Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00098A, Communication

Qiannan Xue, Zheyu Li, Qikun Wang, Wenwei Pan, Ye Chang, Xuexin Duan
A nanostrip flexible microwave biosensor based on highly ordered nano-1D metamaterials is presented for epidermal trace glucose sensing.
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Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9NH00802K, Communication

Yang Luo, Hangyong Shan, Xiaoqing Gao, Pengfei Qi, Yu Li, Bowen Li, Xin Rong, Bo Shen, Han Zhang, Feng Lin, Zhiyong Tang, Zheyu Fang
The exciton dynamics of the acceptor are revealed and enhanced photoluminescence of the heterostructure is achieved by energy transfer and exciton–exciton annihilation suppression.
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Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00128G, Communication

Xu Teng, Feng Li, Chao Lu, Buhong Li
The rapid generation dynamics of ¹O₂ rather than its cumulative amount is responsible for better treatment efficacy in PDT.
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Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00079E, Review Article

Livia Salvati Manni, Wye-Khay Fong, Raffaele Mezzenga
Review of nonlamellar lipidic mesophases as matrices for organic and enzymatic reactions, and synthesis of polymeric, metallic and mesoporous materials.
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Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00108B, Communication

Chun-I Lu, Chih-Heng Huang, Kui-Hon Ou yang, Kristan Bryan Simbulan, Kai-Shin Li, Feng Li, Junjie Qi, Matteo Jugovac, Iulia Cojocariu, Vitaliy Feyer, Christian Tusche, Minn- Tsong Lin, Tzu-Hung Chuang, YannWen Lan, Der-Hsin Wei
Magnetic anisotropy (MA) is a material preference that involves magnetization aligned along a specific direction and provides a basis for spintronic devices. Here we report the first observation of a...
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Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,839-846
DOI: 10.1039/C9NH00722A, Communication

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Erik Bergendal, Richard A. Campbell, Georgia A. Pilkington, Peter Müller-Buschbaum, Mark W. Rutland
The air–water interface can be textured according to the same self-assembly packing criteria that determine the wealth of 3D structures found in micellar and other amphiphilic meso-phases.
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Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,765-786
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00046A, Review Article

Yang Li, Xin Li, Huaiwu Zhang, Quanjun Xiang
This review summarizes the development of PCN, i.e., synthesis, morphology, modification, and application in recent years. This review can provide a comprehensive view of PCN and lay a foundation for the design of ideal photocatalysts in the future.
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Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,857-868
DOI: 10.1039/C9NH00707E, Communication

Chen Dai, Ruizhi Hu, Chunmei Wang, Zhuang Liu, Shengjian Zhang, Luodan Yu, Yu Chen, Bo Zhang
Photothermal therapy (PTT) is an emerging technology as a noninvasive therapeutic modality for inducing photonic cancer hyperthermia.
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Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,832-838
DOI: 10.1039/C9NH00783K, Communication

Ayeong Byeon, Jinwon Cho, Jong Min Kim, Keun Hwa Chae, Hee-Young Park, Seok Won Hong, Hyung Chul Ham, Seung Woo Lee, Ki Ro Yoon, Jin Young Kim
A selective and efficient electrocatalyst composed of MnO and Mn–N_x co-doped carbon nanostructures is developed for electrochemical hydrogen peroxide generation.
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Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,787-807
DOI: 10.1039/C9NH00743A, Review Article

Wugang Liao, Siwen Zhao, Feng Li, Cong Wang, Yanqi Ge, Huide Wang, Shibo Wang, Han Zhang
This review presents recent advances and challenges in the interface engineering of 2D TMDCs and emerging electronics based on TMDCs.
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Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,869-879
DOI: 10.1039/C9NH00709A, Communication

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Lucia Romano, Matias Kagias, Joan Vila-Comamala, Konstantins Jefimovs, Li-Ting Tseng, Vitaliy A. Guzenko, Marco Stampanoni
Gas-MacEtch of Si with a Pt catalyst allows vertical etching nanostructures with an extreme aspect ratio up to 10 000 : 1.
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Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,847-856
DOI: 10.1039/C9NH00805E, Communication

Ye Zhang, Jia Guo, Yiguo Xu, Weichun Huang, Chao Li, Lingfeng Gao, Leiming Wu, Zhe Shi, Chunyang Ma, Yanqi Ge, Xiuwen Zhang, Han Zhang
0D Bi QDs were distributed on 2D Te NSs to prepare mixed-dimensional Bi/Te heterostructure. The studies demonstrate that Bi/Te shows excellent self-power photo-response behaviors as well as the great potential for ultrafast photonic devices.
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Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,880-885
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00008F, Communication

Wei Chen, Haodong Tang, Nian Li, Manuel A. Scheel, Yue Xie, Depeng Li, Volker Körstgens, Matthias Schwartzkopf, Stephan V. Roth, Kai Wang, Xiao Wei Sun, Peter Müller-Buschbaum
The particle self-organization behavior of small-sized quantum dots is studied in situ with grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering and during the drying process two phase transitions are found.
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Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, 5,895-903
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00018C, Communication

Hehe Zhang, Chong Luo, Hanna He, Hong-Hui Wu, Li Zhang, Qiaobao Zhang, Haiyan Wang, Ming-Sheng Wang
An anode of hard carbon spheres with both small size and a porous structure enables superior electrochemical performance of potassium-ion batteries.
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Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00096E, Communication

Xiali Zhang, Wei Deng, Bei Lu, Xiaochen Fang, Xiujuan Zhang, Jiansheng Jie
Ultrathin organic semiconductor (OSC) crystalline films hold the promise of achieving high-performance, flexible, and transparent organic electronic devices. However, fast and high-throughput solution deposition of uniform pinhole-free ultrathin OSC crystalline...
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Nanoscale Horiz., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NH00139B, Communication

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Sun-Je Kim, Inki Kim, Sungwook Choi, Hyojin Yoon, Changhyun Kim, Yohan Lee, Chulsoo Choi, Junwoo Son, Yong Wook Lee, Junsuk Rho, Byoungho Lee
We demonstrated strong full-space modulation of visible intensities based on Fano resonances in all-dielectric VO₂ metasurface gratings.
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00739C, Research Article

So-Huei Kang, Myeonggeun Han, Yongjoon Cho, Jisu Hong, Seongmin Heo, Seonghun Jeong, Yong-Young Noh, Changduk Yang
Two n-type pyridine and selenophene-containing polymers were synthesized and the structure–property relationships were investigated, followed by polarity switching from ambipolarity to unipolar characteristics via the doping method.
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00042F, Research Article

Ping She, Jun-sheng Qin, Heng Rao, Buyuan Guan, Jihong Yu
A hollow-structured TiO₂ decorated with spatially separated bimetallic cocatalysts (Pd@TiO₂@Au) was obtained, which exhibited superior photo-induced charge separation by combining the SPR effect of Au NPs and the smaller size effect of Pd NPs.
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00109K, Research Article

Josh D. B. Koenig, Mahmoud E. Farahat, Jasveer S. Dhindsa, Joe B. Gilroy, Gregory C. Welch
We report the synthesis and characterization of the first non-fullerene acceptor containing a boron difluoride formazanate core end-capped with N-annulated perylene diimides.
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00108B, Research Article

Chun-Yen Chou, Robert Sung, Wei-Luen Chang, Kuangsen Sung
A novel green-fluorescent-protein-chromophore-based tripodal receptor 1 is synthesized. Its single crystal X-ray diffraction structure looks like a straight, long tube with one end closed. The diameter of the inner cavity...
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00123F, Research Article

Zhuohan Zhang, Linqiang Yang, Zhenghao Hu, Jiangsheng Yu, Xin Liu, Hongtao Wang, Jinru Cao, Fujun Zhang, Weihua Tang
Charge density modulation on thieno[2'',3'':5',6']-s-indaceno[2',1':4,5]dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]pyrrole core has been conducted for a systematic study of its impact on the electronic structure, molecular packing and photovoltaic performance of asymmetric fused-ring acceptors.
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00115E, Research Article

Min Zhang, Yannan Yang, Yang Liu, Jianye Fu, Jingyi Lu, Yang Yang, Jinqing Jiao, Chengzhong Yu
A general 3D nanosponge enabled strategy is developed to achieve simultaneously highly dispersed and high content functionalization of metal oxide species, ebabling a liabrary of functional nanostructures with great application potential.
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00170H, Research Article

Hanxiao Yang, Jiabao Zhuang, Nan Li, Yue Li, Shiyu Zhu, Jiaxin Hao, Jiayao Xin, Na Zhao
A highly efficient near-infrared photosensitizer with aggregation-induced emission characteristics was developed for mitochondria-targeted and image-guided photodynamic cancer therapy.
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00187B, Research Article

Si-Ying Niu, Ruoyu Zhang, Chongfeng Guo
The photocatalytic performance of semiconductor can be enhanced by expanding the spectral response and accelerating the photo-induced charge separation. Introduction of oxygen vacancies and construction of homo-junction in BiOCl were...
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00152J, Research Article

Bo Liu, Han Hsiang Tai, Hanyuan Liang, En-Yan Zheng, Mamina Sahoo, Chih-Hsien Hsu, Tsung Cheng Chen, Ching-An Huang, Jer-Chyi Wang, Tuo-Hung Hou, Chao-Sung Lai
In the past decade, graphene has aroused worldwide academic passion in electronic community, due to its unique two dimensional lattice structure and high mobility properties. Meanwhile, the utilization of graphene...
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00098A, Research Article

Haozhong Wu, Xiaojuan Song, Bing Zhang, Zhiming Wang, Tian Zhang, Anjun Qin, Ben Zhong Tang
Three phenyl groups of TPP derivatives affect the luminescence process in various modes. TPPs show AIE thanks to the ortho substituted groups, while meta and para groups can modulate their luminescence in different extents.
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00025F, Review Article

Kaojin Wang, Kamran Amin, Zesheng An, Zhengxu Cai, Hong Chen, Hongzheng Chen, Yuping Dong, Xiao Feng, Weiqiang Fu, Jiabao Gu, Yanchun Han, Doudou Hu, Rongrong Hu, Die Huang, Fei Huang, Feihe Huang, Yuzhang Huang, Jian Jin, Xin Jin, Qianqian Li, Tengfei Li, Zhen Li, Zhibo Li, Jiangang Liu, Jing Liu, Shiyong Liu, Huisheng Peng, Anjun Qin, Xin Qing, Youqing Shen, Jianbing Shi, Xuemei Sun, Bin Tong, Bo Wang, Hu Wang, Lixiang Wang, Shu Wang, Zhixiang Wei, Tao Xie, Chunye Xu, Huaping Xu, Zhi-Kang Xu, Bai Yang, Yanlei Yu, Xuan Zeng, Xiaowei Zhan, Guangzhao Zhang, Jie Zhang, Ming Qiu Zhang, Xian-Zheng Zhang, Xiao Zhang, Yi Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Changsheng Zhao, Weifeng Zhao, Yongfeng Zhou, Zhuxian Zhou, Jintao Zhu, Xinyuan Zhu, Ben Zhong Tang
This review presents the recent developments in the research hotspots of advanced functional polymers; their concepts, design strategies, and applications are briefly discussed.
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00126K, Research Article

Xiaojun Zeng, Myeong Je Jang, Sung Mook Choi, Hyun-Seok Cho, Chang-Hee Kim, Nosang Vincent Myung, Yadong Yin
We utilize a simple heat-treatment process to synthesize single-crystalline CoFe alloy nanoparticles encapsulated in N-doped carbon nanotubes, which exhibit excellent catalytic activity and superior stability towards overall water splitting.
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00120A, Research Article

Yuanyuan Zhang, Guangwu Hu, Qiang Yu, Zhenhui Liu, Chang Yu, Longsheng Wu, Liang Zhou, Liqiang Mai
Yolk@shell structured SiO_x/C@C has been constructed through a polydopamine sacrificial layer mediated strategy, and the SiO_x/C@C displays high specific capacity and durable cyclability in lithium storage.
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00084A, Review Article

Yuanyuan Qin, Guoping Li, Ting Qi, Hui Huang
Aromatic imide/amide-based organic small molecules as emitters in organic light-emitting diodes have caught increasing attention. This study summarized their advances in terms of device performance and molecular design rules over the past 20 years.
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00119H, Research Article

Yuting Gao, Haoke Zhang, Zhenyan He, Fang Fang, Chao Wang, Kanghua Zeng, Shangbang Gao, Fanling Meng, Liang Luo, Ben Zhong Tang
This work reports multicationic AIEgens for unimolecular photodynamic theranostics, and an investigation of the relationship between their structures and activities, including PDT performance, 2-photon bioimaging, and self-reporting characteristics.
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00097C, Research Article

K. Kniec, K. Ledwa, K. Maciejewska, L. Marciniak
The relative sensitivity and usable temperature range of Fe³⁺,Cr³⁺-based luminescent thermometers can be tuned by modification of the crystal field strength.
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00014K, Research Article

Jin Wang, Meng Gao, Zhong-Kai Cui, Yong-Guang Jia, Sa Liu, Kai-Feng Chen, Xiaohui Chen, Yiqing Zhang, Zhou Fang, Yunhua Chen, Kaojin Wang, Huatang Zhang, Lin Wang, Li Ren
Dual-responsive poly(vinyl alcohol) derivatives bearing AIEgens and quaternary ammonium moieties were prepared through a facile one-pot quaternization for the pH-switchable imaging and killing of bacteria.
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00179A, Research Article

Aize Hao, Xueer Ning, Yali Cao, Jing Xie, Dianzen Jia
The novel piezocatalyst of Bi2WO6 nanosheets (BWO NS) are successfully synthesized by a simple, green and harmless solid-state chemistry method. The BWO NS present excellent piezocatalytic activity in contrast with...
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00087F, Research Article

Kassem Amro, Anil K Thakur, Marc Rolland, Arie van der Lee, Vincent Lemaur, Roberto Lazzaroni, Cyril Poriel, Joëlle Rault-Berthelot, Lionel Hirsch, Sébastien Clément, Philippe Gerbier
1,1’-disubstituted-2,3,4,5-tetraphenylsiloles incorporating triptycene moieties Tp-DMTPS and Tp-MPTPS were prepared and characterized. Like other 2,3,4,5-tetraphenylsiloles, both compounds exhibit aggregation-induced emission (AIE) behavior. Unexpectedly, the solid state PL emission of Tp-DMTPS show...
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1404-1410
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00549H, Research Article

Hongyue Zhang, Jiancong Liu, Bolun Wang, Kaikai Liu, Guangrui Chen, Xiaowei Yu, Jiyang Li, Jihong Yu
CD@zeolite composites with tunable TADF emission via an energy transfer process between confined CDs.
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1289-1303
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00674E, Chemistry Frontiers

Xiao-Hao Liu, Wei-Hong Lai, Shu-Lei Chou
This work will open a new view for the design of hollow micro-/nanostructures used as cathodes for sodium-ion batteries, enclosing the superiority of this unique structure to enhance the electrochemical performance.
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1421-1433
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00752K, Research Article

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E. Pérez, N. M. Carretero, S. Sandoval, A. Fuertes, G. Tobias, N. Casañ-Pastor
Electrochemical modulation of N-graphene oxide in IrO_x hybrids results in an oxidizing range of graphenes and large charge capacities.
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1411-1420
DOI: 10.1039/C9QM00737G, Research Article

Jin Liu, Jianai Chen, Yujie Dong, Yue Yu, Shitong Zhang, Jianli Wang, Qingbao Song, Weijun Li, Cheng Zhang
Revealing the actual origin of the unusual red-shifted aggregation-state emission of triphenylamine-imidazole molecules: is the photochemical reaction rather than the excimers.
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1315-1327
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00026D, Review Article

Lei Zhang, Yanbing Yang, Jie Tan, Quan Yuan
This review describes the applications of chemically modified nucleic acid biopolymers in biosensing, and mainly introduces different assembly methods of chemically modified nucleic acid biopolymers.
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Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4,1340-1365
DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00029A, Review Article

Fei Chen, Qingli Lin, Huaibin Shen, Aiwei Tang
This review about the development of blue QD-LEDs will provide the reference to demonstrate the excellent blue devices.
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