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Nanotube bundles deposited on surface electrodes can be used to detect microwave radiation at low temperatures

Cantilever-based mass sensors can now weigh particles and cells in fluid with unprecedented precision

A dry-transfer method can be used to print highly ordered arrays of nanowires onto flexible plastic substrates

Assemblies of metal nanoparticles form a plastic solid that can be molded into arbitrary structures and thermally hardened

A scanning tunnelling microscope has been used to image — with single-molecule resolution — a chemical reaction occurring at a solid — liquid interface, providing a clearer picture of the role played by individual catalysts in this process.

Long thin iron oxide composites move back and forth when an external magnetic field is applied, mimicking the motion of cilia

Researchers have found a way to convert the vibration of a large array of nanowires into a stable electrical current

A nanoscale knife can precisely cut and sharpen carbon nanotubes

Gallium nanoparticles can be reversibly switched between four different structural phases with a laser, which could increase the data storage density in all-optical media

Carbon nanofibres have been used to make flexible all-plastic field-emission devices

A quantum-wire device could lead to a new definition of electric current

Indium oxide can be made into nanoarrows and other nanostructures by changing the catalyst and source materials used in a chemical vapour deposition approach

The conductance of metallic carbon nanotubes can be suppressed by reacting them with electron-deficient molecules

New measurements may settle a long controversy about what happens when water comes into contact with a hydrophobic surface

Researchers show how to control the morphology of self-assembled organic nanoparticles by tuning the geometry of the constituent molecules

Individual nanoparticles can be picked up and placed on a surface using dip-pen nanolithography

Researchers have made a miniature electrical switch by shifting the position of atoms on a surface with the tip of a scanning tunnelling microscope