Themed collection Nanoscale Horizons 2023 Lunar New Year Collection

Hybrid inorganic/organic nanoparticles with exosomes can be applied as a novel platform for drug delivery systems. This biomimetic nanoplatform combines the functions of natural biomaterials to efficiently carry drugs to the center of cancer cells.

This paper presents an all-inclusive review of assembly strategies of MNWs, discusses the underlying mechanisms, assesses the developed techniques, and summarizes the representative applications in flexible and stretchable electronics.

Engineered EVs containing an intelligent core have been designed to interact with a living host environment and function in an ideal situation. This review provides a new insight into design of next-generation EV-based theranostic platforms.

2D material-based functional aerogels with tailored structure and function exhibit high potential for treating hazards with high sustainability.

Defect-engineered monolayer MoS₂ transistors with sulfur vacancies of ∼5 ± 0.5% behave the stable negative differential resistance effect at room temperature. The peak-to-valley ratio can be modulated via the gate electric field and light intensity.

In situ anodic oxidation strategy is demonstrated to fabricate flexible long-life and high-capacity aqueous zinc-ion batteries adopting a 3D N-doped/defect-rich V₂O_5−x·nH₂O nanosheets as fibrous cathodes and Zn nanosheets arrays as the anode.

An AFM-Raman combined system identifies subtle differences in the biophysical properties of SnC- and non-SnC-derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs).

The horizontal expansion of biicosahedral M₂₅ has been accomplished, yielding an [Au₁₉Ag₁₂(S-Adm)₆(DPPM)₆Cl₇]²⁺ nanocluster that loads bidentate phosphine and bulky thiol ligands.

A novel conductive structural color hydrogel used as a robotic knuckle rehabilitation skin. The electronic skin can achieve real-time color and electrical response sensing, could be used in the human knuckle rehabilitation robot.

By screening 56 magnetic 2D monolayers via first-principles calculations, 4 magnetic 2D monolayers can be activated via strain engineering as catalysts for the OER in which the overpotential of the CoO₂ monolayer decreases to 0.372 V under 4.0% ε_xy.

Lanthanide-doped nanocomposite is established as a dual-ratiometric luminescence nanothermometer. The cross-relaxation processes can efficiently enhance near infrared emissions and induce a temperature response of the emissions.

Van der Waals epitaxial growth of a SnS₂/MoS₂ heterostructure with trap-like vertically oriented nanostructures was designed and utilized for high-photoresponsivity and fast-response self-powered photoelectrochemical photodetectors.

We investigated phase transitions of Co(OH)₂ nanosheets by in situ scanning transmission electron microscopy heating experiments. The layered Co(OH)₂ transformed to Co nanoparticles via CoO phases; spinel Co₃O₄ was formed with temperature reduction.

A nanomechanical design method for the laser transfer process of a single AgNW is proposed. The nonlinear mechanical behavior of AgNWs with various geometric conditions is fully characterized through MD simulations and experiments.

The butterfly wing scales of several species exhibit dual functionalities of radiative cooling and structural coloring. Here, we artificially reconstruct a butterfly wing scale of periodically grating nanostructures with extremely high porosity.

Single atomic Fe–N_x moieties have shown great performance in CO₂-to-CO conversion.

The triple signal amplification for the SERS detection based on 2D monolayer film of etched spiky Au@Ag NPs.

A conductive framework embedded with cobalt-doped vanadium nitride for enhanced chemisorption and catalytic effects of polysulfides.

The hydration layer structures and friction forces at the interface of mica with different hydrated alkali ions are probed at the atomic scale by means of three-dimensional atomic force microscopy and friction force microscopy.

Double transition metal MXenes with the formula MCr₂CT_x feature ferromagnetic half-metallicity, antiferromagnetic semiconductivity, as well as antiferromagnetic half-metallicity, are interesting for the spintronics community.