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Volume 1 Issue 3, December 2006

Volume 1 Issue 3

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Editorial

  • With more than 350 nanoproducts already on the market, it is time for a programme of research that fully addresses concerns about the safety of nanotechnology.

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Commentary

  • How do the risks and benefits of nanotechnology, as viewed by the public, compare with those associated with other technologies such as genetically modified organisms, stem cells, biotechnology and nuclear power? And when deciding to use a specific nanotechnology product, will consumers consider the risks, the benefits, or both? We report the first large-scale empirical analyses of these questions.

    • Steven C. Currall
    • Eden B. King
    • Stacey Turner
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Thesis

  • If we want nano-enabled tools that can increase our understanding of the physical and biological world, and also improve our quality of life, it will be necessary to overcome a complex set of commercialization challenges. Michael Helmus explains.

    • Michael N. Helmus
    Thesis
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Research Highlights

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News & Views

  • Inorganic nanoribbons can be attached to an elastic surface at selected positions to make wave-like structures that maintain their semiconducting properties when stretched or compressed. These nanostructures will prove to be immediately useful in flexible electronics.

    • Xianmao Lu
    • Younan Xia
    News & Views

  • With high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, it is now possible to explore to what extent the random distribution of atomic elements in an alloy is preserved when it is reduced to a linear atomic chain, one atom thick.

    • Jan van Ruitenbeek
    News & Views

  • Peptides can self-assemble into gels that are able to control bleeding from surgical wounds within seconds of being applied. This new nano-haemostat could dramatically change the way surgery is performed in the future.

    • Jeffrey D. Hartgerink
    News & Views

  • Nature builds sophisticated materials and machines one molecule at a time with minimal energy. Scientists are now emulating these assembly processes to make artificial structures that are not found in the natural world.

    • Shuguang Zhang
    News & Views
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