Who, what, when, where, why - p179

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.72

Striking a balance between the need to allocate credit fairly and the need to be readable can be a challenge for editors and journalists when writing about research papers.

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Subject Category: Education and research

The literature of promises - pp180 - 181

Chris Toumey

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.74

How has science fiction been influenced by nanotechnology? And why do so many reports about the possibilities of nanotechnology read like science fiction? Chris Toumey looks for answers.

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Subject Category: Ethical, legal and other societal issues

AFMs feel the force, quantum dots meet magnetic nanoparticles, solar cells turn to organic dyes, nanocarriers learn lessons from viruses, and more. - pp182 - 183

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.75

Full Text - AFMs feel the force, quantum dots meet magnetic nanoparticles, solar cells turn to organic dyes, nanocarriers learn lessons from viruses, and more. | PDF (252 KB) - AFMs feel the force, quantum dots meet magnetic nanoparticles, solar cells turn to organic dyes, nanocarriers learn lessons from viruses, and more.

Top down bottom up: Golden share - p183

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.76

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Subject Category: Nanobiotechnology

Surface patterning: Silicon falls into line - pp185 - 186

Stacey F. Bent

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.79

Dipole-directed self-assembly can be used to create robust one-dimensional nanostructures on silicon. It also provides new insights into interactions between molecules and this important technological material.

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Subject Categories: Computational nanotechnology | Molecular self-assembly | Surface patterning and imaging

Fundamental physics: A most unusual crystal - p186

Peter Rodgers

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.82

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

Molecular junctions: Seeing is believing - pp187 - 188

Latha Venkataraman

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.81

The ability to perform optical measurements on a single molecule placed between two electrodes while also measuring the current flowing through it could herald a new generation of experiments on molecular junctions.

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Subject Category: Electronic properties and devices

Nanomanipulation: Molecular cranes swing into action - pp188 - 189

Anne-Sophie Duwez

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.80

Atomic force microscopes have exploited the properties of DNA to 'cut-and-paste' molecules on surfaces with an accuracy of 10 nm.

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Subject Category: Surface patterning and imaging

Nanotube devices: Watching electrons in real time - pp190 - 191

Bradley F. Habenicht & Oleg V. Prezhdo

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.78

Terahertz measurements allow the electronic properties of carbon nanotube transistors to be explored at high frequencies, which should hasten the development of new devices based on these materials.

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

Nanotoxicology: Are carbon nanotubes safe? - pp191 - 192

Yuliang Zhao, Gengmei Xing & Zhifang Chai

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.77

The toxicity of carbon nanotubes is the subject of ongoing debate. A preliminary study using a small number of mice shows that they may be safe, but the results should be treated with caution.

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Subject Categories: Carbon nanotubes and fullerenes | Nanomedicine

Self-organized nanotube serpentines - pp195 - 200

Noam Geblinger, Ariel Ismach & Ernesto Joselevich

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.59

Abstract - | Full Text - Self-organized nanotube serpentines | PDF (799 KB) - Self-organized nanotube serpentines | Supplementary information

Terahertz time-domain measurement of ballistic electron resonance in a single-walled carbon nanotube - pp201 - 205

Zhaohui Zhong, Nathaniel M. Gabor, Jay E. Sharping, Alexander L. Gaeta & Paul L. McEuen

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.60

Abstract - | Full Text - Terahertz time-domain measurement of ballistic electron resonance in a single-walled carbon nanotube | PDF (440 KB) - Terahertz time-domain measurement of ballistic electron resonance in a single-walled carbon nanotube | Supplementary information

Subject Category: Electronic properties and devices

See also: News and Views by Habenicht & Prezhdo

Intrinsic and extrinsic performance limits of graphene devices on SiO₂ - pp206 - 209

Jian-Hao Chen, Chaun Jang, Shudong Xiao, Masa Ishigami & Michael S. Fuhrer

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.58

Abstract - | Full Text - Intrinsic and extrinsic performance limits of graphene devices on SiO2 | PDF (286 KB) - Intrinsic and extrinsic performance limits of graphene devices on SiO2 | Supplementary information

Subject Category: Electronic properties and devices

Monitoring dopants by Raman scattering in an electrochemically top-gated graphene transistor - pp210 - 215

A. Das, S. Pisana, B. Chakraborty, S. Piscanec, S. K. Saha, U. V. Waghmare, K. S. Novoselov, H. R. Krishnamurthy, A. K. Geim, A. C. Ferrari & A. K. Sood

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.67

Abstract - | Full Text - Monitoring dopants by Raman scattering in an electrochemically top-gated graphene transistor | PDF (422 KB) - Monitoring dopants by Raman scattering in an electrochemically top-gated graphene transistor | Supplementary information

Subject Category: Electronic properties and devices

A pilot toxicology study of single-walled carbon nanotubes in a small sample of mice - pp216 - 221

Meike L. Schipper, Nozomi Nakayama-Ratchford, Corrine R. Davis, Nadine Wong Shi Kam, Pauline Chu, Zhuang Liu, Xiaoming Sun, Hongjie Dai & Sanjiv S. Gambhir

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.68

Abstract - | Full Text - A pilot toxicology study of single-walled carbon nanotubes in a small sample of mice | PDF (655 KB) - A pilot toxicology study of single-walled carbon nanotubes in a small sample of mice | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Carbon nanotubes and fullerenes | Nanomedicine

See also: News and Views by Zhao et al.

Dipole-directed assembly of lines of 1,5-dichloropentane on silicon substrates by displacement of surface charge - pp222 - 228

K. R. Harikumar, Tingbin Lim, Iain R McNab, John C. Polanyi, Linda Zotti, Serge Ayissi & Werner A. Hofer

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.65

Abstract - | Full Text - Dipole-directed assembly of lines of 1,5-dichloropentane on silicon substrates by displacement of surface charge | PDF (698 KB) - Dipole-directed assembly of lines of 1,5-dichloropentane on silicon substrates by displacement of surface charge

Subject Categories: Computational nanotechnology | Molecular self-assembly | Surface patterning and imaging

See also: News and Views by Bent

Structural engineering of nanoporous anodic aluminium oxide by pulse anodization of aluminium - pp234 - 239

Woo Lee, Kathrin Schwirn, Martin Steinhart, Eckhard Pippel, Roland Scholz & Ulrich Gösele

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.54

Abstract - | Full Text - Structural engineering of nanoporous anodic aluminium oxide by pulse anodization of aluminium | PDF (508 KB) - Structural engineering of nanoporous anodic aluminium oxide by pulse anodization of aluminium | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Nanomaterials | Synthesis and processing

Reversible electron-transfer reactions within a nanoscale metal oxide cage mediated by metallic substrates - pp289 - 233

Christopher Fleming, De-Liang Long, Nicola McMillan, Jacqueline Johnston, Nicolas Bovet, Vin Dhanak, Nikolaj Gadegaard, Paul Kögerler, Leroy Cronin & Malcolm Kadodwala

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.66

Abstract - | Full Text - Reversible electron-transfer reactions within a nanoscale metal oxide cage mediated by metallic substrates | PDF (418 KB) - Reversible electron-transfer reactions within a nanoscale metal oxide cage mediated by metallic substrates | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Computational nanotechnology | Electronic properties and devices | Structural properties