Nature Nanotechnology - CURRENT ISSUE : May 2008 - Vol 3 No 5
- Nanotube wafers scale new heights
- Thin films: Graphene for macroelectronics
- Nanomechanics: The return of the parametron
- Photochemistry: Sunblock for synthetic molecules
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Nanomaterials
Letter by Ramanathan et al.Nanocomposites reinforced with functionalized graphene sheets that form strong interactions with the surrounding polymer matrix are shown to have significantly enhanced thermal and mechanical properties.
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Nanoecotoxicology
Letter by Ghafari et al.Nanoparticles released into the environment could impact the performance of the protozoa that regulate the population of bacteria and other microbes in water. New experiments show that carbon nanotubes are internalized by one such protozoa, T. thermophila, reducing its ability to ingest and digest harmful bacteria species.
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Nanofabrication
Article by Hayamizu et al.Well–defined three–dimensional structures with useful mechanical and electrical properties have been fabricated from highly aligned carbon nanotube wafers using a lithography–based approach in which every fabrication step is both parallel and scalable.
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Instrumentation
Review by Müller & DufrêneThe atomic force microscope has evolved from an imaging technique to a powerful tool for many areas of nanobiotechnology, including fundamental research, medical diagnostics and environmental monitoring.
EditorialResearch Highlights
Dislocations allow nanowires to grow without catalysts, quantum dots join forces to make a microdrop laser, and gold nanoparticles improve the performance of optical tweezers.
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Photochemistry
Letter by Straight et al.A synthetic molecular antenna has been designed to regulate the efficiency with which it converts light into potential energy as the intensity of illumination changes, in a process that mimics what happens in green plants during photosynthesis.
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