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Small aromatic molecules can switch the self-assembly behavior of amphiphilic molecules.

Exposing picene organic transistors to oxygen improves their mobility.

A set of molecular scissors that can slice a protein apart at just the right spot has been developed by scientists.

Phototunable chiral dopants enable the creation of colorful displays from liquid crystals.

Control of surface polarity of substrates enables the selective growth of ZnO nanorod arrays.

Scientists report easy ways to generate supramolecular structures for effective drug delivery.

A new type of nanoparticle could allow doctors to combine the benefits of PET and MRI scanners in their diagnoses.

A new carbon-based wide band gap semiconductor blue light has been synthesized in the form of micro- and nanocubes.

Carbon nanotubes can be used to strengthen and accelerate the formation gels of conjugated organic molecules.

On-chip air-breathing, membraneless micro fuel cells prove pumps are not required.

Zinc oxide nanowires were doped p-type by the addition of nitrous oxide in a chemical vapor deposition reactor.

The complexity of computations carried out by DNA computers is enhanced with photochemistry.

The infiltration of liquid crystals into a stretchable photonic crystal leads to birefringent photonic crystals.

Researchers reveal unusual ion diffusion paths in novel electrodes for high-capacity rechargeable batteries.

A simple solution process produces high-quality graphene oxide nanosheets with potential applications in nanoelectronics.

Porous Pt/WO₃ nanotubes are demonstrated to be very efficient photocatalysis under visible light illumination.

Composites containing long carbon nanotubes show promise for producing stretchable sheets with high electrical conductivity.

X-ray studies clarify the origin of electric polarization in the multiferroic LiCu₂O₂.

What’s the secret of optimal drug delivery? Biomaterials researchers believe it’s all in the timing and design of novel materials exhibting these properties.

The growth of helical inorganic nanowire materials involves a copying process where a ‘daughter’ is copied precisely from a ‘mother’ strand.