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Nanoscale

A high impact, peer reviewed journal publishing experimental and theoretical work across the breadth of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Editors-in-Chief: Chunli Bai , Dirk Guldi and Yue Zhang

Open Access: Hybrid

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Since its launch in late 2009, Nanoscale has established itself as a platform for high-quality, cross-community research that bridges the various disciplines involved with nanoscience and nanotechnology, publishing important research from leading international research groups.

Nanoscale is a collaborative venture between the Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing and a leading nanoscience research centre, the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) in Beijing, China.

ISSN: 2040-3372

Journal Impact factor

5.1 (2024)

First decision time (all)

18 days

First decision time (peer reviewed)

38 days

Scope

Nanoscale is a high-impact international journal, publishing high-quality research across nanoscience and nanotechnology. Nanoscale publishes a full mix of research articles on experimental and theoretical work, including reviews, communications, and full papers.

For publication in Nanoscale, papers must report high-quality reproducible new work that will be of significant general interest to the journal's wide international readership.

The journal publishes weekly issues, complementing and building on the nano content already published across the Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing journal portfolio.

Topics covered in the journal include, but are not limited to:

  • Synthesis of nanostructured and nanoscale materials
  • Quantum materials
  • 2D materials
  • Layered materials
  • Layered quantum materials
  • Characterisation of functional nanoscale materials and bio-assemblies
  • Properties of nanoscale materials
  • Self-assembly and molecular organisation
  • Complex hybrid nanostructures
  • Nanocomposites, nanoparticles, nanocrystalline materials, and nanoclusters
  • Nanotubes, molecular nanowires and nanocrystals
  • Molecular nanoscience
  • Nanocatalysis
  • Theoretical modelling
  • Single-molecules
  • Plasmonics
  • Nanoelectronics and molecular electronics
  • Nanophotonics
  • Nanochips, nanosensors, nanofluidics and nanofabrication
  • Carbon-based nanoscale materials and devices
  • Biomimetic materials
  • Nanobiotechnology/bionanomaterials
  • Nanomedicine
  • Regulatory approaches and risk assessment

Readership

Highly interdisciplinary, Nanoscale appeals to scientists, researchers and professionals interested in nanoscience and nanotechnology, quantum materials and quantum technology, including the areas of physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, materials, energy/environment, information technology, detection science, healthcare and drug discovery, and electronics.


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Chunli Bai

Chunli Bai

Honorary Editor-in-chief

Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Dirk Guldi

Dirk Guldi

Editor-in-chief

University Erlangen-Nürnberg

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Yue Zhang

Yue Zhang

Editor-in-chief

University of Science and Technology Beijing

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Gianaurelio (Giovanni) Cuniberti

Gianaurelio (Giovanni) Cuniberti

Associate editor

TU Dresden

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Qing Dai

Qing Dai

Associate editor

National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST)

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Baoquan Ding

Baoquan Ding

Associate editor

National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST)

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Eva Hemmer

Eva Hemmer

Associate editor

University of Ottawa

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Dong Ha Kim

Dong Ha Kim

Ewha Womens University

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Christian Klinke

Christian Klinke

Associate editor

University of Rostock

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Quan Li

Hubei University

Zhiqun Lin

Zhiqun Lin

National University of Singapore

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Renzhi Ma

Renzhi Ma

Associate editor

National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)

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Janet Macdonald

Janet Macdonald

Associate editor

Vanderbilt University

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Elena Shevchenko

Elena Shevchenko

Associate editor

Argonne National Laboratory

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Nguyễn T K Thanh

Professor Nguyễn T K Thanh

Associate editor

University College London

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Jonathan Veinot

Jonathan Veinot

Associate editor

 University of Alberta

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Umesh Waghmare

Umesh Waghmare

Associate editor

 Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

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Jinlan Wang

Jinlan Wang

Associate editor

Southeast University

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Manzhou Zhu

Manzhou Zhu

Associate editor

Anhui University

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Jin Zou

Jin Zou

Associate editor

University of Queensland

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Zhuo Kang

Zhuo Kang

Editorial board member

University of Science and Technology Beijing

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Zhenan Bao

Stanford University

Suryasarathi Bose

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

Stephanie Brock

Wayne State University

Raffaella Buonsanti

EPFL

Cinzia Casiraghi

University of Manchester

Chunying Chen

National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST)

Jingyi Chen

University of Arkansas

Xiaodong Chen

Nanyang Technological University

Wenlong Cheng

University of Sydney

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Serena Cussen

University College Dublin

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Mita Dasog

Dalhousie University

Mingdong Dong

Aarhus University

Yves Dufrêne

Université catholique de Louvain

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Andrea Ferrari

University of Cambridge

Kristen Fichthorn

Penn State

Christy Haynes

University of Minnesota

Guohua Jia

Curtin University

Xingyu Jiang

Southern University of Science and Technology

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RongChao Jin

Carnegie Mellon University

Song Jin

University of Wisconsin

Jesse Jokerst

UCSD

Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh

University of Sydney

Yamuna Krishnan

University of Chicago

Katharina Landfester

Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

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Dattatray Late

CSIR National Chemical Laboratory

Pooi See Lee

Nanyang Technological University

Graham Leggett

 University of Sheffield

Changming Li

Southwest University

Xing Yi Ling

Nanyang Technological University

Jie Liu

Duke University

Laura Na Liu

University of Stuttgart

Xiaogang Liu

National University of Singapore

Yunqi Liu

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Wei Lu

University of Michigan

Liberato Manna

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral

EPFL

Catherine Murphy

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov

Queensland University of Technology

So-Jung Park

Ewha Womans University

Teresa Pellegrino

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

Lakshminarayana Polavarapu

University of Vigo

T Pradeep

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Narayan Pradhan

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

Michael Sailor

University of California

Paolo Samorì

Université de Strasbourg

Hyeon Suk Shin

Sungkyunkwan University

Zhigang Shuai

Tsinghua University

Sara Skrabalak

Indiana University

Francesco Stellacci

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Hong-Bo Sun

Tsinghua University

Lingdong Sun

Peking University

Shouheng Sun

Brown University

Xiaoming Sun

Beijing University of Chemical Technology

Dmitri Talapin

The University of Chicago

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Zhiyong Tang

National Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Mauricio Terrones

The Pennsylvania State University

Sarah Tolbert

University of California

Ventsislav Valev

University of Bath

Miriam Vitiello

CNR Nano

Jianfang Wang

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Benjamin Wiley

Duke University

Xiaojun Wu

University of Science and Technology of China

Yujie Xiong

University of Science and Technology of China

Hongxing Xu

Wuhan University

Lin Xu

East China Normal University

Ya Yang

Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems

Jinhua Ye

National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)

Xiao Cheng Zeng

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Gang Zhang

Institute of High Performance Computing

Hua Zhang

City University of Hong Kong

Miqin Zhang

University of Washington

Yuliang Zhao

National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST)

Michaela Mühlberg

Executive Editor

Heather Montgomery

Managing Editor

Jonathon Watson

Editorial Production Manager

Ella White

Associate Editorial Manager

Tiffany Rogers

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Matthew Blow

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Joe Busby

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Chris Dias

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Juan Gonzalez

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Eleanor Griffiths

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Rob Hinde

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Sam Howell

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Clara Humann

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Francesca Jacklin

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Evie Karkera

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Shruti Karnik

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Sophie Mander

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Tamara Kosikova

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Brian Li

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Sam Mansell

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Carole Martin

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Kirsty McRoberts

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Yasmin Mehanna

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Cat Schofield

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Simon Wallace

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Manman Wang

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Emily Prior

Editorial Assistant

Elizabeth So

Editorial Assistant

Lee Colwill

Publishing Assistant

Sam Keltie

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