About Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology™ aims to publish original research at the forefront of nanoscale science and technology across all disciplines. The journal’s scope encompasses the study of both fundamental phenomena at the nanoscale and applications of these phenomena. ‘Nanotechnology’ is taken to include the ability to individually address, control, and modify structures, materials and devices with nanometre precision, and the synthesis of such structures into systems of micro- and macroscopic dimensions such as MEMS based devices.

To be publishable in the journal, articles must meet the highest scientific quality standards, contain significant and original new science, and make substantial advances in nanoscale science and technology. Research on the synthesis of materials should contain a significant innovation either in methodology, materials or demonstrated application. To ensure high editorial standards, every submitted article is initially assessed by the editors of the journal before being sent to independent reviewers. Articles can be rejected without reviewing after this initial assessment by the editors. Due to the high volume of papers that we receive, we regret that we are unable to provide feedback on individual articles. Authors appealing against the decision will have to demonstrate to the Editorial Board of the journal at nano@ioppublishing.org that their paper contains significant new science of high quality and interest.

Quantum Phenomena and Technology

This section covers experimental and theoretical aspects of materials, devices and systems where quantum physics plays an essential role. Examples include quantum materials, characterization and synthesis (quantum wells, wires, dots, and 2D materials demonstrating quantum phenomena); optoelectronics, photonics and electromechanical devices at the nanoscale where quantum physics is clearly demonstrated (spin, quantum confinement, entanglement, quantum statistics, quantum coherence); and quantum systems (qubits, quantum communication, teleportation, quantum computing, quantum information processing, quantum metrology).

Biology and medicine

This section features a range of disciplines concerning nano biomedicine. This covers the latest developments in nanotechnologies for tissue engineering such as nanocomposite scaffolds, nanomaterials for cell and tissue manipulation and nanodevices for sensing and triggering tissue function. Other subject areas include, but are not limited to, the conjugation and manipulation of biomolecules (eg. DNA, protein, or enzymes) to tailored substrates, the delivery, detection, and labelling of nanoparticles for targeted drug release or gene delivery within organisms, and high resolution imaging at the single molecule level.

Electronics and photonics

The electronics and photonics section covers articles on the materials and fabrication technologies for nanodevices, novel electronic and photonic phenomena and systems in the mesoscopic and nanoscale regimes, as well as applications of these devices and structures. The section also includes aspects of quantum science and technology, such as semiconducting and magnetic nanostructures, quantum optics and computing, spintronics and information processing in solid state systems.

Patterning and nanofabrication

This section focuses on comprehensive presentations of novel processing methods with nanometre resolution. Topics encompass a wide range of patterning and nanolithography techniques including the assembly of inorganic and organic nanomaterials, electron and ion beam induced nanopatterning, modifications of nanomaterial properties and new applications based on these materials.

Sensing and actuating

The sensing section covers a diverse range of detection methods sensitive to the nanoscale and able to enhance and convey information to the macroscopic level.

Materials: synthesis or self-assembly

The materials synthesis section concerns the fabrication and growth of materials with nanoscale precision and control. To be considered within the scope, papers should include more than direct material synthesis and characterization, focusing in addition upon methodology, assembly or application directed synthesis.

Materials: properties, characterization or tools

The section is conceived for original concise and comprehensive articles across all disciplines, reporting the measurement of properties intrinsic to the nanoscale, and those techniques devised to characterize materials at this scale such as, inter alia, SPM. This section is also intended for articles concerned with the understanding and prediction of properties through theoretical and computer modelling.

• Fast publication: we are committed to providing you with a quick, professional service to ensure rapid first decision, acceptance and publication. Once accepted, your article will be accessible to readers within 24 hours and will include a citable DOI.
• Open access: Nanotechnology offers authors the option to publish fully Open Access.
• Transfer opportunities: as well as accepting direct submissions, the journal also offers you a quick and easy solution to transfer your manuscript to another IOP Publishing journal if it does not fit that journal’s scope or significance criteria. Articles are transferred along with peer review reports to save time and avoid duplication of work for reviewers. In addition, Nanotechnology has a unique transfer partnership with its high-impact companion journal Nano Futures whereby exceptional research submitted to Nanotechnology may be offered a transfer to Futures, where it will benefit from additional coverage and promotion.
• International Editorial Board: Nanotechnology is led by a team of experienced researchers.
• Society owned: IOP Publishing is a leading society publisher of advanced physics research. Any profits generated by IOP Publishing are invested in the Institute of Physics, helping to support research, education and outreach around the world.

Nanotechnology welcomes submissions of the following article types:

• Research papers: reports of high-quality original research work representing a significant advance in the field; not normally more than 8500 words (10 journal pages).
• Letters: outstanding concise articles, reporting important, new and timely developments. These articles should be deserving of priority review, and you are required to upload a justification statement along with your submission. To aid rapid review letters should be fewer than 5000 words in length.
• Topical Reviews: written by leading researchers in their fields these invited articles present the background to and overview of a particular field, and report on the current state of the art. They are generally 10000–12500 words in length.
• Comments and Replies: comment or criticism on work previously published in the journal. These are usually published with an associated reply. Comments should be no more than one journal page (850 words) in length.
• Tutorials: personal viewpoint and insight into a particular subject area appealing to a wider audience, including undergraduates and researchers working in any of the various fields of nanotechnology. Tutorials are normally commissioned by the Editorial Board but we also welcome unsolicited submissions to the journal.
• Perspectives: perspective articles are commissioned commentaries authored by some of the leading researchers in the nanotechnology community, aimed at highlighting the significance, impact and wider implications of research appearing in Nanotechnology.
• Focus Collection Articles: invited articles which form a special collection of papers on a specific theme of particular interest to the collection. For more information and to view the current Collections please visit the Focus Collections page.

Authors should note that the journal fully endorses the principles embodied in the Declaration of Helsinki. All investigations involving humans must be conducted in accordance with these principles and in accordance with local statutory requirements. All investigations involving animal experimentation must be conducted in accordance with the ‘Guiding Principles for Research Involving Animals and Human Beings’ as adopted by the American Physiological Society, and with local statutory requirements.

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