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Gas vesicles, a class of protein nanostructure found naturally in microorganisms, are employed as ultrasound contrast agents for molecular imaging on the nanoscale.
The third-harmonic-generation efficiency of an individual indium tin oxide nanoparticle is enhanced by more than 106 fold by placing it within the gap of a plasmonic gold dimer nanoantenna.
Using a three-dimensional multi-resolution method the early events leading to the cellular uptake of peptide-modified nanoparticles are visualized in real time.
A Si anode with hierarchical morphology can accommodate large volume changes, demonstrates high Coulombic efficiency and cyclability as well as an areal capacity comparable to that of commercial Li-ion batteries.
Bacillus spores can be used to assemble water-responsive materials with high energy densities and to create energy-harvesting devices that can generate electrical power from an evaporating body of water.
Compressive force exerted by an atomic force microscope tip on an individual molecule adsorbed on a surface causes its emission spectrum to shift reversibly.
The otherwise random rotations of a rylene-based molecule bound to a surface are biased by the polarization direction of light impinging on the molecule.
Strong electron–phonon scattering in a quantum point contact that is driven into extreme non-equilibrium can lead to the formation of a protected subband for electrical conduction.