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Pulse-excited resonance-fluorescence single-photons are generated on demand from a single quantum dot embedded in a microcavity under s-shell excitation with an ultrafast laser source.
Microcantilever arrays are used to detect individual point mutations in a gene associated with melanoma cancer, offering a rapid test for deciding whether or not patients are eligible to receive drug treatment.
Arrays of semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes with a nanotube density of more than 500 tubes per micrometre can be assembled using the Langmuir–Schaefer method and used to make transistors with significant device performance.
Short peptides derived from the HIV-1 glycoprotein form nanofibrils that can be used to improve viral gene delivery and concentrate viruses without the need for ultracentrifugation.
When placed in a complex biological environment, targeting molecules on the surface of nanoparticles are shielded by surrounding biomolecules and their ability to bind to the targeted receptors on cells is lost.
Weak van der Waals interactions control the packing of self-assembled monolayers in a molecular diode and have a remarkable effect on the device performance.