Hot electron injection within hybrid metal–transition metal dichalcogenides systems is analyzed and offers new physical insights into enhancement of optoelectronic activity with nanoantennas.
Micro-/Nanotechnology
Probing the Secret Life of RNA in Single Cells
Single-cell RNA analysis is now possible through innovative platforms combining state-of-the-art microscopy methods with various contrast-generating nanomaterials
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: The Future of Bio-Applications of Two Dimensional Materials
The majority of the developed bio-systems based on 2D transition metal dichalcogenides are reviewed in Small.
Hot Stuff: Direct Ink Writing of Mesoscale Eutectic Architectures
Jennifer Lewis and colleagues report a new process for creating mesoscale eutectic architectures, known as high operating temperature direct ink writing (HOT‐DIW).
The Immune System Matters
Silver nanoparticles are a more effective cancer treatment in immune competent mice.
Switching Liquid Repellent Surfaces
Researchers from Pennsylvania State University, USA, have now revealed a magnetically transformable surface that can reversibly switch between the lotus and the pitcher plant modes
Let Disorder Shine
An uniaxial press can assemble monodisperse silica spheres to photonic glasses that exhibit finely tunable Mie scattering.
Magnetoelectric Robots Target Disease
Salvador Pané and colleagues demonstrate core–shell magnetoelectric nanowires that can be triggered using different magnetic fields for targeted drug delivery to kill cancer cells.
Improved Drug Delivery with Layered, Coated Drug Cores
A recent review highlights and discusses the layer-by-layer encapsulation of solid drug particles.
Small is Big and Strong in Suzhou
Shuit-Tong Lee and Lifeng Chi have guest edited an issue of Advanced Materials, which provides an insight into the nanoscience research going on in and around Suzhou.
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