Optical metasurfaces offer a wealth of useful functionalities. Their nonlinear effects can be enhanced with the help of metasurface engineering.
Nanoparticle-hydrogel composites reviewed
Nanoparticle-hydrogel composites have many potential uses. The new issue of Advanced Science reviews the concept, design, and application of such materials.
Theranostics from a single nanoparticle platform
Researcers construct a multifunctional theranostic nanoplatform that gathers five diagnostic and therapeutic functions into one single nanocomposite.
Particles for Healthcare Applications
Researchers highlight the potential and current biological and biomedical applications of micro- and nanoparticle research.
ChemNanoMat opens for submissions
ChemNanoMat is the latest journal to be launched by Wiley-VCH and opened for submissions at the beginning of November.
Targeting cancer cells with functionalised nanorods
Researchers have described composite nanorods that consist of long iron segments and short gold tips and can be functionalized with biomolecules of interest.
Graphene Nanocomposite for Room Temperature RAM
Recent work reports the use of a magnetic graphene oxide-iron oxide nanoparticle nanocomposite to fabricate an MRAM operating at room temperature.
Most accessed papers in physica status solidi for May 2014
We present the most downloaded papers of the pss journal family from May 2014.
Unexpected water traces found in semiconducting nanocrystals
Results explain the passivation mechanism of semiconducting nanocrystal surfaces.
Fluorescence shows real-time nanoparticle biodegradation
New method allows researchers to directly measure nanoparticle degradation in real time within biological environments.