Themed collection Celebrating Nanoscience in China

Polypyrrole nanofibers are generally synthesized by electrospinning, interfacial polymerization, and template methods, and show advanced functions and a broad range of applications in biomedical engineering, energy storage, and organic electronics.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), encompassing Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is a chronic autoimmune disorder characterized by inflammation.

Flexible micro-pressure sensors for wearable health monitoring.

The development of new technologies has led to an explosion of data, while the computation ability of traditional computers is approaching its upper limit.

Functional nano-systems have been applied as a promising strategy for transdermal drug delivery and skin therapy.

Effects of filler doping and structural modification on the output properties and the applications of electrospun PVDF-based piezoelectric nanofiber films in the fields of health care, environmental monitoring, and energy collection are reviewed.

Optimized design and fast response speed.

This work quantitatively elucidates the phonon bottleneck effect mechanisms in CdSe/CdS QDs and NPLs via thermalization coefficient (Q_th) for the first time, significantly simplifying the candidate estimation of hot carrier multijunction solar cells.

Skin wounds caused by external injuries remain a serious challenge in clinical practice.

The electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) plays a crucial role in renewable clean energy conversion technologies and has developed into an important direction in the field of advanced energy, becoming the focus of basic research and industrial development.

In this article, the hydrogen-bonded self-assembly nanostructures of two tetracarboxylic acid derivatives and the effect of the deposition sequence on their co-assembly nanostructure were investigated by STM.

We report a novel strategy to fabricate a high-performance nanofiltration membrane, and the optimized TFN-GP10-0.2 membrane exhibits higher water flux than nanofiltration membranes without sacrificing the rejection rate.

The integration of the properties of silicon nano crystallinity with silica mesoporosity provides a wealth of new opportunities for emerging biomedicine.

The precise diagnosis of early lymphatic metastasis can be achieved with the assistance of Gd:Nd-RENPs.

Substituting Nb with Ta decreased the defect density of oxynitrides and also provided a tunable bandgap from 1.77 to 2.12 eV, thus delivering maximum H₂ and O₂ evolution rates of 19.37 and 22.81 μmol h⁻¹, respectively.

This investigation explored the prospective efficacy of 2D Ti₃C₂ MXene nanosheets in promoting osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs through photothermal conversion.

A bimetallic oxide Cu₂O@MnO₂ shows superior dynamic HCHO removal efficiency and pathogen inactivation ability, which is attributed to the electron-rich region at the phase-interface inducing the capture and activation of O₂ on the material surface.

A postoperative therapeutic nanoplatform of Pd/DOX@hydrogel can efficiently perform near-infrared light triggered photothermal/photodynamic therapy and chemotherapy to kill residual tumor cells, with the potential to accelerate wound healing.

This study portrays a facile wet-chemical synthesis of FeSe₂/TiO₂ nanocomposites for the first time for advanced asymmetric supercapacitor (SC) energy storage applications.

Chirality variation is clearly revealed in surface Ullmann coupling from self-assembly to graphene nanoribbons with staggered valleys.

The effect of ink with different viscosity on the printing line width was explored. Fabrication of high efficiency top and bottom emission QLED devices with 500 ppi. Fabrication of a two-color QLED devices with 500 ppi.

Herein, an in situ decomposition–assembly strategy for the versatile fabrication of metal sulfide SPs is developed. In addition to homogeneous Cu₂S, CdS, and ZnS products, the proposed system can even be extended to fabricate hybrid Cu₂S/Fe₂O₃ SPs.

Electrochemical ultracapacitors derived from green and sustainable materials could demonstrate superior energy output and an ultra-long cycle life owing to large accessible surface area and obviously shortened ion diffusion pathways.

The tribological properties of the epoxy were significantly improved due to the tribological synergy of biomimetic F-CDs and sulfonated h-BN.