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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 DNA assembly of nanomaterials creates designer superstructures for increased efficiency in drug delivery and subsequent breakdown for ease of elimination to mitigate toxicity.
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.
The spontaneous emission rate and emission intensity of dye molecules are significantly enhanced by using a nanopatterned multilayer hyperbolic metamaterial.