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Covid-19: Chhattisgarh CM asks Rs 30,000 cr package for state from PM

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Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 13:01:00 +0530

CM Baghel has urged the prime minister to release Rs 10, 000 crore immediately, out of the total amount.


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Lockdown worsening poverty levels among workers in informal economy: ILO

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Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 13:07:00 +0530

In high-income countries, relative poverty levels among informal workers are estimated to increase by 52 percentage points


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Lockdown: Closure of commercial activity has hit Bihar, UP villages

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Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 13:33:00 +0530

But most respondents to a survey conducted by Smart Power India said they saw a positive change in social hygiene behaviour during lockdown


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Tamil Nadu CM asks PM to keep Electricity Amendment Bill on hold till talks

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Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 14:51:00 +0530

Proposed Bill takes away certain powers of the State government, and seeks to bring in changes in the existing Electricity Act that would make power utilities in the public sector totally unviable


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UP steps up efforts to reach out to 74 global firms looking to exit China

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Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 15:38:00 +0530

European Business Group hails covid-19-induced labour reforms in UP; state goes online to connect with five nations and companies like Microsoft, Dow and IBM and showcase investment opportunities


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Miners want mandatory capex rule relaxed as workers stay away fearing Covid

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Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 17:43:00 +0530

None of the merchant mines in Odisha whose lease validity expired by March 31 has been able to restart. Though the successful bidders have got LoI, they awaiting formal vesting orders


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Probing permanent dipoles in CdSe nanoplatelets with transient electric birefringence

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Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00884B, Paper
Ivan Dozov, Claire Goldmann, Patrick Davidson, Benjamin Abécassis
Transient electric birefringence experiments with colloidal suspensions of zinc-blende CdSe semiconducting nanoplatelets prove that these particles bear a large ground-state electric dipole despite the cubic structure of bulk zinc-blende CdSe.
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Release of graphene-related materials from epoxy-based composites: characterization, quantification and hazard assessment in vitro

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Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10245K, Paper
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Woranan Netkueakul, Daria Korejwo, Tobias Hammer, Savvina Chortarea, Patrick Rupper, Oliver Braun, Michel Calame, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Tina Buerki-Thurnherr, Peter Wick, Jing Wang
We measured the cytotoxicity of pristine GRMs and the abraded particles from epoxy/GRM composites, which indicated low risks to consumers of such composites.
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RGD functionalized chitosan nanoparticle mediated targeted delivery of raloxifene selectively suppresses angiogenesis and tumor growth in breast cancer

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Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10673A, Paper
Amit S. Yadav, N. Naga Venkata Radharani, Mahadeo Gorain, Anuradha Bulbule, Dattatrya Shetti, Gaurab Roy, Thejus Baby, Gopal C. Kundu
Peptide functionalized pH sensitive raloxifene-chitosan nanoparticles with high biocompatibility synergistically inhibit tumor growth and angiogenesis in breast cancer.
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Efficient sub-15 nm cubic-phase core/shell upconversion nanoparticles as reporters for ensemble and single particle studies

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Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02172E, Paper
Meiling Tan, Melissa-Jane Monks, Dingxin Huang, Yongjun Meng, Xuewen Chen, Ying Zhou, Shuang-Fang Lim, Christian Würth, Ute Resch-Genger, Guanying Chen
A set of sub-15 nm ytterbium-enriched α-NaYbF4:Er3+@CaF2 core/shell upconversion nanoparticles have been developed for both ensemble- and single particle-level imaging studies, presenting a high quantum yield of 0.77% at a low saturation power density of 110 W cm−2.
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Conductive-bridging random-access memories for emerging neuromorphic computing

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Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01671C, Review Article
Jun-Hwe Cha, Sang Yoon Yang, Jungyeop Oh, Shinhyun Choi, Sangsu Park, Byung Chul Jang, Wonbae Ahn, Sung-Yool Choi
This review covers CBRAM-based artificial synapses and neurons towards emerging computing applications from the operation principles of CBRAMs to state-of-the-art experimental demonstrations.
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Dual-sensitized Upconversion-assisted, Triple-band Absorbing Luminescent Solar Concentrators

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Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01008A, Paper
Sung Kyung Nam, Kiwon Kim, Ji-Hwan Kang, Jun Hyuk Moon
Luminescent solar concentrator-photovoltaic systems (LSC-PV) harvest solar light by using transparent photoluminescent plates, which is expected to be particularly useful for building-integrated PV applications. LSC panels that absorb multiple wavelength...
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Dy2@C79N: A New Member of Dimetalloazafullerenes with Strong Single Molecular Magnetism

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Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02519D, Paper
Yuanyuan Wang, Jin Xiong, Jie Su, Zi-Qi Hu, Fang Ma, Rong Sun, Xue-You Tan, Hao-Ling Sun, Bingwu Wang, Zujin Shi, Song Gao
Enhancing the exchange interaction between magnetic ions is a long-term target in molecular magnetism. Endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs) provide a possibility for achieving such a goal by imprisoning multiple magnetic centers...
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Cellular Architecture Response to Aspect Ratio Tunable Nanoarrays

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Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01003K, Paper
Jing Dai, Jinkang Gong, Na Kong, Yuan Yao
Nanoarrays have been emerging as popular nanostructure platforms to investigate both cell behaviors and biological functions, due to the cell architecture respondence to biointerface of nanostructure. Herein, we developed a...
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Hybrid Phase 1T/2H-MoS2 with Controllable 1T Concentration and Its Promoted Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

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Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02525A, Paper
Yuxiao Zhang, Yasutaka Kuwahara, Kohsuke Mori, Catherine Louis, Hiromi Yamashita
MoS2 has been investigated as a low-cost alternative to Pt in electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction. One of the promising method to further activate MoS2 is phase engineering. MoS2 generally exhibit...
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A super stable assembled P nanowire with variant structural and magnetic/electronic properties via transition metal adsorption

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Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02176H, Paper
Sukai Wang, Jinxing Gu, Yinan Dong, Linwei Sai, Fengyu Li
By means of first-principles calculations, we systematically investigated the structure, stability, magnetic and electronic properties of one-dimensional P nanowire (1D-P10 NW) assembled by Pn subunits (n = 2, 8) and...
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Multi-praseodymium-and-tungsten bridging octameric tellurotungstate and its 2D honeycomb composite film for detecting estrogen

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Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01901A, Paper
Yan Zhang, Jun JIang, Yifan Liu, Pan Li, Yong Liu, Lijuan Chen, Junwei Zhao
Under coordination driving force of tungsten and rare-earth (RE) bridges, we synthesized a novel giant multi-tungsten-and-RE—bridging octameric tellurotungstate (TT) [H2N(CH3)2]16K8Na6H10[Pr8(H2O)20W16O48][B-α-TeW9O33]8·70H2O (1) in CH3CN-H2O mixed solvent. The cluster anion {[Pr8(H2O)20W16O48][B-α-TeW9O33]8}40– features...
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Facile fabrication of sponge-like porous micropillar arrays via an electrochemical process

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Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01518K, Paper
Deyin Zheng, Chang-Hwan Choi, Xin Zhao, Guangyi Sun
Highly ordered and aligned pore structures perpendicular to the exposed surfaces are achieved on the surfaces of 3D Si microstructures.
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Wrinkle-induced highly conductive channels in graphene on SiO2/Si substrate

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Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01406K, Paper
Ruisong Ma, Jiajun Ma, Jiahao Yan, Liangmei Wu, Wei Guo, Shuai Wang, Qing Huan, Lihong Bao, Sokrates T Pantelides, Hong-Jun Gao
Graphene wrinkle is a quasi-one-dimensional structure and can alter the intrinsic physical and chemical activity, modify the band structure and introduce transport anisotropy in graphene thin films. However, their quasi-one-dimensional...
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Plasma-assisted filling electron beam lithography for high throughput patterning of large area closed polygon nanostructures

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Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01032D, Paper
You Sin Tan, Hailong Liu, Qifeng Ruan, Hao Wang, Joel K. W. Yang
The PFEBL process allows enhancement of electron beam writing efficiency for patterning of closed polygon structures using a post-exposure plasma treatment.
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Proton exchange membrane with plasmon-active surface for enhancement of fuel cell effectivity

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Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00295J, Paper
Roman Elashnikov, Kristina Zahorjanova, Elena Miliutina, Zdenka Kolska, Miroslav Cieslar, Václav Švorčík, Oleksiy Lyutakov
The action of fuel cells with proton-exchanged membrane (PEM) requires the implementation of hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on the opposite sides of PEM. Recently, based...
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Mechanistic Insight in Site-selective and Anisotropic Etching of Prussian Blue Analogues toward Designable Complex Architectures for Efficient Energy Storage

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Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02241A, Paper
Hai Xu, Xi Zhao, Chenyang Yu, Yue Sun, Zengyu Hui, Ruicong Zhou, Jialu Xue, Henghan Dai, Yue Zhao, Lumin Wang, Yujiao Gong, Jin Yuan Zhou, Jianing An, Qiang Chen, Gengzhi Sun, Wei Huang
Engineering coordination compounds, e.g., prussian blue (PB) and its analogues (PBAs), with designable complex nanostructures via chemical etching holds great opportunities for improving energy storage performances by adjusting topological geometry,...
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Correction: Anomalous polarization dependence of Raman scattering and crystallographic orientation of black phosphorus

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Nanoscale, 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR90098B, Correction
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Jungcheol Kim, Jae-Ung Lee, Jinhwan Lee, Hyo Ju Park, Zonghoon Lee, Changgu Lee, Hyeonsik Cheong
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Pristine Graphene Induces Innate Immune Training

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Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR09661B, Paper
Filipa Lebre, John B Boland, Pedro Gouveia, Aoife Gorman, Mimmi Lundahl, Fergal J O'Brien, Jonathan N Coleman, Ed Lavelle
Graphene-based materials are of increasing interest for their potential use in biomedical applications. However, there is a need to gain a deeper understanding of how graphene modulates biological responses before...
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Spin-coated fluorinated PbS QD superlattice thin film with high hole mobility

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Nanoscale, 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR02299C, Paper
Pan Xia, Daniel Davies, Bijal Patel, Maotong Qin, Zhiming Liang, Kenneth R Graham, Ying Diao, Ming Lee Tang
Motivated by the oleophobic and electron-withdrawing nature of perfluorocarbons, we explore the effect of a trifluoromethyl coating on lead sulfide quantum dots (PbS QDs) in thin film transistor (TFT) geometry....
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Functional nanoarrays for investigating stem cell fate and function

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9306-9326
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10963C, Review Article
Jin-Ho Lee, Jeffrey Luo, Hye Kyu Choi, Sy-Tsong Dean Chueng, Ki-Bum Lee, Jeong-Woo Choi
An overview of the recent progress of nanoarray synthesis and applications for controlling stem cell fate and monitoring live cell functions.
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Realization of high-quality optical nanoporous gradient-index filters by optimal combination of anodization conditions

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9404-9415
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10526C, Paper
Cheryl Suwen Law, Siew Yee Lim, Lina Liu, Andrew D. Abell, Lluis F. Marsal, Abel Santos
High-quality nanoporous anodic alumina gradient-index filters are realized by sinusoidal pulse anodization under optimized anodization conditions.
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A three-dimensional Cu nanobelt cathode for highly efficient electrocatalytic nitrate reduction

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9385-9391
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10743F, Paper
Xiaodan Wang, Mengqi Zhu, Guoshen Zeng, Xun Liu, Chihhsiang Fang, Chuanhao Li
A three-dimensional Cu nanobelt cathode was developed to efficiently catalyze the electrocatalytic nitrate reduction process.
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Self-responsive co-delivery system for remodeling tumor intracellular microenvironment to promote PTEN-mediated anti-tumor therapy

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9392-9403
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00563K, Paper
Yifei Wang, Ruiting Wang, Sixuan Wu, Jingyi An, Yan Liang, Lin Hou, Zhenzhong Zhang
Delivering the pten gene into tumor cells to reacquire PTEN functionality is considered to be an attractive method for cancer treatment.
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Boosting the photocatalytic CO2 reduction of metal–organic frameworks by encapsulating carbon dots

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9533-9540
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01696A, Paper
Shumin Li, Kang Ji, Meng Zhang, Cangshuang He, Jin Wang, Zhengquan Li
Small carbon dots as cocatalysts were loaded in MOF particles for CO2 reduction and their location effect was explored.
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Ligand exchange on Au38(SR)24: substituent site effects of aromatic thiols

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9423-9429
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01430C, Paper
Yingwei Li, Rosalba Juarez-Mosqueda, Yongbo Song, Yuzhuo Zhang, Jinsong Chai, Giannis Mpourmpakis, Rongchao Jin
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.
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MOF-derived lithiophilic CuO nanorod arrays for stable lithium metal anodes

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9416-9422
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01091J, Paper
Lei Wei, Li Li, Teng Zhao, Nanxiang Zhang, Yuanyuan Zhao, Feng Wu, Renjie Chen
MOF-derived CuO nanorod arrays with lithiophilic groups were fabricated on a Cu foil current collector (CuO NAs/CF) to produce stable lithium metal batteries with uniform, dendrite-free Li deposition.
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Ionic liquid assisted preparation and modulation of the photoluminescence kinetics for highly efficient CsPbX3 nanocrystals with improved stability

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9569-9580
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00579G, Paper
Ting Chen, Yanqiao Xu, Zhixiang Xie, Weihui Jiang, Lianjun Wang, Wan Jiang
A facile approach was performed to synthesize CsPbBr3 NCs with the assistance of ionic liquid [Bmim]Br, which could modulate the surface property and enhace the stability of NCs effectively.
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Strong plasmon–exciton coupling between lithographically defined single metal nanoparticles and monolayer WSe2

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9708-9716
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01056A, Paper
Xiaohong Yan, Hong Wei
Strong coupling between monolayer WSe2 and lithographically defined single gold nanobowties is realized for the first time, and smaller nanobowties lead to larger coupling strength.
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Interfacial synergy between dispersed Ru sub-nanoclusters and porous NiFe layered double hydroxide on accelerated overall water splitting by intermediate modulation

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9669-9679
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01491E, Paper
Yao Wang, Peng Zheng, Mingxuan Li, Yunrui Li, Xin Zhang, Juan Chen, Xu Fang, Yujie Liu, Xiaolin Yuan, Xiaoping Dai, Hai Wang
Benefitting from the desired potential-induced interfacial synergy, the Ru–NiFe LDH interfaces will convert to RuO2–NiFe(OOH)x interfaces to meet the requirements of an anode and cathode reaction, respectively.
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Analysis of sparse molecular distributions in fibrous arrangements based on the distance to the first neighbor in single molecule localization microscopy

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9495-9506
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10805J, Paper
Alan M. Szalai, Lucía F. Lopez, Miguel Ángel Morales-Vásquez, Fernando D. Stefani, Pedro F. Aramendía
We introduce a robust and sensitive metric to characterize the underlying structure responsible for the molecular distribution, even at a very low labeling density.
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Facile synthesis of core–shell structured Si@graphene balls as a high-performance anode for lithium-ion batteries

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9616-9627
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01346C, Paper
Anif Jamaluddin, Bharath Umesh, Fuming Chen, Jeng-Kuei Chang, Ching-Yuan Su
Encapsulating silicon (Si) nanoparticles with graphene nanosheets in a microspherical structure is proposed to increase electrical conductivity and solve stability issues when using Si as an anode material in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs).
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The CpG molecular structure controls the mineralization of calcium phosphate nanoparticles and their immunostimulation efficacy as vaccine adjuvants

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9603-9615
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR09782A, Paper
Razieh Khalifehzadeh, Hamed Arami
Effects of the CpG molecular structure on the mineralization and immunostimulation efficacy of calcium phosphate nanoparticles are explored for vaccine delivery applications.
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A high-efficiency ammonia-responsive solar evaporator

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9680-9687
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00791A, Paper
Jingjing Xing, Jintao Tong, Ye Liu, Yutong Guo, Lanjian Zhuge, Dafeng Zhang, Ruomeng Duan, Bo Song, Yu Zhao, Bin Dong
We report a highly efficient solar evaporator based on the TiO2NP and PPyNP composite with ammonia responsiveness.
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Oxygen vacancy-rich amorphous porous NiFe(OH)x derived from Ni(OH)x/Prussian blue as highly efficient oxygen evolution electrocatalysts

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9557-9568
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00607F, Paper
Shuang Wang, Xingbo Ge, Chao Lv, Cun Hu, Hongtai Guan, Jing Wu, Zhengnan Wang, Xianhui Yang, Yan Shi, Jiangfeng Song, Zhi Zhang, Akira Watanabe, Jinguang Cai
Oxygen vacancy-rich amorphous porous NiFe(OH)x on carbon paper is prepared through a two-step electrochemical depostion of Prussian blue nanocrystal layer and Ni(OH)x layer followed by an alkaline etching process for efficient OER catalysis.
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A broadband and low-power light-control-light effect in a fiber-optic nano-optomechanical system

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9800-9809
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR10953F, Paper
Yu Zhang, Wenguo Zhu, Pengpeng Fan, Yelin He, Linqing Zhuo, Zhen Che, Dongquan Li, Huadan Zheng, Linpeng Dong, Jieyuan Tang, Wentao Qiu, Jun Zhang, Yongchun Zhong, Jianhui Yu, Zhe Chen
A tapered-nanofibre optomechanical scheme, together with the pump–probe technique, is exploited to implement a broadband and low-power light-control-light effect.
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A solution-processed zero-dimensional all-inorganic perovskite scintillator for high resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy detection

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9727-9732
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00772B, Paper
Qiang Xu, Juan Wang, Wenyi Shao, Xiao Ouyang, Xiang Wang, Xinlei Zhang, Yong Guo, Xiaoping Ouyang
A zero-dimensional all-inorganic CsPbBr3 nanocrystal embedded Cs4PbBr6 scintillator has been achieved. Owing to the low dimensional quantum effect, this all-inorganic scintillator exhibits desirable scintillation performance.
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A new perspective of lanthanide metal–organic frameworks: tailoring Dy-BTC nanospheres for rechargeable Li–O2 batteries

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9524-9532
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR00866D, Paper
Dan Liu, Xinmin Zhang, Yan-Jie Wang, Shuyan Song, Lifeng Cui, Hongbo Fan, Xiaochang Qiao, Baizeng Fang
Nanoscaled lanthanide metal–organic frameworks (Ln-MOFs), Dy-BTC nanospheres, are explored as an O2 electrode, which demonstrate an ultrahigh discharge capacity and long cycling life.
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N- & S-co-doped carbon nanofiber network embedded with ultrafine NiCo nanoalloy for efficient oxygen electrocatalysis and Zn–air batteries

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9581-9589
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01516D, Paper
Chaojun Liu, Zhuang Wang, Xin Zong, Yingmin Jin, Dong Li, Yueping Xiong, Gang Wu
A 3D carbon nanofiber network embedded with ultrafine nanoparticles is prepared by electrospinning. Thioacetamide is used to prevent the aggregation of active sites.
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Enhanced motility in a binary mixture of active nano/microswimmers

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9717-9726
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01765E, Paper
Debajyoti Debnath, Pulak Kumar Ghosh, Vyacheslav R. Misko, Yunyun Li, Fabio Marchesoni, Franco Nori
The proposed mechanism of motility transfer from more active to less active species allows enhancing the motility of active nano-/microswimmers, e.g., Janus particles, as agents of chemical reactions, or weak sperm cells, for better fertilization.
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Enhanced type I photoreaction of indocyanine green via electrostatic-force-driven aggregation

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9517-9523
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01208D, Paper
Huizhen Fan, Yu Fan, Wenna Du, Rui Cai, Xinshuang Gao, Xinfeng Liu, Hao Wang, Lei Wang, Xiaochun Wu
ICG forms aggregates in positively charged mesoporous silica, which show an enhanced type I photoreaction pathway.
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Tuning ferroelectricity and ferromagnetism in BiFeO3/BiMnO3 superlattices

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9810-9816
DOI: 10.1039/C9NR09670A, Paper
Cai Jin, Wanrong Geng, Linjing Wang, Wenqiao Han, Dongfeng Zheng, Songbai Hu, Mao Ye, Zedong Xu, Yanjiang Ji, Jiali Zhao, Zuhuang Chen, Gan Wang, Yunlong Tang, Yinlian Zhu, Xiuliang Ma, Lang Chen
Superlattice structure provides an effective path for integrating multifunctional properties. The interfacial coupling in the ferromagnetic/ferroelectric superlattices is a possible route to achieve multiferroicity.
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Reply to the ‘Comment on “Hierarchically porous, ultra-strong reduced graphene oxide–cellulose nanocrystal sponges for exceptional adsorption of water contaminants”’ by J. Ma, Y. Xiong and F. Yu, Nanoscale, 2019, 11, DOI: 10.1039/C8NR08780F

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9899-9901
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01846E, Comment
Nariman Yousefi, Nathalie Tufenkji
We respond to the comments of Ma et al. and clarify the rationale behind our methodology and why it is suitable for our work.
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CVD growth of large-area InS atomic layers and device applications

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9366-9374
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01104E, Communication
Chien-Liang Tu, Kuang-I Lin, Jiang Pu, Tsai-Fu Chung, Chien-Nan Hsiao, An-Ci Huang, Jer-Ren Yang, Taishi Takenobu, Chang-Hsiao Chen
Indium sulfide (InS) atomic layers made by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) are synthesized onto a mica substrate, producing a highly crystalline, large-area, and atomically thin-film InS flakes.
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Plasmonic nanopapers: flexible, stable and sensitive multiplex PUF tags for unclonable anti-counterfeiting applications

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Nanoscale, 2020, 12,9471-9480
DOI: 10.1039/D0NR01223H, Paper
Hongrui Cheng, Yongfeng Lu, Dongyan Zhu, Lorenzo Rosa, Fei Han, Mingguo Ma, Wenyue Su, Paul S. Francis, Yuanhui Zheng
Highly flexible and stable plasmonic nanopaper comprised of silver nanocubes and cellulose nanofibres was fabricated through a self-assembly-assisted vacuum filtration method.
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