Advanced Science News
Micro-/Nanotechnology
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Versatile copolymer templates
A block copolymer template method that can be used to make a wide range of nanomaterials.
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Miniature Origami
From cubes to the famous origami crane—a newly developed technique for the fabrication of robust, three-dimensional mesoscale metal and ceramic structures.
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More or less hollow, but always nano: Titania templates
TiO2 nanotubes with constant outer and adjustable inner diameter can be made by electrochemical anodization.
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Carbon-Based Materials from Versatile Graphite Building Blocks
New work by Compton and Nguyen summarizes currently known strategies for preparing advanced materials from dispersions of stable graphene oxide, highly reduced...
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Nano-Networking Down-Under
Reporting from the International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2010, held in Sydney, Australia.
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The Stars and Stripes: Advances in Non-Spherical Nanoparticles
Scientists who are interested in the latest progress in non-spherical noble metal nanoparticles will probably appreciate the new review articles by Tapan...
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Virotubes – Are virus assemblies the future of catalyst supports?
Górzny et al. chose an unusual support material for their noble metal catalysts: The tubular structures that are formed by self-assembly of...
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High-Performance Nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are considered to be the next-generation reinforcement material to potentially replace conventional carbon fibers for producing superhigh-performance lightweight composites.
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Switch On: Solid-State Atomics Switches That Learn
The human brain is one of the most complicated machines that Nature has ever invented. Can we ever hope to artificially replicate...