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Carbon nanotubes: Perfect clones
Growth of carbon nanotubes from 'seeds' enables precise control of the properties of the nanotube structures.
Nano Letters
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Lead nanowires: Mysterious kinks
Measurements of the effects of high-energy interactions among electrons in lead nanowires may be useful for understanding the physical properties of high-temperature cuprate superconductors and graphene.
Nano Letters
Organic, carbon-based and soft materials
Carbon nanotubes: Fast and tunable
Rapid synthetic route enables growth of property-tunable, high-quality carbon nanotube arrays in record time.
Inorganic, ceramic and composite
Zinc oxide: Perfect pair of defects
Scientists in Korea explain how oxygen vacancies in the semiconductor ZnO enhance conductivity in this technologically important material.
Metals and alloys
Metallic glass: It’s all in the mix
Researchers in Singapore and the USA show how to choose the best candidate alloys for making metallic glasses.
Biomaterials and biosensors
Carbon nanotubes: Boosting bones
Carbon nanotube implants help to inhibit bone resorption.
Optics, photonics and optoelectronics
Organic electronics: Promising solutions
A comparative study of solution-based processing and vacuum deposition reveals the best approaches for improving the performance of organic light-emitting diodes.
Electronic, magnetic and superconducting
Magnetic oxides: Looking sharp
An exhaustive spectroscopic study reveals the magnetic response of optical excitations associated with dopants in zinc-oxide nanorods.
Energy conversion, catalysis and separation
Nanomaterials: Full of energy
Lithium-metal oxide nanoparticles show promise as new cathode materials for safe, long-life lithium ion batteries with a higher charging capacity.
Theory, modeling and simulation
Silicon nanowires: Bangap metrics
Surface to volume ratio could be a more useful metric than diameter when comparing the properties of semiconductor nanowires.
Device applications
Non-volatile memory: Silver switches
A highly efficient memory cell based on resistive switching is produced at room temperature using a simple technique.
