Volume 8 Issue 5, May 2013

A sacrificial polymer layer can be used to transfer molecularly clean graphene onto arbitrary substrates, including thin layers of soft polymers.

A nanoscale combing technique can be used to straighten and align nanowires with exceptional precision.

Hyperpolarized silicon particles show high potential for in vivo magnetic resonance imaging.

Nucleic acid probes and magnetic nanoparticles can be used in combination with a miniaturized nuclear magnetic resonance device to quickly identify a bacterial species in clinical samples.

The design of specific nanostructured optical gratings allows the realization of efficient traps for a large number of cold atoms.

The circulation direction of magnetization in magnetic vortices created in skewed nanodisks can be reversed using nanosecond field pulses.

An atom chip that enables the integration of laser cooling and trapping is demonstrated.

Direct observation of skyrmion-like excitations by Lorentz microscopy is reported for the first time in a ferromagnetic manganite.

Arrays of highly aligned nanowires and single-nanowire devices can be fabricated using a nanocombing technique in which the nanowires are anchored to a defined area of a surface and then drawn or combed out over a chemically distinct region of the surface.

A polymeric nanoparticle wrapped in natural membranes of red blood cells can absorb certain toxins and divert them from their cellular targets, offering a biologically inspired detoxification platform.

Switching of the spin circulation in a magnetic vortex is controlled by magnetic field pulses.

Thermocapillary effects allow for the selective removal of metallic nanotubes from semiconducting ones, which occurs directly on a wafer substrate.

A modification of the elastomer stamp method enables single-layer graphene to be transferred onto virtually any arbitrary surface, including ultrathin soft polymer layers.

Hyperpolarized silicon particles imaged in vivo by magnetic resonance imaging.

A magnetic detection assay based on nucleic acid probes and nanoparticles can rapidly identify a variety of bacterial species in clinical specimens with sensitivity down to single bacteria, offering a useful technology platform for point-of-care diagnostics.