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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




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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 


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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.


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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.


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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.




Modeling the Preferred Shape, Orientation and Aspect Ratio of Gold Nanorods

Hot paper: Modeling the Preferred Shape, Orientation and Aspect Ratio of Gold Nanorods

19 June 2007

Amanda Barnard tells Journal of Materials Chemistry about her hot paper.


Carbon nanotube based biomimetic membranes: mimicking protein channels regulated by phosphorylation

Hot paper: Carbon nanotube based biomimetic membranes: mimicking protein channels regulated by phosphorylation

13 April 2007

Leonidas Bachas tells Journal of Materials Chemistry about his hot paper.


Supramolecular Formation of Fibrous Nanostructure in Donor-Acceptor Dyad Film

Hot paper: Supramolecular formation of fibrous nanostructure in donor-acceptor dyad film

05 April 2007

Kazuhito Hashimoto tells Journal of Materials Chemistry about his hot paper.


Supported metallocene catalysis as an efficient tool for the preparation of polyethylene/carbon nanotube nanocomposites: effect of the catalytic system on the coating morphology

Hot paper: Supported metallocene catalysis as an efficient tool for the preparation of polyethylene/carbon nanotube nanocomposites

30 March 2007

Philippe Dubois tells Journal of Materials Chemistry about his hot paper.



Nucleotide-stabilized cadmium sulfide nanoparticles

Hot paper: Nucleotide-stabilized cadmium sulfide nanoparticles

09 February 2007

Shana Kelley tells Journal of Materials Chemistry about her hot paper


FePt and DNA self-assembly

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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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Hot paper: Nano-brass colloids

26 May 2006

Roland Fischer describes a novel, non-aqueous organometallic route to colloidal copper and brass nanoparticles


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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.


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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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Nanotechnology

Including reviews on anisotropic nanomaterials, carbon nanotubes and applications of nanomaterials