Nanoscale

02/06/2026

🏆We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2026 Nanoscale Advances Paper Prize Award! 🏆

Discover the winning and runner-up papers today and read them for free! 👇
https://blogs.rsc.org/nr/2026/05/27/announcing-the-2026-nanoscale-advances-paper-prize-winners/

Join us in congratulating the authors of these amazing articles! 👏

02/06/2026

🎉Last year Nanoscale Horizons celebrated its 10th Anniversary! Alongside the anniversary collection, we received some amazing celebratory covers from our authors. Explore the research and artwork below!

Covers 🔗

10th Anniversary collection 🔗 https://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/articlecollectionlanding?sercode=nh&themeid=0110d691-bdfa-430e-8e8b-44e0054eeeda

We are excited to let you know that our journals content will be migrating to the Silverchair platform, with a planned launch in summer 2026.

01/06/2026

Check out the front cover of issue 10 of Nanoscale Advances!
'Effect of sampling volume on measurements of size and chemical homogeneity of MRI contrast agent FeraSpin™ R' by Lavinia Rita Doveri, Robin Schürmann, Yuri Antonio Diaz Fernandez et al.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5NA00463B

01/06/2026

Check out the front cover of issue 19 of Nanoscale from Xuefei Huang et al.
Plasmonic nanoparticles functionalized with six types of carbohydrates have been synthesized, which can detect pM levels of carbohydrate binding proteins. In addition, they enabled the differentiation of twelve cancer and normal cell lines via surface-enhanced Raman scattering using a single test.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D6NR00776G

01/06/2026

⚡🔋Nanoscale Horizons and Materials Horizons are taking submissions for a themed collection on Beyond Li ion batteries: from materials discovery to interface engineering and would love to receive your latest research.

Find out more about the collection here: https://www.rsc.org/publishing/journals/calls-for-papers/nanoscale-horizons-beyond-post-li-batteries-from-materials-discovery-to-interface-engineering

29/05/2026

Check out this Nanoscale Horizons reflections article by Yves F. Dufrêne et al., an inaugural author from the journal’s launch! Yves reflects on their previous work and the field over the last 10 years.
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Quantifying the nanoscale forces between pathogens (yeasts, bacteria and viruses) and human host cells is key to understanding the first stage of microbial infection, and offers promising prospects in nanomedicine for therapy. In 2016, we published an article in Nanoscale Horizons (S. El-Kirat-Chate...

29/05/2026

Over the years, Nanoscale Horizons and Nanoscale have published quality research across the breadth of nanoscience. Our Indian authors and readers have been a core part of the research community, and it has been inspiring for our journals to witness and support the growth of Indian research.

To showcase some of the great research being carried out, we have selected some of the most popular articles from authors across India. Follow the link below to read the full collection!
🔗 https://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/articlecollectionlanding?sercode=nh&themeid=68dc6dab-4432-45ad-b4e1-15ea17820504

If your institution is included in the One Nation One Subscription initiative, Nanoscale Horizons and Nanoscale articles will be free to access, as these journals are covered by the scheme along with other RSC journals. Read the announcement:
🔗 https://www.rsc.org/news/royal-society-of-chemistry-joins-one-nation-one-subscription?utm_campaign=comms_rscindia_onos&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social_organic&utm_content=tgroup_all

28/05/2026

🎉Discover the latest collection in Nanoscale focusing on 'Advanced semiconductor nanocrystals', guest edited by Jannika Lauth, Indranath Chakraborty, Klaus Boldt and Angshuman Nag

Read the full collection here 🔗 https://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/articlecollectionlanding?sercode=nr&themeid=7ccea98b-54c7-4f74-b449-930204abf3e9

28/05/2026

Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale, Nanoscale Advances, Materials Horizons and Materials Advances were delighted to sponsor prizes at the 2nd Early Career Symposium on Advanced Molecular Materials (ECSAMM26) which took place in Valencia, Spain on April 16 and 17, 2026.

Please join us in congratulating the winners on their awards!

Guillermo Gómez Tenés
FUNIMAT
Institute of Molecular Science- ICMol – University of Valencia

Javier Alda Gómez
RTMM
Institute of Molecular Science- ICMol - University of Valencia

Geraldine Sánchez
IInstitute of Molecular Science - ICMol - University of Valencia

Laura González Cervera
Institute of Molecular Science - ICMol - University of Valencia

Materials Horizons Journal of Materials Chemistry

27/05/2026

This year’s Chemical Science symposium is on the topic of digital chemistry in the age of AI and machine learning!

Find out more at https://rsc.li/chemscisymp2026

📢 We are excited to announce this year’s Chemical Science symposium on the topic of digital chemistry in the age of AI and machine learning!

Find out more at https://rsc.li/chemscisymp2026

The symposium is being held in London, UK on the 29th and 30th of October 2026 in person only.

Stay tuned for the reveal of this year's Chemical Science Lectureship winner, who will deliver the keynote talk, and our excellent line-up of speakers!

Topics include:
* AI‑driven chemical discovery
* Computational molecular science
* Atomistic & molecular simulation
* Materials informatics
* Automation in chemical research

20 August 2026 - poster abstract submission deadline
17 September 2026 - early bird registration closes
8 October 2026 - standard registration closes