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Best Developer Frontend Courses

See the best, most relevant frontend courses online to take to succeed as a frontend developer in 2019 and beyond.




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3D Web Design- The New Frontier for Web Design

This post explores the emerging popularity of 3D for creating highly interactive web sites.




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The Ultimate Guide to Office Color Psychology

Skillful use of colors in the office can boost your productivity, health, and even happiness. Learn all about color psychology in this article.




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Community science: Not just a hobby

Community science brings a DIY sensibility to a range of research areas, providing a collegial atmosphere of collaboration and support.




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New lab, new adventure: Moving your lab to another country

Moving on with your career may entail moving to another country. Here’s a checklist to survive and thrive.




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Alzheimer’s research reset

Despite clinical trial failures, Alzheimer’s research is getting a reboot thanks to increased funding opportunities and new directions in the data.




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Top employers: Breakthroughs, impact, and purpose

Innovation still drives top employer status, yet artificial intelligence (AI) is now on the minds of employers and employees alike.




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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK): Seeking AI and ML experts for data-driven drug discovery and development

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is creating a data-focused culture and a global machine-learning team.




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Academic bullying: Desperate for data and solutions

Academic bullying is more pervasive in science than previously thought. Find out what it is and what you can do to help.




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Inclusivity for all: How to make your research group accessible

Crafting a crafting a lab policy towards accessibility for all is an on-going process. It might be time to refresh yours.




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Issue #397

Learn how to create a micro-interaction for a ripple effect, how to use light and dark themed SVG favicon, what are the pros and cons of CSS vs. Styled Components, and more.




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Issue #398

Learn how would we benefit from officially defining CSS4, everything you wanted to know about links & buttons, how CSS influences screenreader announcements, and more.




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Issue #399

Learn how to load CSS asynchronously, how to implement diagonal layouts using CSS transforms, how to build semantic and accessible form inputs, and more.




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Issue #400

Learn how things coming into browsers are changing the way we see web design, why so many folks see CSS as a frustrating language, how to make a line go either over or under the headline letters, and more.




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Issue #401

Learn why a discussion about CSS4 is happening, the basics of box alignment in Flexbox & Grid, different ways to animate the link color, and more.




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Issue #402

Learn how to use CSS viewport units, why you should set width and height attributes on your images, why well-documented code guidelines are critical for creating code together, and more.




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Issue #403

Learn how to use Houdini using progressive enhancement, how to position text along a path using CSS Motion Path, how to create spacing that works regardless of the direction of your content, and more.




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Issue #404

Learn everything about the auto value in CSS, how to build creative text flows using CSS Shapes, how to indicate the scroll position on a page using only CSS, and more.




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Issue #405

Learn what is LCH color space, how to easily create responsive images, what updates are coming to form controls in Chromium browsers, and more.




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Issue #406

Learn how to build a dark mode, how to create effective motion guidelines for your design system, how to develop accessible SVGs, and more.




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Issue #407

Learn how to use structural CSS selectors to create the appearance of randomness, how to create responsive CSS motion paths, how to create flexible layouts without Media Queries, and more.




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Issue #408

Learn about CSS-related aspects of multilingual support, about performance implications of CSS animations, how to declare a custom CSS property using @property, and more.




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Issue #409

Learn how to smoothly animate DOM changes, what is Atomic CSS-in-JS, everything about the text selection, and more.




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Nanostrip flexible microwave enzymatic biosensor for noninvasive epidermal glucose sensing

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00098A, Communication
Qiannan Xue, Zheyu Li, Qikun Wang, Wenwei Pan, Ye Chang, Xuexin Duan
A nanostrip flexible microwave biosensor based on highly ordered nano-1D metamaterials is presented for epidermal trace glucose sensing.
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Photoluminescence enhancement of MoS2/CdSe quantum rod heterostructures induced by energy transfer and exciton–exciton annihilation suppression

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9NH00802K, Communication
Yang Luo, Hangyong Shan, Xiaoqing Gao, Pengfei Qi, Yu Li, Bowen Li, Xin Rong, Bo Shen, Han Zhang, Feng Lin, Zhiyong Tang, Zheyu Fang
The exciton dynamics of the acceptor are revealed and enhanced photoluminescence of the heterostructure is achieved by energy transfer and exciton–exciton annihilation suppression.
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Carbon dot-assisted luminescence of singlet oxygen: the generation dynamics but not the cumulative amount of singlet oxygen is responsible for the photodynamic therapy efficacy

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00128G, Communication
Xu Teng, Feng Li, Chao Lu, Buhong Li
The rapid generation dynamics of 1O2 rather than its cumulative amount is responsible for better treatment efficacy in PDT.
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Fast chemical force microscopy demonstrates that glycopeptidolipids define nanodomains of varying hydrophobicity on mycobacteria

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9NH00736A, Communication
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Albertus Viljoen, Felipe Viela, Laurent Kremer, Yves F. Dufrêne
We use chemical force microscopy with high spatiotemporal resolution to study the nanoscale distribution of hydrophobicity on living mycobacterial cells.
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Reversibly-regulated drug release using poly(tannic acid) fabricated nanocarriers for reduced secondary side effects in tumor therapy

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00032A, Communication
Chao Chen, Tonghao Ma, Wen Tang, Xiaoli Wang, Yibing Wang, Jiafeng Zhuang, Yucheng Zhu, Ping Wang
This article introduced a reversibly pH-responsive and targeting nanocarrier based on mesoporous silica nanoparticles which could be utilized to reduce the “secondary” side effects on normal tissues.
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Ultrafast assembly of swordlike Cu3(1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate)n metal–organic framework crystals with exposed active metal sites

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00171F, Communication
Heba Ahmed, Xinci Yang, Yemima Ehrnst, Ninweh N. Jeorje, Susan Marqus, Peter C. Sherrell, Ahmed El Ghazaly, Johanna Rosen, Amgad R. Rezk, Leslie Y. Yeo
A new acoustomicrofluidic method for synthesizing copper-based metal–organic frameworks is shown to yield novel large aspect ratio elongated crystal morphologies with high active metal site density on their surfaces, leading to enhanced conductivity.
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Lipid-based mesophases as matrices for nanoscale reactions

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00079E, Review Article
Livia Salvati Manni, Wye-Khay Fong, Raffaele Mezzenga
Review of nonlamellar lipidic mesophases as matrices for organic and enzymatic reactions, and synthesis of polymeric, metallic and mesoporous materials.
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Spontaneously Induced Magnetic Anisotropy in an Ultrathin Co/MoS2 Heterojunction

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00108B, Communication
Chun-I Lu, Chih-Heng Huang, Kui-Hon Ou yang, Kristan Bryan Simbulan, Kai-Shin Li, Feng Li, Junjie Qi, Matteo Jugovac, Iulia Cojocariu, Vitaliy Feyer, Christian Tusche, Minn- Tsong Lin, Tzu-Hung Chuang, YannWen Lan, Der-Hsin Wei
Magnetic anisotropy (MA) is a material preference that involves magnetization aligned along a specific direction and provides a basis for spintronic devices. Here we report the first observation of a...
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3D texturing of the air–water interface by biomimetic self-assembly

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,839-846
DOI: 10.1039/C9NH00722A, Communication
Open Access
Erik Bergendal, Richard A. Campbell, Georgia A. Pilkington, Peter Müller-Buschbaum, Mark W. Rutland
The air–water interface can be textured according to the same self-assembly packing criteria that determine the wealth of 3D structures found in micellar and other amphiphilic meso-phases.
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Porous graphitic carbon nitride for solar photocatalytic applications

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,765-786
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00046A, Review Article
Yang Li, Xin Li, Huaiwu Zhang, Quanjun Xiang
This review summarizes the development of PCN, i.e., synthesis, morphology, modification, and application in recent years. This review can provide a comprehensive view of PCN and lay a foundation for the design of ideal photocatalysts in the future.
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Defect engineering of 2D BiOCl nanosheets for photonic tumor ablation

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,857-868
DOI: 10.1039/C9NH00707E, Communication
Chen Dai, Ruizhi Hu, Chunmei Wang, Zhuang Liu, Shengjian Zhang, Luodan Yu, Yu Chen, Bo Zhang
Photothermal therapy (PTT) is an emerging technology as a noninvasive therapeutic modality for inducing photonic cancer hyperthermia.
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High-yield electrochemical hydrogen peroxide production from an enhanced two-electron oxygen reduction pathway by mesoporous nitrogen-doped carbon and manganese hybrid electrocatalysts

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,832-838
DOI: 10.1039/C9NH00783K, Communication
Ayeong Byeon, Jinwon Cho, Jong Min Kim, Keun Hwa Chae, Hee-Young Park, Seok Won Hong, Hyung Chul Ham, Seung Woo Lee, Ki Ro Yoon, Jin Young Kim
A selective and efficient electrocatalyst composed of MnO and Mn–Nx co-doped carbon nanostructures is developed for electrochemical hydrogen peroxide generation.
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Interface engineering of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides towards next-generation electronic devices: recent advances and challenges

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,787-807
DOI: 10.1039/C9NH00743A, Review Article
Wugang Liao, Siwen Zhao, Feng Li, Cong Wang, Yanqi Ge, Huide Wang, Shibo Wang, Han Zhang
This review presents recent advances and challenges in the interface engineering of 2D TMDCs and emerging electronics based on TMDCs.
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Metal assisted chemical etching of silicon in the gas phase: a nanofabrication platform for X-ray optics

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,869-879
DOI: 10.1039/C9NH00709A, Communication
Open Access
Lucia Romano, Matias Kagias, Joan Vila-Comamala, Konstantins Jefimovs, Li-Ting Tseng, Vitaliy A. Guzenko, Marco Stampanoni
Gas-MacEtch of Si with a Pt catalyst allows vertical etching nanostructures with an extreme aspect ratio up to 10 000 : 1.
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Nanoengineering to achieve high efficiency practical lithium–sulfur batteries

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,808-831
DOI: 10.1039/C9NH00730J, Minireview
Eunho Cha, Mumukshu Patel, Sanket Bhoyate, Vish Prasad, Wonbong Choi
Rapidly increasing markets for electric vehicles (EVs), energy storage for backup support systems and high-power portable electronics demand batteries with higher energy densities and longer cycle lives.
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Synthesis and optoelectronics of mixed-dimensional Bi/Te binary heterostructures

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,847-856
DOI: 10.1039/C9NH00805E, Communication
Ye Zhang, Jia Guo, Yiguo Xu, Weichun Huang, Chao Li, Lingfeng Gao, Leiming Wu, Zhe Shi, Chunyang Ma, Yanqi Ge, Xiuwen Zhang, Han Zhang
0D Bi QDs were distributed on 2D Te NSs to prepare mixed-dimensional Bi/Te heterostructure. The studies demonstrate that Bi/Te shows excellent self-power photo-response behaviors as well as the great potential for ultrafast photonic devices.
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Colloidal PbS quantum dot stacking kinetics during deposition via printing

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,880-885
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00008F, Communication
Wei Chen, Haodong Tang, Nian Li, Manuel A. Scheel, Yue Xie, Depeng Li, Volker Körstgens, Matthias Schwartzkopf, Stephan V. Roth, Kai Wang, Xiao Wei Sun, Peter Müller-Buschbaum
The particle self-organization behavior of small-sized quantum dots is studied in situ with grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering and during the drying process two phase transitions are found.
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Single atom catalysts: a surface heterocompound perspective

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,757-764
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00088D, Focus
Zongkui Kou, Wenjie Zang, Peikui Wang, Xin Li, John Wang
Evolution of heterogeneous catalysts with steady down-sizing: from small particles, clusters, dots to single atoms, and now the “surface heterocompound”.
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Nano-size porous carbon spheres as a high-capacity anode with high initial coulombic efficiency for potassium-ion batteries

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,895-903
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00018C, Communication
Hehe Zhang, Chong Luo, Hanna He, Hong-Hui Wu, Li Zhang, Qiaobao Zhang, Haiyan Wang, Ming-Sheng Wang
An anode of hard carbon spheres with both small size and a porous structure enables superior electrochemical performance of potassium-ion batteries.
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Light-triggered dual-modality drug release of self-assembled prodrug-nanoparticles for synergistic photodynamic and hypoxia-activated therapy

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,886-894
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00034E, Communication
Dongyang Zhao, Wenhui Tao, Songhao Li, Lingxiao Li, Yixin Sun, Guanting Li, Gang Wang, Yang Wang, Bin Lin, Cong Luo, Yongjun Wang, Maosheng Cheng, Zhonggui He, Jin Sun
Prodrug-nanoparticles turn the disadvantage of the aggregation-caused quenching effect into an advantage to promote dual-modality PR104A release. Besides, photodynamic therapy-induced hypoxia activates PR104A for high-efficiency synergistic therapy.
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Enhancing the chemotherapeutic efficacy of platinum prodrug nanoparticles and inhibiting cancer metastasis by targeting iron homeostasis

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00148A, Communication
Fang Ding, Lingpu Zhang, Hao Chen, Haiqin Song, Shiguo Chen, Haihua Xiao
Combination of cisplatin prodrug nanoparticles and Dp44mT results in enhanced anticancer and anti-metastatic efficiencies.
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Outstanding Reviewers for Nanoscale Horizons in 2019

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,756-756
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH90021D, Editorial

We would like to take this opportunity to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Nanoscale Horizons in 2019, as selected by the editorial team for their significant contribution to the journal.
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Fast Deposition of Ultrathin, Highly Crystalline Organic Semiconductor Film for High-Performance Transistors

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00096E, Communication
Xiali Zhang, Wei Deng, Bei Lu, Xiaochen Fang, Xiujuan Zhang, Jiansheng Jie
Ultrathin organic semiconductor (OSC) crystalline films hold the promise of achieving high-performance, flexible, and transparent organic electronic devices. However, fast and high-throughput solution deposition of uniform pinhole-free ultrathin OSC crystalline...
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Refractive index of nanoconfined water reveals its anomalous physical properties

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00180E, Communication
T. H. H. Le, A. Morita, T. Tanaka
Anomalously low refractive index of nanoconfined water.
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Reconfigurable all-dielectric Fano metasurfaces for strong full-space intensity modulation of visible light

Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00139B, Communication
Open Access
Sun-Je Kim, Inki Kim, Sungwook Choi, Hyojin Yoon, Changhyun Kim, Yohan Lee, Chulsoo Choi, Junwoo Son, Yong Wook Lee, Junsuk Rho, Byoungho Lee
We demonstrated strong full-space modulation of visible intensities based on Fano resonances in all-dielectric VO2 metasurface gratings.
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Understanding of copolymers containing pyridine and selenophene simultaneously and their polarity conversion in transistors

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00739C, Research Article
So-Huei Kang, Myeonggeun Han, Yongjoon Cho, Jisu Hong, Seongmin Heo, Seonghun Jeong, Yong-Young Noh, Changduk Yang
Two n-type pyridine and selenophene-containing polymers were synthesized and the structure–property relationships were investigated, followed by polarity switching from ambipolarity to unipolar characteristics via the doping method.
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Design for multi-step mechanochromic luminescence property by enhancement of environmental sensitivity in a solid-state emissive boron complex

Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00719A, Research Article
Satoru Saotome, Kazumasa Suenaga, Kazuo Tanaka, Yoshiki Chujo
The solid-state emissive boron complex with multi-step mechanochromic luminescence was designed. The crystalline sample showed gradual changes in luminescent color triggered by scratching. The design concept is illustrated.
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