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Volume 2 Issue 8, August 2007

Photonic crystals help quantum dots to shed more light.

Cover design by Karen Moore.

Article by Ganesh et al.

Volume 2 Issue 8

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Editorial

  • Medical applications of nanotechnology are growing, but a number of outstanding issues need to be resolved before nanomedicine moves from the lab to the bedside.

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Thesis

  • Nanotechnology could lead to materials that are stronger, lighter and stiffer. This is not a new claim but, as Richard Jones explains, it is an important one.

    • Richard Jones
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  • Focusing on the commercialization of research results and avoiding unnecessary duplication of effort are central to South Korea's approach to nanotechnology, as Adarsh Sandhu reports.

    • Adarsh Sandhu
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  • Nanoindentation probes can map the mechanical properties of surfaces and films with high resolution, but they are much slower than probes that image the topography. Now, a new atomic force microscopy technique can capture both pictures at once.

    • Robert W. Stark
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  • Self-assembled monolayers of molecular diamonds on metal substrates have excellent electron-emission properties, bringing field-emission displays based on diamondoids a step closer to reality.

    • Neil D. Drummond
    News & Views

  • A combination of self-assembly techniques has been used to pattern ordered metallic nanowire arrays on silicon substrates in a versatile process that could prove useful for semiconductor electronics and sensing applications.

    • Charles T. Black
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  • The cellulose nanofibrils that are found in wood and other natural materials are similar to carbon nanotubes in many ways and could be used to strengthen composites for manufacturing.

    • James F. Beecher
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  • The indiscriminate inhalation of drugs during cancer treatment can adversely affect healthy tissues that surround the tumour. New studies in mice show that tiny aerosol droplets can be guided to the right spot in the lung with an external magnet.

    • Alidad Amirfazli
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