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None of us is the same as all of us: resolving the heterogeneity of extracellular vesicles using single-vesicle, nanoscale characterization with resonance enhanced atomic force microscope infrared spectroscopy (AFM-IR) 10.1039/C8NH00048D 2018-04-04 Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are highly specialized, nanoscale messengers that deliver biological signals and in doing so mediate intercellular communication. Increasing evidence shows that within populations of EVs, important properties including morphology,...
pH-Triggered Self-assembly and Hydrogelation of Cyclic Peptide Nanotubes Confined in Water Micro-droplets 10.1039/C8NH00009C 2018-04-03 The controlled one-dimensional supramolecular polymerization of synthetic building blocks in confined spaces constitutes a key challenge to simplify the understanding of the fundamental physical principles behind the behavior of more complex encapsulated poly...
‘Painting’ nanostructured metals—playing with liquid metal 10.1039/C8NH00045J 2018-04-03 Materials scientists always dream to ‘paint’ nanostructured metal on a metallic foil, just as artists paint a painting on a canvas. Herein, we have, for the first time, realized this dream using liquid gallium (Ga) as the paint. Through a liquid Ga stimulated...
Understanding charge transfer and recombination by interface engineering for improving the efficiency of PbS quantum dot solar cells 10.1039/C8NH00030A 2018-03-26 In quantum dot heterojunction solar cells (QDHSCs), the QD active layer absorbs sunlight and then transfers the photogenerated electrons to an electron-transport layer (ETL). It is generally believed that the conduction band minimum (CBM) of the ETL should be...
Reassessment of long circulation via monitoring of integral polymeric nanoparticles justifies a more accurate understanding 10.1039/C8NH00010G 2018-03-22 Monitoring of payloads results in a biased perception of long circulation of nanoparticles. Instead, herein, the long-circulation effect was re-confirmed by monitoring integral nanoparticles, but circulation was not found to be as long as generally perceived....
Improving analyte selectivity by post-assembly modification of metal–organic framework based photonic crystal sensors 10.1039/C7NH00209B 2018-03-16 The porous nature and structural diversity of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) provide a versatile platform for specific and selective sorption behavior. When integrated as functional layers into photonic crystals (PCs), loading of the porous network with orga...
Graphdiyne: a superior carbon additive to boost the activity of water oxidation catalysts 10.1039/C8NH00027A 2018-03-15 A new carbon allotrope, graphdiyne (GDY), with a highly π-conjugated structure of sp- and sp2-hybridized carbon networks, has recently emerged and been used as a superior carbon additive to boost the activity of water oxidation catalysts. In this work, a hybr...
3D computer-aided nanoprinting for solid-state nanopores 10.1039/C8NH00006A 2018-03-13 Here we report on the generation of solid-state nanopores with controllable sizes and shapes based on direct laser writing with a computer-aided two-photon polymerization process. Through a theoretical and experimental study of the accumulation effect during ...
Electron transfer and exciplex chemistry of functionalized nanocarbons: effects of electronic coupling and donor dimerization 10.1039/C8NH00024G 2018-03-12 In the past few decades, research on the construction of donor–bridge–acceptor linked systems capable of efficient photoinduced charge separation has fundamentally contributed to the fields of artificial photosynthesis and solar energy conversion. Specificall...
Nanoscale membrane architecture of healthy and pathological red blood cells 10.1039/C7NH00187H 2018-03-10 Red blood cells feature remarkable mechanical properties while navigating through microcirculation vessels and during spleen filtration. An unusual combination of plasma membrane and cytoskeleton physical properties allows red blood cells to undergo extensive...

None of us is the same as all of us: resolving the heterogeneity of extracellular vesicles using single-vesicle, nanoscale characterization with resonance enhanced atomic force microscope infrared spectroscopy (AFM-IR)

10.1039/C8NH00048D

2018-04-04

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are highly specialized, nanoscale messengers that deliver biological signals and in doing so mediate intercellular communication. Increasing evidence shows that within populations of EVs, important properties including morphology,...

pH-Triggered Self-assembly and Hydrogelation of Cyclic Peptide Nanotubes Confined in Water Micro-droplets

10.1039/C8NH00009C

2018-04-03

The controlled one-dimensional supramolecular polymerization of synthetic building blocks in confined spaces constitutes a key challenge to simplify the understanding of the fundamental physical principles behind the behavior of more complex encapsulated poly...

‘Painting’ nanostructured metals—playing with liquid metal

10.1039/C8NH00045J

2018-04-03

Materials scientists always dream to ‘paint’ nanostructured metal on a metallic foil, just as artists paint a painting on a canvas. Herein, we have, for the first time, realized this dream using liquid gallium (Ga) as the paint. Through a liquid Ga stimulated...

Understanding charge transfer and recombination by interface engineering for improving the efficiency of PbS quantum dot solar cells

10.1039/C8NH00030A

2018-03-26

In quantum dot heterojunction solar cells (QDHSCs), the QD active layer absorbs sunlight and then transfers the photogenerated electrons to an electron-transport layer (ETL). It is generally believed that the conduction band minimum (CBM) of the ETL should be...

Reassessment of long circulation via monitoring of integral polymeric nanoparticles justifies a more accurate understanding

10.1039/C8NH00010G

2018-03-22

Monitoring of payloads results in a biased perception of long circulation of nanoparticles. Instead, herein, the long-circulation effect was re-confirmed by monitoring integral nanoparticles, but circulation was not found to be as long as generally perceived....

Improving analyte selectivity by post-assembly modification of metal–organic framework based photonic crystal sensors

10.1039/C7NH00209B

2018-03-16

The porous nature and structural diversity of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) provide a versatile platform for specific and selective sorption behavior. When integrated as functional layers into photonic crystals (PCs), loading of the porous network with orga...

Graphdiyne: a superior carbon additive to boost the activity of water oxidation catalysts

10.1039/C8NH00027A

2018-03-15

A new carbon allotrope, graphdiyne (GDY), with a highly π-conjugated structure of sp- and sp2-hybridized carbon networks, has recently emerged and been used as a superior carbon additive to boost the activity of water oxidation catalysts. In this work, a hybr...

3D computer-aided nanoprinting for solid-state nanopores

10.1039/C8NH00006A

2018-03-13

Here we report on the generation of solid-state nanopores with controllable sizes and shapes based on direct laser writing with a computer-aided two-photon polymerization process. Through a theoretical and experimental study of the accumulation effect during ...

Electron transfer and exciplex chemistry of functionalized nanocarbons: effects of electronic coupling and donor dimerization

10.1039/C8NH00024G

2018-03-12

In the past few decades, research on the construction of donor–bridge–acceptor linked systems capable of efficient photoinduced charge separation has fundamentally contributed to the fields of artificial photosynthesis and solar energy conversion. Specificall...

Nanoscale membrane architecture of healthy and pathological red blood cells

10.1039/C7NH00187H

2018-03-10

Red blood cells feature remarkable mechanical properties while navigating through microcirculation vessels and during spleen filtration. An unusual combination of plasma membrane and cytoskeleton physical properties allows red blood cells to undergo extensive...