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  • Uranium dioxide nanocrystals can be made with good size control using a thermal decomposition method

    • Samia Mantoura
    Research Highlights
  • Bowl-shaped molecules pair up to form water-soluble capsules that can be used to separate and store hydrocarbon gases

    • Stuart Cantrill
    Research Highlights
  • New studies in rabbits show that single-walled carbon nanotubes can be monitored in vivo using near-infrared fluorescence and may be useful in medicine

    • Ai Lin Chun
    Research Highlights
  • DNA-based logic circuits that function in vitro are constructed according to the principles of digital design

    • Jessica Thomas
    Research Highlights
  • The detection of biological samples with nanocantilevers is not as simple as was previously thought

    • Peter Rodgers
    Research Highlights
  • A molecular 'rack-and-pinion' device can be operated and observed using a scanning tunnelling microscope

    • Stuart Cantrill
    Research Highlights
  • Controlling the growth of single-crystal organic semiconductors has implications for flexible large-area electronic devices

    • Adarsh Sandhu
    Research Highlights
  • Researchers have made devices in which silicon and carbon nanotubes share the same gate electrode

    • Peter Rodgers
    Research Highlights
  • Surrounding synthetic polymers with viral coat proteins leads to new, smaller-sized nanoparticles and opens the way for specifically tuning nanoparticle size for drug delivery

    • Samia Mantoura
    Research Highlights
  • Spin-polarized currents can drive the motion of magnetic domain walls. Now, imaging studies show how the shape of domain walls evolve as they move along a ferromagnetic nanowire

    • Jessica Thomas
    Research Highlights
  • A new simple method permits the growth of vertically aligned iron oxide haematite nanowires with potential applications in magnetic storage media

    • Adarsh Sandhu
    Research Highlights
  • Composites of enzymes and single-walled carbon nanotubes can efficiently prevent protein contamination

    • Ai Lin Chun
    Research Highlights
  • Decorating arrays of polystyrene microspheres with carbon nanotubes recreates the lotus leaf’s self-cleaning ability

    • Ai Lin Chun
    Research Highlights
  • By coating a nanotube with a molecular layer that is thicker on one end than the other, it is possible to control the direction of heat conduction along the tube

    • Jessica Thomas
    Research Highlights
  • With more than 350 nanoproducts already on the market, it is time for a programme of research that fully addresses concerns about the safety of nanotechnology.

    Editorial
  • Short single-walled carbon nanotubes can be grown longer using iron catalysts docked at each end

    • Samia Mantoura
    Research Highlights
  • DNA strands containing artificial bases can be used to make chains of metal ions with defined sequences

    • Stuart Cantrill
    Research Highlights