Still feeling the force - p241

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.131

As the impact of the atomic force microscope is felt more and more in nanobiotechnology, physical scientists continue to use and develop this versatile instrument.

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Subject Categories: Nanobiotechnology | Surface patterning and imaging

Seven challenges for nanomedicine - pp242 - 244

Wendy R. Sanhai, Jason H. Sakamoto, Richard Canady & Mauro Ferrari

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.114

Nanomedicine offers new opportunities to fight diseases but a global effort is needed to safely translate laboratory innovation to the clinic. Seven priority areas have been identified for this endeavour.

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Subject Category: Nanomedicine

The question of complexity - pp245 - 246

Richard Jones

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.117

Synthetic biology and nanotechnology have much in common, including the presence of competing schools of thought within each field. Richard Jones explores the parallels between the two subjects.

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Subject Categories: Nanobiotechnology | Ethical, legal and other societal issues

Nanotubes feel the heat and get moving, nanoparticles boost thermoelectric performance, new light is shed on molecular junctions, single-electron devices perform multi-value logic operations, and much more - pp248 - 249

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.122

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Top down bottom up: Ivy league - p249

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.123

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Subject Category: Nanoparticles

NEMS: Taking another swing at computing - pp251 - 252

Mark Freeman & Wayne Hiebert

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.121

Could a mechanical principle familiar from the playground be the key to a new means of computation? Research on tiny gallium arsenide bridges points in that direction.

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Subject Category: NEMS

Quantum information: Fraction stations - p252

Peter Rodgers

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.112

Full Text - Quantum informationFraction stations | PDF (161 KB) - Quantum informationFraction stations

Subject Categories: Electronic properties and devices | Quantum information

Nanoecotoxicology: Nanoparticles at large - pp253 - 254

Renata Behra & Harald Krug

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.113

Environmental toxicologists, chemists and social scientists have identified three priorities for research into the impact of engineered nanoparticles on the environment.

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Subject Categories: Nanoparticles | Environmental, health and safety issues

Electronic materials: Making graphene for macroelectronics - pp254 - 255

John A. Rogers

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.115

Techniques for creating ultrathin films of reduced graphene oxide with large areas could prove useful in flexible electronics and other applications.

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Subject Categories: Electronic properties and devices | Photonic structures and devices | Synthesis and processing

Electron microscopy: New directions for chemical maps - pp255 - 256

Leslie J. Allen

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.116

A new generation of scanning transmission electron microscopes will allow researchers to study the composition and bonding of all the atoms in a solid material.

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Subject Categories: Nanometrology and instrumentation | Surface patterning and imaging

Photochemistry: Let there be light — but not too much - pp257 - 258

Dirk M. Guldi

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.124

Green plants have an in-built protection system that prevents their photosynthetic machinery from being damaged by excessive levels of light. Researchers have now demonstrated a similar mechanism in an artificial molecular system.

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Subject Categories: Molecular machines and motors | Photonic structures and devices

Atomic force microscopy as a multifunctional molecular toolbox in nanobiotechnology - pp261 - 269

Daniel J. Müller & Yves F. Dufrêne

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.100

The atomic force microscope has evolved from an imaging technique to a powerful tool for many areas of nanobiotechnology, including fundamental research, medical diagnostics and environmental monitoring.

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Subject Categories: Molecular machines and motors | Nanobiotechnology | Nanometrology and instrumentation | Structural properties

Large-area ultrathin films of reduced graphene oxide as a transparent and flexible electronic material - pp270 - 274

Goki Eda, Giovanni Fanchini & Manish Chhowalla

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.83

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Subject Categories: Electronic properties and devices | Photonic structures and devices | Synthesis and processing

See also: News and Views by Rogers

Bit storage and bit flip operations in an electromechanical oscillator - pp275 - 279

I. Mahboob & H. Yamaguchi

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.84

Abstract - | Full Text - Bit storage and bit flip operations in an electromechanical oscillator | PDF (361 KB) - Bit storage and bit flip operations in an electromechanical oscillator | Supplementary information

Subject Category: NEMS

See also: News and Views by Freeman & Hiebert

Self-regulation of photoinduced electron transfer by a molecular nonlinear transducer - pp280 - 283

Stephen D. Straight, Gerdenis Kodis, Yuichi Terazono, Michael Hambourger, Thomas A. Moore, Ana L. Moore & Devens Gust

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.97

Abstract - | Full Text - Self-regulation of photoinduced electron transfer by a molecular nonlinear transducer | PDF (266 KB) - Self-regulation of photoinduced electron transfer by a molecular nonlinear transducer | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Molecular machines and motors | Photonic structures and devices

See also: News and Views by Guldi

Mass production and dynamic imaging of fluorescent nanodiamonds - pp284 - 288

Yi-Ren Chang, Hsu-Yang Lee, Kowa Chen, Chun-Chieh Chang, Dung-Sheng Tsai, Chi-Cheng Fu, Tsong-Shin Lim, Yan-Kai Tzeng, Chia-Yi Fang, Chau-Chung Han, Huan-Cheng Chang & Wunshain Fann

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.99

Abstract - | Full Text - Mass production and dynamic imaging of fluorescent nanodiamonds | PDF (572 KB) - Mass production and dynamic imaging of fluorescent nanodiamonds | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Nanomaterials | Nanoparticles | Surface patterning and imaging | Synthesis and processing

Integrated three-dimensional microelectromechanical devices from processable carbon nanotube wafers - pp289 - 294

Yuhei Hayamizu, Takeo Yamada, Kohei Mizuno, Robert C. Davis, Don N. Futaba, Motoo Yumura & Kenji Hata

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.98

Abstract - | Full Text - Integrated three-dimensional microelectromechanical devices from processable carbon nanotube wafers | PDF (830 KB) - Integrated three-dimensional microelectromechanical devices from processable carbon nanotube wafers | Supplementary information

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

Improved nanofabrication through guided transient liquefaction - pp295 - 300

Stephen Y. Chou & Qiangfei Xia

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.95

Abstract - | Full Text - Improved nanofabrication through guided transient liquefaction | PDF (874 KB) - Improved nanofabrication through guided transient liquefaction

Subject Categories: Surface patterning and imaging | Synthesis and processing

Label-free detection of DNA hybridization based on hydration-induced tension in nucleic acid films - pp301 - 307

Johann Mertens, Celia Rogero, Montserrat Calleja, Daniel Ramos, Jose Angel Martín-Gago, Carlos Briones & Javier Tamayo

doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.91

Abstract - | Full Text - Label-free detection of DNA hybridization based on hydration-induced tension in nucleic acid films | PDF (409 KB) - Label-free detection of DNA hybridization based on hydration-induced tension in nucleic acid films | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Nanobiotechnology | Nanosensors and other devices