Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion

Sturdy structures ordered with nanometer precision have now been formed by combining supramolecular assembly of ordered networks with self-assembled monolayers.

A role for nanotech applications can be seen in the responses to the US energy crisis made by both candidates for the US Presidency.

A recent review article delineates engineering principles that may prove valuable for engineering complex nanosystems that can be discerned from the molecular mechanisms by which such biological molecular motors operate and are controlled.

Researchers have demonstrated atomically precise cuts through a few graphene layers.

A novel toroidal-shaped nanoparticle provides a nanotech way to image blood clots without using magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents that are toxic to some patients.

A double-walled carbon nanotube forms a device able to weigh a single atom of gold.

A major advance in mimicking protein function has been made by scientists working with peptoids.

The recently demonstrated ability to visualize individual atoms of carbon and hydrogen on a graphene surface opens new avenues for studying the behavior of hydrocarbon chains.

A recent review describes the advantages to nanotech of advances in electron microscopy that allow mapping electron states localized at or between atoms.

A nanotech approach assembles flexible electronic circuits from random networks of single-walled carbon nanotubes.