摘要
The Nano Research Award,established by Nano Research together with Tsinghua University Press(TUP)and Springer Nature in 2013,is awarded for outstanding contributions in nanoscience and nanotechnology by individual scientists in all the world.The winners are selected by the Award Committee after receiving nominations.To date,the Nano Research Award has been awarded to 12 scientists.I am very honored to receive the Nano Research Award in 2020,with Prof.Rogers.The recognition is greatly an acknowledgement of the scientific advances achieved by my graduate students and postdoctoral fellows-laborious,talented,dedicated,creative,collaborative people,of the very highest caliber.The topics of this special issue span a wide range,as a powerful set of projects at the forefront of nanoscience and nanotechnology,briefly summarized by topic area as follows:nanoelectronic-photonic devices and functional mesoporous materials.Prof.Rogers has introduced the recent progresses about the nanoelectronic-photonic devices.