Importance of Surface Topography in Both Biological Activity and Catalysis of Nanomaterials: Can Catalysis by Design Guide Safe by Design? by Mary Gulumian, Charlene Andraos, Antreas Afantitis, Tomasz Puzyn, Neil J. Coville

“…Nanotopography, defined as the specific surface features at the nanoscopic scale, is not widely acknowledged as an important physicochemical property. …”
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Interferometric scattering microscopy (iSCAT): new frontiers in ultrafast and ultrasensitive optical microscopy. by Ortega-Arroyo, J, Kukura, P

“…The advent of single-molecule optics over the past few decades has ushered in a new era in optical imaging, partly because it has enabled the observation of motion and more recently structure on the nanoscopic scale through the development of super-resolution techniques. …”

Nanocellulose-based materials and recent application for heavy metal removal by Ibrahim, H., Sazali, N., Salleh, W. N. W., Ismail, A. F.

“…The term “nanocellulose” is used for cellulosic material having a nanoscopic scale (or nanoscale) for their dimensional characteristics. …”

Water-soluble fullerenes for medical applications by Rašović, I

“…Synthesis and characterisation of this nanomaterial blur the line between materials science and chemistry; careful tuning of the processing methods gives birth to a whole family of molecules and their functionalised derivatives, whose unusual properties at this nanoscopic scale can be exploited in cutting-edge technological applications. …”

Nanocellulose‑based materials and recent application for heavy metal removal by Haziqatulhanis, Ibrahim, Norazlianie, Sazali, Wan Norharyati, Wan Salleh, Ahmad Fauzi, Ismail

“…The term “nanocellulose” is used for cellulosic material having a nanoscopic scale (or nanoscale) for their dimensional characteristics. …”
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High-speed single-particle tracking of GM1 in model membranes reveals anomalous diffusion due to interleaflet coupling and molecular pinning. by Spillane, K, Ortega-Arroyo, J, de Wit, G, Eggeling, C, Ewers, H, Wallace, M, Kukura, P

“…By tracking the motion of the ganglioside lipid GM1 bound to the cholera toxin B subunit for different substrates and lipid tail properties, we show that molecular pinning and interleaflet coupling between lipid tail domains on a nanoscopic scale suffice to induce transient immobilization and thereby anomalous subdiffusion on the millisecond time scale.…”

Layer-by-Layer Investigation of Ultrastructures and Biomechanics of Human Cornea by Erick Rafael Dias Rates, Charles Duarte Almeida, Elaine de Paula Fiod Costa, Roberta Jansen de Mello Farias, Ralph Santos-Oliveira, Luciana Magalhães Rebelo Alencar

“…Although several studies have been done on the cornea on the macroscopic scale, there is a lack of studies on the micro-nanoscopic scale, especially an analysis evaluating the cornea layer by layer. …”
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From electrons to cancer : Redox shift as a driving force of tumorigenesis by Romain Attal, Ashraf Bakkar, Frédéric Bouillaud, Anne Devin, Marc Henry, Maxime Pontié, Miroslav Radman, Laurent Schwartz

“…The existence of electric short-circuits between oxidative branches and reductive branches of the metabolic network argue in favor of an electronic approach of cancer in the nanoscopic scale. These changes of electron flows induce a pseudo-hypoxia and the Warburg effect through succinate production and divert electrons from oxygen to biosynthetic pathways. …”
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Structure Optimization of Some Single-Ion Conducting Polymer Electrolytes with Increased Conductivity Used in “Beyond Lithium-Ion” Batteries by Dan Butnicu, Daniela Ionescu, Maria Kovaci

“…Issues like interaction forces at the nanoscopic scale, charge carrier mobility, conductivity in the cell, and energy density of the electrodes were implied in the analysis. …”
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Heterogeneity in La Distribution in Highly La-Doped SrTiO₃ Crystals by Michał Marek Pilch, Christian Rodenbücher, Franciszek Krok, Kristof Szot

“…Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and selected area diffraction (SAD) microscopic investigation have confirmed the second hypothesis, namely, that in different regions of LSTO, the local concentration of La shows a substantial variation on the micro- and nanoscopic scale. In order to study the influence of the La dopants on the electronic structure and, therefore, on the electrical conductivity, we have used the local conductivity atomic force microscopy (LCAFM) method as a local electrical probe to map the in-plane electrical conductivity of the La-doped crystal’s surface. …”
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Impact of aging on the phase behavior of cocoa butter and copra oil blends by Julie Bloquet-Maurras, Ahmed Bentaleb, Eric Laurichesse, Mathilde Bayard, Véronique Schmitt

“…XRD highlights fat interactions at the nanoscopic scale and allows the precise attribution of polymorphic transitions perceived with DSC. …”
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