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High throughput synthesis, characterisation and optimisation of nanomaterials

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Deadline: 17 September 2025
Guest Editors: Philip D. Howes, University of Sussex
Caterina Minelli, National Physical Laboratory
Michael Thomas, University College London
Catherine Hansel, Novo Nordisk

A themed collection focusing on:

  • Pioneering Nanotechnology and Biotechnology: Topics exploring how high-throughput methods and automation are enabling breakthroughs in nanomaterials design and development with transformative potential in fields such as medicine, energy, and environmental science.
  • Advancing High-Throughput Synthesis: Studies focusing on scalable and efficient approaches to synthesising nanomaterials with precise control over their properties e.g. size, shape, and composition.
  • Innovations in Characterisation Techniques: Research into high-throughput analytical tools designed to rapidly and accurately characterise the properties of nanomaterials.
  • Accelerated Optimisation: Research focused on rapid and/or automated optimisation of nanomaterials synthesis processes or product properties.
  • Data-Driven Approaches in Nanotechnology: Investigations leveraging automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data analytics to accelerate discoveries and innovations in nanomaterial research.
  • Cross-Disciplinary Applications: Contributions demonstrating the role of high-throughput nanomaterials research in cross-cutting areas such as medical, renewable energy, catalysis, water purification, environmental remediation, advanced electronics, food safety, wearable technologies etc.

Submissions should fit within the scope of the collection and Nanoscale Advances. Manuscripts should be submitted via the online submission service and the Editorial Office informed by email. Please add a “note to the editor” in the submission form when you submit your manuscript to say that this is a submission for the themed collection.

The Editorial Office and Guest Editors reserve the right to check suitability of submissions in relation to the scope of the collection and inclusion of accepted articles in the collection is not guaranteed. All manuscripts will be subject to the journal's usual peer review process. Accepted manuscripts will be added to the online collection as soon as they are online, and they will be published in a regular issue of Nanoscale Advances.

Nanoscale Advances

Impact factor

4.6 (2024)

First decision time (all)

27 days

First decision time (peer)

39 days

Editor-in-chief

Chunli Bai

Open access

Gold

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