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Cover Gallery 2007
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DNA-mediated assembly of FePt nanoparticles provides nanocomposites with controlled interparticle spacing and magnetic properties.
DOI: 10.1039/b617376b
Future electrochromic building facades can have variable optical properties to give energy efficiency and indoor comfort. Pixelation can yield e-signage or ambient adaptation.
DOI: 10.1039/b617747f
Fabrication of the LEDs using hybrid mesoscopic structures evolved from well-ordered chromophore nanopackets of the chromophoric amphiphiles and silica led to improved device performance.
DOI: 10.1039/b613241c
Nanoflakes of manganese oxide and cobalt hydroxide having a mosaic interior were generated from biomimetic crystallization at ambient conditions.
DOI: 10.1039/b618481m
Complex barite nanofiber bundles grown via the control of polyacrylate in aqueous solution in a biomimetic mineralization approach.
DOI: 10.1039/b611918m
A polymer nanostructured material was used as the recording medium for secure encryption of biometric features.
DOI: 10.1039/b614491h
Solid-state sensitisation through exciton migration in agglomerated sensitiser nanocrystals to generate an acid leads to formulating water-borne photopolymers.
DOI: 10.1039/b614744e
Aligned ZnO nanowire arrays used for converting mechanical energy into electric energy through coupled piezoelectric-semiconducting properties.
DOI: 10.1039/b616963p
A schematic illustration of silicon nanoribbons in large, 'wavy' shapes. These geometrical configurations provide a route to stretchable electronics.
DOI: 10.1039/b614793c
A TEM image of short and uniform carbon nanotubes filled with Permalloy.
DOI: 10.1039/b614300h
A flexible organic light-emitting diode prepared using the method of interlayer lithography.
DOI: 10.1039/b614171d
SEM image of the fracture edge of a polyimide/carbon nanocomposite film with polyimide-functionalized carbon nanotubes.
DOI: 10.1039/b618344a
Conductive polyaniline dots directly patterned on an insulating silicon dioxide substrate from an aqueous dispersion.
DOI: 10.1039/b618521e
A series of different sized quantum dots. Upon excitation with one single UV wavelength, a size dependent photoluminescence is observed. Each colour corresponds to a different size of nanoparticle.
DOI: 10.1039/b618902d
Illustration of surface utilisation coefficients used to predict the deposited composition for growth of films with complex stoichiometry by atomic layer deposition.
DOI: 10.1039/b616982a
Advanced hybrid silica-iron oxide mesostructured nanospheres as multifunctional carriers for enhanced MRI contrast, hyperthermia, and smart drug delivery.
DOI: 10.1039/b615951f
A light-emitting GeSn quantum well is ensconced by SiGeSn barriers, grown by reaction of molecular SnD4 and GeH3SiH2SiH2GeH3 (ball-andstick). The background is an experimental XTEM image showing perfectly latticematched (111) atomic rows of GeSn (dark contrast) and SiGeSn (light contrast) grown upon Si(100).
DOI: 10.1039/b618416b
Monodisperse spherical silica particles with solid core and mesoporous shell featuring mesopore channels normal to the core surface.
DOI: 10.1039/b617471j
Image illustrating the selective transport of enantiomers through the nanopores of a silica colloidal crystal surface-modified with chiral receptor moieties.
DOI: 10.1039/b617607k
TEM image of a bacterial protein lattice which can be used as biotemplate for the arraying of inorganic nanoparticles.
DOI: 10.1039/b701221g
[60]Fullerene addressable multifunctionalization allows one to land on the nematic world.
DOI: 10.1039/b700460e
Surfactant self assembly and polymer phase separation induced by solvent evaporation in droplets leads to spherical silica particles displaying mesoscale porosity and larger scale embedded voids.
DOI: 10.1039/b617787e
A fullerene-single wall carbon nanotube complex for polymer bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells.
DOI: 10.1039/b618518e
Polymethyl methacrylate microspheres containing blueemitting ZnO nanoparticles exhibit moderate quantum yield and high stability in aqueous solutions.
DOI: 10.1039/b708142c
Silver nanoplates with twin defects synthesized by slowing down the polyol reduction of silver nitrate with polyacrylamide.
DOI: 10.1039/b705253g
Porous trigonal selenium materials with different morphologies synthesized by a facile solution-phase deposition method.
DOI: 10.1039/b708878g
Two inorganic slabs are separated by a double layer of benzoate molecules keeping together the structure by p-p interactions and forming the periodic lamellar organic-inorganic nanostructure.
DOI: 10.1039/b702854g
Molecular self-assembly inside a nanoporous architecture results in an organized ligand array that can be very useful for binding heavy metals. The posture of the ligand within this array can play an important role in the chemistry observed.
DOI: 10.1039/b702422c
Exposure of chromogenic dye/polymer blends to water leads to aggregation of the dye molecules, concomitant with pronounced and irreversible changes of the material's colour.
DOI: 10.1039/b705880b
Cartoon depicting crystallographic planes of intergrown xLi2MnO3·(1-x)LiMO2 (M = Mn, Ni, Co) electrode structures, their compositional changes and typical voltage response during charge and discharge of a lithium electrochemical cell.
DOI: 10.1039/b702425h
Synthetic-route-dependent non-stoichiometry and magnetic anisotropy of two 3D ferromagnets CuII2+x{CuII4[WV(CN)8]4-2x[WIV(CN)8]2x}·yH2O of Tc = 40 K.
DOI: 10.1039/b703640j
Multicomponent micropatterns of aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes interposed with aligned multi-walled carbon nanotubes.
DOI: 10.1039/b703046k
Stable perpendicularly orientated nanocylinders with hexagonal packing were obtained in mesogenic substrates with successive hydrogen bonds. The picture shows supramolecular selfassembled structures analogous to single crystals.
DOI: 10.1039/b705748b
A photonic quasi-crystal used for extracting and collimating light from LEDs. The structure was designed by mesophotonics and imprinted on the surface of a compound semiconductor wafer by Molecular Imprints Inc. using S-FIL (R) technology. The quasi-crystal has a gradually varying periodicity based on the Fibonacci series.
DOI: 10.1039/b705388f
Polystyrene bead/carbon nanotube composites self organized into ordered arrays: inverted image and experimental inverse structure.
DOI: 10.1039/b705516c
Hydroxyapatite nanoparticles promote the proliferation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells but inhibit the growth of osteosarcoma cells; these effects are size-related.
DOI: 10.1039/b705129h
In a heated chemical vapor deposition furnace, carbon nanotubes (10,0) grow upward from the substrate surface and align themselves along the laminar flow, forming a horizontally aligned carbon nanotube array.
DOI: 10.1039/b702080e
Photosensitive drugs encapsulated by biodegradable microcapsules for photodynamic therapy.
DOI: 10.1039/b708477c
Spontaneously grown dendric textures of a hexagonal columnar liquid crystal, consisting of redox-active catecholato and 2,2'-bipyridyl and platinum (ll). The complex demonstrates direct electrochemical responses at room temperature.
DOI: 10.1039/b709103f
Magnetite-surfactant hybrid materials exhibiting simultaneously lipophilic and magnetic properties are able to assemble amphiphilic molecules giving magnetocerasomes, which can be applied in targeted drug delivery.
DOI: 10.1039/b706011d
Illustration of the crystal structure of the chromuim trimesate hybrid inorganic-organic framework, MIL-100, obtained from simulation predictions. The three-dimensional framework is an upper scale variation of a zeolitic topology and possesses a cubic symmetry with more than a 350 000 Å3 cell volume.
DOI: 10.1039/b702516p
Microencapsulated SNARF-1-dye exhibits a pH-dependent green and red fluorescence under acidic and alkaline conditions, respectively. It can be utilized to trace the uptake of capsules from alkaline cell medium into acidic endosomal/lysosomal compartments of cells.
DOI: 10.1039/b705419j
Graphical representation of the assembly of spherical micelles within channels of porous anodic alumina and the formation of mesoporous silica nanorods.
DOI: 10.1039/b702895d
All fullerenes including [60]fullerene, [70]fullerene and giant fullerenes are hydrogenated in excellent yield using polyamines; the resulting fullerenes are potential hydrogen storage materials and potential carriers of both interstellar and circumstellar emissions.
DOI: 10.1039/b709354c
Single-crystalline mesoporous silica particles were deposited on a mica surface, and the in-plane arrangement was controlled over particles.
DOI: 10.1039/b710211a
Porous silica particles containing active protein, sentinels for the local environment, prepared under bio-compatible conditions are accessible to substrate molecules.
DOI: 10.1039/b709847b
Porous single crystals of some cubic transition metal oxides are fabricated templated by SBA-16 and FDU-12; crystal growth in the confined spherical cages is discussed.
DOI: 10.1039/b709076e
Magnetic hyperthermia using acrypol suspension of MNPs causing apparent death of HeLa cells by disrupting the actin and tubulin cytoskeleton.
DOI: 10.1039/b708156a
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