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A pair of edge-sharing pentagons in a filled fullerene cage proves that rules are made to be broken

The in-situ formation of iron nanoparticles in carbon produces highly adsorbent materials that are easily manipulated with magnets

Aligned multiwalled carbon nanotube yarns can be used to make high-current density field emitters

The number of electrons on a superconductor-quantum dot device controls the sign of the superconducting current

Well-organized display of growth factors on self-assembling nanofibres can effectively promote blood vessel growth

Alloying the core and shell of a nanocrystal may lead to better green-emitting quantum dots for television display LEDs

The controlled oxidation of iron nanoparticles gives stable core–shell structures that can be dispersed in water

Critical-energy electron-beam lithography improves patterning of sub-100-nm features on insulating substrates

A scalable process for the production of gallium nitride nanowires will enable this material to realize its full potential

Filling virus capsules with quantum dots leads to strongly luminescent particles that could be used as biological probes

A thin alumina layer is all you need to measure small quantities of anthrax spores using SERS-based sensors

Photoluminescence studies of semiconductor quantum dots in a water droplet determine the critical distance for resonant energy transfer

A controlled study of field emission in ZnO nanowires determines the optimum tip geometry for field-emission performance

Experiments with a scanning tunnelling microscope have revealed new details about the behaviour of ferromagnetic semiconductors

Super-long carbon nanotubes can be grown using an optimized chemical vapour deposition synthesis

Lipid vesicles with quantum dot-loaded membranes are shown to fuse with live cells

Common green–blue algae can now serve as ‘green’ nanofactories for the synthesis of platinum nanoparticles

Researchers in China have demonstrated the efficient photocatalytic activity of silicon carbide nanowires

Knowing the ins and outs of peptide nanotubes helps researchers to make coaxial nanocables

High-speed centrifugation can effectively separate contaminants from single-walled carbon nanotubes at the bulk scale