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Volume 2 Issue 4, April 2007

Improved performance for nanotube electronics.

Article by D. J. Kang et al | News and Views by Seunghun Hong and Sung Myung

Volume 2 Issue 4

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  • First isolated less than three years ago, graphene is currently the hottest topic in condensed-matter physics and materials science. Expect further breakthroughs in fundamental physics and, possibly, the advent of graphene-based electronics.

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  • Nanotechnology will make it easier for governments and companies to invade the privacy of citizens and customers, warns Chris Toumey.

    • Chris Toumey
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  • With exciting new results appearing every week, graphene is one of the hottest topics in physics, and may also form the basis of a new approach to electronics a decade from now.

    • Jeroen van den Brink
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  • Numerous copies of a pumpkin-shaped molecule can be linked together to form a nanocapsule shell that can trap compounds inside. The outer surface of this capsule can be decorated with other species by plugging them into the cavities of the hollowed-out pumpkins.

    • Darrell W. Kuykendall
    • Steven C. Zimmerman
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  • Keeping drug-delivery vehicles in the bloodstream for a long time is a challenge. New results suggest that adopting the filamentous shape of viruses may lead to better nanocarriers.

    • Nobuhiro Nishiyama
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  • Relatively little is known about how spins interact with an organic environment. Now, a study of organic nanowires shows that spin information is preserved over exceptionally long times.

    • Stefano Sanvito
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  • An innovative and scalable strategy for making high-density arrays of aligned nanotubes could lead to the mass-production of high-performance, high-power flexible electronics.

    • Seunghun Hong
    • Sung Myung
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