Microphase Separation of a PS-b-PFS Block Copolymer via Solvent Annealing: Effect of Solvent, Substrate, and Exposure Time on Morphology by Colm T. O’Mahony, Dipu Borah, Michael A. Morris

“…Block copolymer (BCP) lithography makes use of the microphase separation properties of BCPs to pattern ordered nanoscale features over large areas. This work presents the microphase separation of an asymmetric polystyrene-block-poly(ferrocenyl dimethylsilane) (PS-b-PFS) BCP that allows ordered arrays of nanostructures to be formed by spin casting PS-b-PFS on substrates and subsequent solvent annealing. …”
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Role of Nanobiotechnology Towards Agri-Food System by Niguse Hotessa Halake, Jara Muda Haro

“…Nanotechnology is the science of manipulating materials at the nanoscale (1 nm = 10ˉ⁹ m). This review summarizes the potential of nanobiotechnology for its importance in increasing yield in agriculture and providing consumers with quality and contamination-free food. …”
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Subwavelength Plasmonic Waveguides and Plasmonic Materials by Ruoxi Yang, Zhaolin Lu

“…With the fast development of microfabrication technology and advanced computational tools, nanophotonics has been widely studied for high-speed data transmission, sensitive optical detection, manipulation of ultrasmall objects, and visualization of nanoscale patterns. As an important branch of nanophotonics, plasmonics has enabled light-matter interactions at a deep subwavelength length scale. …”
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Large Scale Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes by S. Karthikeyan, P. Mahalingam, M. Karthik

“…The reported achievements in this area will open up more knowledge on carbon nanostructured materials in many areas of emerging nanoscale science and nanotechnology…”
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Antibiofilm activity of 3,3'-diindolylmethane on Staphylococcus aureus and its disinfection on common food-contact surfaces by Hui Zhang, Xiaomei Guo, Lei Tian, Na Wang, Yuqing Li, Ariel Kushmaro, Robert Marks, Qun Sun

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Focusing surface phonon-polaritons for tunable thermal radiation by Jose Ordonez-Miranda, Masahiro Nomura, Sebastian Volz

“…The obtained results thus introduce the conical geometry as a powerful degree of freedom for tailoring thermal radiation, with potential implications for energy harvesting and thermal management at the nanoscale.…”
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Novel Design for Quantum Dots Cellular Automata to Obtain Fault-Tolerant Majority Gate by Razieh Farazkish, Samira Sayedsalehi, Keivan Navi

“…Quantum-dot Cellular Automata (QCA) is one of the most attractive technologies for computing at nanoscale. The principle element in QCA is majority gate. …”
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Solitons of the Twin-Core Couplers with Fractional Beta Derivative Evolution in Optical Metamaterials via Two Distinct Methods by Meryem Odabasi Koprulu, Zehra Pinar Izgi

“…The rapid advancements in metamaterial research have brought forth a new era of possibilities for controlling and manipulating light at the nanoscale. In particular, the design and engineering of optical metamaterials have created advances in the field of photonics, enabling the development of advanced devices with unprecedented functionalities. …”
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Surface Effects on the Scattering of SH-Wave Around an Arbitrary Shaped Nano-Cavity by Hongmei Wu, Zhiying Ou

“…Surface effects at the nanoscale are explained based on the surface elasticity theory. …”
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Computational Study of Metal-Free Magnetism and Spin-Dependent Seebeck Effect in Silicene Nanoribbons with Zigzag and Klein Edges by Xingyi Tan, Gang Xu, Youchang Jiang, Dahua Ren

“…Nanoribbons based on low-dimensional materials are potential candidates for nanoscale spintronics devices. Here, some ferromagnetic silicene nanoribbons with zigzag and Klein edges (N-ZKSiNRs) are constructed. …”
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Super-resolution microscopy as a drug discovery tool by Lauren Toms, Lorna FitzPatrick, Philip Auckland

“…It transpires that the devil is in these fine molecular details, and essential nanoscale processes were found everywhere researchers chose to look. …”
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Advancing Solid-State Batteries with Nanomaterials: Enhancing Safety, Performance, and Energy Efficiency by Lang Junbo

“…Additionally, the application of nanoscale coatings on electrodes and solid electrolytes is discussed as a strategy to further optimize battery performance. …”
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The Effects of Minor Element Addition on the Structural Heterogeneity and Mechanical Properties of ZrCuAl Bulk Metallic Glasses by R. Sivaraman, Indrajit Patra, Zainab Mohsen Najm, Noora M. Hameed, Taif Alawsi, Seyedmasoud Hashemi

“…For this purpose, atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used to evaluate the viscoelastic response of the BMG surface at the nanoscale, while the nanoindentation technique was applied to show the mechanism of plastic deformation. …”
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Low-Temperature Production of Genuinely Amorphous Carbon from Highly Reactive Nanoacetylide Precursors by Ken Judai, Naoyuki Iguchi, Yoshikiyo Hatakeyama

“…However, when the size of it crystals is reduced to the nanoscale, its explosive nature is lost, owing to a much lower thermal conductance that inhibits explosive chain reactions. …”
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Morphology and Properties of Nylon 6 Blown Films Reinforced with Different Weight Percentage of Nanoclay Additives by Raghavendra R. Hegde, Gajanan S. Bhat, Bhushan Deshpande

“…Even though microscale property like tensile and tear strength drops at higher add on levels, near-surface nanoscale hardness and toughness of the film keep on increasing. …”
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Investigating Surface Effects on Thermomechanical Behavior of Embedded Circular Curved Nanosize Beams by Farzad Ebrahimi, Mohsen Daman

“…To investigate the surface effects on thermomechanical vibration and buckling of embedded circular curved nanosize beams, nonlocal elasticity model is used in combination with surface properties including surface elasticity, surface tension, and surface density for modeling the nanoscale effect. The governing equations are determined via the energy method. …”
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Unidirectional chiral scattering from single enantiomeric plasmonic nanoparticles by Yuanyang Xie, Alexey V. Krasavin, Diane J. Roth, Anatoly V. Zayats

“…Abstract Controlling scattering and routing of chiral light at the nanoscale is important for optical information processing and imaging, quantum technologies as well as optical manipulation. …”
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The interaction of nanostructured antimicrobials with biological systems: Cellular uptake, trafficking and potential toxicity by Adriano Brandelli

“…Both in vitro and in vivo evaluation studies on different types of nanostructures have providing information to support a better understanding about the interactions of nanoscale materials with biological systems. Keywords: Active packaging, Antimicrobial, Food safety, Nanobiotechnology, Nanoparticle toxicity…”
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Influence of pyridinic nitrogen on tautomeric shifts and charge transport in single molecule keto enol equilibria by G. R. Berdiyorov

“…Abstract Keto-enol tautomerism in organic molecules presents a potential for modulating the charge transport at the nanoscale. The reduction of the isomerization barrier and favoring the highly conductive enol form are the main challenges towards practical implementation of this phenomenon. …”
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Cinnamaldehyde for the Prevention and Control of Foodborne Pathogens and Their Biofilms: a Review of Research and Applications by DU Xueying, HU Xin, FENG Zeyin, SUN Jing, LI Xiangfei, PANG Xinyi, LU Yingjian

“…Furthermore, the application of nanoscale cinnamaldehyde as antibacterial agent is elaborated. …”
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