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Concepts of Nanochemistry—Nanoscience as Part of Undergraduate Studies?
Nikolaus Korber recommends “Concepts of Nanochemistry”, a “fun to read” textbook with high didactic quality addressed to university teachers, students, and the interested general public.
Versatile copolymer templates
A block copolymer template method that can be used to make a wide range of nanomaterials.
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.
More or less hollow, but always nano: Titania templates
TiO2 nanotubes with constant outer and adjustable inner diameter can be made by electrochemical anodization.
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 graphene oxide, and graphene.
Nano-Networking Down-Under
Reporting from the International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2010, held in Sydney, Australia.
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 K. Sau and Andrey L. Rogach.
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 tobacco mosaic virus particles.
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.