Combining the high-throughput and large scale analysis of fluorescence microscopy with the enhanced resolution capabilities of electron microscopy can allow imaging of cellular interactions and mechanisms without being limited by resolution.
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An avalanche photodiode design with a quantum dot multiplication structure attains a high maximum gain factor and a superior gain noise performance.
Printing Electrochemical Devices
The fundamental capabilities of inkjet and aerosol jet printing relevant to electrochemical devices are reviewed and future challenges are discussed.
CNT Nanomotors Put a New Spin on Rotary Motion
Specially designed carbon nanotube nanomotors undergo rotary motion in water, driving external mechanical loads on the nanoscale.
Potential Toxicity of Silver Nanomaterials on the Reproductive System
A study that looks at how silver nanomaterials could affect the female reproductive system.
A Golden Guide to Brain Surgery
Taking the headache out of brain surgery: these gold nanoparticles cross the blood–brain barrier and report when they hit tumour tissue.
Self-Gating Drug Delivery
Antitumour platform comes of age: this system gets the responsible drug to keep itself in check for transport and delivery.
Location-Specific Compositional Control of 1D Materials
This old dog has a new trick: an adapted lithography technique allows precise variation of the composition of 1D materials during fabrication.
Precision Functionalisation of Polymeric Microparticles
The NITEC reaction is explored with tetrazole-functionalised microparticles, and demonstrates micrometer-scale resolution as a surface-patterning technique.
A Bright Future for Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Compounds
Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF)-type compounds have potential to become high-efficiency-solid-state lighting technologies in the future.
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