Large specific surface area nanostructures are desirable in a wide range of sensing applications due to their longer light-trapping path and increased absorption. Engineering the nanotree structure which possesses high branch density turned out be challenging from experimental point view, certainly not adequately explored. This paper shows how design substrates with silicon for surface-enhanced...

The replacement of noble metal technologies and the realization of new reactivities with earth-abundant metals is at the heart of sustainable synthesis. Alkene hydrogenations have so far been most effectively performed by noble metal catalysts. This study reports an iron-catalyzed hydrogenation protocol for tri- and tetra-substituted alkenes of unprecedented activity and scope under mild condit...

Heterometal doping of metal nanoclusters is a powerful method for tuning their physicochemical properties. Thus far, the dopants incorporated into are limited to group 10–12 metals with closed d-shells. In Research Article (e202302591), Eunji Sim, Dongil Lee, and co-workers show that open d-shell 8 9 can be silver nanocluster by forming metal-hydride superatoms.

H-Ras is a binary switch that is activated by multiple co-factors and triggers several key cellular pathways one of which is MAPK. The specificity and magnitude of downstream activation is achieved by the spatio-temporal organization of the active H-Ras in the plasma membrane. Upon activation, the GTP bound H-Ras binds to Galectin-1 (Gal-1) and becomes transiently immobilized in short-lived nan...

Particle size significantly affects the properties and therefore the potential applications of multiferroics. However, is there special particle size effect in BiFeO3, which has a spiral modulated spin structure? This is still under investigation for sub-5 nm BiFeO3. In this report, the structural, electronic and magnetic properties are investigated for chemically synthesized BiFeO3 nanoparticl...

Poly(amino acid)-coated gold nanoparticles hold promise in biomedical applications, particularly because they combine the unique physicochemical properties of the gold core, excellent biocompatibility, and easy functionalization of the poly(amino acid)-capping shell. Here we report a novel method for the preparation of robust hybrid core-shell nanosystems consisting of a Au144 cluster and a den...