Table of Contents (TOC) Graphic Instructions

The Journal features a Table of Contents that contains a graphic presentation for each entry, in addition to the title and author list. Authors are required to submit a graphic entry for the Table of Contents (TOC) that, in conjunction with the manuscript title, is meant to provide the reader the essence of the work and thereby capture the reader’s attention. It may be a key structure, reaction, equation, concept, or theorem, etc., or an ingenious representation, thereof, that is discussed in the manuscript. Please provide such a TOC graphic entry and adhere to the following instructions as a graphic is composed for the Manuscript. The use of color to enhance the quality and appearance of the TOC graphic is encouraged. The TOC graphic should be appended as the last page of the Manuscript. Please see some of examples in the next page.

Text is limited to the labeling of compounds, reaction arrows, and diagrams. A TOC graphic is not an abstract. The graphic and the title, which will be placed adjacent to the graphic during production, are together meant to attract the reader’s interest without providing specific results. The TOC graphic is subject to approval by the Editor.

Authors are encouraged to examine a current issue for appropriate examples or visit the NANO web site at http://www.worldscientific.com/page/nano/.

Entry for the Table of Contents
Author(s), with * for Corresponding Author(s)
Title:
Text for Table of Contents – lettered with Helvetica font type, preferably at 8 pt but no smaller than 6 pt.; min. 40, max. 80 words; not the same text as the Abstract / Please adjust TOC Graphic to the size of this area; no wider than 9.0 cm and no taller than 3.5 cm; saved as TIFF at 300 dpi resolution for color and at 1200 dpi for black and white

Examples of TOCs

Water-soluble and SERS-active Ag NPs were obtained using one-step method. Polyacrylamide is used as stabilizing agent in aqueous medium. SERS-active substrates made of Ag NPs enhance the Raman signal of R6G and graphene. The water-soluble silver nanoparticles with significant SERS effective could be widely used in practical application for routine SERS analysis and water environment biological monitoring.
Hierarchical Cu2O nanostructure has been successfully fabricated by a novel microwave-assisted method. The concentration of CTAB plays a key role in the growth of Cu2O nanostructures under the experimental condition. The as-synthesized Cu2O samples exhibited high thermal decomposition activity to ammonium perchlorate.

In the current study, we added different amount of Al2O3 nanoparticles (up to 6 wt.%) to Ni-50Ti powder mixture and studied the microstructural changes during MA. It was found that addition of alumina nanoparticles to Ni-Ti MA systems reduces the time of reaching steady state and accelerates phase formation during MA. Microstructural studies showed that the final crystallite size of Ni-Ti milled with reinforcements is smaller than that of the system without nano Al2O3 which extends amorphization. Microhardness results also confirmed the active milling agent effect of nanoparticles.

We developed a carbon nanotube device that performed the dual functions of concentrating and detecting E. Coli in a sample solution. The sensor surface was increased by fabricating a network carbon nanotube, and the target E. Coli was concentrated at the sensor surface via dielectrophoretic concentration by the carbon nanotube network channels. The detection limit and time required for the detection of E. Coli has improved by combining dielectrophoresis with the carbon nanotube devices.