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This review highlights recent advancements in the development of lanthanide (Ln³⁺)-based nanothermometers, focusing on those operating in the near-infrared (NIR) spectral region and outlining key findings as well as remaining challenges.

This review focuses on all substances that are regarded as cluster materials and makes a new attempt to provide a comprehensive understanding through categorizing and summarizing clusters based on their constituent elements in the periodic table.

This minireview summarizes the utility of integrating nano-delivery systems with TCM, emphasizing their capacity to enhance treatment efficacy, modernize TCM, and expand global accessibility.

A comprehensive overview of the recent progress in synthesizing novel nanomaterials using Ga-based liquid metals as reaction media, detailing related properties, synthetic methods and future directions.

Current advances in designing stimuli-responsive core/shell nanoparticle assemblies focus on reversible nanoparticle surface chemistry and experimental methods for air/liquid, liquid/liquid, and polymer interfaces.

Biosensors are widely applied in biomarker detection. Their widespread use necessitates regeneration methods to ensure cost-effectiveness and sustainability. This mini-review systematically summarizes recently reported regeneration techniques.

In this review, we provide a brief sketch of silver cluster-assembled materials research with crucial insights into atomic-level structural correlations with the phenomena at the nanoscale.

Exploring advancements in self-powered photodetectors through device engineering and leveraging additional effects such as pyro-phototronic, piezo-phototronic, and surface plasmonics techniques.

Nanostructures obtained from self-assembled organic dyes are emerging as alternatives to molecular and semiconductor photocatalysts. With their unique properties, they offer a promising way to bridge homo- and heterogeneous (photo)catalysis.

This is a comprehensive review for resolving compatibility challenges in fabricating practical metal–organic framework composite membranes for gas separation.

A timely review on the recent advances of metal–organic framework-based step-scheme heterojunctions with respect to their synthesis, structures and applications is provided.

Schematic illustration of the combinational strategy of nanotechnology and PROTACs (Nano-PROTACs): the typical shortcomings of traditional PROTACs and the nanotechnology-based strategies for PROTAC drugs optimization.

Substrate development in surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) continues to attract research interest.

Dynamical tuning of the thermal conductivity is critical for the development of novel phononic devices. Here, we show that such a control can be efficiently achieved in a wide class of ferroelectrics by a photoinduced phase transition.

Modulations in light intensity enable switching between growth modes, patterning, and sculpting of photochemically formed self-organizing nanocomposites.

Study of three antimony-based nanomaterials' behaviour in biological conditions and the influence of the synthesis on their oxidation state and stability in this environment.

At 0.3 mg_Ir cm⁻², IrRuO_x/Ta₂O₅ reduced the OER overpotential to 235 mV@10 mA cm⁻² and the PEMWE potential to 1.91 V@2 A cm⁻².

Single-molecule imaging in astrocytes shows that aquaporin-4 array size and mobility are modulated by adrenergic signalling and tonicity changes. Created with BioRender.

We report an experimental and theoretical study of a regular array of oriented Te₈ rings formed in the ~1.14 nm diameter cavities of zeolite LTA.

HFZIF-8/GA is prepared via a simple stirring method for loading GA. After HA modification, HFZIF-8/GA@HA is used for the targeted delivery of Fe ions and GA, thereby achieving the in situ synthesis of an Fe-GA complex for thermal catalytic therapy.

We prepared an electrode by in situ growth of CoNi_0.5-MOF on H₂O₂-pretreated carbon cloth without a binder, with high specific capacitance (1337.5 F g⁻¹ at 1 A g⁻¹) and excellent rate ability. An assembled flexible device has high energy density.

An MOC-based cascade nanozyme with relatively definite structures was developed and it scavenged ROS to alleviate renal I/R injury.

A nanofluidic device with real-time confinement control to load digital nanocavities with target nucleic acids, allowing exposure to necessary enzymes/co-factors for amplification.

In this study, a cation exchange reaction for the synthesis of ternary AgBiS₂ quantum dots is reported. AgBiS₂ quantum dots obtained via this synthetic route lead to high-efficiency photovoltaic devices.

Tuning the magnetoelectric behavior of epitaxial 15 nm-thick Fe–Ga microstructures by varying their shape, size and orientation.

By coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations, we have unveiled that nanoparticles coated with mixed hydrophobic/hydrophilic polymer chains spontaneously penetrate lipid membranes, unlike those covered with chains of hydrophilic character only.

Artificial layers were designed on the surface of Mg anodes using a facile alloy electrodeposition method, which enables high-performance rechargeable magnesium batteries to achieve ultra-stable electrochemical performance even after 5000 cycles.

The anisotropic thermal and mechanical response of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) and black phosphorus (bP) have been investigated in situ using high resolution X-ray diffraction.

Transformations between multiple tautomeric forms of defective graphitic carbon nitride occur on nanosecond timescales, but these transformations have little influence on charge carrier lifetimes.

The CuCoFeTe@CuCoTe yolk-shelled microrods are synthesized for supercapacitors.

Asymmetric lateral doping in CVD-grown bilayer WS₂via contact engineering and its application for high performance photodetection.

Based on the first-principles calculations, when the magnetization is along out-of-plane, the intriguing spontaneous valley polarization exists in the Janus monolayer VCGeN₄, and the tunable abundant valley Hall effect can be found.

A new liquid-phase redox synthesis to form silicon nanoparticles allows the solvent used during synthesis to determine particle size and fluorescent properties.

Lithium–air battery performance enhancement by optimizing the surface e_g occupancy via adjusting the stoichiometric ratios of transition metal-based spinel structures.

The electronic properties of MoSe₂ nanowrinkles are simulated from first principles. Wave-function distributions and effective masses are analyzed to disclose the potential of such systems for charge transport and optoelectronics.

We present a 3-layer cavity model to calculate the polarizability of solvated molecules. By analogy, the different layers of our cavity model resemble the nested structure of a Matryoshka doll.

Metal halide perovskite nanostructures, characterized by their ionic nature, present a compelling avenue for the tunability of dimensions and band gaps through compositional transformations involving both cationic and anionic exchange reactions.

Microplastic (MP) pollution threatens ecosystems globally, necessitating urgent environmental intervention. This article proposes a solution for combating MP pollution in water by an innovative hydrogel synthesis and circular economy-based upcycling.

We propose a multifunctional electrolyte additive, sodium gluconate (SG), which induces the growth of Zn (002) crystal plane by preferentially adsorbing on other crystal planes and thus inhibiting the growth of Zn dendrite.

Nano/micromotors are self-propelled particles that show enhanced motion upon being triggered by a stimulus.