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This article reviews the different strategies and devices that combine nanoscale and microscale materials to bring about faster, more sensitive and reliable diagnostic results in clinical medicine.
This article reviews the fundamentals and applications of scanning probe lithography, focusing on the methods that offer genuinely lithographic capabilities such as those based on thermal effects, chemical reactions and voltage-induced processes.
This Review reports the state of the art for silicon nanostructures used in photonics and photovoltaic applications, and highlights the challenges for making silicon a high-performing photonic material.