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Issue 1, January 2017

Review Articles

Synthesis of aerogels: from molecular routes to 3-dimensional nanoparticle assembly

Felix Rechberger and Markus Niederberger*  

Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2, 6-30 
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00077K 

Inorganic aerogels are synthesized by molecular routes or through the gelation of nanoparticle dispersions. We review the different approaches and illustrate the self-assembly into macroscopic monolithic bodies.

Communications

Type-I van der Waals heterostructure formed by MoS2 and ReS2monolayers

Matthew Z. Bellus, Ming Li, Samuel D. Lane, Frank Ceballos, Qiannan Cui, Xiao Cheng Zeng* and Hui Zhao*  

Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2, 31-36 
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00144K 

Monolayers of ReS2 and MoS2 form a type-I van der Waals heterostructure with both the electrons and the holes confined in the ReS2 layer.

High-efficiency omnidirectional photoresponses based on monolayer lateral p–n heterojunctions

Meng-Lin Tsai, Ming-Yang Li, Yumeng Shi, Lih-Juann Chen, Lain-Jong Li and Jr-Hau He  

Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2, 37-42 
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00075D 

Monolayer lateral WSe2–MoS2 p–n heterojunctions exhibit a high responsivity of 0.26 A W−1 with an excellent omnidirectional photodetection capability, showing unique characteristics for the future development of sub-nano semiconductor devices and applications.

Body-centred cubic packing of spheres – the ultimate thermotropic assembly mode for highly divergent dendrons

Xiaohong Yao, Liliana Cseh, Xiangbing Zeng, Min Xue, Yongsong Liu and Goran Ungar* 

Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2, 43-49 
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00155F 

Na salts of benzoic acid carrying five long alkoxy chains (“hyperbranched” AB5 minidendrons) self-assemble into spheres which shrink to half their size on heating and display chain back-folding, obeying the predictions of the proposed geometrical model of self-assembly of taper-shaped molecules.

Trapping, manipulation, and crystallization of live cells using magnetofluidic tweezers

J. V. I. Timonen, C. Raimondo, D. Pilans, P. P. Pillai and B. A. Grzybowski*  

Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2, 50-54 
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00104A 

Live mammalian cells are captured and manipulated in magnetofluidic traps created in a suspension of biocompatible, magnetic nanoparticles by a coaxial magnetic/non-magnetic “micropen”.

Surface proteomics on nanoparticles: a step to simplify the rapid prototyping of nanoparticles

J. Kuruvilla, A. P. Farinha, N. Bayat and S. Cristobal* 

Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2, 55-64 
DOI: 10.1039/C6NH00162A 

Engineered nanoparticles for biomedical applications require increasing effectiveness in targeting specific cells while preserving non-target cells safety.

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