Bioinspired materials for batteries: Structural design, challenges and future perspective by Wasif ur Rehman, Yanan Ma, Zahoor khan, Fatima Zahra Ait Laaskri, Jiawei Xu, Youlong Xu, Hamid Rehman, Umar Farooq, Ali Altalbe, Jian Li

“…There has been considerable interest in mimicking electrode materials at the nanoscale, whether in structure or function, due to their unique benefits and enhanced performance in rechargeable batteries. …”
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Highly Strained AlGaAs‐GaAsP Nanomembranes‐Based High‐Performance Diode by Haris Naeem Abbasi, Moheb Sheikhi, Donghyeok Kim, Ranveer Singh, Jiarui Gong, Jie Zhou, Qiming Zhang, Shuoyang Qiu, Carolina Adamo, Patrick Marshall, Clincy Cheung, Vincent Gambin, Zhenqiang Ma

“…Kelvin probe force microscopy demonstrates the formation of a nanoscale contact potential barrier at the interface of the E‐B diode. …”
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Nanopore Confinement Effect on the Phase Behavior of CO2/Hydrocarbons in Tight Oil Reservoirs considering Capillary Pressure, Fluid-Wall Interaction, and Molecule Adsorption by Zhixue Zheng, Yuan Di, Yu-Shu Wu

“…The developed novel model could provide a better understanding of confinement effect on the phase behavior of nanoscale porous media in tight reservoirs. The findings of this study can also help for better understanding of a flow mechanism of tight oil reservoirs especially in the case of CO2 injection for enhancing oil recovery.…”
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Hepatic Stellate Cell-Derived Microvesicles Prevent Hepatocytes from Injury Induced by APAP/H2O2 by Renwei Huang, Qunwen Pan, Xiaotang Ma, Yan Wang, Yaolong Liang, Bingyan Dai, Xiaorong Liao, Mingyi Li, Huilai Miao

“…Microvesicles (MVs) are nanoscale membrane fragments, which can regulate target cell function by transferring contents from their parent cells. …”
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Optical Coherence Tomography of Van Der Waals Heterostructures Using Extreme Ultraviolet Light by Felix Wiesner, Johann J. Abel, Muhammad Hussain, Vipin Krishna, Alisson R. Cadore, Juan P. G. Felipe, Ana M. Valencia, Martin Wünsche, Julius Reinhard, Marco Gruenewald, Caterina Cocchi, Gerhard G. Paulus, Giancarlo Soavi, Silvio Fuchs

“…This work sets the basis for the development of a new spectroscopy tool that, thanks to the temporal profile of EUV light sources and the high axial resolution of coherence tomography, can become the ideal probe of ultrafast processes occurring in van der Waals heterostructures and buried nanoscale opto‐electronic devices.…”
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Lipid Coating Modulates Effects of Nanoceria on Oxidative Metabolism in Human Embryonic Lung Fibroblasts: A Case of Cardiolipin by Elena V. Proskurnina, Madina M. Sozarukova, Elizaveta S. Ershova, Ekaterina A. Savinova, Larisa V. Kameneva, Natalia N. Veiko, Maria A. Teplonogova, Vladimir P. Saprykin, Vladimir K. Ivanov, Svetlana V. Kostyuk

“…The unique redox properties of nanoscale cerium dioxide determine its diverse application in biology and medicine as a regulator of oxidative metabolism. …”
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Unveiling the inhibitory effect of hydrogen-decorated voids and dislocation loops on the glide of edge dislocation in tungsten by Qing-Yuan Ren, Yu-Hao Li, Yu-Chen Du, Tian-Ren Yang, Dmitry Terentyev, Wei-Zhong Han, Hong-Bo Zhou, Guang-Hong Lu

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Nano‐silicon fertiliser increases the yield and quality of cherry radish by Xinxin Xu, Yaozu Guo, Yi Hao, Zeyu Cai, Yini Cao, Wanzhen Fang, Bangyin Zhao, Christy L. Haynes, Jason C. White, Chuanxin Ma

“….), subsequently improving overall nutritional values. Overall, nanoscale Si‐based agrochemicals have significant potential as a novel strategy for the biofortification of vegetable crops in sustainable nano‐enabled agriculture.…”
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Effects of nanocurcumin supplementation on metabolic syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Gofarana Wilar, Cecep Suhandi, Kohji Fukunaga, Masanori Shigeno, Ichiro Kawahata, Rizky Abdulah, Takuya Sasaki

“…Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) encompasses metabolic risk factors like elevated blood glucose, abnormal lipid levels, and hypertension. Nanocurcumin, a nanoscale formulation of curcumin, may offer therapeutic benefits for MetS management. …”
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Study protocol: an observational study of distress, immune function and persistent pain in HIV by John A Joska, Mark R Hutchinson, Maia Lesosky, Victoria J Madden, Ncumisa Msolo, Luyanduthando Mqadi, Gillian J Bedwell, Jonathan Grant Peter, Romy Parker, Andrew Schrepf, Robert R Edwards

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Effect of Cu content on microstructure and high-temperature oxidation behaviors of AlCuxCoCrFeNi2.1 high-entropy alloys manufactured by laser directed energy deposition by Zhaoyang Liu, Jiawei Liu, Xiaokang Fan, Tao Zou, Zhongwei Liang

“…In the samples with x = 0.25 to 1.25, the added Cu brings in numerous nanoscale Cu2O particles within the oxide layer, which not only preferentially thickens the oxide layer by promoting the formation of Al2O3, but also causes numerous microscale voids by inhabiting and further decomposing the AlN particles. …”
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GsMTx-4 venom toxin antagonizes biophysical modulation of metastatic traits in human osteosarcoma cells by Arianna Buglione, Giulia Alloisio, Chiara Ciaccio, David Becerril Rodriguez, Simone Dogali, Marco Luce, Stefano Marini, Antonio Cricenti, Magda Gioia

“…Despite their genetic diversity, metastatic cells converge on similar physical constraints during tumor progression. At the nanoscale, these forces can induce substantial molecular deformations, altering the structure and behavior of cancer cells. …”
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Observation of ultraviolet photothermoelectric bipolar impulse in gallium-based heterostructure nanowires by Jinjie Zhu, Qing Cai, Pengfei Shao, Shengjie Zhang, Haifan You, Hui Guo, Jin Wang, Junjun Xue, Bin Liu, Hai Lu, Youdou Zheng, Rong Zhang, Dunjun Chen

“…By leveraging the distinct thermoelectric properties of GaON/GaN, rapid generation of hot carriers establishes bidirectional instantaneous gradients in concentration and temperature within the nanoscale heterostructure via light on/off modulation. …”
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Wedge‐Like Microstructure of Al2O3/i‐Ti3C2Tx Electrode with “Nano‐Pumping” Effect for Boosting Ion Diffusion and Electrochemical Defluoridation by Junce Wang, Jinfeng Chen, Ningning Liu, Jingjing Lei, Hong‐Wen Gao, Fei Yu, Fanghui Pan, Jie Ma

“…The wedge‐like microstructure of aluminum oxide/incomplete‐Ti3C2Tx MXene (Al2O3/i‐Ti3C2 Tx) is constructed by incomplete etching MAX and in situ derivation of A‐layer element, in which the sub‐nanoscale interlayer space is conducive to the small size ions intercalation, and the formation of “nanopump‐like” effect boosted the ions diffusion. …”
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Random resistive memory-based deep extreme point learning machine for unified visual processing by Shaocong Wang, Yizhao Gao, Yi Li, Woyu Zhang, Yifei Yu, Bo Wang, Ning Lin, Hegan Chen, Yue Zhang, Yang Jiang, Dingchen Wang, Jia Chen, Peng Dai, Hao Jiang, Peng Lin, Xumeng Zhang, Xiaojuan Qi, Xiaoxin Xu, Hayden So, Zhongrui Wang, Dashan Shang, Qi Liu, Kwang-Ting Cheng, Ming Liu

“…Software-wise, most weights are exempted from training. Hardware-wise, nanoscale resistive memory enables collocation of memory and processing, and leverages the inherent programming stochasticity for generating random weights. …”
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Nano-delivery platform with strong protection and efficient delivery: preparation of self-assembled RNA pesticide with dual RNAi targets against Apolygus lucorum by Heng Qiao, Qinhong Jiang, Jing Zhao, Liubin Xiao, Keyan Zhu-Salzman, Dejin Xu, Guangchun Xu, Jie Shen, Aiguo Gu, Dejun Hao, Shuo Yan, Yongan Tan

“…Results The nanocarrier SPc was applied to assemble with dsRNA via electrostatic interaction, hydrogen bond and Van der Waals force, and the self-complexation with SPc formed nanoscale dsRNA/SPc complex. The SPc could protect the dsRNA from the degradation by midgut fluid or RNase A, thus significantly increasing the stability of dsRNA under various environmental conditions. …”
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iRGD-Targeted Biosynthetic Nanobubbles for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging of Osteosarcoma by Liu T, Liang X, Liu W, Yang S, Cui T, Yan F, Li Z

“…Here, we selected it as the imaging target and fabricated iRGD-sGVs acoustic probe for the early-stage diagnosis of osteosarcoma.Materials and Methods: Biological nanoscale gas vesicles (sGVs) were extracted from Serratia 39006. …”
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Instance maps as an organising concept for complex experimental workflows as demonstrated for (nano)material safety research by Benjamin Punz, Maja Brajnik, Joh Dokler, Jaleesia D. Amos, Litty Johnson, Katie Reilly, Anastasios G. Papadiamantis, Amaia Green Etxabe, Lee Walker, Diego S. T. Martinez, Steffi Friedrichs, Klaus M. Weltring, Nazende Günday-Türeli, Claus Svendsen, Christine Ogilvie Hendren, Mark R. Wiesner, Martin Himly, Iseult Lynch, Thomas E. Exner

“…Nanosafety assessment, which seeks to evaluate the risks from exposure to nanoscale materials, spans materials synthesis and characterisation, exposure science, toxicology, and computational approaches, resulting in complex experimental workflows and diverse data types. …”
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Autonomous inverse encoding guides 4D nanoprinting for highly programmable shape morphing by Shuaiqi Ren, Zhiang Zhang, Ruokun He, Jiahao Fan, Guangming Wang, Hesheng Wang, Bing Han, Yong-Lai Zhang, Zhuo-Chen Ma

“…By tuning the laser power of each voxel at the nanoscale, the genetic code can be spatially programmed and controllable shape morphing can be realized through the inverse encoding process. …”
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Physicochemical Properties and Bioreactivity of Sub‐10 μm Geogenic Particles: Comparison of Volcanic Ash and Desert Dust by Ines Tomašek, Julia Eychenne, David E. Damby, Adrian J. Hornby, Manolis N. Romanias, Severine Moune, Gaëlle Uzu, Federica Schiavi, Maeva Dole, Emmanuel Gardès, Mickael Laumonier, Clara Gorce, Régine Minet‐Quinard, Julie Durif, Corinne Belville, Ousmane Traoré, Loïc Blanchon, Vincent Sapin

“…We found that Gobi Desert dust is more bioreactive than freshly erupted volcanic ash and Arizona test dust, which is possibly linked to the presence of microorganisms (bacteria) and/or nanoscale elongated silicate minerals (potentially clay such as illite or vermiculite) on particle surfaces.…”
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