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Nanotechnology research highlights: find out what the authors have to say
Road towards wearable organic displays
Jul 20, 2010
Researchers demonstrate top emission solution processed OLED featuring CNT transparent electrode
Silver catalyst triggers growth of 2nm ultrathin single-crystal ZnO nanobelts
Jun 22, 2010
Simple silver-catalysed vapour transport method delivers uniform version of popular nanomaterial
Nanourchins offer protection from intense laser pulses
Jun 3, 2010
MIT study reveals design path for optimizing the optical limiting effect of nanospined particles
Polarization enables dopant-free nanowire devices
May 25, 2010
Ability to form polarization-induced electron or hole carriers in GaN-based nanowires removes need to introduce dopant atoms to create functional devices
High-speed femtosecond laser induced nanostructuring
May 11, 2010
Universal approach should suit almost any solid material including dielectric, semiconducting or metallic surfaces
White electroluminescence from nanowire arrays
Apr 28, 2010
LEDs on silicon substrates combine multiple emission colours from InGaN nanowires to produce white light without phosphor conversion
Lasers write semiconducting nanoparticles inside silica monoliths
Apr 27, 2010
Local generation of nanoparticles deep within or just under the surface of silica xerogel
SERS aggregates patterned by laser trapping
Mar 16, 2010
Optical trapping of plasmonic nanoparticles and bubble formation in aqueous suspension
Turning ZnO nanowires into ultra-bright UV emitters
Mar 3, 2010
Ultraviolet emission enhanced by a factor of almost 50
Cyto-friendly system for targeted cancer imaging
Feb 23, 2010
Fluorescent gold nanoclusters detect and illuminate specific cancer cells
Plasmonic nanobubbles: combining diagnosis and treatment into theranostics
Feb 18, 2010
Laser and gold nanoparticle system shows promise for rapid diagnosis and treatment of diseases at cell level
Test structure highlights SPP response
Feb 12, 2010
Relationship between metal electron density and surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) revealed
Green single quantum-dot electroluminescence at 150 K
Jan 28, 2010
Promising milestone towards electrically driven single-photon emission at room temperature
Optical discrimination of metallic carbon nanotubes
Dec 10, 2009
Laser irradiation in the open air selectively removes m-CNTs from CNT mixtures
Efficient silicon heterostructure LEDs unveiled
Dec 10, 2009
Silicon nanocrystals embedded in a SiO2 matrix and combined with an n-type Al-doped ZnO (n-ZnO) layer to improve external quantum efficiency
Nanocrystals: size does matter
Dec 9, 2009
New fabrication method enables detailed studies of silicon nanorod emission
New routes to adjusting light from artificial atoms
Nov 19, 2009
Squeezing silicon quantum dots changes their colour
Nanowriter manipulates magnetic nanoparticles for high-density data storage
Nov 12, 2009
Dispersion and morphology of as-grown self-organized nanoparticles can be tuned via the post-irradiation dose of a low-energy ion beam
Non-tapered InN nanowires exhibit record narrow linewidths
Sep 10, 2009
Homogeneous structure allows band gap to be derived directly from PL spectroscopy in the range 5-300 K
Quantum-dot coating whitens LEDs
Sep 2, 2009
Korean team uses spin-coating technique to prototype white-light-emitting device