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Graphene: charged up
Graphene sheets can be prevented from aggregating by a method exploiting simple electrostatic repulsion; a major advance for large scale production of this unique 2D-structure of carbon
Nature Nanotechnology
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Orderly liquid crystals
The macroscopic form of hybrid polymer-calcium carbonate films can be controlled using an underlying liquid crystalline template.
Organic, carbon-based and soft materials
New transport routes for membranes
Polymer vesicles are made with complex ‘vesicles within vesicle’ architectures and membranes that are reversibly permeable to hydrophilic molecules.
Inorganic, ceramic and composite
Electrifying hot silicon nanowires
New simulations predict that doping silicon nanowires with heavier silicon isotopes can dramatically lower their thermal conductivity-an important step towards the realization of high efficiency thermoelectric nanowire devices.
Metals and alloys
Made to order
Real time photoelectron spectroscopy tracks the transition of thin metallic films from disorder to order.
Biomaterials and biosensors
Arrays for Assays
Arrays of liposomes could be useful in label-free biological sensing
Optics, photonics and optoelectronics
Twinkle twinkle nano-gold
Precisely defined arrays of gold nanostructures produced by electron beam lithography exhibit enhanced photoluminescence emission efficiency
Electronic, magnetic and superconducting
Nanowires: when shape and size matters
The surface morphology and diameter of ZnO nanowires can be used to control the electronic properties of field effect transistors based on these nanostructures.
Energy conversion, catalysis and separation
In tandem for improved efficiency
Two polymer based solar cells can be placed in series to improve the solar power conversion efficiency keeping the costs down.
Device applications
Gold nanoparticles boost computer memory
Stacking gold nanoparticles into three dimensional cells increases data storage capacity





