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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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Reply to the ‘Comment on “Hierarchically porous, ultra-strong reduced graphene oxide–cellulose nanocrystal sponges for exceptional adsorption of water contaminants”’ by J. Ma, Y. Xiong and F. Yu, Nanoscale, 2019, 11, DOI: 10.1039/C8NR08780F

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9899-9901
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01846E, Comment
Nariman Yousefi, Nathalie Tufenkji
We respond to the comments of Ma et al. and clarify the rationale behind our methodology and why it is suitable for our work.
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CVD growth of large-area InS atomic layers and device applications

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9366-9374
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01104E, Communication
Chien-Liang Tu, Kuang-I Lin, Jiang Pu, Tsai-Fu Chung, Chien-Nan Hsiao, An-Ci Huang, Jer-Ren Yang, Taishi Takenobu, Chang-Hsiao Chen
Indium sulfide (InS) atomic layers made by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) are synthesized onto a mica substrate, producing a highly crystalline, large-area, and atomically thin-film InS flakes.
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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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Binding patterns and dynamics of double-stranded DNA on the phosphorene surface

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9430-9439
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01403F, Paper
Baoyu Li, Xuejie Xie, Guangxin Duan, Serena H. Chen, Xuan-Yu Meng, Ruhong Zhou
Molecular dynamics simulations and electrophoresis experiments show that dsDNA can form a stable binding on the phosphorene surface through the terminal base pairs and adopt an upright orientation regardless of its initial configurations.
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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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Designing transition-metal-boride-based electrocatalysts for applications in electrochemical water splitting

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9327-9351
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01279C, Review Article
Yuanyuan Jiang, Yizhong Lu
Recent progresses made in transition metal boride (TMB)-based electrocatalysts for electrochemical water splitting are summarized.
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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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An ultra-broadband terahertz metamaterial coherent absorber using multilayer electric ring resonator structures based on anti-reflection coating

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9769-9775
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10668E, Paper
Chao Du, Di Zhou, Huan-Huan Guo, Yong-Qiang Pang, Hong-Yu Shi, Wen-Feng Liu, Jin-Zhan Su, Charanjeet Singh, Sergei Trukhanov, Alex Trukhanov, Larissa Panina, Zhuo Xu
We propose a method for achieving THz ultra-broadband coherent absorption using the anti-reflection theory of metamaterials.
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In situ growth of well-aligned Ni-MOF nanosheets on nickel foam for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of typical volatile organic compounds

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9462-9470
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01027H, Paper
Xin Ding, Hongli Liu, Jiangyao Chen, Meicheng Wen, Guiying Li, Taicheng An, Huijun Zhao
Well-aligned Ni-MOF nanosheet arrays vertically grown on nickel foam were synthesized via a facile in situ solvothermal strategy, which exhibited remarkably improved photocatalytic activities to typical VOCs under visible light irradiation.
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Efficient polyalcohol oxidation electrocatalysts enabled by PtM (M = Fe, Co, and Ni) nanocubes surrounded by (200) crystal facets

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9842-9848
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00163E, Paper
Tongxin Song, Fei Gao, Yangping Zhang, Chunyan Chen, Cheng Wang, Shujin Li, Hongyuan Shang, Yukou Du
The (200)-enclosed Pt4M nanocubes (NCs) exhibit ascendant catalytic property towards GOR and EGOR due to the introduction of transition metals.
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Modulated podosome patterning in osteoclasts by fullerenol nanoparticles disturbs the bone resorption for osteoporosis treatment

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9359-9365
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01625J, Communication
Kui Chen, Huan Geng, Wei Liang, Haojun Liang, Yujiao Wang, Jianglong Kong, Jiaxin Zhang, Yuelan Liang, Ziteng Chen, Jiacheng Li, Ya-nan Chang, Juan Li, Gengyan Xing, Gengmei Xing
Fullerenol hampers podosome patterning in osteoclasts, results in the failure of bone resorption.
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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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Point defect induced intervalley scattering for the enhancement of interlayer electron transport in bilayer MoS2 homojunctions

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9859-9865
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01339K, Paper
Yang Ou, Zhuo Kang, Qingliang Liao, Shihan Gao, Zheng Zhang, Yue Zhang
The interlayer transport of MoS2 homojunctions can be enhanced by point defect induced K–Q intervalley scattering.
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Effective atherosclerotic plaque inflammation inhibition with targeted drug delivery by hyaluronan conjugated atorvastatin nanoparticles

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9541-9556
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00308E, Paper
Seyedmehdi Hossaini Nasr, Zahra Rashidijahanabad, Sherif Ramadan, Nate Kauffman, Narayanan Parameswaran, Kurt R. Zinn, Chunqi Qian, Ripla Arora, Dalen Agnew, Xuefei Huang
Atherosclerosis is associated with inflammation in the arteries. Hyaluronan atorvastatin nanoparticle conjugate could target CD44 overexpressed in atherosclerotic plaques and significantly reduce plaque associated inflammation.
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Flexible pressure sensors with a highly pressure- and strain-sensitive layer based on nitroxyl radical-grafted hollow carbon spheres

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9375-9384
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01192D, Communication
Jie Chu, Jueping Cai
The flexible sensor based on free radical-modified hollow carbon spheres is highly sensitive to both compression and tension.
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Supramolecular chemistry of carbon nano-onions

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9352-9358
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01713B, Minireview
Michał Bartkowski, Silvia Giordani
An exhaustive and succinct minireview of the various reported approaches to the non-covalent surface modification of carbon nano-onions (CNOs).
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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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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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Clear observation of the formation of nanoparticles inside the ablation bubble through a laser-induced flat transparent window by laser scattering

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9640-9646
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10560C, Paper
Kota Ando, Takashi Nakajima
We demonstrate the clear observation of laser-scattering signals from Ag nanoparticles (NPs) inside an ablation bubble.
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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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Dynamics of lattice defects in mixed DNA origami monolayers

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9733-9743
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01252A, Paper
Yang Xin, Xueyin Ji, Guido Grundmeier, Adrian Keller
DNA origami lattice formation at solid–liquid interfaces is surprisingly resilient toward the incorporation of DNA origami impurities with different shapes.
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Emerging pnictogen-based 2D semiconductors: sensing and electronic devices

Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02932G, Review Article
Pradip Kumar Roy, Jan Luxa, Zdeněk Sofer
Pnictogens have drawn tremendous attention due to their electronic structure and semiconducting character. Their fascinating features provide a novel platform for new devices in 2D materials which will pave the way for new nanodevices.
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Quantitative encapsulation and retention of 227Th and decay daughters in core–shell lanthanum phosphate nanoparticles

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9744-9755
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01172J, Paper
M. Toro-González, A. N. Dame, C. M. Foster, L. J. Millet, J. D. Woodward, J. V. Rojas, S. Mirzadeh, S. M. Davern
La(227Th)PO4 core +2 shells nanoparticles retained >99.75% of activity from 227Th and decay daughters (223Ra, 211Pb) for targeted alpha therapy.
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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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A ferromagnetic skyrmion-based diode with a voltage-controlled potential barrier

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9507-9516
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10528J, Paper
Li Zhao, Xue Liang, Jing Xia, Guoping Zhao, Yan Zhou
We propose a feasible skyrmion-based diode model using VCMA, and study the dynamic behavior of the skyrmion.
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Molecular dynamics investigation on the nano-mechanical behaviour of C60 fullerene and its crystallized structure

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9849-9858
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00584C, Paper
Kuk-Jin Seo, Dae-Eun Kim
C60 fullerene has been utilized in various applications due to its unique structure. In this work, molecular dynamics simulations were conducted to assess the nano-mechanical behaviour of a single C60 fullerene and its crystallized structure.
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Heat-driven acoustic phonons in lamellar nanoplatelet assemblies

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9661-9668
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00695E, Paper
Benjamin T. Diroll, Vladislav Kamysbayev, Igor Coropceanu, Dmitri V. Talapin, Richard D. Schaller
Colloidal CdSe nanoplatelets self-assemble into lamellar stacks which display low frequency acoustic vibrations under infrared illumination.
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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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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
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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Double Fano resonances in hybrid disk/rod artificial plasmonic molecules based on dipole-quadrupole coupling

Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9776-9785
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00461H, Paper
Zhiquan Chen, Shi Zhang, Yiqin Chen, Yanjun Liu, Ping Li, Zhaolong Wang, Xupeng Zhu, Kaixi Bi, Huigao Duan
Double Fano resonances can be aroused in a simple disk and rods coupled artificial plasmonic molecule. Two Fano peaks can be independently tuned by changing one rod length or the gap distances between rods and disk.
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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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Vertically-oriented MoS2 nanosheets for nonlinear optical devices

Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00755B, Communication
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
M. Bolhuis, J. Hernandez-Rueda, S. E. van Heijst, M. Tinoco Rivas, L. Kuipers, S. Conesa-Boj
We demonstrate a novel strategy for large-area fabrication of vertical MoS2 exhibiting enhanced non-linear optical signal for applications in photonics.
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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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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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Electric field triggered release of gas from a quasi-one-dimensional hydrate in the carbon nanotube

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01113D, Paper
Jiaxian Li, Hangjun Lu, Xiaoyan Zhou
We systematically investigate the effects of an axial electric field on the formation and decomposition of quasi-one-dimensional nitrogen gas hydrates within a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) by using molecular dynamics...
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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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Exploring the Limits of Sensitivity for Strain Gauges of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Decorated with Metallic Nanoislands

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02270E, Paper
Julian Ramirez, Armando Urbina, Andrew T Kleinschmidt, Mickey Finn, Samuel J. Edmunds, Guillermo L. Esparza, Darren J Lipomi
The purpose of this work is to clarify the mechanism of piezoresistance in a class of ultra-sensitive strain gauges based on metallic films on 2D substrates (“2D/M” films). The metals...
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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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Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Vertical Ferroelectric Tunneling Junction based on CuInP2S6 Monolayer

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01475C, Paper
Min Zhao, Gaoyang Gou, Xiangdong Ding, Jun Sun
Ferroelectric (FE) materials, especially ABO3 FE perovskite oxides have been extensively studied for their important applications in memories, electronics and sensors. However, the integration of FE perovskite oxides into minimized...
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Direct carbonization of organic solvent toward graphene quantum dots

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01903H, Communication
Hongji Liu, Xiaotong Lv, Changwei Li, Yong Qian, Xingyu Wang, Lin Hu, Yu-Cai Wang, Wenchu Lin, Hui Wang
The bottom-up synthesis of graphene quantum dots (GQDs) using solvothermal method has attracted considerable attention because of their fewer defects and controllable size/ morphology. However, the influence of organic solvent...
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Modulation engineering of in-situ cathodic activation of FePx based on W-incorporation for hydrogen evolution

Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02661A, Paper
Min Yang, Yu-Ran Zhu, Zhong-Yuan Lin, Xin-Tong Yan, Bin Dong, Ya-Nan Zhou, Qingzhong Li, Yulu Zhou, Jun Nan, Yongming Chai
In-situ electrochemical activation as a new pretreating method to adjust electrocatalytic performance attracts extensive attention. However, the activation mechanisms of electrocatalysts are still ambiguous. Herein, we propose a facile modulation...
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