Basic instincts - p59

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.25

It is essential that governments continue to fund research that does not appear to have any obvious economic benefits, even in a field as focused on applications as nanotechnology.

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Subject Categories: Education and research | Industry and IPR

Reclaiming academia from post-academia - pp60 - 62

Philip Moriarty

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.11

The increasing emphasis on commercialization and market forces in modern universities is fundamentally at odds with core academic principles. Publicly funded academics have an obligation to carry out science for the public good, and this responsibility is not compatible with the entrepreneurial ethos increasingly expected of university research by governments and funding agencies.

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Setting the standard - pp63 - 64

Adarsh Sandhu

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.12

Researchers from Japan are at the forefront of international efforts to establish standards for assessing the risks associated with nanomaterials. Adarsh Sandhu reports.

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Subject Category: Environmental, health and safety issues

The economy of promises - pp65 - 66

Richard Jones

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.14

Is it possible to reconcile the caution of most scientists about their results with the demands of the media for headlines and the growing emphasis placed by funding agencies on the economic impact of research? Richard Jones urges scientists to be careful in their claims.

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Subject Categories: Education and research | Ethical, legal and other societal issues

Bacteria make nanotubes, quantum dots and photonic crystals get close, DNA and nanotubes join forces, graphene nanoflakes could be magnetic, and more - pp68 - 69

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.15

Full Text - Bacteria make nanotubes, quantum dots and photonic crystals get close, DNA and nanotubes join forces, graphene nanoflakes could be magnetic, and more | PDF (245 KB) - Bacteria make nanotubes, quantum dots and photonic crystals get close, DNA and nanotubes join forces, graphene nanoflakes could be magnetic, and more

Top down bottom up: Give and take - p69

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.16

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

Energy-harvesting devices: Beyond the battery - pp71 - 72

Bruce E. White, Jr

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.19

A wide variety of nanomaterials are being explored in the search for technologies that can extract energy from the environment to generate electrical power for sensors and other devices.

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Subject Categories: Electronic properties and devices | Nanomaterials | Nanosensors and other devices

Electronic devices: The flip side of quantum computing - pp72 - 73

Karsten Flensberg

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.20

The electron spin on a semiconductor device can be manipulated with high-speed electrical signals, which is a major step toward scalable quantum computing.

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Subject Categories: Electronic properties and devices | Quantum information

Nanopores: A makeover for membranes - pp73 - 74

Lane A. Baker & Sean P. Bird

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.13

A straightforward method for coating nanopore membranes with functional polymers puts a new face on an old friend by enabling the size and adsorption properties of the pores to be easily tuned.

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Subject Categories: Molecular self-assembly | Nanomaterials

Molecular motors: DNA gets a little cagey - pp75 - 76

Chengde Mao

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.24

DNA self-assembly is the basis for building three-dimensional structures. Now it is possible to use DNA as 'fuel' to change the shape of these nanostructures.

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Nanomaterials: Silicon goes thermoelectric - p76

Peter Rodgers

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.17

Full Text - NanomaterialsSilicon goes thermoelectric | PDF (154 KB) - NanomaterialsSilicon goes thermoelectric

Subject Categories: Electronic properties and devices | Nanomaterials

Nanoelectronics: Negative capacitance to the rescue? - pp77 - 78

Victor V. Zhirnov & Ralph K. Cavin

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.18

Can ferroelectric materials help transistors overcome the 'Boltzmann tyranny' that limits the performances of conventional semiconductor devices?

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Subject Category: Electronic properties and devices

Nucleic acid and nucleotide-mediated synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles - pp81 - 87

Lorenzo Berti & Glenn A. Burley

doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.460

Abstract - | Full Text - Nucleic acid and nucleotide-mediated synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles | PDF (361 KB) - Nucleic acid and nucleotide-mediated synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles

Bottom-up assembly of large-area nanowire resonator arrays - pp88 - 92

Mingwei Li, Rustom B. Bhiladvala, Thomas J. Morrow, James A. Sioss, Kok-Keong Lew, Joan M. Redwing, Christine D. Keating & Theresa S. Mayer

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.26

Abstract - | Full Text - Bottom-up assembly of large-area nanowire resonator arrays | PDF (819 KB) - Bottom-up assembly of large-area nanowire resonator arrays | Supplementary information

Reconfigurable, braced, three-dimensional DNA nanostructures - pp93 - 96

Russell P. Goodman, Mike Heilemann, Sören Doose, Christoph M. Erben, Achillefs N. Kapanidis & Andrew J. Turberfield

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.3

Abstract - | Full Text - Reconfigurable, braced, three-dimensional DNA nanostructures | PDF (302 KB) - Reconfigurable, braced, three-dimensional DNA nanostructures | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Molecular machines and motors | Nanobiotechnology

See also: News and Views by Mao

An all-metallic logic gate based on current-driven domain wall motion - pp97 - 100

Peng Xu, Ke Xia, Changzhi Gu, Ling Tang, Haifang Yang & Junjie Li

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.1

Abstract - | Full Text - An all-metallic logic gate based on current-driven domain wall motion | PDF (282 KB) - An all-metallic logic gate based on current-driven domain wall motion | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Electronic properties and devices | Nanomagnetism and spintronics

Processable aqueous dispersions of graphene nanosheets - pp101 - 105

Dan Li, Marc B. Müller, Scott Gilje, Richard B. Kaner & Gordon G. Wallace

doi:10.1038/nnano.2007.451

Abstract - | Full Text - Processable aqueous dispersions of graphene nanosheets | PDF (381 KB) - Processable aqueous dispersions of graphene nanosheets | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Nanomaterials | Synthesis and processing

Quantum size effect in TiO₂ nanoparticles prepared by finely controlled metal assembly on dendrimer templates - pp106 - 111

Norifusa Satoh, Toshio Nakashima, Kenta Kamikura & Kimihisa Yamamoto

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.2

Abstract - | Full Text - Quantum size effect in TiO2 nanoparticles prepared by finely controlled metal assembly on dendrimer templates | PDF (637 KB) - Quantum size effect in TiO2 nanoparticles prepared by finely controlled metal assembly on dendrimer templates | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Nanoparticles | Synthesis and processing

Molecular discrimination inside polymer nanotubules - pp112 - 117

Elamprakash N. Savariar, K. Krishnamoorthy & S. Thayumanavan

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.6

Abstract - | Full Text - Molecular discrimination inside polymer nanotubules | PDF (2,227 KB) - Molecular discrimination inside polymer nanotubules | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Molecular self-assembly | Nanomaterials

See also: News and Views by Baker & Bird