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Synthesis of chiral graphene structures and their comprehensive applications: a critical review

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, 9,1855-1895
DOI: 10.1039/D4NH00021H, Review Article
Animesh Sinha, Hongyun So
Chiral graphene, a “superlattice structure,” effectively engages with target substances. Its superconductivity, tunable electronic structure, and topological states could significantly contribute to advanced materials science technologies.
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Emulation of neuron and synaptic functions in spin–orbit torque domain wall devices

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, 9,1962-1977
DOI: 10.1039/D3NH00423F, Communication
Durgesh Kumar, Ramu Maddu, Hong Jing Chung, Hasibur Rahaman, Tianli Jin, Sabpreet Bhatti, Sze Ter Lim, Rachid Sbiaa, S. N. Piramanayagam
Neuromorphic computing based on spin–orbit torque driven domain wall (DW) devices is promising for energy-efficient computation. This study demonstrates energy efficient operations of DW neurons and synapses by novel reading and writing strategies.
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Engineering in situ growth of Au nanoclusters on hydrophilic paper fibres for fluorescence calligraphy-based chemical logic gates and information encryption

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, 9,2007-2015
DOI: 10.1039/D4NH00307A, Communication
Jun Jiang Luo, Dun Ying Guo, Zi Bo Qu, Hong Qun Luo, Nian Bing Li, Hao Lin Zou, Bang Lin Li
The staining of modified papers with HAuCl4 solutions enables the in situ growth of Au nanoclusters, and the improved fluorescence stability and uniform material distribution facilitate the chemical logic gates and information encryption systems.
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Albumin nanocapsules and nanocrystals for efficient intracellular drug release

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, 9,1978-1989
DOI: 10.1039/D4NH00161C, Communication
Open Access
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Sharafudheen Pottanam Chali, Jaana Westmeier, Franziska Krebs, Shuai Jiang, Friederike Pauline Neesen, Doğa Uncuer, Mario Schelhaas, Stephan Grabbe, Christian Becker, Katharina Landfester, Kerstin Steinbrink
The present study demonstrates that albumin-coated drug nanocrystals represent a highly efficacious novel approach for the controlled intracellular release of drugs with limited solubility in immune cells.
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Graphene-based microelectrodes with bidirectional functionality for next-generation retinal electronic interfaces

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, 9,1948-1961
DOI: 10.1039/D4NH00282B, Communication
Open Access
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Fikret Taygun Duvan, Marina Cunquero, Eduard Masvidal-Codina, Steven T. Walston, Maria Marsal, Jose Manuel de la Cruz, Damia Viana, Diep Nguyen, Julie Degardin, Xavi Illa, Julie M. Zhang, Maria del Pilar Bernícola, José Gabriel Macias-Montero, Carles Puigdengoles, Gustavo Castro-Olvera, Elena del Corro, Socrates Dokos, Mokhtar Chmeissani, Pablo Loza-Alvarez, Serge Picaud, Jose A. Garrido
This article presents the development and testing of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) microelectrode arrays for interfacing with retinal neurons, showcasing their potential for high-density visual prosthetics.
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Low-resistivity Ohmic contacts of Ti/Al on few-layered 1T'-MoTe2/2H-MoTe2 heterojunctions grown by chemical vapor deposition

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, 9,2060-2066
DOI: 10.1039/D4NH00347K, Communication
Ping-Feng Chi, Jing-Jie Wang, Jing-Wen Zhang, Yung-Lan Chuang, Ming-Lun Lee, Jinn-Kong Sheu
This study explores the phase-controlled growth of few-layered 2H-MoTe2, 1T'-MoTe2, and 2H-/1T'-MoTe2 heterostructures and their impacts on metal contact properties.
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Correction: Enhancing the chemotherapeutic efficacy of platinum prodrug nanoparticles and inhibiting cancer metastasis by targeting iron homeostasis

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, 9,2067-2068
DOI: 10.1039/D4NH90069C, Correction
Open Access
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Fang Ding, Lingpu Zhang, Hao Chen, Haiqin Song, Shiguo Chen, Haihua Xiao
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Viral capsid structural assembly governs the reovirus binding interface to NgR1

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, 9,1925-1937
DOI: 10.1039/D4NH00315B, Communication
Open Access
Rita dos Santos Natividade, Andra C. Dumitru, Alessandro Nicoli, Michael Strebl, Danica M. Sutherland, Olivia L. Welsh, Mustafa Ghulam, Thilo Stehle, Terence S. Dermody, Antonella Di Pizio, Melanie Koehler, David Alsteens
We reveal how viral capsid protein organization and curvature critically influence the stability of reovirus–NgR1 interactions, with distinct differences observed between single proteins, 2D assemblies, and 3D viral particles.
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Understanding the relationship between nanosheet thickness and piezoresistivity in graphene strain sensors

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NH90072C, Editorial
Sara Domenici
This article highlights the recent work of Coleman et al. (Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, 9, 1774–1784, https://doi.org/10.1039/D4NH00224E) on investigating nanosheet thickness and its impact on piezoresistivity in graphene strain sensors.
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Prediction methods for Phonon Transport Properties of Inorganic Crystals: from Traditional Approaches to Artificial Intelligence

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NH00487F, Review Article
yi Wei, Zhixiang Liu, Guangzhao Qin
In inorganic crystals, phonons are the elementary excitations describing the collective atomic motions. The study of phonons plays an important role in terms of understanding thermal transport behavior and acoustic...
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Theoretical Insights and Design of MXene for Aqueous Batteries and Supercapacitors: Status, Challenges, and Perspectives

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NH00305E, Review Article
Jun Zhao, Ninggui Ma, Tairan Wang, Yuhang Wang, Bochun Liang, Yaqin Zhang, Shuang Luo, Yu Xiong, Qianqian Wang, Jun Fan
Aqueous batteries and supercapacitors are promising electrochemical energy storage systems (EESS) due to their low cost, environmental friendliness, and high safety. However, aqueous EESS development faces challenges like narrow electrochemical...
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Sweet MOFs: Exploring the Potential and Restraints of Integrating Carbohydrates with Metal-Organic Frameworks for Biomedical Applications

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NH00525B, Review Article
Open Access
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Alessio Zuliani, Victor Ramos, Alberto Escudero, Noureddine Khiar
The unique features of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) such as biodegradability, reduced toxicity and high surface area offer the possibility of developing smart nanosystems for biomedical applications through the simultaneous functionalization...
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Electric field-assisted resonance frequency tuning in free standing nanomechanical devices for application in multistate switching using a phase change material

Nanoscale Horiz., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NH00463A, Communication
Durgesh Banswar, Jay Krishna Anand, Syed A. Bukhari, Sonika Singh, Rahul Prajesh, Hemant Kumar, S. K. Makineni, Ankur Goswami
Remarkable multi-stable switching response in VO2-based suspended microstring resonator.
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AP to set up 300-acre Drone Hub in Kurnool, plans to train 35,000 drone pilots

A new Drone Policy will be announced soon, says Chief Minister Naidu at Amaravati Drone Summit 2024




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AP govt to provide 3 LPG cylinders free of cost every year from Deepavali

The estimated cost of the scheme is ₹2,700 cr per annum




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Andhra Pradesh’s new capital Amaravati to get new railway line with ₹2,245 crore

A multi-modal logistics hub to come up at Paritala, says Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw




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Gujarat govt approves new rules for boating & water sports

The District Magistrate has been appointed as the Registrar for water sports and boating registration




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Andhra Pradesh joins hand with EESL for powering 1.5 lakh houses with energy efficient appliances

Naidu reviewed the ongoing projects in the department of Energy, Panchayati Raj, Rural Development, Housing, Municipal & Urban Development and Women & Child Development




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Qure.ai, Roche Diagnostics’ ‘Startup Creasphere’ collaborate on AI-driven medical-imaging tech for the APAC region

The collaboration leverages Qure’s deep-learning imaging tools, complemented by Roche’s diagnostic portfolio




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Andhra Pradesh to call fresh tenders for Amaravati Capital Project soon: Minister Narayana

“A technical committee comprising the chief engineers has been constituted on July 24 only to formulate the norms to resolve such issues with regard to pending bills of the past tenders and close the matter permanently”




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Bullet train project: Three die after under-construction bridge collapses in Anand

The fire department rescued two labourers and two dead bodies during the rescue operation, however, one of the rescued labourers died in the hospital taking the death toll to three




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India’s battery storage boom: 12-fold growth expected by FY32 with 60 GW capacity

Solid Power Purchase Agreements and flexible technologies are expected to mitigate obsolescence risks and drive project-level investments




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Trump’s second term unlikely to upset the Indo-US pharma apple-cart, say industry voices

IP may become a point of contention, as new administration may seek greater reciprocity




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Scientists to probe if grape juice chemical can prevent bowel cancer




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IIT Ropar's new portable knee rehab device to revolutionise post-surgical therapy




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Mind mapping the new Indian consumer

BrandXcel’s research reveals changing Indian consumer trends, from pride in Indian products to premiumisation and individualistic decision-making




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Rise of joyful surrealism, adaptability and de-influencing

Creative ground: Amid the champagne, music and partying, the shifting sands of advertising finds solid ground in this year’s Goafest




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Cricket’s exciting global knock captained by ICC

The spectator friendly 20-over format has grown the game — 89 countries are now ranked in T20 men’s cricket and 74 countries in T20 women’s cricket




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Enhancing soil geographic recognition through LIBS technology: integrating the joint skewness algorithm with back-propagation neural networks

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00251B, Paper
Weinan Zheng, Xun Gao, Kaishan Song, Hailong Yu, Qiuyun Wang, Lianbo Guo, Jingquan Lin
The meticulous task of soil region classification is fundamental to the effective management of soil resources and the development of accurate soil classification systems.
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Accurate determination of ultra-trace rare earth elements by LA-ICP-MS/MS and its application to cassiterite for effective elimination of Gd and Tb false positive anomalies

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00271G, Paper
Ming Yang, Wu Wei, Yue-Heng Yang, Rolf L. Romer, Shi-Tou Wu, Tao Wu, Li-Feng Zhong
This study reports a new method for in situ determination of ultra-low REE contents in cassiterite by LA-ICP-MS/MS with an O2 and mass-shift detection strategy to avoid Gd and Tb anomalies.
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Improvements in low-level radionuclide measurement capability through use of the Apex Q sample introduction system combined with ICP-MS/MS

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, 39,2929-2936
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00216D, Paper
Ben Russell, Frankie Falksohn, Alexandre Tribolet, Hibaaq Mohamud, Olivia Pearson, Emma Braysher, Saskia Burke, Anu Bhaisare
Improvement in sensitivity and interface removal capability for radionuclide measurement using desolvating sample introduction combined with ICP-MS/MS.
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Development and application of reference and routine analytical methods providing SI-traceable results for the determination of technology-critical elements in PCB from WEEE

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, 39,2809-2823
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00235K, Paper
Open Access
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Giancarlo D'Agostino, Marcus Oelze, Jochen Vogl, Jean-Philippe Ghestem, Nicolas Lafaurie, Ole Klein, Daniel Pröfrock, Marco Di Luzio, Luigi Bergamaschi, Radojko Jaćimović, Caroline Oster, Johanna Irrgeher, Shaun T. Lancaster, Anna Walch, Anita Röthke, Lena Michaliszyn, Axel Pramann, Olaf Rienitz, Timo Sara-Aho, Oktay Cankur, Derya Kutan, Johanna Noireaux
Development and test of five reference analytical methods and six routine analytical methods providing SI-traceable results of twenty technology-critical elements in end-of-life PCB materials.
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A simplified instrumental protocol for trace Nd and Hf isotope measurements (<10 ng) using a MC-ICP-MS and an Apex Omega de-solvating system

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, 39,2694-2702
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00276H, Technical Note
Ting Zhou, Liang Qi, Sheng-hua Liu, Bo Zhou
Accurate and precise Nd and Hf isotope measurements of samples with low contents by simple adjustments of an Apex Omega membrane de-solvating system.
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First demonstration of in situ Lu–Hf dating using LA-ICP-MS/MS applied to monazite

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, 39,2703-2715
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00258J, Technical Note
Shitou Wu, Junlong Niu, Yueheng Yang, Hao Wang, Jinhui Yang, Fuyuan Wu
Monazite is a LREE-rich accessory mineral in various igneous and metamorphic rocks; therefore, monazite geochronology has the potential to answer a range of important geological questions.
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An ensemble model for rapid quantitative determination of vanadium (V) in petroleum coke by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, 39,2841-2855
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00300D, Paper
Hongkun Du, Tengfei Sun, Shaoying Ke, Dongfeng Qi, Wei Zhang, Juan Wei, Bing Yang, Hongyu Zheng
Precise detection and analysis of trace elements in materials are critical for various industrial applications.
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Quantification of technetium-99 in wastewater by means of automated on-line extraction chromatography – anion-exchange chromatography – inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, 39,2774-2782
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00270A, Paper
Open Access
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Maximilian Horstmann, C. Derrick Quarles, Steffen Happel, Michael Sperling, Andreas Faust, David Clases, Uwe Karst
Ultratrace concentrations of pertechnetate are determined by preconcentration on a dedicated resin and anion exchange chromatography with ICP-MS detection.
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Self-absorption correction of NEXAFS spectra for intermediate sample thicknesses applied to organo-sulfur model compounds

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, 39,2893-2902
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00232F, Paper
Open Access
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Konstantin Skudler, Michael Walter, Michael Sommer, Matthias Müller
We present a self-absorption correction for NEXAFS which is valid for any sample thickness. The corrected spectrum is recovered in a forward calculation by fitting a model spectrum to experimental data of samples with ideally different thicknesses.
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Hydrophobicity induced graphene oxide based dispersive micro solid phase extraction of strontium from seawater and groundwater prior to GFAAS determination

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3JA00445G, Paper
Maria Sebastian, Saikrishna Devulapally, Sk. Jayabun, Noorbasha Nagula Meeravali, Shekhar Raparthi, A. C. Sahayam
A novel graphene oxide (GO) mediated dispersive micro solid phase extraction method is developed for the extraction of ultratrace level strontium (Sr) from seawater and ground water. This method involves...
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INSIGHTS INTO THE ROLE OF TRANSITION AND NOBLE METALS MEDIATING PHOTOCHEMICAL VAPOR GENERATION

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00261J, Tutorial Review
Open Access
Ralph E Sturgeon, Enea Pagliano, Gisele Simone Lopes, Renato Neto, Jane Kelly Sousa Brito
Abstract The recent expansion of the suite of elements amenable to photochemical vapor generation (PVG) is primarily linked to the addition of mg/L concentrations of selected transition metals (TMs) to...
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A Gaussian Spot Overlap Ablation Model for Prediction of Aluminium Alloy Spectral Peak Intensity in High Pulse Repetition Frequency LIBS

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00298A, Paper
Dongming Qu, Bohao Su, Zhongshu Bai, Biye Liu, Xueying Jin, Guanyu Chen, Yuting Fu, Tingwen Gu, Guang Yang, Qingkai Li
The use of microjoule high pulse repetition frequency (PRF) lasers as excitation sources is an important direction in the miniaturisation of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) instruments. However, high PRF LIBS...
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Sensitive and Rapid Determination of Iodine/Calcium Ratio in Carbonate Rock Samples by ICP-MS Based on Solution Cathode Glow Discharge Sampling

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00264D, Paper
Xuan Wang, Xing Liu, Lanlan Jin, Zhenli Zhu, Junhang Dong, Pengju Xing, Linjie Chen, Yuanhui Geng, Jingwen Zhang, Hao Tong, Hongtao Zheng, Min Zhang, Shenghong Hu
The iodine-to-calcium ratio (I/Ca) in carbonate rocks has been extensively used to indicate marine oxidation states. However, the low-iodine and high-calcium characteristics of carbonate samples pose challenges in achieving rapid...
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Applying standard addition to determine antimony isotopes in low-Sb samples using HG-MC-ICP-MS

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4JA00333K, Paper
Honggang Zhu, Jian-Ming Zhu, Decan Tan, Zhuo Lu, Hongfei Liao, Yiwei Ma
The δ123Sb value of BCR-2 obtained by the standard addition (SA) method.
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New therapeutic avenues for treating TB




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&quot;Japanese and American scientist favourites for medicine Nobel&quot;




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World’s smallest tape recorder built from bacteria

Mr. Wang and his team created the microscopic data recorder by taking advantage of CRISPR-Cas, an immune system in many species of bacteria.




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Centre to give in-principle approval for AIIMS in Kozhikode: Union Minister

‘State government has to acquire land and hand it over to Centre’




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Modern antidepressants can reduce risk of depressive relapse for bipolar patients, according to UBC and NIMHANS study

Bipolar disorder, earlier known as manic-depressive disorder, is prevalent in about 1% of the population and tends to be a lifelong illness




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Ashutosh Paper Mills Ltd. - Disclosures under Reg. 29(1) of SEBI (SAST) Regulations, 2011




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Centrum Capital Ltd. - Disclosures under Reg. 31(1) and 31(2) of SEBI (SAST) Regulations, 2011




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Balkrishna Paper Mills Ltd - Disclosures under Reg. 10(5) in respect of acquisition under Reg. 10(1)(a) of SEBI (SAST) Regulations, 2011