Nanoscale horizons
May 30, 2023
Integrating rationally designed DNA molecular walkers and DNA origami platforms is a promising route towards advanced nano-robotics of diverse functions. Unleashing the full potential in this direction requires DNA walker-origami systems beyond the p...
Nanoscale horizons
Nov 21, 2022
In the last few years, electron microscopy has experienced a new methodological paradigm aimed to fix the bottlenecks and overcome the challenges of its analytical workflow. Machine learning and artificial intelligence are answering this call providi...
Nanoscale horizons
Oct 24, 2022
Electronic skins have attracted significant research interest in the biomedical engineering field including wearable devices, artificial prostheses, software robots, and so on. However, the integration of electronic skin for use in rehabilitation exe...
Nanoscale horizons
Jul 25, 2022
With the rapid development of mobile internet and artificial intelligence, wearable electronic devices have a great market prospect. In particular, information storage and processing of real-time collected data are an indispensable part of wearable e...
Nanoscale horizons
May 31, 2022
Nonlinear DNA signal amplification with an enzyme-free isothermal self-assembly process is uniquely useful in nanotechnology and nanomedicine. However, progress in this direction is hampered by the lack of effective design models of leak-resistant DN...
Nanoscale horizons
Mar 28, 2022
Physical systems that exhibit brain-like behaviour are currently under intense investigation as platforms for neuromorphic computing. We show that discontinuous metal films, comprising irregular flat islands on a substrate and formed using simple eva...
Nanoscale horizons
Feb 28, 2022
The memristor is a promising candidate to implement high-density memory and neuromorphic computing. Based on the characteristic retention time, memristors are classified into volatile and non-volatile types. However, a single memristor generally prov...
Nanoscale horizons
Nov 22, 2021
The unique electron spin, transfer, polarization and magnetoelectric coupling characteristics of ABO multiferroic perovskite materials make them promising candidates for application in multifunctional nanoelectronic devices. Reversible ferroelectric ...
Nanoscale horizons
Nov 16, 2018
Recently, two-dimensional (2D) materials, including graphene, its derivatives, metal films, MXenes and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), have been widely studied because of their tunable electronic structures and special electrical and optical...
Nanoscale horizons
Oct 15, 2018
The field of nanomedicine has made substantial strides in the areas of therapeutic and diagnostic development. For example, nanoparticle-modified drug compounds and imaging agents have resulted in markedly enhanced treatment outcomes and contrast eff...