What research papers involving nanotechnology was Matt Halls involved with?
Executive summary
A targeted search of the supplied reporting finds no explicit evidence that any of the individuals named Matthew or Matt Hall in these sources authored research papers in the field labeled “nanotechnology”; the profiles instead document careers in translational drug discovery, assay development and imaging probes (Matthew D. Hall at NCATS), renewable energy engineering (Matthew Hall at NREL), and ecology (a Matt D. Hall research group) [1] [2] [3] [4]. Journals and venues that publish nanotechnology work are cited in the material, but none of the supplied sources tie those journals to publications by these Hall-identities [5] [6] [7].
1. Who the Hall in the reporting actually are — and what they publish
The reporting describes Matthew D. Hall as a senior scientist and scientific director at NCATS whose work centers on developing biochemical and cell-based assays, imaging probes for drug transporters at the blood–brain barrier, mechanisms of chemotherapy resistance, and small‑molecule discovery; his profile lists dozens to hundreds of peer‑reviewed papers but does not enumerate any nanotechnology titles in the provided excerpts [2] [8] [9]. A different Matthew (Matt) Hall is profiled as a principal engineer at NREL focused on floating wind energy and conference papers on wind platform design [3] [10], while a Matt D. Hall lab page shows ecological and evolutionary biology publications [4]. The available profiles therefore point to distinct disciplines — translational pharmacology, renewable energy engineering, and ecology — not explicitly nanotechnology [1] [2] [3] [4].
2. What the supplied sources say about nanotechnology venues — and what that does (not) imply
The collection cites major nanotechnology outlets — Nature Nanotechnology, ACS Nano, Next Nanotechnology and other journals that publish nanoscale research — but those citations describe the journals’ scope and not any Hall-authored papers in them [5] [7] [6] [11]. It is correct reporting to note where nanotech work is typically published, but these source snippets do not connect Matthew/Matt Hall to articles in those journals; inferring authorship from journal mentions would be unsupported by the supplied material [5] [7].
3. Possible intersections — imaging probes, assays and the blurred edge with nanotech
Matthew D. Hall’s NCATS portfolio includes developing imaging probes and drug‑transporter probes at the blood–brain barrier and automated small‑molecule high‑throughput screening, areas that can sometimes overlap with nanomaterials or nano‑enabled imaging agents in broader literature; however, the provided excerpts do not name any nanoparticle, nanomaterial, or explicitly “nanotechnology” publications by Hall, so confirming such intersections requires sources beyond those supplied [2] [9]. The responsible reading of the reporting is that related methodologies exist in Hall’s remit but that no direct nanotechnology paper authorship is documented here [2].
4. Names, identity risk and the limits of the supplied reporting
Multiple professionals named Matthew/Matt(hew) Hall appear in the search results, and the supplied snippets span different institutions and disciplines (NCATS/NIH, NREL, and an academic ecology lab), creating a risk of conflating authorship across people [1] [2] [3] [4]. The provided material does not include a searchable publication list that tags “nanotechnology” for any Hall, nor does it attach DOIs or journal article titles in nanoscience to these profiles, which limits the ability to definitively list nanotechnology papers involving any Hall from this dataset [1] [2] [9].
5. Bottom line and what would close the gap
From the supplied reporting, there is no documented list of nanotechnology research papers authored by the Matthew/Matt Hall figures shown; the NCATS Matthew D. Hall has extensive translational and imaging literature but no nanotechnology‑labeled titles in these excerpts, NREL’s Matthew Hall focuses on wind engineering, and the academic Matt D. Hall’s lab is ecology‑oriented [1] [2] [3] [4]. Confirming nanotechnology authorship would require primary bibliographic records (publication lists, PubMed/Scopus/ORCID entries, or article DOIs) not included in the provided sources; without those, asserting specific nano‑papers by any Hall would exceed the supplied evidence [9].