Read our featured back cover for #NanoscaleAdvances issue 20 here! 'Modulating properties of solid carbon nanospheres via ion implantation with hetero-ions' by Neil J. Coville, Trevor Derry et al. doi.org/10.1039/D5NA...

We recently organised a “Deep Dive Discussion” at ChinaNANO 2025, which brought together leading scientists to discuss the next big thing in nanoscience and the journals’ role in this future. Read our blog to find out all about this exciting discussion ⬇️ blogs.rsc.org/nr/202...

Remember to explore this Editor's Choice collection hand-selected by Nanoscale Horizons Scientific Editor Prof. Mark MacLachlan - this collection features some of the top articles on inorganic-biomolecule nanomaterials from the last couple years 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/jour...

Check out the front cover of issue 20 of #NanoscaleAdvances highlighting work from Leanne D. Chen et al. on 'A density functional theory investigation of ammonia oxidation pathways on nickel oxide' doi.org/10.1039/D5NA...

🔎Discover the latest collection in #NanoscaleAdvances focusing on nanophotonics, plasmonics, and nano-optics! Guest edited by Viktoriia Babicheva, Yu-Jung (Yuri) Lu, Alexander Shalin, and Dattatray Late Explore the full collection here 👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/jour...

Check out the front cover of issue 42 of Nanoscale! 'Pt nanoparticle–nanowire hybrids supported on single-walled carbon nanotubes for enhanced oxygen reduction reaction in polymer electrolyte fuel cells' by Masaya Kawasumi, Miftakhul Huda, Yutaka Matsuo et al. doi.org/10.1039/D5NR...

📣We have just updated the Nanoscale Advances Popular Advances collection!📣 Follow the link to explore these exciting new #openacess papers👇 rsc.li/NA_2025_popul...#openacess

For green ammonia synthesis, we employed electroless plating to deposit a thin copper layer onto a surface-activated boron carbon nitride support. This method is a cost-effective and straightforward approach to fabricating catalysts for electrochemical NO3RR. Read more 👇: doi.org/10.1039/D5NR...

Featured on the outside front cover of Nanoscale Issue 41 is a visible light driven TiO2/Pt micromotor with directional motion and excellent biocompatibility, addressing key limitations inherent in conventional chemical micromotor systems. Read more below 👇: doi.org/10.1039/D5NR...

Read this Editorial written by the guest editors of our Nanoscale themed collection on 'Nanomedicines for crossing biological barriers' 🔗pubs.rsc.org/en/cont... and explore the collection for free until 30 November! 🔗pubs.rsc.org/en/jour... #ChemSky

The Nanoscale journal family were delighted to sponsor poster prizes at the Asian and Oceanian Photochemistry Conference 2025 in Kochi, India. Join us in congratulating our winners Atandrita Bhattacharyya, Aswathy R., Lasse Kreimendahl, Camelia Dutta and Ai Hosaka! 🏆

Check out the inside front cover of Issue 11 of Nanoscale Horizons! #NH10years In this work, Cárdenas-Jirón, Ponce et al. reported molecular switches and real-time ion sensing in pyridinium circuits via a single-molecule STM-break junction. Read more here 👇 doi.org/10.1039/D5NH...#NH10years

Check out the outside front cover of Issue 11 of Nanoscale Horizons! #NH10years In this work, Zaihua Duan, Huiling Tai et al. reported a two-step ligand exchange strategy for improving the performance of a PbSe QD infrared photodetector. Read more here 👇 doi.org/10.1039/D5NH...

Celebrating the Nanoscale Horizons 10th anniversary 🎉 Check out the excellent articles in our anniversary collection for free until 30 December 2025 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/jour... #chemsky

Explore our Nanoscale collection on 'Nanomedicine for crossing biological barriers' for free until 30 November 2025 🔗https://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/articlecollectionlanding?sercode=nr&themeid=8aa984d2-9057-4e1d-997c-bb367d65154c

Have you seen our latest Nanoscale Horizons Reflection article on 'Hard work pays off' by Svyatoslav Kondrat and Alexei Kornyshev reflecting on their work published in the inaugural issue of Nanoscale Horizons a decade ago (and featured on the inside front cover!) 🔗 pubs.rsc.org/en/cont...

Biomimetic FePt-MOF nanoparticles cloaked in red blood cell membranes enable immune-evading, targeted MRI and therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma for real-time tracking, enhanced contrast, and improved tumour accumulation. Read more details about the study here 👇: doi.org/10.1039/D5NR...

Featured on the inside front cover of Nanoscale Issue 40 is a nanobody-based lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) for the rapid and early detection of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), reported by Eun-Kyung Lim, Seungjoo Haam et al. Check out their work here 👇: doi.org/10.1039/D5NR...

(Nano)cookies, anyone? 🍪 🍪 🍪 Check out our sweetest publication to date, in collaboration with Mark Rutland. Alicia and Marine bake the smallest cookies you'll ever see. Ready to cellebrate Nanoscale Horizons @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org 10th anniversary. #openaccess pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

We are welcoming submissions to a themed collection on current advancements in photonics and spectroscopy to celebrate Prof. Amitava Patra's 60th birthday 🥳 #chemsky Submit your work to PCCP or Nanoscale @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org before 30 April 2026! 📅 More info:🔗 www.rsc.org/publishing/j...

Nanoscale Issue 40 is available to read now! The outside front cover depicts work by Shuyi Liu et al. on nanoscale sharpening of Ag tip apexes using high-frequency pulsed electrochemical machining for optical scanning probe microscopy. Read more about this work below 👇: doi.org/10.1039/D5NR...

Explore this Nanoscale Horizons Editor's Choice collection on 'Inorganic-biomolecule nanomaterials' for FREE until end of November 🔗pubs.rsc.org/en/jour... Hand-selected by Scientific Editor Prof. Mark MacLachlan, this collection features some of the top articles published in the last couple years

Hard to fabricate and predict the vibrant plasmonic modes of EGaIn liquid metal nanoparticles? This simulation study revealed shape-dependent surface plasmon resonances in the broad UV to NIR wavelength range, shedding new light on future "liquid" plasmonic materials design. doi.org/10.1039/D5NR...

Come join our four excellent speakers at our upcoming webinar on the physics of nanomaterials! Register here: rsc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Featured on the outside back cover of Nanoscale Issue 39: Realistic MXene flakes engineered via all-electron DFT and a top-down approach. We focus on atomic-scale features to enable precise property control and materials design. 🔬 Check out the work here 👽👇: doi.org/10.1039/D5NR...

The inside front cover for Nanoscale Issue 39 depicts the computational design of donor–acceptor stacked polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as photocatalytic sites in carbon dots. Discover more about the study by Michal Otyepka, Miroslav Medveď et al. below 👇: doi.org/10.1039/D5NR...

Old dog, new tricks. Researchers from UCF reinvigorate a century-old pesticide with synergistic nanomaterials to generate alternative tools for sustainable agriculture. This work delves into the material’s physicochemical properties and antimicrobial mode of action. doi.org/10.1039/D5NR...

Featured on the inside front cover of Nanoscale Issue 38 is a study decoupling spins at surfaces to enable molecular-qubit architectures. Read more about the work by Christoph Wolf, Fabio Donati et al. 👇: doi.org/10.1039/D5NR...

We are welcoming submissions to a themed collection on current advancements in photonics and spectroscopy to celebrate Prof. Amitava Patra's 60th birthday 🥳 Submit your work to Nanoscale or @pccp.rsc.org before 30 April - more info here 🔗 www.rsc.org/publishing/j...

Journal of Materials Chemistry A and @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org are delighted to share this latest themed collection on 'Nanogenerators' Guest Edited by Zhong Lin Wang, Pooi See Lee and Ya Yang, discover the full collection at pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Clearing the air: An updated overview on visible-light-active photocatalysts, down to the nanoscale, tackling nitrogen oxides pollution. Read 'Nanostructured systems to combat NOx air pollution through Vis-light activated nanoarchitectonics: how, where and why…?' below 👇: doi.org/10.1039/D5NR...

Contribute your work to this growing Nanoscale Advances and Materials Advances themed collection for Low dimensional materials for energy storage and conversion. Open for submissions until 15 March 2026

A novel green chemical mechanical polishing was developed for aluminium alloy, including H2O2, tyrosine, sodium carbonate, and hybrid abrasives composed of silica, yttria, and ceria. After CMP, an atomic surface was achieved with surface roughness Sa of 0.187 nm. Read more: doi.org/10.1039/D5NR...

Explore our latest Nano. Horiz. and @materialshorizons.rsc.org themed collection on soft wearable sensors for free until 15 November 2025 #ChemSky 🔗pubs.rsc.org/en/jour...

📢We are delighted to announce a #OpenCall for papers to the RSC cross-journal themed collection Celebrating 200 Years of Benzene, guest edited by Ben Feringa @feringalab.bsky.social & Nazario Martin! Find out more about the collection and how to submit here🔽 www.rsc.org/publishing/j...

In the inside front cover article for Nanoscale Issue 37, Jin-Ho Choy et al demonstrate that polytaxel (PTX) achieves robust anti-tumour efficacy both in vitro and in vivo, while markedly reducing systemic toxicity compared to free docetaxel (DTX). Read their work here 👇: doi.org/10.1039/D5NR...

🎉 We are delighted to share a collection of top papers from US authors to celebrate National Nanotechnology Day! Check out the collection here 👇 pubs.rsc.org/en/jour...

Inspired by lotus leaves and cactus spines, Chaolang Chen et al. propose a bionic superwetting gradient wedge-shaped surface (SGWS) for under-oil self-transport of liquids in Nanoscale's outside front cover article for Issue 37 🪷🌵 Read more about the work below 👇: doi.org/10.1039/D5NR...

Discover this Nanoscale Review on 'Latest developments in the synthesis of metal-organic frameworks and their hybrids for hydrogen storage' by Vanessa Fierro et al. featured in our #NobelPrize celebratory collection on #MOFs 🔗https://doi.org/10.1039/D4NR03969F

In honour of the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry, we’ve curated a collection of impactful articles from across RSC journals on metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) 🏆 Free to read until the end of November 👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/jour...#NobelPrize

The outside back cover article of Nanoscale Issue 36 is a theoretical study on doping Pd-like superatoms into defective graphene quantum dots. This work provides an efficient strategy to design single superatom catalysts for the Suzuki reaction. Read the work here 👇: doi.org/10.1039/D5NR...

Read our featured back cover for #NanoscaleAdvances issue 19 here! 'Exploring magnetoelectric nanoparticles for advanced nano-electroporation and drug delivery in interventional cardiology' by G. Suarato et al. doi.org/10.1039/D5NA...

In honour of the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology/Medicine, we’ve curated a collection of impactful articles from across RSC journals on peripheral immune tolerance and regulatory T cells🏆 Free to read until the end of November👉 pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/... #NobelPrize

🔦 When a laser beam hits a bed of iron oxide nanoflakes placed in silver nitrate solution, fluorescent nanocomposites can be formed! Features: 👉 Site selective formation 👉 Laser tuneable characteristics 👉 Optical response electron detection Read more 👇: doi.org/10.1039/D5NR...

Ultrafine glucose-based carbon dots zip selectively through the blood-spinal cord barrier. Their neuronal specificity enables focused investigations of spinal and supraspinal networks in spinal cord disorders. Read Nanoscale's inside front cover article here👇: doi.org/10.1039/D5NR...

Stable PEGylated SPIONs for colorectal cancer theranostics via MRI and magnetic hyperthermia achieve 63% tumor shrinkage in a mouse model Discover the full article in Nanoscale Advances here 👇

Researchers engineered Cu2O nanoparticles on mesoporous silica using citric acid as a molecular framework. This stabilisation favoured the formation of Cu⁺-rich Cu2O, the crucial active phase responsible for splitting water molecules into hydrogen. Read more here 👇: doi.org/10.1039/D5NR...

Have you read the Nanoscale Advances article yet? A simple, greener method to make titanium dioxide / carbon nitride nanocomposites shows promise for photocatalysis

Nanoscale Advances issue 19 is out now! Featuring this cover article by Shawn Wettig et al. 'Engineered dual-functional gold nanoparticles enhance radiosensitization in prostate cancer cells: synergistic action of curcumin and gold' doi.org/10.1039/D5NA...

💥RSC CNN Paper of the Week💥 Co2+-mediated adsorption facilitates atomic force microscopy of DNA molecules at double-helix resolution Hoogenboom* (University College London) Pailing, Nanoscale, 10.1039/D5NR02314A @nanoscale-journals.rsc.org #chemsky #nanosky