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Nanoindentation experiments and atomistic modelling show that the nanoscale plasticity of silicon changes when the material is no longer connected to the bulk.
Symmetric protein molecules can be fused together with genetic techniques to produce molecular building blocks that self-assemble into specific ordered structures.
Transfer printing of negative-index metamaterials with areas of tens of square centimetres onto flexible substrates paves the way for practical, low-cost, large-area exotic optics.
Electrostatic doping of the transparent insulator potassium tantalate with an electric double-layer transistor has allowed superconductivity to be observed in this material for the first time.
Attaching certain protein fragments that are found in the nuclear pore complex onto a solid-state nanopore mimics important aspects of the selective transport of molecules and proteins that occurs in real cells.
The observation of nonlinear damping in resonators made from carbon nanotubes and graphene should lead to an improved understanding of energy losses in nanomechanical devices.
Layered films of two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks with accessible and aligned pores can be created on graphene surfaces using a solvothermal condensation reaction.
Experiments on the uptake of gold nanoparticles by cells grown in different cell culture configurations suggest that the influence of sedimentation should be taken into account when performing in vitro studies.
Pregnant mice treated 70-nm silica nanoparticles or 35-nm titanium dioxide nanoparticles suffer damage to the placenta and fetus, whereas larger nanoparticles do not have an adverse impact.
