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Nanoscience and technology is the branch of science that studies systems and manipulates matter on atomic, molecular and supramolecular scales (the nanometre scale). On such a length scale, quantum mechanical and surface boundary effects become relevant, conferring properties on materials that are not observable on larger, macroscopic length scales.
Uniform growth of perovskite nanocrystals
Monodisperse perovskite nanocrystals are formed by using a diffusion-mediated growth mechanism that controls converted monomer concentration such that premature termination or secondary growth processes are prevented.
- Sungjin Kim
- Tae-Woo Lee
A universal neuromorphic vision processing system
A vision processing system that leverages reconfigurable memristive devices to implement different bioinspired neural networks can efficiently sense and process static and dynamic visual information.
- Hongwei Tan
- Sebastiaan van Dijken
Extracellular vesicle gatekeepers for tumours
Cancer-cell-derived extracellular vesicles bind to therapeutics and shuttle them out of the tumour to the liver for destruction.
- Joy Wolfram
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A cascade X-ray energy converting approach toward radio-afterglow cancer theranostics
Here, the authors present the design, molecular assembly and mechanistic insights into an organic, biomarker-activatable radiotheranostic nanoprobe for image-guided precision cancer radiotherapy with sensitivity up to a depth of 15 cm in thick tissues.
Facile Y-type Micro Ag 2 Se/MgAgSb flexible thermoelectric device based on lift-off technology
- Gailing Tian
- Weipeng Shi
- Chenyang Xue
Structure-dynamics relation in metallic glass revealed by 5-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy
Dynamical and structural heterogeneities play important roles in glass transition. However, the relationship between these heterogeneities has not been fully revealed. In this study, we simultaneously observed these heterogeneities near the glass transition temperature in Zr 50 Cu 40 Al 10 via five-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy (5D-STEM), which can record the spatiotemporal distribution of diffraction patterns. We estimated local dynamics from the temporal series of diffraction patterns and local structural orders from the diffraction patterns themselves. By performing this estimation for all scanning points, we visualized the heterogeneities and found the correlation between them, which indicated that ordered structures tended to have slow dynamics.
- Katsuaki Nakazawa
- Kazutaka Mitsuishi
- Koichi Tsuchiya
Distributed network of optically pumped magnetometers for space weather monitoring
- Marcin S. Mrozowski
- Angus S. Bell
- Stuart J. Ingleby
Therapeutic potential of melatonin-pretreated human dental pulp stem cells (hDPSCs) in an animal model of spinal cord injury
- Arvin Naeimi
- Seyedeh Fatemeh Mousavi
- Hatef Ghasemi Hamidabadi
A Ni 4 O 4 -cubane-squarate coordination framework for molecular recognition
Materials for multifunctional molecular recognition are essential in industry. Here, the authors present a cost-effective, stable and multifunctional Ni-cubane MOF that effectively separates hexane isomers, xenon/krypton, and carbon dioxide/nitrogen.
- Qingqing Yan
- Jiangfeng Du
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Chirality in nanomaterials.
Chirality at the nanoscale has emerged as a key area of interest in materials science and engineering, with significant implications for various fields such as spintronics, photonics, optoelectronics, quantum computing, and biomedicine. With their unique properties such as enantioselective interactions with light and spin-polarized electron transport, chiral nanomaterials are opening a new window of opportunities for the design of advanced functional devices. This editorial provides an overview of the current state of research in chirality in nanomaterials. We also showcase several papers from this collection that exemplify the breadth of current work, offering insights into the future directions of this rapidly evolving field.
- Roberto Matassa
- Sekhar Chandra Ray
- Yuebing Zheng
Small structural changes in siloxane-based lipidoids improve tissue-specific mRNA delivery
From a single library of siloxane-based lipidoids, siloxane-incorporated lipid nanoparticles (SiLNPs) involving minor alterations in lipid chemistry yield tissue-specific mRNA delivery to the liver, lung, or spleen. Upon enhanced intracellular delivery, these SiLNPs show clinical promise for protein replacement therapies, regenerative medicine, and CRISPR–Cas-based gene editing applications.
Epigenetic discovery by enzyme activity profiling
C. David Allis’s discovery of the first histone acetyltransferase from Tetrahymena exemplifies an approach that continues to evolve and now has a crucial role in drug development.
- Manini S. Penikalapati
- Jordan L. Meier
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