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| A
guide to the latest in nanoscience and technology research from
the team that brings you Materials Today. |
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| December 2003 |
| Cover |
A color-enhanced scanning electron micrograph
of a prototype NEMS resonator fabricated from a 30 nm thick
nanocrystalline diamond film and covered by
30 nm of sputtered Au.
Because of the accidental addition of a 1 µm particle,
the structure has been dubbed the ‘nano tennis racket’.
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| Credit: J. E. Butler and B. Houston, Naval
Research Laboratory, L. Sekaric and H. Craighead, Cornell University,
and Lloyd Whitman, Naval Research Laboratory, for the coloring
of the graphic. |
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| Comment |
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| The
future of medicine? |
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Will biotechnology and
medicine go nano, asks Erkki Ruoslahti, distinguished
professor at The Burnham Institute? |
| • Guest
column (pdf) |
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| A
tale of two cultures |
| Peter Dobson of the University
of Oxford warns that unless the expectations of nanotechnology
are balanced with what is genuinely possible, a gap between
basic science and business interests will open up. |
| • Opinion
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| Research news |
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| Includes... |
| • Au-silica
nanoshells find application in cancer therapy. |
| • Researchers
use metallic nanorods to deliver genetic material into
cells. |
| • Creating
memory from disordered nanowires and organic molecules. |
| • Separating
metallic and nonmetallic carbon nanotubes by electronic
structure. |
| • Controlling
the contact resistance of nanotube-metal interfaces. |
| • Research
news (pdf) |
| • Policy
news (pdf) |
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