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From cellulose to 1,2,4-benzenetriol via catalytic degradation over a wood-based activated carbon catalyst

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00424C, Paper
Qiong Wu, Baozheng Zhao, Shiwei Liu, Shitao Yu, Lang Huang, Arthur J. Ragauskas
1,2,4-Benzenetriol was obtained from cellulose hydrothermal degradation using phosphoric acid-activated wood-based AC as the catalyst.
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Does the structure of CuZn hydroxycarbonate precursors affect the intrinsic hydrogenolysis activity of CuZn catalysts?

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00143K, Paper
Violetta Pospelova, Jaroslav Aubrecht, Kateřina Pacultová, Miloslav Lhotka, Oleg Kikhtyanin, David Kubička
A comparative study of the properties and activity of catalysts derived from single-phase CuZn precursors to elucidate the effect of the precursor structure on the catalyst activity in DMA hydrogenolysis and to examine replacement of CuCr catalysts.
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Influence of gold on the reactivity behaviour of ceria nanorods in CO oxidation: Combining operando spectroscopies and DFT calculations

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00392A, Paper
Marc Ziemba, Christian Hess
Au/CeO2 catalysts are commonly used for low-temperature CO oxidation. While many studies focus on the properties of gold and their relevance for the activity, the influence of the support properties...
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Facet-Dependent Activity of Hematite Nanocrystals toward Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0CY00655F, Paper
Toshihiro Takashima, Shota Hemmi, Qingyu Liu, Hiroshi Irie
Electrocatalytic activity of hematite exposed with different facets toward the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) was investigated. Hematite nanoparticles with pseudo cubic, hexagonal bipyramid, and plate morphologies were prepared, which predominantly...
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A biodegradable CO2-based polymeric antitumor nanodrug via a one-pot surfactant- and solvent-free miniemulsion preparation

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2234-2244
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01931F, Paper
Qiaojie Luo, Xiaojun Li, Ying Wang, Jianfang He, Qiao Zhang, Pengfei Ge, Xia Cai, Qiang Sun, Weipu Zhu, Zhiquan Shen, Xiaodong Li
A biodegradable CO2-based polymeric nanodrug is obtained via a surfactant- and solvent-free miniemulsion preparation, which can be concentrated at tumor site by EPR and releases the encapsulated drug through pH responsiveness.
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A polymeric nanocarrier with a tumor acidity-activatable arginine-rich (R9) peptide for enhanced drug delivery

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2255-2263
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00069H, Paper
Liting Zhang, Chengtao Jiang, Fanjun Zeng, Haiyu Zhou, Dongdong Li, Xinyu He, Song Shen, Xianzhu Yang, Jun Wang
The cell-penetrating function of R9 peptide of DA@R9-NPDOX was masked in the blood circulation, while reactivated in tumor tissue for enhanced tumor cellular uptake.
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MT1-MMP activatable fluorogenic probes with enhanced specificity via high-affinity peptide conjugation for tumor imaging

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2308-2317
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM02007A, Paper
Xiuru Ji, Shuping Xie, Yan Jiao, Xiaojuan Zhang, Duxin Sun, Victor C. Yang, Mei Wang, Huining He, Lu Sun
A novel MT1-MMP activatable fluorogenic probe for tumor detection with enhanced specificity was developed via high-affinity and specific peptide conjugation.
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Cu, Zn doped borate bioactive glasses: antibacterial efficacy and dose-dependent in vitro modulation of murine dendritic cells

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2143-2155
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01691K, Paper
Open Access
Katharina Schuhladen, Lena Stich, Jochen Schmidt, Alexander Steinkasserer, Aldo R. Boccaccini, Elisabeth Zinser
Bioactive borate glasses additionally doped with copper and/or zinc have enthralling immune-modulatory effects on immune cells.
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High antimicrobial photodynamic activity of photosensitizer encapsulated dual-functional metallocatanionic vesicles against drug-resistant bacteria S. aureus

Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00323A, Paper
Bunty Sharma, Gurpreet Kaur, Ganga Ram Chaudhary, Santosh L. Gawali, P. A. Hassan
Developments in the field of photodynamic therapy (PDT) are being made by investigating appropriate photosensitizers (PSs) and enhancing the penetration effect of light by developing new metallocatanionic vesicles.
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Bacterial nanocellulose as a corneal bandage material: a comparison with amniotic membrane

Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00083C, Paper
Open Access
Irene Anton-Sales, Justin Christopher D'Antin, Jorge Fernández-Engroba, Victor Charoenrook, Anna Laromaine, Anna Roig, Ralph Michael
Bacterial nanocellulose exhibits valuable properties to act as a corneal bandage material in terms of conformability, suturability, durability and ease of manipulation in ophthalmological environments.
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Enhanced nanoparticle accumulation by tumor-acidity-activatable release of sildenafil to induce vasodilation

Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00466A, Paper
Peng Zhang, Yu Zhang, Xiaoya Ding, Chunsheng Xiao, Xuesi Chen
An efficient strategy to selectively promote nanoparticle accumulation in solid tumors was developed by encapsulating sildenafil in cisplatin-incorporated polymeric micelles.
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A TRACER culture invasion assay to probe the impact of cancer associated fibroblasts on head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell invasiveness

Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM02017A, Paper
Teresa Dean, Nancy T. Li, Jose L. Cadavid, Laurie Ailles, Alison P. McGuigan
A novel 3D in vitro co-culture platform to explore the interactions between cancer-associated fibroblasts and tumour cells that drive increased tumour cell invasion and the impact of matrix density.
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A photothermal-hypoxia sequentially activatable phase-change nanoagent for mitochondria-targeting tumor synergistic therapy

Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00003E, Paper
Jia Qu, Dengke Teng, Guoqing Sui, Shihui Guan, Yang Wang, Qimeihui Wang, Yuanqiang Lin, Haitao Ran, Zhigang Wang, Hui Wang
The advantages of PCM@Lip/IT NPs include mitochondrial-targeting, on-demand drug release, and prodrug activation by hypoxia with guidance/monitoring by PA and FL imaging.
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A Fe3+-crosslinked pyrogallol-tethered gelatin adhesive hydrogel with antibacterial activity for wound healing

Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00188K, Paper
Ning Han, Ziyang Xu, Chunyan Cui, Yuan Li, Dongfei Zhang, Meng Xiao, Chuanchuan Fan, Tengling Wu, Jianhai Yang, Wenguang Liu
A tunicate-inspired gelatin-based hydrogel prepared by a simple mixing method, exhibits strong adhesion and antibacterial capacity, and facilitates wound healing.
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Multifunctional Antibacterial Dental Sealants Suppress Biofilms Derived from Children at High Risk of Caries

Biomater. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00370K, Paper
Maria Salem Ibrahim, Isadora Martini Garcia, Taissa Vila, Abdulrahman A. Balhaddad, Fabricio Mezzomo Collares, Michael D Weir, Huakun Xu, Mary Anne Melo
Dental caries in children is a leading worldwide concern for oral health. Combining antibacterial and remineralizing additives within dental sealants is a promising approach for caries prevention. Saliva contains oral...
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Additively manufactured functionally graded biodegradable porous zinc

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2404-2419
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01904A, Paper
Open Access
Y. Li, P. Pavanram, J. Zhou, K. Lietaert, F. S. L. Bobbert, Yusuke Kubo, M. A. Leeflang, H. Jahr, A. A. Zadpoor
First report on the effect of topology design on the biodegradation, mechanical properties, and cell responses of additively manufactured Zn.
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Oral biofilm elimination by combining iron-based nanozymes and hydrogen peroxide-producing bacteria

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2447-2458
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01889A, Paper
Yanqiu Wang, Xinyu Shen, Shang Ma, Qianqian Guo, Wei Zhang, Lu Cheng, Liming Ding, Zhuobin Xu, Jing Jiang, Lizeng Gao
Combining nanozymes and bacteria to eliminate dental biofilms in a mixed-species model.
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Biomimic strategies for modulating the interaction between particle adjuvants and antigen-presenting cells

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2366-2375
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM02098E, Review Article
Jie Wu, Guanghui Ma
The design strategies of particle adjuvants by mimicking natural pathogens to strengthen their interaction with antigen-presenting cells.
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Super-assembled core/shell fibrous frameworks with dual growth factors for in situ cementum–ligament–bone complex regeneration

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2459-2471
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00102C, Paper
Tian Ding, Jianhua Li, Xingshuang Zhang, Lingqian Du, Yang Li, Dengwang Li, Biao Kong, Shaohua Ge
In this work, a super-assembled framework (SAF) was fabricated to achieve sequential delivery of bFGF and BMP-2 for in situ cementum–ligament–bone complex regeneration.
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Enhanced selectivity, cellular uptake, and in vitro activity of an intrinsically fluorescent copper–tirapazamine nanocomplex for hypoxia targeted therapy in prostate cancer

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2420-2433
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01905G, Paper
Vera L. Silva, Abdessamad Kaassis, Ashkan Dehsorkhi, Cédrik-Roland Koffi, Maja Severic, Moustafa Abdelhamid, Duuamene Nyimanu, Christopher J. Morris, Wafa’ T. Al-Jamal
Cu(TPZ)2 complex as a promising hypoxia selective cytotoxin in prostate cancer.
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Bioinspired inorganic nanoparticles and vascular factor microenvironment directed neo-bone formation

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2627-2637
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00041H, Paper
Hwan D. Kim, Jungha Park, Sivashanmugam Amirthalingam, R. Jayakumar, Nathaniel S. Hwang
VEGF-overexpressing human tonsil-derived stem cells (VEGF-hTMSCs) and a whitlockite microenvironment induce vascularized bone tissue formation in biodegradable polymeric scaffolds.
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Spatial immobilization of endogenous growth factors to control vascularization in bone tissue engineering

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2577-2589
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00087F, Paper
Marta R. Casanova, Catarina Oliveira, Emanuel M. Fernandes, Rui L. Reis, Tiago H. Silva, Albino Martins, Nuno M. Neves
An engineered biofunctional system comprises endogenous BMP-2 and VEGF bound in a parallel pattern. It successfully enabled obtaining the spatial osteogenic and angiogenic differentiation of human hBM-MSCs under basal culture conditions.
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Highly responsive and rapid hydrogen peroxide-triggered degradation of polycaprolactone nanoparticles

Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2394-2397
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM02019E, Communication
Peng-Hao Hsu, Carina Arboleda, Alexandra Stubelius, Ling-Wei Li, Jason Olejniczak, Adah Almutairi
Nanoparticles formulated from fast-degrading oxidation-responsive polycaprolactone are responsive to 50 μM of H2O2.
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A multifunctional metal-biopolymer coordinated double network hydrogel combined with multi-stimulus responsiveness, self-healing, shape memory and antibacterial properties

Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00425A, Paper
Kun Yan, Feiyang Xu, Chunyu Wang, Yingying Li, Yuanli Chen, Xiufang Li, Zhentan Lu, Dong Wang
A universal, straightforward macroscale assembly technology has been presented for fabrication of polysaccharide-based multifunctional DN gels based on metal coordination chemistry.
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Characteristic synergistic cytotoxic effects toward cells in graphene oxide dressing with cadmium and copper ions

Toxicol. Res., 2019, 8,908-917
DOI: 10.1039/C9TX00146H, Paper
Yiyang Dong, Yulin Chang, Haidi Gao, Victoria Arantza León Anchustegui, Qiang Yu, Haifang Wang, Jia-Hui Liu, Shihui Wang
Cadmium ions exerted synergistic toxic effects with graphene oxide on Hela cells.
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Lipoic acid antagonizes paraquat-induced vascular endothelial dysfunction by suppressing mitochondrial reactive oxidative stress

Toxicol. Res., 2019, 8,918-927
DOI: 10.1039/C9TX00186G, Paper
Li Pang, Ping Deng, Yi-dan Liang, Jing-yu Qian, Li-Chuan Wu, Ling-ling Yang, Zheng-ping Yu, Zhou Zhou
α-Lipoic acid antagonizes paraquat toxicity.
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Effects of moderate red wine on cardiovascular risk factors in diabetics: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Toxicol. Res., 2019, 8,979-987
DOI: 10.1039/C9TX00227H, Paper
Saavia Alice Naame, Decheng Li, Ruixue Huang
Diabetes mellitus is of major public health concerns; its incidence is continuously increasing.
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Methanol extract of Iphiona aucheri ameliorates CCl4 induced hepatic injuries by regulation of genes in rats

Toxicol. Res., 2019, 8,815-832
DOI: 10.1039/C9TX00157C, Paper
Jawaid Ahmed Zai, Muhammad Rashid Khan, Zaib un Nisa Mughal, Riffat Batool, Irum Naz, Sonia Maryam, Zartash Zahra
Alteration in expression of ER stress associated genes, inflammatory genes and antioxidant biochemical induced with CCl4 in liver of rats were restored towards the control rats by co-administration of methanol extract of Iphiona aucheri to rats.
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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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Nomura predicts Indian GDP to contract by 5.2% in FY21, more rate cuts

Analysts at Goldman Sachs expect the Indian economy to contract 0.4 per cent in FY21 versus consensus median 2.7 per cent




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Export contraction in April could surpass March's steep 25-year decline

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Ministry of Defence inks Rs 1,200 cr contract to boost electronics sector

The deal, Modernisation of Air Field Infrastructure Phase 2 (MAFI-2), follows from an earlier contract, called MAFI-1, which TPSED won in 2011 to upgrade 30 IAF airfields.




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Lockdown: Closure of commercial activity has hit Bihar, UP villages

But most respondents to a survey conducted by Smart Power India said they saw a positive change in social hygiene behaviour during lockdown




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Release of graphene-related materials from epoxy-based composites: characterization, quantification and hazard assessment in vitro

Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10245K, Paper
Open Access
Woranan Netkueakul, Daria Korejwo, Tobias Hammer, Savvina Chortarea, Patrick Rupper, Oliver Braun, Michel Calame, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Tina Buerki-Thurnherr, Peter Wick, Jing Wang
We measured the cytotoxicity of pristine GRMs and the abraded particles from epoxy/GRM composites, which indicated low risks to consumers of such composites.
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Hybrid Phase 1T/2H-MoS2 with Controllable 1T Concentration and Its Promoted Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02525A, Paper
Yuxiao Zhang, Yasutaka Kuwahara, Kohsuke Mori, Catherine Louis, Hiromi Yamashita
MoS2 has been investigated as a low-cost alternative to Pt in electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction. One of the promising method to further activate MoS2 is phase engineering. MoS2 generally exhibit...
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Proton exchange membrane with plasmon-active surface for enhancement of fuel cell effectivity

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00295J, Paper
Roman Elashnikov, Kristina Zahorjanova, Elena Miliutina, Zdenka Kolska, Miroslav Cieslar, Václav Švorčík, Oleksiy Lyutakov
The action of fuel cells with proton-exchanged membrane (PEM) requires the implementation of hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on the opposite sides of PEM. Recently, based...
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Enhanced motility in a binary mixture of active nano/microswimmers

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9717-9726
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01765E, Paper
Debajyoti Debnath, Pulak Kumar Ghosh, Vyacheslav R. Misko, Yunyun Li, Fabio Marchesoni, Franco Nori
The proposed mechanism of motility transfer from more active to less active species allows enhancing the motility of active nano-/microswimmers, e.g., Janus particles, as agents of chemical reactions, or weak sperm cells, for better fertilization.
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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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Ternary PtFeCo alloys on graphene with high electrocatalytic activities for methanol oxidation

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9824-9832
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00757A, Paper
Hongfei Wang, Kefu Zhang, Jun Qiu, Juan Wu, Jingwen Shao, Huijuan Wang, Yujuan Zhang, Jie Han, Yong Zhang, Lifeng Yan
Ternary PtFeCo alloys as alternatives to conventional Pt electrocatalysts are highly important in the field of the methanol oxidation reaction.
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Characteristics of crystalline sputtered LaFeO3 thin films as photoelectrochemical water splitting photocathodes

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9653-9660
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01762K, Paper
Min-Kyu Son, Hyunwoong Seo, Motonori Watanabe, Masaharu Shiratani, Tatsumi Ishihara
A transparent crystalline sputtered LaFeO3 photocathode with an early onset potential for stable photoelectrochemical water splitting.
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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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Exploring the direct synthesis of exchange-spring nanocomposites by reduction of CoFe2O4 spinel nanoparticles using in situ neutron diffraction

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9440-9451
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00912A, Paper
Jakob Voldum Ahlburg, Cecilia Granados-Miralles, Frederik Holm Gjørup, Henrik Lyder Andersen, Mogens Christensen
In situ neutron powder diffraction (NPD) was employed for investigating gram-scale reduction of hard magnetic CoFe2O4 (spinel) nanoparticles into CoFe2O4/CoFe2 exchange-spring nanocomposites via H2 partial reduction.
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2D molybdenum disulphide nanosheets incorporated with single heteroatoms for the electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction

Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01295E, Minireview
Thomas H. M. Lau, John S. Foord, S. C. Edman Tsang
2D nanosheets give enhanced surface area to volume ratios in particle morphology and they can also provide defined surface sites to disperse foreign atoms.
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Triplet photosensitizer-nanotube conjugates: synthesis, characterization and photochemistry of charge stabilizing, palladium porphyrin/carbon nanotube conjugates

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9890-9898
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02136A, Paper
Luis M. Arellano, Habtom B. Gobeze, María J. Gómez-Escalonilla, José Luis G. Fierro, Francis D'Souza, Fernando Langa
SWCNTs covalently modified with a triplet photosensitizer, palladium porphyrin, have been newly prepared and photoinduced charge separation is reported.
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Actuated plasmonic nanohole arrays for sensing and optical spectroscopy applications

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9756-9768
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00761G, Paper
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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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Mild generation of surface oxygen vacancy on CeO2 for improved CO2 photoreduction activity.

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00717J, Paper
Min Wang, Meng Shen, Xixiong Jin, Jianjian Tian, Yajun Zhou, Yiran Shao, Lingxia Zhang, Yongsheng Li, Jianlin Shi
The vacancy defects of semiconductor photocatalysts play a key role in enhancing their photocatalytic CO2 reduction activity. In this work, CeO2 was chosen as a model catalyst and oxygen vacancy...
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Single-wavelength phototheranostics for colon cancer via thiolytic reaction

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02393K, Paper
Yucheng Zhu, Chao Chen, Qinghua Wu, Guoliang Yang, Zhiyong Liu, Erhong Hao, Hongliang Cao, Yun Gao, Weian Zhang
It’s a huge challenge to develop effective nanosystems combined the capabilities of diagnoses and therapies together for colon cancer in clinic. Herein, we constructed a far-red absorbing phototheranostic nanosystem (FR-H2S)...
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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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MnV2O6/Graphene Nanocomposite as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02325F, Communication
Kyeong-Ho Kim, Yun-Hyuk Choi, Seong-Hyeon Hong
MnV2O6/graphene nanocomposite was fabricated through hydrothermal synthesis and high energy mechanical milling as an electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction (OER). MnV2O6/graphene (20 wt%) nanocomposite deposited on carbon fiber paper (CFP)...
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