficient Smart Window Applications

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00105C, Communication
Xiao Liang, Chongshen Guo, Mei Chen, Shumeng Guo, Lanying Zhang, Fasheng Li, Shaojun Guo, Huai Yang
This work provides a roll-to-roll processed flexible multi-responsive smart film containing tungsten bronze nanorods and phase-seperated liquid crystals-polymer, which can reversibly control the passage of visible light via temperature, electric...
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Controllable Structure Transitions of Mn3O4 Nanomaterials and Their Effects on Electrochemical Properties

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00078B, Communication
Yating Hu, Yu Zhang, Du Yuan, Xu Li, Yongqing Cai, John Wang
Mn3O4 with purposely tuned different morphologies, crystal structures and sizes are synthesized by hydrothermal method of varying processing temperatures, together with the help of surfactant. Systematic investigations, both by experimental...
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Metallic nanoislands on graphene: A metamaterial for chemical, mechanical, optical, and biological applications

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00095B, Minireview
Brandon C Marin, Julian Ramirez, Samuel E Root, Eden Aklile, Darren J Lipomi
Graphene decorated with metallic nanoparticles exhibits electronic, optical, and mechanical properties that neither the graphene nor the metal possess alone. These composite films have electrical conductivity and optical properties that...
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Far-field plasmonic coupling in 2-dimensional polycrystalline plasmonic arrays enables wide tunability with low-cost nanofabrication

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2,267-276
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00067G, Communication
Fusheng Zhao, Md Masud Parvez Arnob, Oussama Zenasni, Jingting Li, Wei-Chuan Shih
We report the experimental observation and numerical modeling study of far-field plasmonic coupling (FFPC) in 2-dimensional polycrystalline plasmonic arrays consisting of "single crystalline" domains of a random size and orientation.
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Determination of the length and diameter of nanorods by a combination of analytical ultracentrifugation and scanning mobility particle sizer

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2,253-260
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00050B, Communication
T. Thajudeen, J. Walter, R. Srikantharajah, C. Lubbert, W. Peukert
Combination of analytical ultracentrifugation and scanning mobility particle sizer to predict average length and diameter of nanorods in a sample.
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Nanoplasmonically-engineered random lasing in organic semiconductor thin films

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2,261-266
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00054E, Communication
Esmaeil Heydari, Isabel Pastoriza-Santos, Luis M. Liz-Marzan, Joachim Stumpe
We demonstrate plasmonically nano-engineered coherent random lasing and stimulated emission enhancement in a hybrid gain medium of organic semiconductors doped with core-shell plasmonic nanoparticles.
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Phosphorus-doped NiCo2S4 nanocrystals grown on electrospun carbon nanofibers as ultra-efficient electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2,277-283
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00066A, Communication
Huahao Gu, Wei Fan, Tianxi Liu
Benefiting from electrical enhancement and nanostructured morphology, along with P-doping, a P-NiCo2S4@CNT/CNF hybrid exhibits excellent electrocatalytic activity for the hydrogen evolution reaction.
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Primary microglia maintain their capacity to function despite internalisation and intracellular loading with carbon nanotubes

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2,284-296
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00055C, Communication
Cyrill Bussy, Alberto Bianco, Maurizio Prato, Kostas Kostarelos
When internalised in microglia, functionalised carbon nanotubes did not alter viability, induce inflammation or damage phagocytosis and migration abilities.
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Fully degradable protein nanocarriers by orthogonal photoclick tetrazole-ene chemistry for the encapsulation and release

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2,297-302
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00062F, Communication
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Keti Piradashvili, Johanna Simon, David Pa[German sz ligature}lick, Julian R. Hohner, Volker Mailander, Frederik R. Wurm, Katharina Landfester
Tetrazole-ene click chemistry was used to prepare fully biodegradable protein nanocarriers with high drug encapsulation and enzymatically-triggered intracellular release.
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Nematic structuring of transparent and multifunctional nanocellulose papers

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00104E, Communication
M. Zhao, F. Ansari, M. Takeuchi, M. Shimizu, T. Saito, L. A. Berglund, A. Isogai
Nematic structuring of nanocellulose fibers is proposed as a strategy for exploiting the full potential of the multifunctional transparent papers of nanocellulose.
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Nanometric Building Blocks for Robust Multifunctional Molecular Junctions

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00109F, Communication
David D James, Akhtar Bayat, Scott R Smith, Jean Christophe Lacroix, Richard L McCreery
Much of the motivation for developing molecular electronic devices is the prospect of achieving novel electronic functions by varying molecular structure. We describe a "building block" approach for molecular junctions...
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Gradient in defect density of ZnO nanorods grown by cathodic delamination, a corrosion process, leads to end-specific luminescence

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00111H, Communication
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Danish Iqbal, Adnan Sarfraz, Andreas Erbe
ZnO nanorods were grown on a zinc substrate via cathodic delamination of a polymer coating, a tailored corrosion process, at room temperature. A comparison between in situ Raman spectra and...
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Multi-functionalization of lithographically designed gold nanodisks by plasmon-mediated reduction of aryl diazonium salts

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00113D, Communication
Inga Tijunelyte, Issam Kherbouche , Sarra Gam, Tuyet Mai thi Nguyen, Nathalie Lidgi-Guigui, Marc Lamy de la Chapelle, Georges Levi, Jean Aubard, Alexandre Chevillot-Biraud, Aazdine Lamouri, Claire Mangeney, nordin felidj
Plasmon-driven surface functionalization of nanoparticles is receiving growing attention as it allows generating locally tailored chemical reactivity on the nanoparticle surface. The extension to surface multi-functionalization still represents a major...
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Computational approaches on cell-nanomaterials interaction: keeping balance between therapeutic efficiency and cytotoxicity

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00138J, Review Article
Hong-ming Ding, Yu-qiang Ma
Owing to their unique properties, nanomaterials have been widely used in biomedicine since they have obvious inherent advantages over traditional ones. However, nanomaterials may also cause dysfunction in proteins, genes...
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Highly active and durable carbon nitride fibers as metal-free bifunctional oxygen electrodes for flexible Zn-air batteries

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2,333-341
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00058H, Communication
Sambhaji S. Shinde, Jin-Young Yu, Jae-Won Song, Yoon-Ho Nam, Dong-Hyung Kim, Jung-Ho Lee
The design of flexible and durable bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts is indispensable for rechargeable metal-air batteries.
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Metal-organic framework derived hollow CoS2 nanotube arrays: an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2,342-348
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00079K, Communication
Cao Guan, Ximeng Liu, Abdelnaby M. Elshahawy, Hong Zhang, Haijun Wu, Stephen J. Pennycook, John Wang
Tubular CoS2 nanoarrays successfully aligned on carbon cloth were rationally designed and fabricated from a metal organic framework precursor, and can be utilized as an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting.
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A metal-semiconductor nanocomposite as an efficient oxygen-independent photosensitizer for photodynamic tumor therapy

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2,349-355
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00087A, Communication
Jin-Xuan Fan, Miao-Deng Liu, Chu-Xin Li, Sheng Hong, Di-Wei Zheng, Xin-Hua Liu, Si Chen, Hong Cheng, Xian-Zheng Zhang
Metal (Au) deposition on CdSe-seeded/CdS nanorods significantly improves the efficiency of water splitting for ROS generation without oxygen participation, and the composites were further applied as an oxygen-independent photosensitizer for tumor PDT treatment.
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Smart textiles of MOF/g-C3N4 nanospheres for the rapid detection/detoxification of chemical warfare agents

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2,356-364
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00081B, Communication
Dimitrios A. Giannakoudakis, Yuping Hu, Marc Florent, Teresa J. Bandosz
Impregnated cotton textiles with a MOF based nanocomposite revealed a supreme multi-functionality to adsorb/degrade/sense vapors of a nerve agent surrogate.
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Permittivity imaged at the nanoscale using tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2,365-369
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00075H, Communication
Julien Plathier, Andrey Krayev, Vasili Gavrilyuk, Alain Pignolet, Andreas Ruediger
The gold tip's luminescence, enhanced by its LSPR, whose maximum shifts with the sample's optical properties allow mapping of the permittivity at the nanoscale.
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A roll-to-roll process for multi-responsive soft-matter composite films containing CsxWO3 nanorods for energy-efficient smart window applications

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Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2,319-325
DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00105C, Communication
Xiao Liang, Chongshen Guo, Mei Chen, Shumeng Guo, Lanying Zhang, Fasheng Li, Shaojun Guo, Huai Yang
This work provides a roll-to-roll processed flexible multi-responsive smart film containing tungsten bronze nanorods and a liquid crystal-polymer composite.
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