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A carbon nanotube resonator is used to form the basis of an ultrasensitive mass sensor that can also be employed to study basic phenomena in surface science.
A nanofabricated diffraction grating and single-molecule imaging are used to record the build up of the quantum interference patterns for molecules with masses as high as 1,298 AMU.
A single molecule of the antibody immunoglobulin G can self-assemble with two gold nanoparticles to fabricate a protein transistor in a highly reproducible manner.
A single phosphorus atom is deterministically positioned between source, drain and gate electrodes within an epitaxial silicon device architecture to make a single-atom transistor.
Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy shows that the catalytic reactivity of a single gold nanorod varies along its sides, even though the same side facets span its length.
Arrays of vertical nanopillar electrodes can be used for both intracellular and extracellular recording with excellent signal strength and quality, and minimal damage to the cells.
Chickens acutely exposed to polystyrene nanoparticles are less efficient at absorbing iron across the epithelial cells of their intestines than chickens chronically exposed and those that are not exposed at all.
A tunable concentration of localized magnetic impurities is inserted into a metal from a molecular monolayer, which allows many-body phenomena in magnetic impurity–host systems to be studied at unprecedented impurity concentrations.
A single point defect in graphene can act as an atomic antenna in the petahertz frequency range, leading to surface plasmon resonances at the subnanometre scale.
Hot carriers dominate energy transport across graphene p–n junctions that are excited by ultrafast laser pulses, and set fundamental limits on device speeds.