Articles in 2009

Electrospinning enables high-yield fabrication of GaN nanowires for optoelectronic applications.

Chromophore design enables high-efficiency organic light-emitting diodes operating in the infrared spectrum.

Scientists demonstrate super-radiance due to excitons in a zinc oxide nanostructure.

Organic microtubes demonstrate promising waveguiding properties for integrated photonic circuits.

Time-of-flight spectroscopy using positrons yields three-dimensional information about pore structures in mesoporous films.

Scientists in Japan are finding ways to rotate a nanoscale magnet that avoids the usual problems of heating.

New magnetic nanoparticles allow researchers to monitor tumor cell suicide occurring in response to anti-cancer drugs.

Low-temperature synthesis route shows potential for the fabrication of nanodevices on a wide variety of substrates.

The development of biocompatible infrared-to-visible upconversion nanoparticles makes a compelling case for in vivo applications.

Double ion implantation followed by sacrificial etching of bulk diamond is used to produce ultrathin high-quality diamond films.

Recording high resolution transmission electron images from two orthogonal directions provides the solution to a long-standing problem in surface science.

Doping organic light-emitting molecules into air-stable matrices enables the fabrication of polymer nanowire lasers.

Oxide-based semiconductor enables transistors with high stability for organic displays.

An artificial gel that turns to liquid when stirred could be an excellent new medium for cell cultures.

Position control enables fabrication of finely tuned nanoarrays for field emission applications.

Networks formed by gold nanoparticles linked with diarylethene molecules show responsive conductance photoswitching.

Scientists borrow a simple set up from electrochemistry to generate an electric field that can turn an insulator into a superconductor.

Surface to volume ratio could be a more useful metric than diameter when comparing the properties of semiconductor nanowires.

The incorporation of quantum dots into three-dimensional photonic crystals leads to a strong electron-photon interaction.