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Sonochemical coating of silver nanoparticles on textile fabrics and their antibacterial activity May 13, 2008

The sonochemical deposition of nanoparticles in reported.

Reliability of individual carbon nanotube field emission cathodes May 7, 2008

MEMS-based technique for fabricating single nanotube cathodes is demonstrated

Encoding information in light from silicon quantum dots Apr 28, 2008

Modulated light from silicon nanocrystals at rates of 200 Mbit/s is reported.

Improved sensitivity of ZnO nanowire sensors by reducing carrier concentration Apr 28, 2008

An alternative way to improve the sensitivity of nanowires.

Diversity among carbon nanotubes may enable environmental detection for risk assessment Apr 28, 2008

Unique metal contents can "fingerprint" select SWCNTs and influence behaviour.

Large-scale fabrication approach of CMOS compatible high-performance nanotube transistors Apr 16, 2008

A major step towards the mass production of nanoelectronic devices

Defect-tolerant nanocrossbar demultiplexer Apr 11, 2008

HP researchers demonstrate 50 nm half-pitch nanocrossbar circuit

Silicalite nanoparticles promote transgene expression Apr 7, 2008

An investigation of nanoparticles that promote transgene expression.

Multiphoton excited macromolecules as explosive sensors Mar 28, 2008

An investigation of dentritic materials with sensing applications.

Vibrational modes of nanolines Mar 19, 2008

The stiffness of nanoimprinted materials is determined.

Large-scale ultraflat nanopatterned surfaces without template residues Mar 19, 2008

Ultraflat surfaces composed of two nanopatterns have been prepared.

Deep stuff: record-deep arrays of nanopores in silicon Mar 17, 2008

A novel method of fabricating arrays of nanopores in silicon.

Surface enhanced Raman scattering on long-range ordered noble-metal nanostructured arrays Mar 17, 2008

A general procedure to fabricate SERS-active substrates is reported.

Mechanical interaction between microtubules and molecular motors Mar 12, 2008

Surface deflection of a microtubule loaded by a concentrated radial force

Polymer biochips for analysis of confined DNA Mar 12, 2008

Stretching DNA in polymer nanochannels fabricated by thermal imprint in PMMA

Macroscopic resonant tunnelling through Andreev interferometers Mar 12, 2008

Proposed superconducting nanodevice uses quantum interferences to tune electric currents by many orders of magnitude

Deconstructing DNA-CNT hybrids Mar 10, 2008

The interaction strength between DNA and carbon nanotubes is investigated and reported

Reversible, reagentless solubility changes in phosphatidylcholine-stabilized gold nanoparticles Feb 29, 2008

An environmentally benign synthetic route to nanoparticles with unique solubility conversion properties

Quantum dot-like emission from ZnO nanowire quantum-wells Feb 25, 2008

Quantum wells have successfully been grown on top of ZnO nanowires

Metal oxide nanotubes act as electron shuttles in a biosensor Feb 14, 2008

Enzyme immobilized on a nanotube network to detect lactate