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Gynura divaricata ameliorates hepatic insulin resistance by modulating insulin signalling, maintaining glycolipid homeostasis and reducing inflammation in type 2 diabetic mice

Toxicol. Res., 2019, 8,928-938
DOI: 10.1039/C9TX00191C, Paper
Xuan Dong, Shu-Xiang Zhao, Bing-Qing Xu, Yu-Qing Zhang
Oral lyophilized powder of Gynura divaricata, an edible medicinal plant, can alleviate both hyperglycaemia and hepatic insulin resistance in type 2 diabetic mice.
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Environmental distribution of the neurotoxin L-BMAA in Paenibacillus species

Toxicol. Res., 2019, 8,781-783
DOI: 10.1039/C9TX00203K, Viewpoint
Peter B. Nunn, Geoffrey A. Codd
The neurotoxic amino acid, 3-N-methyl-2,3-diaminopropanoic acid (BMAA), known in plants of the genus Cycas and in aquatic cyanobacteria and other organisms, is a component of antibiotic peptides in two species of Paenibacillus.
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Reply to the ‘Comment on “Acetylcysteine in paracetamol poisoning: a perspective of 45 years of use”’ by M. E. Mullins, M. C. Yarema, M. L. A. Sivilotti, M. Thompson, D. A. Algren, M. C. Beuhler and C. P. Holstege, Toxicol. Res., 2019, 8, DOI: 10.1039/C9T

Toxicol. Res., 2019, 8,1059-1059
DOI: 10.1039/C9TX00216B, Comment
Open Access
D. Nicholas Bateman, James W. Dear
Mullins et al. made a comment on our article (DOI: 10.1039/C9TX00002J) stating they noticed the omission of the one-bag, standard concentration protocol which is shared by several centers in North America when we discussed IV acetylcysteine protocols.
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Biogenic Aspergillus tubingensis silver nanoparticles’ in vitro effects on human umbilical vein endothelial cells, normal human fibroblasts, HEPG2, and Galleria mellonella

Toxicol. Res., 2019, 8,789-801
DOI: 10.1039/C9TX00091G, Paper
Cristiane Angélica Ottoni, Durvanei Augusto Maria, Priscila Jane Romano de Oliveira Gonçalves, Welington Luiz de Araújo, Ana Olívia de Souza
Biogenic silver nanoparticles are ecofriendly and offers valuable possibilities of applications in several industrial areas.
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Mice with a Sertoli cell-specific knockout of the Ctr1 gene exhibit a reduced sensitivity to cisplatin-induced testicular germ cell apoptosis

Toxicol. Res., 2019, 8,972-978
DOI: 10.1039/C9TX00142E, Paper
Open Access
Rashin Ghaffari, John H. Richburg
Exposure to the chemotherapeutic agent cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) (cDDP) is well known to instigate acute and prolonged testicular injury in male patients.
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Astilbin attenuates cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury by inhibiting the TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB pathway

Toxicol. Res., 2019, 8,1002-1008
DOI: 10.1039/C9TX00222G, Paper
Jing Li, Zhaowei Gu, Yue Liu, Yu Wang, Min Zhao
Ischemic stroke is the second most common cause of death worldwide and cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury also leads to serious tissue damage.
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Astaxanthin reduces perfluorooctanoic acid cytotoxicity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Toxicol. Res., 2019, 8,1009-1015
DOI: 10.1039/C9TX00215D, Paper
S. J. Sudharshan, Raghavendra Tirupathi, Madhu Dyavaiah
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFA) has been identified as an environmental contaminant of high concern for human health.
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Application of the direct peptide reactivity assay (DPRA) to inorganic compounds: a case study of platinum species

Toxicol. Res., 2019, 8,802-814
DOI: 10.1039/C9TX00242A, Paper
Jocelyn D. C. Hemming, Mark Hosford, Martin M. Shafer
The in chemico Direct Peptide Reactivity Assay (DPRA) was developed as a non-animal, relatively high throughput, screening tool for skin sensitization potential.
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Moody's pegs FY21 GDP growth at 0%, says upgrade unlikely in near term

The rapid and widening spread of the Covid-19, deteriorating global economic outlook, falling oil prices, and financial market turmoil are creating a severe and extensive economic and financial shock




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Vizag gas leak: NGT orders LG Polymers to deposit Rs 50 cr pending probe

NGT bench set up fact-finding committee, to be headed by former AP High Court judge




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Lockdown period not to be counted for determining residency of NRIs: CBDT

There were apprehensions that this extended stay could lead to these individuals becoming Indian residents as per Section 6 of the Income Tax Act




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Additional borrowing to widen fiscal deficit, but help govt perk up economy

He did not think that the move will crowd out borrowings of the private sector, saying demand of the government and the private sector are not contradictory in these circumstances




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Miners want mandatory capex rule relaxed as workers stay away fearing Covid

None of the merchant mines in Odisha whose lease validity expired by March 31 has been able to restart. Though the successful bidders have got LoI, they awaiting formal vesting orders




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Probing permanent dipoles in CdSe nanoplatelets with transient electric birefringence

Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00884B, Paper
Ivan Dozov, Claire Goldmann, Patrick Davidson, Benjamin Abécassis
Transient electric birefringence experiments with colloidal suspensions of zinc-blende CdSe semiconducting nanoplatelets prove that these particles bear a large ground-state electric dipole despite the cubic structure of bulk zinc-blende CdSe.
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Cellular Architecture Response to Aspect Ratio Tunable Nanoarrays

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01003K, Paper
Jing Dai, Jinkang Gong, Na Kong, Yuan Yao
Nanoarrays have been emerging as popular nanostructure platforms to investigate both cell behaviors and biological functions, due to the cell architecture respondence to biointerface of nanostructure. Herein, we developed a...
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A super stable assembled P nanowire with variant structural and magnetic/electronic properties via transition metal adsorption

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02176H, Paper
Sukai Wang, Jinxing Gu, Yinan Dong, Linwei Sai, Fengyu Li
By means of first-principles calculations, we systematically investigated the structure, stability, magnetic and electronic properties of one-dimensional P nanowire (1D-P10 NW) assembled by Pn subunits (n = 2, 8) and...
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Correction: Anomalous polarization dependence of Raman scattering and crystallographic orientation of black phosphorus

Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR90098B, Correction
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Jungcheol Kim, Jae-Ung Lee, Jinhwan Lee, Hyo Ju Park, Zonghoon Lee, Changgu Lee, Hyeonsik Cheong
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Spin-coated fluorinated PbS QD superlattice thin film with high hole mobility

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02299C, Paper
Pan Xia, Daniel Davies, Bijal Patel, Maotong Qin, Zhiming Liang, Kenneth R Graham, Ying Diao, Ming Lee Tang
Motivated by the oleophobic and electron-withdrawing nature of perfluorocarbons, we explore the effect of a trifluoromethyl coating on lead sulfide quantum dots (PbS QDs) in thin film transistor (TFT) geometry....
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Interfacial synergy between dispersed Ru sub-nanoclusters and porous NiFe layered double hydroxide on accelerated overall water splitting by intermediate modulation

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9669-9679
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01491E, Paper
Yao Wang, Peng Zheng, Mingxuan Li, Yunrui Li, Xin Zhang, Juan Chen, Xu Fang, Yujie Liu, Xiaolin Yuan, Xiaoping Dai, Hai Wang
Benefitting from the desired potential-induced interfacial synergy, the Ru–NiFe LDH interfaces will convert to RuO2–NiFe(OOH)x interfaces to meet the requirements of an anode and cathode reaction, respectively.
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Facile synthesis of core–shell structured Si@graphene balls as a high-performance anode for lithium-ion batteries

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9616-9627
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01346C, Paper
Anif Jamaluddin, Bharath Umesh, Fuming Chen, Jeng-Kuei Chang, Ching-Yuan Su
Encapsulating silicon (Si) nanoparticles with graphene nanosheets in a microspherical structure is proposed to increase electrical conductivity and solve stability issues when using Si as an anode material in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs).
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A solution-processed zero-dimensional all-inorganic perovskite scintillator for high resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy detection

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9727-9732
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00772B, Paper
Qiang Xu, Juan Wang, Wenyi Shao, Xiao Ouyang, Xiang Wang, Xinlei Zhang, Yong Guo, Xiaoping Ouyang
A zero-dimensional all-inorganic CsPbBr3 nanocrystal embedded Cs4PbBr6 scintillator has been achieved. Owing to the low dimensional quantum effect, this all-inorganic scintillator exhibits desirable scintillation performance.
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A new perspective of lanthanide metal–organic frameworks: tailoring Dy-BTC nanospheres for rechargeable Li–O2 batteries

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9524-9532
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00866D, Paper
Dan Liu, Xinmin Zhang, Yan-Jie Wang, Shuyan Song, Lifeng Cui, Hongbo Fan, Xiaochang Qiao, Baizeng Fang
Nanoscaled lanthanide metal–organic frameworks (Ln-MOFs), Dy-BTC nanospheres, are explored as an O2 electrode, which demonstrate an ultrahigh discharge capacity and long cycling life.
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N- & S-co-doped carbon nanofiber network embedded with ultrafine NiCo nanoalloy for efficient oxygen electrocatalysis and Zn–air batteries

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9581-9589
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01516D, Paper
Chaojun Liu, Zhuang Wang, Xin Zong, Yingmin Jin, Dong Li, Yueping Xiong, Gang Wu
A 3D carbon nanofiber network embedded with ultrafine nanoparticles is prepared by electrospinning. Thioacetamide is used to prevent the aggregation of active sites.
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Enhanced type I photoreaction of indocyanine green via electrostatic-force-driven aggregation

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9517-9523
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01208D, Paper
Huizhen Fan, Yu Fan, Wenna Du, Rui Cai, Xinshuang Gao, Xinfeng Liu, Hao Wang, Lei Wang, Xiaochun Wu
ICG forms aggregates in positively charged mesoporous silica, which show an enhanced type I photoreaction pathway.
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Tuning ferroelectricity and ferromagnetism in BiFeO3/BiMnO3 superlattices

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9810-9816
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR09670A, Paper
Cai Jin, Wanrong Geng, Linjing Wang, Wenqiao Han, Dongfeng Zheng, Songbai Hu, Mao Ye, Zedong Xu, Yanjiang Ji, Jiali Zhao, Zuhuang Chen, Gan Wang, Yunlong Tang, Yinlian Zhu, Xiuliang Ma, Lang Chen
Superlattice structure provides an effective path for integrating multifunctional properties. The interfacial coupling in the ferromagnetic/ferroelectric superlattices is a possible route to achieve multiferroicity.
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Plasmonic nanopapers: flexible, stable and sensitive multiplex PUF tags for unclonable anti-counterfeiting applications

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9471-9480
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01223H, Paper
Hongrui Cheng, Yongfeng Lu, Dongyan Zhu, Lorenzo Rosa, Fei Han, Mingguo Ma, Wenyue Su, Paul S. Francis, Yuanhui Zheng
Highly flexible and stable plasmonic nanopaper comprised of silver nanocubes and cellulose nanofibres was fabricated through a self-assembly-assisted vacuum filtration method.
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NiSe2-anchored N, S-doped graphene/Ni foam as a free-standing bifunctional electrocatalyst for efficient water splitting

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9866-9872
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00879F, Paper
Jinhao Zhou, Zegao Wang, Dongxu Yang, Fei Qi, Xin Hao, Wanli Zhang, Yuanfu Chen
A strategy to synthesize free-standing electrocatalysts coupling active nanostructured NiSe2 with conductive S, N-doped 3D graphene foam (3DSNG) is presented and the hybrid delivers superior performances for the HER, OER and overall water splitting.
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Neuron-like cell differentiation of hADSCs promoted by a copper sulfide nanostructure mediated plasmonic effect driven by near-infrared light

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9833-9841
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02319A, Paper
Shan Zhang, Min Hao, Wenqiang Gao, Feng Liu, Jiazhi Duan, Ying Kong, Duo Liu, Hong Liu
Neuron-like cell differentiation of hADSCs promoted by a CuS nanostructure mediated plasmonic effect driven by near-infrared light.
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Trace metals dramatically boost oxygen electrocatalysis of N-doped coal-derived carbon for zinc–air batteries

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9628-9639
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10800A, Paper
Huimin Liu, Xinning Huang, Zhenjie Lu, Tao Wang, Yaming Zhu, Junxia Cheng, Yue Wang, Dongling Wu, Zhenyu Sun, Alex W. Robertson, Xingxing Chen
The commercialization of metal–air batteries requires efficient, low-cost, and stable bifunctional electrocatalysts for reversible electrocatalysis of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and the oxygen evolution reaction (OER).
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Nanosphere-shaped ammonio methacrylate copolymers: converting a pharmaceutical inactive ingredient to efficient therapeutics for experimental colitis

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9590-9602
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00465K, Paper
Brice Moulari, Maryam A. Shetab Boushehri, Jean-Paul Pais de Barros, Thilo Faber, Arnaud Béduneau, Laurent Lagrost, Yann Pellequer, Alf Lamprecht
Even in the absence of any drug load, nanosphere-shaped ammonio methacrylate copolymers can mitigate murine experimental colitis.
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High charge carrier mobility in solution processed one-dimensional lead halide perovskite single crystals and their application as photodetectors

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9688-9695
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01495H, Paper
Tianjun Liu, Weidong Tang, Sally Luong, Oliver Fenwick
Large space-charge limited mobility and a fast optical response is reported in low dimensional halide perovskite crystals. A transition between hopping transport and band-like transport is observed at 200 K.
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A novel split mode TFBAR device for quantitative measurements of prostate specific antigen in a small sample of whole blood

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9647-9652
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00416B, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Ewelina Wajs, Girish Rughoobur, Keith Burling, Anne George, Andrew J. Flewitt, Vincent J. Gnanapragasam
TFBAR technology demonstrates a cost-effective means for point-of-care diagnostics and monitoring of PSA.
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Size-dependent aggregation of hydrophobic nanoparticles in lipid membranes

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9452-9461
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00868K, Paper
Open Access
Enrico Lavagna, Jonathan Barnoud, Giulia Rossi, Luca Monticelli
Aggregation of hydrophobic spherical nanoparticles in lipid membranes depends on nanoparticle size. Nanoparticles of ∼3 nm sense and induce membrane curvature.
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Cyclodextrin-based superparamagnetic host vesicles as ultrasensitive nanobiocarriers for electrosensing

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9884-9889
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01702G, Paper
Jose Muñoz, Núria Crivillers, Bart Jan Ravoo, Marta Mas-Torrent
Magnetic cyclodextrin vesicles (mCDVs) have been used as novel electrochemical biorecognition probes for the picomolar determination of thyroxine (T4), using a magneto nanocomposite carbon-paste electrode (mNC-CPE) as a transducer platform.
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Tuning the electronic structure of transition metals embedded in nitrogen-doped graphene for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction: a first-principles study

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9696-9707
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00072H, Paper
Xiaonan Zheng, Yuan Yao, Ya Wang, Yang Liu
The Fe/Mn–N–C catalyst is a promising candidate for the NRR as it shows significantly improved NRR catalytic activity and strong selectivity against the HER.
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Elucidating the relationship between nanoparticle morphology, nuclear/magnetic texture and magnetic performance of sintered SrFe12O19 magnets

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9481-9494
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01728K, Paper
Matilde Saura-Múzquiz, Anna Zink Eikeland, Marian Stingaciu, Henrik Lyder Andersen, Cecilia Granados-Miralles, Maxim Avdeev, Vladimir Luzin, Mogens Christensen
The relationship between nanoparticle morphology, self-induced atomic/magnetic texture and magnetic properties of high-performance hexaferrite magnets is elucidated using neutron/X-ray pole figure analysis and neutron/synchrotron powder diffraction.
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Actuated plasmonic nanohole arrays for sensing and optical spectroscopy applications

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9756-9768
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00761G, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Daria Kotlarek, Stefan Fossati, Priyamvada Venugopalan, Nestor Gisbert Quilis, Jiří Slabý, Jiří Homola, Médéric Lequeux, Frédéric Amiard, Marc Lamy de la Chapelle, Ulrich Jonas, Jakub Dostálek
We report a new approach to rapidly actuate the plasmonic characteristics of thin gold films perforated with nanohole arrays by thermo-responsive hydrogel and demonstrate its utilization to sensing with flow-through format and SPR/SERS readout.
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Whispering gallery mode emission from dye-doped polymer fiber cross-sections fabricated by near-field electrospinning

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9873-9883
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00147C, Paper
Joseph E. Cheeney, Stephen T. Hsieh, Nosang V. Myung, Elaine D. Haberer
Near-field electrospun polymer microfibers were utilized to support whispering gallery mode resonances. The fibers were utilized for water–ethanol sensing.
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High brightness blue light-emitting diodes based on CsPb(Cl/Br)3 perovskite QDs with phenethylammonium chloridesynonym passivation.

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02597F, Paper
He Shao, Yue Zhai, Xiufeng Wu, Wen Xu, Lin Xu, Biao Dong, Xue Bai, Haining Cui, Hongwei Song
All inorganic perovskite quantum dots (QDs) (CsPbX3, X=Cl, Br, I) have been applied on the light-emitting devices (LEDs) in recent years due to their excellent optical and optoelectronic properties. However,...
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Theoretical Anchoring Effect of New Phosphorus Allotropes for Lithium-sulfur Batteries

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02359K, Paper
Chunmei Li, Linxin He, Jianglei Luo, Jianfeng Tang, Nanpu Cheng, Zhiqian Chen
Lithium-sulfur battery system has appeared as a new-generation alternative to lithium-ion batteries with 5-7 times higher specific energy density than conventional lithium-ion batteries. But its commercial implementation is still impeded...
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Bad Neighbour, Good Neighbour: How Magnetic Dipole Interactions Between Soft and Hard Ferrimagnetic Nanoparticles Affect Macroscopic Magnetic Properties in Ferrofluids

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02023K, Paper
Niéli Daffé, Jovana Zecevic, Kalliopi Trohidou, Marcin Sikora, Mauro Rovezzi, Claire Carvallo, Marianna Vasilakaki, Sophie Neveu, Johannes D. Meeldijk, Nadejda Bouldi, Veronica Gavrilov, Yohan Guyodo, Fadi Choueikani, Vincent Dupuis, Dario Taverna, Philippe Sainctavit, Amélie JUHIN
Fluids responding to magnetic fields (ferrofluids) offer a scene with no equivalent in nature to explore long-range magnetic dipole interactions. Here, we studied the very original class of binary ferrofluids,...
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Formation and manipulation of domain walls with 2-nm domain periodicity in BaTiO3 without contact electrodes

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01747G, Paper
Maya Barzilay, Yachin Ivry
Interfaces at the two-dimensional limit in oxide materials exhibit a rich span of functionality that differs significantly from the bulk behavior. Among such interfaces, domain walls in ferroelectrics draw special...
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Unexpectedly high stability and surface reconstruction of PdAuAg nanoparticles for formate oxidation electrocatalysis

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01358G, Paper
Bowei Pan, Fuyi Chen, Kou Bo, Junpeng Wang, Quan Tang, Longfei Guo, Qiao Wang, Zhen Li, Weiqi Bian, Jiali Wang
High-performance Pd-based nanocatalysts for alkaline methanol and formate fuel cells have aroused wide attention. Hence, a series of ternary Pd-Au-Ag nanoalloys are synthesized on the carbon nanotubes and demonstrate a...
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The influence of surface roughness on the adhesive interactions and phase behavior of suspensions of calcite nanoparticles

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00834F, Paper
Open Access
Juan D. Olarte-Plata, Goran Svaland, Fernando Bresme
We investigate the impact of nanoparticle roughness on the phase behaviour of suspensions lue{in models} of calcium carbonate nanoparticles. We use a Derjaguin approach that incorporates roughness effects and interactions...
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Synthesis of monodisperse water-stable surface Pb-rich CsPbCl3 nanocrystals for efficient photocatalytic CO2 reduction

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02917C, Communication
Jingrun Zhu, Yihua Zhu, Jianfei Huang, Lu Hou, Jianhua Shen, Chunzhong Li
Surface Pb-rich lead halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) with high stability and monodispersity in water have been synthesized using a general and convenient liquid-solid-interpenetration (LSI) method. In this process, water molecules...
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Near-infrared nanosecond-pulsed laser-activated high efficient intracellular delivery mediated by nano-corrugated mushroom-shaped gold-coated polystyrene nanoparticles

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01792B, Paper
Tuhin Subhra Santra, Srabani Kar, Chih-Wei Chen, Jayant Borana, Te-Chang Chen, Ming-Chang Lee, Fan-Gang Tseng
Here, efficient intracellular delivery of molecules with high cell viability is reported using nanosecond-pulsed laser-activated plasmonic photoporation mediated by high-aspect-ratio nano-corrugated mushroom-shaped gold-coated polystyrene nanoparticles (nm-AuPNPs) at near-infrared wavelength. Upon...
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Informality Revisited: Latin American Perspectives on Housing, the State and the Market


 

Informality Revisited offers an overview of recent debates about Latin American government programmes for the formalisation of informal settlements and housing provision in a neo-liberal context. Contributions from Latin American researchers analyse the contradictions in government actions and evaluate the consequences for urban poverty.



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Our Experimental Error columnist wishes for peer reviews of peer reviewers’ reviews




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