PCCP Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Themed Issues
18 October 2006
PCCP is proud to be publishing a series of nanoscience and nanotechnology themed issues. The Guest Editors are Phil Bartlett (Southampton, UK), Tim Jones (Imperial, UK) and Paul Mulvaney (Melbourne, Australia).
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Papers will be collected together for the themed print issues, which will be published commencing July 2006. All of the papers will also be collected together on this page, for maximum profile and ease of browsing.
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Themed Issues Editorial
Read the editorial from the first of the print Themed Issues
Nanoscience Hot Papers
Read interviews with the authors of HOT articles published in the nanoscience and nanotechnology themed issues. All HOT articles are available to download free of charge.
PCCP Nano Hot paper: Biosensing with conically shaped nanopores and nanotubes
Charles Martin describes a new approach to biosensor design, which could lead to early-stage diagnosis of diseases.
PCCP Hot paper: Surface Grafted Polymer Brushes as Ideal Building Blocks for Smart Surfaces
Wilhelm Huck highlights the recent developments in the field of polymer brushes.
PCCP Hot Paper: Absorption and Scattering Microscopy of Single Metal Nanoparticles
Michel Orrit discusses the optical study of individual metal nanoparticles.
PCCP Hot Nano paper: Solid State NMR Studies of Photoluminescent Cadmium Chalcogenide Nanoparticles
Christopher Ratcliffe demonstrates that solid-state NMR is a useful tool to gain insight into the structure of nanoparticles
PCCP Hot Nano paper: Measuring the electronic properties of quantum dots
Peter Liljeroth explores the conditions under which scanning tunnelling microscopy and spectroscopy can measure the electronic properties of semiconductor quantum dots
PCCP Hot Nano paper: Molecules that mimic Schottky diodes
Geoff Ashwell improves a molecular diode's rectification ratio, providing a link to the ultimate challenge of electronic device miniaturisation
Latest Themed Issues Contents List
Papers submitted for inclusion in the themed issues are listed below as soon as they are published as Advance Articles. Invited Articles are feature review articles, presenting an authoritative state-of-the-art account of the selected research field. Communications are short reports of very high quality new work, of such importance that merits urgent publication.
Feature Invited Articles
Ordered 2-D and 3-D nanostructured amphiphile self-assembly materials stable in excess solvent
Thomas Kaasgaard and Calum J. Drummond, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 4957
DOI: 10.1039/b609510k
Internal structure of polyelectrolyte multilayer assemblies
Regine v. Klitzing, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 5012
DOI: 10.1039/b607760a
Optical properties of single semiconductor nanocrystals
Daniel E. Gómez, Marco Califano and Paul Mulvaney, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 4989
DOI: 10.1039/b607661k
Biosensing with conically shaped nanopores and nanotubes
Youngseon Choi, Lane A. Baker, Heather Hillebrenner and Charles R. Martin, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 4976
DOI: 10.1039/b607360c
Surface grafted polymer brushes as ideal building blocks for 
smart
surfaces
Feng Zhou and Wilhelm T. S. Huck, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3815
DOI: 10.1039/b606415a
Absorption and scattering microscopy of single metal nanoparticles
M. A. van Dijk, A. L. Tchebotareva, M. Orrit, M. Lippitz, S. Berciaud, D. Lasne, L. Cognet and B. Lounis, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3486
DOI: 10.1039/b606090k
Sonochemical nanosynthesis at the engineered interface of a cavitation microbubble
Dmitry G. Shchukin and Helmuth Möhwald, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3496
DOI: 10.1039/b606104d
Oriented attachment and mesocrystals: Non-classical crystallization mechanisms based on nanoparticle assembly
Markus Niederberger and Helmut Cölfen, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3271
DOI: 10.1039/b604589h
Directing the self-assembly of nanocrystals beyond colloidal crystallization
Hao Zhang, Erik W. Edwards, Dayang Wang and Helmuth Möhwald, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3288
DOI: 10.1039/b604745a
Communications
How molecules accommodate a 2D crystal lattice mismatch: an unusual 
mixed
conformation of tetraphenylporphyrin
Jonathan P. Hill, Yutaka Wakayama and Katsuhiko Ariga, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 5034
DOI: 10.1039/b608935f
Microfluidic continuous flow synthesis of rod-shaped gold and silver nanocrystals
Johann Boleininger, Andreas Kurz, Valerie Reuss and Carsten Sönnichsen, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3824
DOI: 10.1039/b604666e
Magnet assisted fabrication of microtubule arrays
Benjamin M. Hutchins, William O. Hancock and Mary Elizabeth Williams, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3507
DOI: 10.1039/b605399h
Organic nanocrystals with tunable morphologies and optical properties prepared through a sonication technique
Yong Sheng Zhao, Wensheng Yang and Jiannian Yao, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3300
DOI: 10.1039/b604645m
Research Papers
Optical switching of coupled plasmons of Ag-nanoparticles by photoisomerisation of an azobenzene ligand
Päivi Ahonen, David J. Schiffrin, Jerzy Paprotny and Kyösti Kontturi, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2007, 9, 651
DOI: 10.1039/b615309g
Theory of single photon on demand from a single molecule source
Yong He and Eli Barkai, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 5056
DOI: 10.1039/b606198b
Photoexcited triplets of dyes in zeolitic nanostructured channels. A time resolved EPR study
Antonio Barbon, Marco Bellinazzi, Manuela Casagrande, Loretta Storaro, Maurizio Lenarda and Marina Brustolon, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 5069
DOI: 10.1039/b610937n
Platinum covering of gold nanoparticles for utilization enhancement of Pt in electrocatalysts
Dan Zhao and Bo-Qing Xu, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 5106
DOI: 10.1039/b610269g
Imperfect surface order and functionalization in vertical carbon nanotube arrays probed by near edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (NEXAFS)
Tirandai Hemraj-Benny, Sarbajit Banerjee, Sharadha Sambasivan, Daniel A. Fischer, Gyula Eres, Alexander A. Puretzky, David B. Geohegan, Douglas H. Lowndes, James A. Misewich and Stanislaus S. Wong, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 5038
DOI: 10.1039/b606596c
Ultrasonic attenuation by nanoporous particles
Part I: Theory
R. W. OBrien, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 5115
DOI: 10.1039/b605597d
Ultrasonic attenuation by nanoporous particles
Part II: Experimental
William N. Rowlands, James K. Beattie, Alex M. Djerdjev and Richard W. OBrien, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 5124
DOI: 10.1039/b605617m
Nanostructured modified electrodes: Role of ions and solvent flux in redox active polyelectrolyte multilayer films
Mario Tagliazucchi, Doris Grumelli and Ernesto J. Calvo, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 5086
DOI: 10.1039/b609341h
Effect of composition on the conductivity and morphology of poly(3-hexylthiophene)/gold nanoparticle composite Langmuir–Schaeffer films
Patrick G. Nicholson, Virginia Ruiz, Julie V. Macpherson and Patrick R. Unwin, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 5096
DOI: 10.1039/b605691c
Water soluble quantum dot nanoclusters: energy migration in artifical materials
Megan H. J. Oh, Darcy J. Gentleman and Gregory D. Scholes, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 5079
DOI: 10.1039/b607124d
A systematic examination of surface coatings on the optical and chemical properties of semiconductor quantum dots
Andrew M. Smith, Hongwei Duan, Matthew N. Rhyner, Gang Ruan and Shuming Nie, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3895
DOI: 10.1039/b606572b
Currents through single molecular junction of Au/hexanedithiolate/Au measured by repeated formation of break junction in STM under UHV: Effects of conformational change in an alkylene chain from gauche to trans and binding sites of thiolates on gold
Masamichi Fujihira, Masaaki Suzuki, Shintaro Fujii and Ayano Nishikawa, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3876
DOI: 10.1039/b604945c
Supported phospholipid bilayer formation on hydrophilicity-controlled silicon dioxide surfaces
Ryugo Tero, Hidekazu Watanabe and Tsuneo Urisu, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3885
DOI: 10.1039/b606052h
Photoelectrochemical characterisation and optimisation of electrodeposited ZnO thin films sensitised by porphyrins and phthalocyanines
K. Nonomura, T. Loewenstein, E. Michaelis, D. Wöhrle, T. Yoshida, H. Minoura and D. Schlettwein, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3867
DOI: 10.1039/b604352f
Photobrightening and photodarkening in PbS quantum dots
Jeffrey J. Peterson and Todd D. Krauss, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3851
DOI: 10.1039/b604743b
An atomistic MD simulation and pair-distribution-function study of disorder and reactivity of 
-AlF3 nanoparticles
Santanu Chaudhuri, Peter Chupas, Benjamin J. Morgan, Paul A. Madden and Clare P. Grey, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 5045
DOI: 10.1039/b604750e
Functionalized carbon nanotubes as sensitive materials for electrochemical detection of ultra-trace 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene
Hong-Xia Zhang, Jin-Song Hu, Cun-Ji Yan, Li Jiang and Li-Jun Wan, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3567
DOI: 10.1039/b604587c
Solid state NMR studies of photoluminescent cadmium chalcogenide nanoparticles
Christopher I. Ratcliffe, Kui Yu, John A. Ripmeester, Md. Badruz Zaman, Cristina Badarau and Shanti Singh, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3510
DOI: 10.1039/b606507b
High efficiency flexible ITO-free polymer/fullerene photodiodes
J. Huang, X. Wang, Y. Kim, A. J. deMello, D. D. C. Bradley and J. C. deMello, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3904
DOI: 10.1039/b607016g
Effect of composition and packing configuration on the dichroic optical properties of coinage metal nanorods
M. B. Cortie, X. Xu and M. J. Ford, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3520
DOI: 10.1039/b604333j
Reactions of alkyl-radicals with gold and silver nanoparticles in aqueous solutions
Tomer Zidki, Haim Cohen and Dan Meyerstein, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3552
DOI: 10.1039/b604140j
Understanding the self-assembly of charged nanoparticles at the water/oil interface
François Reincke, Willem K. Kegel, Hao Zhang, Marc Nolte, Dayang Wang, Daniel Vanmaekelbergh and Helmuth Möhwald, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3828
DOI: 10.1039/b604535a
Helicity and temperature effects on static properties of water molecules confined in modified carbon nanotubes
Liang-Liang Huang, Qing Shao, Ling-Hong Lu, Xiao-Hua Lu, Lu-Zheng Zhang, Jun Wang and Shao-yi Jiang, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3836
DOI: 10.1039/b604585p
Can scanning tunnelling spectroscopy measure the density of states of semiconductor quantum dots?
Peter Liljeroth, Lucian Jdira, Karin Overgaag, Bruno Grandidier, Sylvia Speller and Daniël Vanmaekelbergh, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3845
DOI: 10.1039/b605436f
Local structure of xenon adsorbed in the nanospaces of zeolites as studied by high-pressure 129Xe NMR
Hironori Omi, Takahiro Ueda, Noriko Kato, Keisuke Miyakubo and Taro Eguchi, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3857
DOI: 10.1039/b604633a
Synthesis and characterization of SiC materials with hierarchical porosity obtained by replication techniques
Kirstin Sonnenburg, Philipp Adelhelm, Markus Antonietti, Bernd Smarsly, Robert Nöske and Peter Strauch, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3561
DOI: 10.1039/b604819f
Improved efficiency of photovoltaics based on CdSe nanorods and poly(3-hexylthiophene) nanofibers
Baoquan Sun and Neil C. Greenham, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3557
DOI: 10.1039/b604734n
Electron beam lithographically-defined scanning electrochemical-atomic force microscopy probes: fabrication method and application to high resolution imaging on heterogeneously active surfaces
Phillip S. Dobson, John M. R. Weaver, David P. Burt, Mark N. Holder, Neil R. Wilson, Patrick R. Unwin and Julie V. Macpherson, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3909
DOI: 10.1039/b605828k
Contributions from radiation damping and surface scattering to the linewidth of the longitudinal plasmon band of gold nanorods: a single particle study
Carolina Novo, Daniel Gomez, Jorge Perez-Juste, Zhenyuan Zhang, Hristina Petrova, Maximilian Reismann, Paul Mulvaney and Gregory V. Hartland, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3540
DOI: 10.1039/b604856k
Temperature induced restoration of fluorescence from oxidised single-walled carbon nanotubes in aqueous sodium dodecylsulfate solution
Adrian Nish and Robin J. Nicholas, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3547
DOI: 10.1039/b604045d
Electronic properties and reactivity of Pt-doped carbon nanotubes
Wei Quan Tian, Lei Vincent Liu and Yan Alexander Wang, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3528
DOI: 10.1039/b604032m
Simulation of the pressure-driven wurtzite to rock salt phase transition in nanocrystals
Benjamin J. Morgan and Paul A. Madden, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3304
DOI: 10.1039/b604390a
Molecules that mimic Schottky diodes
Geoffrey J. Ashwell, Barbara Urasinska and Wayne D. Tyrrell, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3314
DOI: 10.1039/b604092f
C28 fullerites—structure, electronic properties and intercalates
Andrey Enyashin, Sibylle Gemming, Thomas Heine, Gotthard Seifert and Lyuben Zhechkov, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3320
DOI: 10.1039/b604737h
Nucleation and growth of cobalt nanostructures on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite
S. W. Poon, J. S. Pan and E. S. Tok, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3326
DOI: 10.1039/b604627b
Charge transfers at metal/oxide interfaces: a DFT study of formation of K
+ and Au– species on MgO/Ag(100) ultra-thin films from deposition of neutral atoms
Livia Giordano and Gianfranco Pacchioni, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3335
DOI: 10.1039/b604288k
Preparation and photoluminescence properties of Y2SiO5:Eu3+ nanocrystals
Pushpal Ghosh, Suparna Sadhu and Amitava Patra, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3342
DOI: 10.1039/b603273g
Shape and size effects in the optical properties of metallic nanorods
E. Stefan Kooij and Bene Poelsema, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2006, 8, 3349
DOI: 10.1039/b518389h
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