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A large array of densely packed silicon nanowires can be used as a chemical sensor

Ultra-sensitive optical sensors for toxic trace metals can be made from nanostructured materials

Sperm cells containing magnetic nanoparticles can still fertilize eggs

Probing the mechanical response of bone on sub-10-nm length scales shows that minerals are essential for resisting fracture

Simulations explain why nanocapacitors do not work as well as expected

The controlled growth of magnetic thin films on gallium nitride substrates may lead to multifunctional spintronic devices

Mass spectrometry can be used to image a lipid membrane with 100 nm resolution based on its chemical composition

A single compound can be the source of carbon atoms and an iron catalyst needed to make carbon nanotubes

The electrospinning technique commonly used to produce fibrous materials has now been applied to stretch DNA molecules

A combination of lithography and electrochemistry can be used to pattern arrays of free-standing metallic nanowires

With improved optics and intensity, X-ray reflectivity can now provide subnanometre vertical resolution of surface features.

The purity of carbon nanotubes has a significant affect on the thermal conductivity of composite materials

Researchers have combined photolithography and self-assembly to pattern a silicon wafer

Single photoconducting nanowires made from an organic polymer may lead to smaller solar cells and photo-detectors

Nanosized objects can be easily manipulated on a low-friction workbench made of multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Disk-like molecules can be self-assembled into nanowires and crosslinked to form robust structures

The charge on a quantum dot controls the magnetic properties of a single manganese atom embedded in it

RNA molecules can be used as scaffolds for the synthesis of CdS nanocrystals of the same size