Articles in 2009

Quantum dots with a graduated chemical composition enable the production of high performance green-light-emitting diodes.

Polymeric anode material enables realization of all-organic printable batteries.

Scientists have designed an organic ferroelectric material by crystallizing molecules that rotate in an electric field.

Raman spectroscopy enables in situ monitoring of the electrical conductance of a single carbon nanotube.

Cyclodextrin operates under light to control drug release for novel therapeutic systems.

Novel carbon nanotube conjugates penetrate plant cells enabling the transport of molecular cargoes.

Fine tuning the properties of synthetic precursors enables control of the morphology and composition of germanium-based nanostructures.

Scanning tunneling microscopy provides details on the electronic states of an electron gas in the quantum Hall regime.

Theoretical analysis reveals a powerful chemical approach for producing graphene nanoribbons with the desired structural features.

Despite their layered structure, superconductivity in the novel iron-based superconductors is isotropic.

A layer of nano-sized columns improves the light absorption efficiency of solar panels.

An autonomously regulated sensitizer dye has been created with potential use in photodynamic therapy.

The ordered stacking of bowl-shaped molecules in the solid state means that the orientation of the crystal has a dramatic effect on their conductivity.

A new solid state electrolyte offers a route for producing safer, liquid-free lithium-ion batteries.

The electrical properties of semiconducting polymers can be maintained in low-weight-percentage blends by processing in a poor solvent.

Analogues of well-known organic green-light-emitting diode materials make efficient blue devices.

An new method using mild reaction conditions offers an environmentally friendly approach for the mass production of graphene from graphite oxide.

A new method for synthesizing graphene based on nickel substrates shows promise for producing large areas of graphene films for highly conducting, transparent electrodes.

The alignment of pentacene molecules is tuned exposing the substrate to light.

A successful route to dope semiconductor nanocrystals with magnetic impurities.