Themed collection Advisory Board research selection

The recent progress in the use of surface plasmons to improve the performance of two-dimensional material-based optoelectronic devices is discussed.

This review highlights the recent progress of various layered nanomaterials based quantum dots (QDs) for photodynamic and photothermal therapy.

This mini-review highlights recent advances in quantum dot-based drug screening and bioanalytical sensing.

The advancement in nanotechnology brings in unique opportunities to meet the challenges in immunology and vaccine development.

Monodisperse nanoparticles are successful model systems for understanding structure–property relationships at the nanoscale and applications like catalysis and nanomedicine.

Versitle strategies for devoloping high-performance nanostructured electrocatalysts based on 3d transition metal elements have been reviewed.

Nanopatterned polymer brushes provide versatile platforms for investigation of nanoscale phenomena at biointerfaces and for a wide range of applications in biotechnology and electronics.

By using ultrasound-assisted coating technology, we modified fabrics with N_Au NPs to fabricate antibiofilm fabrics.

Accurate manipulation of a substance on the nanoscale and ultimately down to the level of a single atom or molecule is an ongoing subject of frontier research.

A graphene transistor can reveal the ordering of dipolar molecules forming a nm-thick underlayer, stabilized under an electric field at low temperatures.

We report the photocatalytic performance of composites prepared in a one-step process by liquid phase exfoliation of graphite and TiO₂ at atmospheric pressure and in water, without heat or surfactants, starting from low-cost commercial reagents.

We report a facile and scalable microwave approach to directly synthesize nanostructured Li₂S which presents an ideal architecture for the construction of free-standing cathodes for all-solid-state Li–S batteries.

While a large number of studies deal with biomedical applications of various types of nanoparticles synthesized using wet chemistry, we propose the concept of targeted biosynthesis of nanoparticles in the living brain.

The integration of large-scale 2D bimetallic Ag/Au nanodisk arrays with gold nanoparticles is developed for sensing DNA conformation with the assistance of 3D finite-difference time-domain simulation.

Marine mussels harness catechol-rich foot proteins with hierarchically assembled nanostructures to achieve robust adhesion in the dynamic underwater environment.

Surface defects and environmental conditions affect the physical properties of CsPbBr₃ perovskites differently, based on the materials dimensionality, despite their ‘defect tolerant’ electronic structure.

Two-dimensional scandium chlorine monolayers: high Curie-temperature intrinsic ferromagnetism and hole doping-induced half-metallicity.

The localized surface plasmon resonance of Rh nanocubes red-shifts in the UV region with increasing size.

Cationic pyrene derivatives were studied for exfoliation and stabilisation of graphene in water. The high concentration, stability, biocompatibility and cellular uptake of the dispersions make them attractive for biomedical applications.

A cross-method comparison for quasi-monodisperse, polydisperse and bimodal gold nanoparticles of 2–7 nm in diameter between conventional image analysis of transmission electron micrographs and small-angle X-ray scattering with form-free Monte Carlo fitting.

The VSS growth of InAs <00> nanowires has been observed at the atomic level in the in situ TEM heating.

Exploitation of the nanoparticle protein corona to identify proteomic fingerprints in blood that differentiate non-bacterial systemic inflammation from sepsis.

Ligand exchange on Au₃₈(SR)₂₄ with 21 different thiols reveals the substituent site effects of ligands on nanocluster transformation, and “anagostic” interactions are observed.

Naproxen-FF shows superb responsiveness to multiple metal ions and its assembly capacity is obviously improved due to its methoxy group.

In vivo studies demonstrated tumor accumulation of luminescent SiNCs, 48 hours clearance and a 3-fold improvement of signal-to-noise ratio in time-gated imaging compared to steady-state acquisition, demonstrating their potentiality for luminescence guided surgery.

Schematic representation of dehydrocoupling of H-GeNPs with alkylsilanes, and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) line scan of alkylsilane passivated GeNPs showing Si on the surface and Ge in the core.

Bimetallic nanocrystals with core@shell architectures are versatile particles. Geometric phase analysis of TEM images and atomistic simulations are coupled to reveal the lattice relaxation as a function of lattice mismatch and shell thickness.

Multifunctional NaYF₄:Yb/Er@CS@Mⁿ⁺S (M = Ag, Cu, Cd) nanocomposites could be prepared by a universal in situ controlled growth strategy.

Silica nanocapsules are engineered to display controlled blood protein interactions for liver immunosuppressive therapy.

Vacuum channel diodes have the potential to serve as a platform for converting free-space electromagnetic radiation into electronic signals within ultrafast timescales.

Plasmonic nanostructures possessing broadband intense field enhancement over a large area are highly desirable for nanophotonic and plasmonic device applications.

Surface plasmon polariton-induced hot carriers facilitate glycerol electro-oxidation.

Development of inexpensive and efficient photo- and electro-catalysts is vital for clean energy applications.

Gold nanostars with six branches and high shape anisotropy can be optically modeled and synthesized with high monodispersity providing a truly tridimensional plasmonic nanoantenna.

A water-based silver nanowire ink for the room temperature printing of highly conductive traces onto biological and nonplanar surfaces.

Au nanorod length growth rate is directly proportional to the nanorod Ag surface coverage.

Semiconductor nanocrystals are shown as highly efficient quantum photoinitiators for solvent-and-additive-free polymerization with micromolar loading, surpassing traditional organic initiators. The new quantum photoinitiators demonstrate a two-photon polymerization capacity, allowing multi-functional microprinting.

Molybdenum dioxide (MoO₂) is a layered material which shows promise for a number of applications in the electrochemical energy storage arena. This work describes the production of molybdenum dioxide nanosheets by liquid phase exfoliation.

Cobalt–tannic acid-coated gold nanoparticles are found to better inhibit amyloid fibril formation than other metal-based tannic acid-coated particles.

A ciphertext-embedded machine-readable micro-QR code is constructed using structurally uniform visible-range SERS-active Al nanostructures with an average SERS enhancement factor of >10⁴.

The interplay on enhancing and quenching effects between Er³⁺ and Yb³⁺ dopant clusters in self-sensitized core@shell nanoparticles is studied.

Ionic transport in gel electrolytes at the nano- and mesoscales is explored experimentally using single pores.

A novel conjugate of QD–transferrin assembled by DNA hybridization for long-duration imaging in live-cells.

1T/2H Mo_1−xW_xS₂ phase-heterostructures were prepared via a one-step liquid-phase method, and showed composition- and phase-dependent electrochemical and electronic properties.

Electron transfer (ET) dynamics from the 1S_e electron state in quasi-type II CdSe/CdS core/shell quantum dots (QDs) to adsorbed methyl viologen (MV²⁺) were measured using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy.

The binding kinetics of aromatic thiolated molecules were investigated via surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy measurements. Analysis of time-resolved spectral features reveal rich information related to molecular bonding and orientation during chemisorption.

Encapsulation of an Sc₃N@C₈₀ molecule in a CNT changes the oxidation state of the Sc atoms from 2.5 towards +3.