RSC – Nanoscale latest articles- Strategies for industrial-grade seawater electrolysis: from electrocatalysts and device design to techno-economic analysis March 30, 2025Nanoscale, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4NR05520A, Review ArticleYuqing Wang, Feng Li, Luoyin Zhao, Yuchen Wang, Guang Yang, Jinyan Tian, Shuaibing Heng, Xuewen Sun, Jianxu Zhao, Minghua Chen, Qingguo ChenSeawater electrolysis offers a promising route for sustainable hydrogen production, utilizing abundant seawater to meet global energy demands while addressing environmental concerns. However, challenges such as inefficiencies, high […]Yuqing Wang
- A Comprehensive Study on Herba Epimedium-derived extracellular nanovesicles as a prospective therapy for alveolar bone regeneration in postmenopausal osteoporosis March 30, 2025Nanoscale, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5NR00508F, PaperRuiying Han, Canyu Gao, Rong Tang, Xingyu Gui, Wanxi Chen, Jiarun Fu, Tianyi Wang, Ding Bai, Yongwen Guo, Changchun ZhouNatural products rich in phytoestrogens, particularly those derived from traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) herb, have garnered increased attention. Plants-derived extracellular vesicles are emerging as a promising strategy in cell communication...The content […]Ruiying Han
- High-selective CO₂ electroreduction in an exsolution-induced flow cell using a hierarchical monolithic nano-Ag foam electrode March 30, 2025Nanoscale, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5NR00181A, PaperYue Zhang, Yang Wang, Jun Li, Liang Zhang, Xun Zhu, Qian Fu, Qiang LiaoElectrochemical CO2 reduction driven by renewable energy offers a promising route to carbon neutrality. The flow-through induced dynamic triple-phase boundaries cell (FTDT cell) addresses the key challenges of conventional gas...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The […]Yue Zhang
- Super-Stretchable, Freezing-Resistant and Self-Powered Organohydrogel for Extreme Environment-Adaptable High Performance Strain Sensors March 30, 2025Nanoscale, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5NR00962F, PaperXiaoyan He, Penggai Ma, Shuo Ma, Runze Cao , Jing Li, Yuanyuan Lu, Yanling Liang, Xin Tian, Zhiqiang Wang, Xiaoquan LuThe rapid development of wearable sensors has indeed driven the demand for multifunctional conductive soft materials to new heights. However, conventional flexible strain sensors are difficult to adapt to complex...The […]Xiaoyan He
- Tuning Nanoscale Tribological Characteristics of Thermally Evaporated Transparent Polyaniline-Graphene Nanocomposite Thin Films March 30, 2025Nanoscale, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4NR05482B, PaperSoumyasuravi Thakur, DEBOTTAM DATTA, Jitendra Pratap Singh, N. N. Gosvami, Nirat RayIn this work, we report the development of a solvent-free technique to fabricate optically transparent polyaniline (PANI)-graphene thin films with precise control over both composition and thickness. By systematically varying...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society […]Soumyasuravi Thakur
- Bioconjugates of photon-upconversion nanoparticles with antibodies for the detection of prostate-specific antigen and p53 in heterogeneous and homogeneous immunoassays March 30, 2025Nanoscale, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5NR00176E, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Ekaterina Makhneva, Pavel Špaček, Antonín Hlaváček, Julie Weisova, Hans H. Gorris, Petr Skladal, Zdeněk FarkaSensitive immunoassays for the detection of tumor biomarkers play an important role in early diagnosis and therapy of cancer. Using luminescent […]Ekaterina Makhneva
- Contrast-enhanced imaging of carbon fiber composites using hafnium oxide nanocrystals March 28, 2025Nanoscale, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4NR04561K, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Eline Goossens, Ives De Baere, Yuriy Sinchuk, Evert Dhaene, John De Vos, Pauline Rooms, Matthieu N. Boone, Jonathan De Roo, Isabel Van Driessche, Wim Van Paepegem, Klaartje De BuysserHfO2 nanocrystal-doped carbon fiber-reinforced polymers showed a […]Eline Goossens
- P(TT-TPA) featuring conjugated extended structure: enabling high-performance flexible electrochromic-supercapacitors March 28, 2025Nanoscale, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5NR00272A, PaperJiaming Li, Xu Cheng, Chunhui Du, Hui Shi, Wanyi Zhang, Li Sheng, Wenyuan Xu, Xubiao Luo, Ge ZhangElectrochromic-supercapacitors (EC-SCs) based on conducting polymers hold broad application prospects in fields such as smart electronic devices, wearable devices, and the Internet of Things. However, complex structures generated by their...The content of this […]Jiaming Li
- In-intercalation and Si-containing protective layer enhance electrochemical performance of NaNi0.5Mn0.5O2 for sodium ion battery March 28, 2025Nanoscale, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5NR00726G, PaperPeng Sun, Chenhui Wang, Jing Liu, Jie Liao, Yaohan Fei, Ziyan Zhang, Ning Nie, Jiangjiexing Wu, You Han, Jinli Zhang, Wei LiAiming at enhancing the electrochemical performance of cathode material NaNi0.5Mn0.5O2 (NM) for sodium ion battery, a novel Indium-intercalated cathode material NaNi0.5-xMn0.5InxO2 enriched with oxygen vacancies was first synthesized via […]Peng Sun
- Design of engineered nanoparticles for biomedical applications by computational modeling March 28, 2025Nanoscale, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4NR05199H, Review ArticleDiego Chaparro, Eirini GoudeliEngineered nanoparticles exhibit superior physicochemical, antibacterial, optical, and sensing properties compared to their bulk counterparts, rendering them attractive for biomedical applications. However, given that nanoparticle properties are sensitive to their...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of ChemistryDiego Chaparro
- N/Si-codoped nanocrystalline diamonds as highly sensitive luminescent thermometers March 28, 2025Nanoscale, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4NR04132A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Mabel Rodríguez-Fernández, María Gragera, Iván Carrillo-Berdugo, Rodrigo Alcántara, Paulius Pobedinskas, Ken Haenen, Gonzalo Alba, David Zorrilla, Javier NavasDiamonds can host a variety of luminescent point-defects, such as nitrogen-vacancies and silicon-vacancies, making them remarkably promising materials […]Mabel Rodríguez-Fernández
- High Drag Reduction by Spontaneous Capture and Transportation of Bubble March 27, 2025Nanoscale, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5NR00294J, PaperJunyi Lin, Xinming Wang, Han Wang, Zening Sun, Defeng Yan, Jinlong SongGas lubrication is globally recognized as an effective technology for reducing drag. However, the injected gas bubbles are prone to escape, resulting in a low gas covering area and insufficient...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society […]Junyi Lin
- Fluorescent nonconjugated zwitterionic polymer dot: hydrothermal synthesis and application towards the nano-molar sensing of 2, 4, 6-trinitrophenol March 27, 2025Nanoscale, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5NR00455A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Soumen Ghosh, Aayush Anand, Subrata ChattopadhyayDeveloping nonconjugated polymer dot-based sensors with high quantum yield for a targeted application is a challenging research field. Herein we are reporting the synthesis of a zwitterionic polymer dots (PD...The […]Soumen Ghosh
- Uncovering the Electrocatalytic Potential of Two-Dimensional Pt-Ni Bimetallic Aerogels March 27, 2025Nanoscale, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5NR00133A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Pavel Khavlyuk, Fiona Tenhagen, Volodymyr Shamraienko, René Hübner, Yuanwu Liu, Johannes Kresse, ANgelika Wrzesinska-Lashkova, Yana Vaynzof, Alexander EychmuellerMetal aerogels have established themselves as promising materials for various applications across diverse fields, from sensing to soft […]Pavel Khavlyuk
- Phase-tailored CoCrFeNiAl nitride for enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution via cooling-mediated plasma strategy March 27, 2025Nanoscale, 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5NR00153F, PaperBo Ouyang, Haonan Qin, Fengkun Li, Chen Li, Zhaofu Du, Yongqi Zhang, Li Yang, Erjun Kan, Kun Xu, Zhishan MiSurface structure of the high entropy alloy nitride CoCrFeNiAl is precisely tailored by simply modulating the surface heating effect of plasma nitridation. Created with 3D Max and BIOVIA Materials Studio.To cite […]Bo Ouyang
- Self-Biased Silicon Transistor with Piezoelectric Gate for Efficient Mechanical Energy Harvesting Device March 27, 2025Nanoscale, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4NR04090B, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Utkarsh Pandey, Nila Pal, Sandeep Dahiya, Sobhan Hazra, Bhola Nath PalIn this report, a piezo potential gated self-biased transistor has been fabricated on the heavily doped silicon (p+-Si) (111) substrate and used for efficient mechanical […]Utkarsh Pandey
- In-situ Synthesis of the Bimetallic Chalcogenides with Highly Conducting Carbon Nanotubes for Efficient Symmetric Hybrid Supercapacitor March 27, 2025Nanoscale, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5NR00340G, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Soumyajit Jana, Sampath Karingula, Anjana Sajeevan , V. V. N. Phanikumar, Yugender Goud KotagiriAchieving high energy density and long cycle stability in energy storage devices necessitates excellent electrochemical performance, which often relies on the innovative […]Soumyajit Jana
- B/N-doped carbon nano-onions as nanocarriers for targeted breast cancer therapy March 26, 2025Nanoscale, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4NR04990J, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Hugh Mohan, Iris Salaroglio, Michal Bartkowski, Kellyjean Courtney, Ilaria Andreana, Tania Limongi, Raul Arenal, Chiara Riganti, Silvia Arpicco, Silvia GiordaniCancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and represents a significant burden on […]Hugh Mohan
- Circular Dichroism Measurement of Single Anisotropic Chiral Nanostructure Using Scanning Circular Dichroism Microscopy March 26, 2025Nanoscale, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D4NR04868G, PaperJiaxin Du, Xujin Qin, Xinyu Li, Hongyan Shi, Yueling Zhang, Pengfei Duan, Bo GaoCircular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy is widely used to study the chiroptical properties of chiral materials, including films, solutions, and isotropic materials. However, measuring the CD signal of single anisotropic chiral...The content of this RSS Feed (c) The […]Jiaxin Du
- Optimizing Active Sites via Chemical Bonding of 2D Metal-Organic Frameworks and MXene for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction March 26, 2025Nanoscale, 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5NR00550G, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Anand P. Tiwari, Priyanshu Chandra, Md Saifur Rahman, Katherine A. Mirica, William J ScheidelerMetal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising electrocatalysts due to their large surface area and abundant metal sites, but their efficacy is limited by […]Anand P. Tiwari
- Strategies for industrial-grade seawater electrolysis: from electrocatalysts and device design to techno-economic analysis March 30, 2025
