Themed collection Nanoscale 2025 Emerging Investigators

The dual role of ROS in liver diseases, and the potential of nanomaterials with catalytic activity for therapeutic applications are examined.

This review provides a comprehensive overview of recent biomedical applications of upconversion nanomaterials specifically within the near-infrared two-region (NIR-II) window (1000–1700 nm).

This minireview highlights recent progress in BHJ-based photoelectrochemical cells and photocatalysts for solar-to-chemical conversions.

Guidelines for tailored enzyme-induced electrospun nanofiber immobilization techniques: aligning fabrication methods with future application requirements.

This review systematically describes the preparation of poly(amino acids) and peptides, and their use in drug loading for various diseases, offering insights for research and clinical applications of degradable biomedical polymers.

This comprehensive review of (K,Na)NbO₃-based perovskites explores design strategies, mechanisms, and applications in piezocatalysis and photo-piezocatalysis for sustainable environmental and energy solutions.

A comprehensive summary of patterning technologies of quantum dots for construction of color-conversion layers in full-color micro-LED displays is provided.

The state-of-art progress in single-atom tuned two-dimensional materials is reviewed to clarify the distinctive advantages in photocatalysis and present the crucial structure–activity relationship for improved performance.

This review comprehensively summarizes the recent development of flexible multifunctional electrochromic devices, including energy harvesting, energy storage, multicolor displays, and smart windows.

Nanoparticle-mediated approaches to plant genetic engineering represent key advances in agriculture, offering benefits beyond conventional techniques. This review discusses essential nanoparticle design considerations to optimize delivery efficiency.

Applications of WO_x in photochromic, electrochromic, and gasochromic materials and devices.

The burgeoning initiatives implementing self-driven 2D layered material photodetectors have been presented, heralding new avenues for the next-generation integrated and miniaturized optoelectronic industry.

The use of array micro-holes is becoming increasingly prevalent across a range of industries, including the aerospace, automotive, electronics, medical and chemical industries.

Triazole-based C₃N₇ nanosheets exhibit excellent photocatalytic ammonia production performance, attributed to their inherent properties of an optimised conduction band position and efficient charge separation.

Nanoparticle-assembled interconnected PbO_1.44 hollow spheres (NAHSs) were crafted by a robust strategy of PVP-driven transformation of β-PbO₂ microspheres (MSs) combined with a self-sacrificial templating mechanism for superior lithium storage.

CLASSIC is a label-free DNA detection platform with single-nucleotide specificity and attomolar sensitivity. This assay offers rapid and sequence-specific DNA analysis through single-strand conversion and split light-up aptamer probes.

An LiF-enriched (composition-wise) and organic/inorganic uniform-distributed (structure-wise) SEI film architecture was derived by fluorinated graphene (F-Gr) sacrificial additive to promote efficient Li-metal protection.

Bioinspired 1D helical and 2D sheet-like assemblies are combined to form a 3D homochiral assembly that allows spontaneous resolution.

Small-angle neutron scattering can be utilized to distinguish structural models of nanoparticles with molecular- and Å-scale differences.

Methylammonium-based A-site composition tuning in lead halide perovskites via post-synthetic cross-ion exchange to generate phase-stable colloidal nanocrystals of FA_xMA_1−xPbI₃ and Cs_xFA_yMA_1−x−yPbI₃ (TCPbI₃).

An efficient emulsion separation strategy has been developed using multilayer stacked nylon meshes treated with atmospheric plasma with super-wettability.

The synergistic K⁺/In³⁺ interactions lead to a high-performance aqueous indium metal battery with high efficiency and long cycling life.

This article proposes a flexible and energy independent fluorescence radiation fiber film dosimeter fabricated by electrostatic spinning, providing a candidate material for wearable visual dosimeters for X-ray detection in the range of 0–350 Gy.

Multiple functional tailored materials have shown great potential for both pollutant degradation and freshwater recovery.

Sc-NiFe-LDH catalyzed electrooxidation of HMF to FDCA, achieving the FDCA faradic efficiency and selectivity of 96.5% and 99.5%, respectively, at a current density of >600 mA cm⁻².

This work provides a facile approach to fabricate hybrid phenolic aerogels and derived ZrC/SiC/C ceramic aerogels, which target on applications for extreme environments in aerospace field.

The prepared nanocomposite films have dense covalent crosslinked networks and highly aligned nanosheets, which endows them with high mechanical properties, which are much higher than those of all other chitosan-based composites films.

Two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures have significant potential for future developments in materials science and optoelectronics due to their unique properties.

We present a novel energy transfer-labeled oligonucleotide probe designed to enhance the sensitivity and specificity of LAMP assay for HPV 16 detection. Our approach achieves a detection limit of 1 fM and spans a dynamic range of five orders of magnitude.

The unprecedented catalytic performance of a metal-free N-doped nanocarbon catalyst in CO₂ hydroboration is reported with the catalytic mechanism uncovered.

A mixed ion-electron conducting framework, LLTO@CNT, was designed for lithium metal batteries with uniform Li deposition and long cycling stability.

A self-polarized rGO/PVDF composite, engineered by water-induced polarization and micro-nano-composite, effectively reduces dye pollutants and yields H₂O₂ under mechanical force.

This study investigates the influence of different supports on PdO-based catalysts during CO oxidation, particularly under humid conditions.

A combination of electro-kinetics and computational study establishes the synergetic effect of Sn(II) and Fe(III) sites on the SnFe₂O₄ surface to promote hydroperoxo (*OOH) formation as the rate-limiting step of the oxygen evolution reaction.

Special phytic acid (PA) layer facilitates desolvation of zinc ions and protects MnO₂ with excellent electrochemical capacity.

Regulating the electronic structure of MnO₂ and inducing preferential intercalation of Zn²⁺ by oxygen defects for high-performance aqueous zinc-ion batteries are presented.

The combination of PDA NPs and 1,4-DPCA leads to a synergistic effect that enhances bone tissue regeneration in vivo.

Active site-exposed Bi₂WO₆@BiOCl with a compact Z-scheme heterostructure exhibits enhanced photoactivity towards the hydrogenation reaction of nitroaromatic compounds.

The synergetic effect of nano-sized petals and micro-sized particles in the hierarchical nanostructure of FIMPs enhance interaction between the cells and the materials, thus enabling CTC separation with high selectivity and high efficiency.

A new valence band (VB) state localized in the ABAB and ABCA stacking regions appears at negative voltage. STS mapping of this state reveals an underlying C₂ symmetry, reflecting the electronic structure modulation within the moiré pattern.

A dual-gradient host combining conductivity and lithiophilicity is synthesized, which promotes uniform lithium deposition from bottom to top within the host and effectively mitigates volume expansion during lithium cycling.

The effects of additive size on the segmental dynamics and mechanical properties of cross-linked polymers are studied, revealing that additive aggregation increases with greater segmental size disparity between cross-linked polymer and additives.

Metasurfaces tailor electromagnetic confinement at the nanoscale and can be appropriately designed for polarization-dependent light–matter interactions.

Electrochemical deposition of gold nanoparticles on carbon ultramicroelectrode arrays by varying deposition potential, deposition time, and gold ion concentration to obtain controlled particle size, dispersion, and count.