Nature Nanotechnology - Current issue : November 2009 - Vol 4 No 11
- Single-crystal nanobeams take the strain
- Nanofluidics: Off the wall FREE
- Imaging agents: Going beneath the skin
- Phase change memory: Under pressure
Latest highlights
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Instrumentation
Article by De Angelis et al.A photonic-plasmonic device allows topographic, chemical and structural information to be obtained with a spatial resolution of 7 nm.
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Protein delivery
Letter by Yan et al.Nanocapsules with polymeric shells can effectively deliver proteins into cells and remain functional once inside.
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Nanotube photonics
Letter by Mueller et al.Electrically induced light emission from an individual carbon nanotube p-n diode allows emission from free and localized excitons to be identified.
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Cancer detection
Letter by Galanzha et al.Circulating tumour cells can be captured in the bloodstream of mice using magnetic nanoparticles and detected using in vivo multicolour photoacoustic cytometry.
Research Highlights
Art conservation with nanotechnology, plasmonic probes for catalytic reactions, and superconducting single-molecule transistors.
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Graphene
Letter by Tang et al.A new hybrid phonon-exciton excited state in bilayer graphene can be tuned electrically, with possible application to phonon lasers.
