Themed collection Celebrating nanoscience in Spain

This review summarizes the epitaxial growth of crystal phase quantum dots in nanowires in terms of basic concepts, control of the crystal phase in the axial direction, shell growth in the radial direction and optical and electronic properties.

This review highlights the versatility of antibacterial LigNPs, their multiple functionalities, and their compatibility with a variety of materials, demonstrating their enormous potential in food packaging and biomedical applications.

Our study of pBAE polyplexes unveil their insight distribution and peptide-dependent properties. This analysis makes the gap from bench to bedside closer due to the possibility to select the most appropriate oligopeptide combination depending on the application.

This work investigates the potential utilization of Cu(I) as a reducing agent for the transformation of the platinum salt K₂PtCl₄, resulting in the production of stable nanoparticles.

The use of luminescent nanoparticles working in the third biological window opens the possibility of reliable and accurate sub-tissue thermal sensing.

We develop a comprehensive microscopic theory to predictably describe the spatiotemporal dynamics of laser-pulse-induced plasmas, which we apply to investigate the spatial, temporal, and spectral characteristics of the plasma-generated THz fields.

Iron ilmenene is a new two-dimensional material that has recently been exfoliated from the naturally occurring iron titanate found in ilmenite ore, a material that is abundant on the earth's surface.

Multivalent nanoparticles facilitate simultaneous interaction of weak surface ligands with multiple target receptors resulting in higher avidity and enhanced cell selectivity.

Radiative thermal engineering with subwavelength metallic bodies is a key element for heat and energy management applications, communication and sensing.

Effect of temperature on the synthesis of enzyme–PdNP hybrids for highly efficient C–H activation catalysts.