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Editor’s Picks: Nanomaterials

Updated November 22, 2017 Partnered Collections, Special Issues

This collection showcases articles published in PLOS journals on nanomaterials, featuring the fabrication and application of nanosized materials and structures. As the selection shows, this field is very broad, spanning inorganic, organic, soft, bio and composite materials with topics which touch upon large scale production, physical and mechanical properties, vaccines, living cells and more. In these Editor’s Picks, PLOS ONE Associate Editor in chemistry and materials science Helen Howard highlights some of the latest research on nanomaterials and nanotechnology. We welcome submissions in this field and hope to grow our collection over time.

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10.1371/journal.pone.0133088

PLOS ONE Automated Defect and Correlation Length Analysis of Block Copolymer Thin Film Nanopatterns
July 24, 2015 Jeffrey N. Murphy, Kenneth D. Harris, Jillian M. Buriak
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10.1371/journal.pone.0127532

PLOS ONE New Perspective in the Formulation and Characterization of Didodecyldimethylammonium Bromide (DMAB) Stabilized Poly(Lactic-co-Glycolic Acid) (PLGA) Nanoparticles
July 6, 2015 Rebecca Gossmann, Klaus Langer, Dennis Mulac
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10.1371/journal.pone.0151439

PLOS ONE Facile Preparation of Nanostructured, Superhydrophobic Filter Paper for Efficient Water/Oil Separation
March 16, 2016 Jianhua Wang, Jessica X. H. Wong, Honoria Kwok, Xiaochun Li, Hua-Zhong Yu
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10.1371/journal.pone.0155718

PLOS ONE The Power of Heterogeneity: Parameter Relationships from Distributions
May 16, 2016 Magnus Röding, Siobhan J. Bradley, Nathan H. Williamson, Melissa R. Dewi, Thomas Nann, Magnus Nydén
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10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005029

PLOS Computational Biology A Monte Carlo Study of Knots in Long Double-Stranded DNA Chains
September 15, 2016 Florian C. Rieger, Peter Virnau
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10.1371/journal.pone.0135632

PLOS ONE Fabrication of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene Nanostructures with Anodic Alumina Oxide Templates, Characterization and Biofilm Development Test for Staphylococcus epidermidis
August 18, 2015 Camille Desrousseaux, Régis Cueff, Claire Aumeran, Ghislain Garrait, Bénédicte Mailhot-Jensen, Ousmane Traoré, Valérie Sautou
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http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0005071

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Precisely Molded Nanoparticle Displaying DENV-E Proteins Induces Robust Serotype-Specific Neutralizing Antibody Responses
October 20, 2016 Stefan W. Metz, Shaomin Tian, Gabriel Hoekstra, Xianwen Yi, Michelle Stone, Katie Horvath, Michael J. Miley, Joseph DeSimone, Chris J. Luft, Aravinda M. de Silva
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10.1371/journal.pone.0166816

PLOS ONE Detection of Endotoxin Contamination of Graphene Based Materials Using the TNF-α Expression Test and Guidelines for Endotoxin-Free Graphene Oxide Production
November 23, 2016 Sourav P. Mukherjee, Neus Lozano, Melanie Kucki, Antonio E. Del Rio-Castillo, Leon Newman, Ester Vázquez, Kostas Kostarelos, Peter Wick, Bengt Fadeel
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10.1371/journal.pone.0154686

PLOS ONE Large-Scale Production of Nanographite by Tube-Shear Exfoliation in Water
April 29, 2016 Nicklas Blomquist, Ann-Christine Engström, Magnus Hummelgård, Britta Andres, Sven Forsberg, Håkan Olin
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10.1371/journal.pone.0138330

PLOS ONE Graphite Carbon-Supported Mo₂C Nanocomposites by a Single-Step Solid State Reaction for Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction
September 18, 2015 K. Huang, K. Bi, C. Liang, S. Lin, W. J. Wang, T. Z. Yang, J. Liu, R. Zhang, D. Y. Fan, Y. G. Wang, M. Lei
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10.1371/journal.pone.0136293

PLOS ONE Experimental Investigation of Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Silica Nanoparticle-Reinforced Poly(acrylamide) Nanocomposite Hydrogels
August 24, 2015 Josergio Zaragoza, Nasim Babhadiashar, Victor O’Brien, Andrew Chang, Matthew Blanco, Aitor Zabalegui, Hohyun Lee, Prashanth Asuri
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10.1371/journal.pone.0143727

PLOS ONE Double-Layer Magnetic Nanoparticle-Embedded Silica Particles for Efficient Bio-Separation
November 24, 2015 San Kyeong, Cheolhwan Jeong, Homan Kang, Hong-Jun Cho, Sung-Jun Park, Jin-Kyoung Yang, Sehoon Kim, Hyung-Mo Kim, Bong-Hyun Jun, Yoon-Sik Lee
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10.1371/journal.pbio.2002214

PLOS Biology The in vivo structure of biological membranes and evidence for lipid domains
May 23, 2017 Jonathan D. Nickels, Sneha Chatterjee, Christopher B. Stanley, Shuo Qian, Xiaolin Cheng, Dean A. A. Myles, Robert F. Standaert, James G. Elkins, John Katsaras
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10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004729

PLOS Computational Biology Fluctuating Nonlinear Spring Model of Mechanical Deformation of Biological Particles
January 28, 2016 Olga Kononova, Joost Snijder, Yaroslav Kholodov, Kenneth A. Marx, Gijs J. L. Wuite, Wouter H. Roos, Valeri Barsegov