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The importance of convex–concave chemical interactions is highlighted by a hydrocarbon ‘molecular clip’ that traps C₆₀ molecules

A lipid coating on carbon nanotubes can act as a food source for some aquatic species, but is toxic at high concentrations

Multiferroic thin films are used as barriers in tunnel junctions to produce four-state memory devices

High-resolution imaging with an atomic force microscope shows how ions interact with lipid membranes

Step-by-step assembly of components in situ is an effective way to build molecular electronic devices

A lithography-free approach to nanofabrication has been used to make a web of silicon nanowires on a bed of silicon needles

Dip-pen nanolithography-generated monolayers can be selectively erased and repaired with nanometre precision

Nanowire arrays are patterned on a surface using a simple dip-coating method

Silicon replicas of the nanostructured silica shells of diatoms have been made using a ‘low’-temperature chemical method

A three-dimensional photonic crystal with submicrometre spacing has been made using a prism-based holographic method

Individual atoms on a surface can be identified by measuring the chemical forces between each one and an AFM tip

Small organic molecules self-assemble into hollow nanotubes that can be filled with buckminsterfullerene

Fingerprints can be revealed using two new nanoparticle methods

Two different approaches have been used to make advances in nanofluidic diodes