Top 10
The top ten charts the articles that have been downloaded most often, in PDF format, from the Nature Nanotechnology website in recent weeks. The chart does not rank the quality, scientific significance or citation impact of the content. However, it may bring articles to your attention that you might not have otherwise noticed. We hope you enjoy them.
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Self-organized nanotube serpentines
Noam Geblinger, Ariel Ismach & Ernesto Joselevich
doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.59
Abstract - Self-organized nanotube serpentines | Full Text - Self-organized nanotube serpentines | PDF (799 KB) - Self-organized nanotube serpentines | Supplementary information - Self-organized nanotube serpentines
Letter
Large-area ultrathin films of reduced graphene oxide as a transparent and flexible electronic material
Goki Eda, Giovanni Fanchini & Manish Chhowalla
doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.83
Abstract - Large-area ultrathin films of reduced graphene oxide as a transparent and flexible electronic material | Full Text - Large-area ultrathin films of reduced graphene oxide as a transparent and flexible electronic material | PDF (353 KB) - Large-area ultrathin films of reduced graphene oxide as a transparent and flexible electronic material | Supplementary information - Large-area ultrathin films of reduced graphene oxide as a transparent and flexible electronic material
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Research Highlights
AFMs feel the force, quantum dots meet magnetic nanoparticles, solar cells turn to organic dyes, nanocarriers learn lessons from viruses, and more.
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.
Letter
A pilot toxicology study of single-walled carbon nanotubes in a small sample of mice
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 - A pilot toxicology study of single-walled carbon nanotubes in a small sample of mice | 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 - A pilot toxicology study of single-walled carbon nanotubes in a small sample of mice
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Letter
Monitoring dopants by Raman scattering in an electrochemically top-gated graphene transistor
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 - Monitoring dopants by Raman scattering in an electrochemically top-gated graphene transistor | 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 - Monitoring dopants by Raman scattering in an electrochemically top-gated graphene transistor
News and Views
Nanotoxicology: Are carbon nanotubes safe?
Yuliang Zhao, Gengmei Xing & Zhifang Chai
doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.77
Full Text - NanotoxicologyAre carbon nanotubes safe? | PDF (155 KB) - NanotoxicologyAre carbon nanotubes safe?
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Structural engineering of nanoporous anodic aluminium oxide by pulse anodization of aluminium
Woo Lee, Kathrin Schwirn, Martin Steinhart, Eckhard Pippel, Roland Scholz & Ulrich Gösele
doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.54
Abstract - Structural engineering of nanoporous anodic aluminium oxide by pulse anodization of aluminium | 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 - Structural engineering of nanoporous anodic aluminium oxide by pulse anodization of aluminium
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Reversible electron-transfer reactions within a nanoscale metal oxide cage mediated by metallic substrates
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 - Reversible electron-transfer reactions within a nanoscale metal oxide cage mediated by metallic substrates | 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 - Reversible electron-transfer reactions within a nanoscale metal oxide cage mediated by metallic substrates
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Dipole-directed assembly of lines of 1,5-dichloropentane on silicon substrates by displacement of surface charge
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 - Dipole-directed assembly of lines of 1,5-dichloropentane on silicon substrates by displacement of surface charge | 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
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Letter
Intrinsic and extrinsic performance limits of graphene devices on SiO2
Jian-Hao Chen, Chaun Jang, Shudong Xiao, Masa Ishigami & Michael S. Fuhrer
doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.58
Abstract - Intrinsic and extrinsic performance limits of graphene devices on SiO2 | 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 - Intrinsic and extrinsic performance limits of graphene devices on SiO2