Themed collection Recent Review Articles

Two-dimensional (2D) materials are extensively studied in almost all scientific research areas, from fundamental research to applications. In this review, photonic devices that solely consist of 2D materials are introduced.

The advances in epitaxial heterostructure design for electrochemical applications are summarized.

This review article highlights the recent developments in the synthesis and electrochemical performance of polypyrrole/manganese oxide thin-film electrodes synthesized by various chemical methods for supercapacitor applications.

This review focuses on the recent polymeric nanoparticulate drug delivery systems that have been exploited for dopamine and levodopa replacement in Parkinson's disease.

This review highlights the recent experimental and theoretical advances in ultrafast science in the field of ultrafast sciences, particularly photoinduced phase transitions in complex systems.

Nanomedicine provides a great strategy for emerging chemotherapeutics that can navigate the many biological barriers preventing effective drug delivery to tumors.

In this review, we summarize the redox-responsive nanoparticles reported in the past three years classified by different functional groups. The prospects and challenges of redox-responsive NPs are also discussed.

The classifications, fabrications and corresponding applications of typical gradient monolayered porous membranes are introduced and further prospected on the basis of their current development.

Nanotechnology has a great potential to revolutionize the landscape of medicine, but an inadequate understanding of the nanomaterial–biological (nano–bio) interface hampers its ultimate clinical translation.

New nanoarchitectonics for conductive polymers using solid and vapor phases facilitates formation of homogenous coating, hierarchical morphologies, composites, and copolymers.

This minireview covers the recent progress of organic ultrathin nanostructures and organic crystal arrays from materials and methods to next-generation electronic/optoelectronic device applications.

This review summarizes the representative works of MOFs for gas adsorption/separation in recent years, analyses the host–guest interaction, structure–performance relations, and the adsorption/separation mechanism.

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common digestive system disease. We summarize the reported applications of different nanoplatforms in AP diagnosis and treatment to provide guidance for further clinical applications of nanotechnology.

The minireview summarizes the latest progress on catalytic confinement effects associated with biological synthesis in bio-nanochannels and catalytic reactions in artificial nanochannels in chemical engineering.

This minireview summarizes the latest progress on the interface engineering for solid oxide fuel cells using atomic layer deposition and provides a perspective on directions for further development.

The use of PEDOT in aqueous applications relies on nanoscale understanding and/or nanoengineered structures and properties. This enables their use in water-based settings such as within the human body or buried in agricultural soils.

Given the high incidence and mortality of cancer, FePt nanocomposites research is focused on designing efficient diagnostic and therapeutic methods.

Graphene forms in liquid aluminum under ionizing current within a graphite crucible. Cations generated at the crucible anode, migrate through liquid aluminum, aggregate at the cathode, and form graphene–aluminum covetics.

Based on the dimensional scale, this review summaries the use of nanomaterials in the modulation of amyloid aggregation. The effects include intermolecular interaction, chelation, photothermal effect, photocatalytic oxidation, and drug delivery.

This review focuses recent publications related to wound healing of NNPHs hydrogels. Typical natural polymers and nanomaterials are classified. Functions and requirements of NNPHs are summarized. The potential issues and development tendency of NNPHs are proposed.

One-dimensional TiO₂ nanomaterials as efficient DSSC photoanode materials.

The review focuses on the recent relevant progresses observed about PuO₂ nanoparticle syntheses and characterizations including the recently deciphered electronic, structural and physico-chemical properties.

The review focuses on the luminescence mechanisms, synthetic methods of inorganic, organic and inorganic–organic hybrid NIR LPPs and the recent progress of NIR LPPs in biomedical applications.

We review advances in artificial mimics of nuclear pore complexes, with particular focus on synthetic replication of the shuttle-cargo transport mechanism of biomolecules.

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.

Customizable miniaturized lithium-ion batteries are expected to play an irreplaceable role as on-chip power supplies for smart microelectronics and advanced microsystems.

In this review, we summarize the fundamental properties, synthetic methods and applications of N-doped graphene toward the ORR and CO₂RR and emphasize the effects of the electronic structure on the electrocatalytic activity.

In the last decade, the whole scientific community has witnessed great advances and progress in the various fields of nanoscience.

This article reviews the applications of polyoxometalates based nanocomposites in antitumor and antibacterial and discusses the mechanism of polyoxometalates composites in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and anti-drug resistant bacteria.

Nanotechnology holds great promise and is hyped by many as the next industrial evolution.

Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved catabolic process that can degrade cytoplasmic materials and recycle energy to maintain metabolite homeostasis in cells. Here, we summarized the autophagy regulation pathways and macromolecular materials mediated autophagy modulation.

Nanotechnology has increasingly emerged as a promising tool for exploring new approaches, from treating complex conditions to early detection of the onset of multiple disease states.

As the electronics industry is integrating more molecules to achieve ultra-high efficiency and device density, many promising candidates like rotaxanes emerged either in conjunction with or as an alternative to conventional semiconducting materials.

Solution NMR methods provide structural, thermodynamic, and kinetic information on complex sorption equilibria involving multiple intermediates and adsorbed species.

The review of synergistic influence of optical, electric, magnetic, and thermal physical fields on the LSPR-assisted photocatalysis. Numerical methods with nano-scale visualization and decoupling calculations are specifically discussed.

In this review, we mainly summarize the important progress in the development of organic–inorganic hybrid photocatalysts for the production of hydrogen using biomass and its derivatives. Recent progresses and challenges are also discussed.

The insights into the formation of ultra-thin gold layers on solid, soft, and nanostructured substrates, as well as the corresponding applications in optical response, electronic device, and as seed layers are reviewed.

Nanomaterial-based therapeutic treatment shows promising results in enhancing the anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and angiogenic potential in diabetic rodents for effective wound healing process.

This review discusses how incorporating graphene derivatives as components of perovskite, charge transport and blocking layers of perovskite solar cells affects substrate coverage, defect passivation, morphology and charge extraction/transport.

Herein, a summary of the fluorescent sensing applications of carbon nanoparticles for the detection of chemicals and ions is reported.

Extensive research in nanotechnology has been conducted to investigate new behaviours and properties of ZnO materials with nanoscale dimensions.

The fabrication technology of vertical nanostructures, the formation of cellular nanointerfaces and the effects of cellular nanointerfaces on cells' fates and functions, as well as its applications.

In this review, we summarize the recent progress in developing materials and system designs for foldable batteries.

A comprehensive survey is presented to review the recent advances of functionalized hybrid magnetic catalytic systems for organic reactions and degradation of dyes.

With the fast development of industry, large amounts of organic and inorganic pollutants are inevitably released into the natural environment, which results in the pollution of the environment and are thereby dangerous to human health.

We present the progress in doping of 2D perovskites including synthesis strategies and their impact on structure and optoelectronic properties. Applications of doped 2D perovskites for photovoltaic, LED and other emerging applications are presented.

The review presents the recent advances in small-angle scattering techniques for the characterization of magnetic nanoparticles and highlights the potential of these methods to facilitate the application-oriented nanoparticle design & synthesis.

Evaluating the role of epigenetics in the field of NPs: first, the role of epigenetics in mediating nanotoxicity, and second, the possibility of using NPs for delivery of “epi-drugs” to overcome their limitations.

This review summarizes the recent research progress in all-inorganic perovskite nano-scintillators in terms of their potential applications in X-ray imaging and provides references on scintillation performance control for future material design.

EPR, enhanced permeability and retention effect; ABC, accelerated blood clearance; TME, tumour microenvironment.

Cell supported Pd metal nanoparticles are sustainably synthesised via microbial bioreduction. Bio-Pd nanoparticles are effective heterogeneous catalysts that catalyse industrially important reactions, such as hydrogenation and C–C coupling reactions.

An overview of the MOF-based gas sensing materials with different electrical transduction principles.

Carbon dots are a class of carbon-based nanostructures known as zero-dimensional nanomaterials. They have received a great deal of attention due to their distinctive features, which includes optical properties, ease of passivation, simple synthetic route.

Bone defect repair caused by trauma, congenital malformation, tumors, infection or systemic diseases remains the focus of attention in regeneration medicine.

Owing to the great development potential of porous anodic oxides (PAO) in many fields, research on their formation mechanisms, fabrication processes and applications has a history of more than ten years.