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Corrosion carves out complex 3D nanostructures

New technique can produce nanocages, boxes and other hollow structures

Ink-jet prints graphene electronics

Cambridge University researchers invent new ink

Making CNTs biocompatible

Carbon nanotube networks can be formed on biopolymer-coated substrates

Nanocages could help treat tumours

Photoacoustic tomography shows how the nanostructures accumulate in lymph nodes

Graphene absorbs infrared light

The carbon-based material could find use in terahertz and photonics applications

Fano resonances help characterize proteins

New optical metamaterial ideal for biosensing applications

Super-resolution microscope coming to a lab near you

Max Planck Society to commercialize latest breakthrough

Frequency doubling with nanocups

Novel structures convert red light into blue

Quantum dots and solar cells

Cooling rate of "hot carriers" is important in these applications

Graphene goes magnetic

Hydrogenated nanopore arrays of the carbon-based material show room-temperature ferromagnetism

Designer 'magnetoplasmonics' on the horizon

A fundamentally new property has been discovered in nanoscale metallic ferromagnets

InAs membranes could compete with Si MOSFETs

Researchers develop a new class of 2D semiconductor

Four-wheel nanocar takes to the road

Tiny transporter consists of molecular motor fuelled by electron microscope

Growing new types of silicon nanowire

Electronic properties of novel polytypes could benefit applications like solar cells

Silicon carbide shows promise for quantum computing

Electron spin states in material's point defects could be exploited as qubits

Single-cell analyses may improve cancer treatment

A new way to measure enzyme activity sheds light on how tumour cells behave

How to make graphene

James Dacey visits Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselev's laboratory at the University of Manchester, UK

Graphene oxide encourages cells to grow

Could carbon-based material be used in tissue engineering and biomedicine?

Quantum dots may be less stable than thought

Semiconductor nanoparticles might not be so good after all for imaging biological cells

CNT nano-springs make skin-like sensor

New carbon nanotube-based material could find applications in prosthetics, robotics and touch-sensitive displays