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A very sensitive photodector based on molybdenum disulphide with potential for integrated optoelectronic circuits, light sensing, biomedical imaging, video recording or spectroscopy is now demonstrated.
Star-shaped block-copolymers are used as a template in a general synthetic protocol for the formation of colloidal nanocrystals with desired compositions and architectures.
Arrays of highly aligned nanowires and single-nanowire devices can be fabricated using a nanocombing technique in which the nanowires are anchored to a defined area of a surface and then drawn or combed out over a chemically distinct region of the surface.
A polymeric nanoparticle wrapped in natural membranes of red blood cells can absorb certain toxins and divert them from their cellular targets, offering a biologically inspired detoxification platform.
The flow of nanoscale liquids along the outer surface of solid nanowires at a scale of attolitres per second can be directly imaged with in situ transmission electron microscopy and explained through theoretical analysis.
Magnetic force microscopy imaging reveals that individual dislocations in antiferromagnetic NiO crystals show ferromagnetic behaviour originating from the local atomic-scale structure.
Electrostatic forces drive mechanical reconfiguration of a photonic metamaterial and enable megahertz-frequency electric modulation of its optical properties.
Functionalized magnetic nanoparticles act as signalling hot spots that can be manipulated inside living cells to locally trigger intracellular signalling and induce morphological changes.
Two or more enzymes encapsulated in a thin polymer shell can lower blood alcohol levels in intoxicated mice, offering a way to prevent liver injury arising from the overconsumption of alcohol.
Gate-tunable hole quantum dots can be formed in InSb nanowires and used to demonstrate Pauli spin blockade and electrical control of single hole spins.
Transport measurements in triple quantum dots reveal a bidirectional Pauli spin blockade, and that electron transport occurs through electronic states that are extended over the three dots.