Journal of Materials Chemistry Hot Papers:
Nanotechnology
Journal of Materials Chemistry hot papers featured in this nanotechnology section have been rated as "outstanding" by expert reviewers in the field. Follow each link for an article about the paper or an interview with the authors.
Atomic structure of three-layer Au/Pd nanoparticles revealed by aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy
Domingo Ferrer, Douglas A. Blom, Lawrence F. Allard, Sergio Mejía, Eduardo Pérez-Tijerina and Miguel José-Yacamán, J. Mater. Chem., 2008, 18, 2442
DOI: 10.1039/b801320a
Hot article: Pyrene-tetrathiafulvalene supramolecular assembly with different types of carbon nanotubes
07 March 2008
Read Nazario Martin and colleagues' hot article
Hot article: Sol-gel route to advanced nanoelectrode arrays (NEA) based on titania gold nano composites
11 February 2008
Read David Grosso et al's hot paper
Hot Paper: Structural control of the monolayer stability of water-soluble gold nanoparticles
31 October 2007
Read Vince Rotello's latest Hot Paper on gold nanoparticles
Hot Paper: Effect of crystallinity of calcium phosphate nanoparticles on adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells
31 October 2007
Read Ruikang Tang's latest Hot Paper on the role of crystallinity in the adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation of osteogenic cells.
Hot Communication: Gas sensing improvement of carbon nanotubes by NH4OH-flash treatment: a nondestructive purification technique
31 October 2007
Read Wen-Kuang Hsu's latest Hot Communication describing a novel procedure for the purification of single-walled carbon nanotubes.
Hot Paper: Assembly of Spherical Micelles in 2D Physical Confinements and Their Replication into Mesoporous Silica Nanorods
31 October 2007
Read Galen Stucky's latest Hot Paper describing the influence of 2D cylindrical confinement on the assembly of spherical micelles.
Hot paper: A three-dimensional model for artificial atoms and molecules: influence of substrate orientation and magnetic field dependence
16 July 2007
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Hot paper: Study of metal nanoparticles stabilised by mixed ligand shell: a striking blue shift of the surface-plasmon band evidencing the formation of Janus nanoparticles
19 June 2007
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Hot paper: Modeling the Preferred Shape, Orientation and Aspect Ratio of Gold Nanorods
19 June 2007
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Hot paper: Carbon nanotube based biomimetic membranes: mimicking protein channels regulated by phosphorylation
13 April 2007
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Hot paper: Supramolecular formation of fibrous nanostructure in donor-acceptor dyad film
05 April 2007
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Hot paper: Supported metallocene catalysis as an efficient tool for the preparation of polyethylene/carbon nanotube nanocomposites
30 March 2007
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Hot paper: Synthesis of Ag and Au nanostructures in an ionic liquid: thermodynamic and kinetic effects underlying nanoparticle, cluster and nanowire formation
14 March 2007
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Hot paper: Nucleotide-stabilized cadmium sulfide nanoparticles
09 February 2007
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Hot paper: DNA-mediated assembly of iron platinum (FePt) nanoparticles
31 October 2006
Vince Rotello and colleagues used DNA to assemble FePt nanoparticles into aggregates featuring controlled interparticle spacing.

Hot paper: Electrodeposition of Mesoporous CdTe Films from Liquid Crystalline Phases
26 June 2006
Iris Nandhakumar reports on the electrodeposition of nanostructured CdTe films from lyotropic liquid crystalline phases using citric acid.

Hot paper: Single walled carbon nanotubes in long steel tubing for chemical separations
14 June 2006
Somenath Mitra and colleagues have made gas chromatography columns by assembling carbon nanotubes inside steel tubing.

Hot paper: Optimisation of the synthesis and modification of CdTe quantum dots for enhanced live cell imaging
12 June 2006
Yurii Gun'ko and colleagues report thioglycolic acid stabilised CdTe quantum dots for use as live cell imaging tools.

Hot paper: Nano-brass colloids
26 May 2006
Roland Fischer describes a novel, non-aqueous organometallic route to colloidal copper and brass nanoparticles

Hot communication: Drilling nanoholes in colloidal spheres by selective etching
11 May 2006
X.S. Zhao and colleagues have developed an effective and cost-effective route to polystyrene colloidal spheres with nanoholes.

Hot paper: Morphology templating of nanofibrous silica through pH-sensitive gels: in situ and post-diffusion strategies
24 March 2006
Mario Llusar and Clément Sanchez have used a pH sensitive gelator to template nanofibrous silica.
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Including reviews on anisotropic nanomaterials, carbon nanotubes and applications of nanomaterials
