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This Issue pv

doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.124


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Editorial

Live wires p79

doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.129

Nanobiotechnology is in good health and making rapid progress in research laboratories across the world, no matter how you define it.

Subject Categories: Nanobiotechnology | Nanomedicine


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Commentary

Who is winning the global nanorace? pp81 - 83

Angela Hullmann

doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.110

Analysis of scientific papers, patent applications and funding, by geography and area of nanotechnology, reveals the different strengths and weaknesses of Europe with respect to the US, Japan and the rest of the world.

Subject Categories: Education and research | Industry and IPR


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Thesis

What can biology teach us? pp85 - 86

Richard Jones

doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.116

Is it possible to use modern science and engineering techniques to improve on nature, or has evolution already found the best solutions? Richard Jones explores both sides of the argument and the lessons that might be learnt.

Subject Category: Nanobiotechnology


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Books and Arts

Who invented nano? p87

Adarsh Sandhu reviews THE NANOTECH PIONEERS by Steve Edwards

doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.115

Subject Category: Education and research


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News and Views

Nanoelectronics: Crossing boundaries and borders pp91 - 92

Lou-Fé Feiner

doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.112

Collaborations between academic institutions and industrial companies are increasing across Europe, even though each measures progress on different time scales.

Subject Category: Electronic properties and devices


Nanomedicine: Seeing the benefits of ceria pp92 - 94

Gabriel A. Silva

doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.111

Cerium oxide nanoparticles can scavenge reactive molecules in the eye and prevent degenerative retinal disorders in rats. The results suggest that nanoceria particles could be used to treat a variety of problems that cause blindness.

Subject Categories: Nanomedicine | Nanoparticles


Materials synthesis: Towering forests of nanotube trees pp94 - 96

Ray H. Baughman

doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.109

By growing and characterizing over 1,400 samples, researchers have been able to identify the optimum reaction conditions and catalyst structure for the production of ultrahigh 'forests' of double-walled carbon nanotubes.

Subject Categories: Carbon nanotubes and fullerenes | Synthesis and processing


Richard Smalley: Saving the world with nanotechnology pp96 - 97

Donna J. Nelson & Michael Strano

doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.113

Can cutting edge science, applied to the very toughest and most persistent global problems, simultaneously involve and inspire the next generation of scientists?

Subject Category: Education and research


Nanomagnetism: Spin doctors play with single electrons pp98 - 99

Steven C. Erwin

doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.117

It is now possible to prepare a semiconductor quantum dot that contains a single magnetic atom, and then add just one extra electron or 'hole' to it, opening up the possibility of a new era in spintronics.

Subject Categories: Electronic properties and devices | Nanomagnetism and spintronics


Biomaterials: Close to the bone p99

Jessica Thomas

doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.118

Subject Category: Nanomaterials


Polymer Physics: DNA off the Hooke pp100 - 101

Rudolf Podgornik

doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.114

Most models of DNA elasticity ignore the details of how it bends on short length scales. Now, high-resolution atomic force microscope images of DNA on a surface suggest that it is much more flexible than previously thought.

Subject Categories: Computational nanotechnology | Nanobiotechnology | Structural properties


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Letters

Direct growth of aligned carbon nanotubes on bulk metals:  pp112 - 116

S. Talapatra, S. Kar, S. K. Pal, R. Vajtai, L. Ci, P. Victor, M. M. Shaijumon, S. Kaur, O. Nalamasu & P. M. Ajayan

doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.56

Subject Categories: Carbon nanotubes and fullerenes | Electronic properties and devices | Synthesis and processing


Parallel patterning of nanoparticles via electrodynamic focusing of charged aerosols:  pp117 - 121

Hyoungchul Kim, Jaehyun Kim, Hongjoo Yang, Jeongsoo Suh, Taeyoung Kim, Bangwoo Han, Sungwon Kim, Dae Seong Kim, Peter V. Pikhitsa & Mansoo Choi

doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.94

Subject Categories: Nanoparticles | Surface patterning and imaging


Mechanochemistry: targeted delivery of single molecules:  pp122 - 125

Anne-Sophie Duwez, Stéphane Cuenot, Christine Jérôme, Sabine Gabriel, Robert Jérôme, Stefania Rapino & Francesco Zerbetto

doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.92

Subject Category: Surface patterning and imaging


Metal-enhanced fluorescence of colloidal nanocrystals with nanoscale control pp126 - 130

P. P. Pompa, L. Martiradonna, A. Della Torre, F. Della Sala, L. Manna, M. De Vittorio, F. Calabi, R. Cingolani & R. Rinaldi

doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.93

Subject Categories: Photonic structures and devices | Surface patterning and imaging


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Articles

Size-selective growth of double-walled carbon nanotube forests from engineered iron catalysts pp131 - 136

Takeo Yamada, Tatsunori Namai, Kenji Hata, Don N. Futaba, Kohei Mizuno, Jing Fan, Masako Yudasaka, Motoo Yumura & Sumio Iijima

doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.95

Subject Categories: Carbon nanotubes and fullerenes | Synthesis and processing

See also: News and Views by Baughman


High flexibility of DNA on short length scales probed by atomic force microscopy pp137 - 141

Paul A. Wiggins, Thijn van der Heijden, Fernando Moreno-Herrero, Andrew Spakowitz, Rob Phillips, Jonathan Widom, Cees Dekker & Philip C. Nelson

doi:10.1038/nnano.2006.63

Subject Categories: Computational nanotechnology | Nanobiotechnology | Structural properties

See also: News and Views by Podgornik



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