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Contents list for Nanoscale, issue 2, 2009
Front cover
Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 173
DOI: 10.1039/b921991a
Inside front cover
Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 174
DOI: 10.1039/b921993p
Contents and Highlights in Chemical Technology
Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 175
DOI: 10.1039/b921992g
Reviews
Nanotechnology for in vitro neuroscience
Daniel R. Cooper and Jay L. Nadeau,
Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 183
DOI: 10.1039/b9nr00132h
Enhanced HTML article available
This review covers several breakthroughs in nanotechnology that are of immediate application to in vitro neuroscience and accessible to most labs.
Interactions between metals and carbon nanotubes: at the interface between old and new materials
Florian Banhart,
Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 201
DOI: 10.1039/b9nr00127a Enhanced HTML article available
This article reviews the interaction between crystalline metals and carbon nanotubes. The chemical, mechanical, and electronic interactions at the nanotube–metal interface and the catalytic growth of nanotubes are discussed.
Feature Article
The synthesis of rare earth fluoride based nanoparticles
Paula Rahman and Mark Green,
Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 214
DOI: 10.1039/b9nr00089e Enhanced HTML article available
The requirement for narrow emission profiles and systems that do not include metals perceived to be cytotoxic, has led to an increase in the reports on rare-earth (Ln) materials, with fluoride-based materials in particular attracting attention. Here we will describe the main reactions outlining key developments in roughly chronological order.
Minireview
Seed-mediated synthesis of metal sulfide patchy nanoparticles
Toshiharu Teranishi, Masaki Saruyama and Masayuki Kanehara,
Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 225
DOI: 10.1039/b9nr00110g Enhanced HTML article available
Anisotropically phase-segregated nanoparticles, so-called patchy nanoparticles, are promising materials, because the close coupling of different components on the nanoscale may significantly improve application performance, or even create new properties. We review the seed-mediated synthesis of various kinds of metal sulfide patchy nanoparticles.
Communications
An organic matrix-mediated processing methodology to fabricate hydroxyapatite based nanostructured biocomposites
Prakash Hariram Kithva, Lisbeth Grøndahl, Rajendra Kumar, Darren Martin and Matt Trau,
Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 229
DOI: 10.1039/b9nr00062c Enhanced HTML article available
Nanostructured hydroxyapatite (HA) biocomposite films are processed in a single reaction mixture, utilising the transformation of an amorphous calcium phosphate precursor into crystalline HA within a biopolymer matrix. The films display tensile properties comparable to those of cortical bone under dry conditions.
Dendritic structures within dendritic structures: dendrimer-induced formation and self-assembly of nanoparticle networks
Grégory Franc, Elena Badetti, Vincent Collière, Jean-Pierre Majoral, Rosa María Sebastián and Anne-Marie Caminade,
Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 233
DOI: 10.1039/b9nr00056a Enhanced HTML article available
Tri-olefinic macrocycles as end-groups of phosphorus dendrimers produce Pt nanoparticles in mild conditions; unprecedented branched supramolecular assemblies composed of dendrimers and coalesced nanoparticles are obtained.
Papers
Nanoscale thermodynamic study on phase transformation in the nanocrystalline Sm2Co17 alloy
Wenwu Xu, Xiaoyan Song, Nianduan Lu, Martin Seyring and Markus Rettenmayr,
Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 238
DOI: 10.1039/b9nr00084d Enhanced HTML article available
A thermodynamic model was proposed to calculate the critical grain sizes for phase transformations between hexagonal and rhombohedral nanocrystalline Sm2Co17 at various temperatures, and predictions were verified by experiments.
Synthesis of highly-ordered mesoporous carbon/silica nanocomposites and derivative hierarchically mesoporous carbon from a phenyl-bridged organosiloxane
Zhiwang Wu, Jiebin Pang and Yunfeng Lu,
Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 245
DOI: 10.1039/b9nr00017h Enhanced HTML article available
Co-assembly of BTEB and P123 followed by carbonization and NaOH washing processes resulted in highly ordered carbon/silica nanocomposite and hierarchically mesoporous carbon.
Mitotic trafficking of silicon microparticles
Rita E. Serda, Silvia Ferrati, Biana Godin, Ennio Tasciotti, XueWu Liu and Mauro Ferrari,
Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 250
DOI: 10.1039/b9nr00138g Enhanced HTML article available
Endothelial engulfment of porous silicon microparticles loaded with gold nanoparticles.
What amount of metallic impurities in carbon nanotubes is small enough not to dominate their redox properties?
Martin Pumera and Yuji Miyahara,
Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 260
DOI: 10.1039/b9nr00071b Enhanced HTML article available
The borderline of participation of metallic impurities on the redox properties of CNTs towards reduction of the important biomarker hydrogen peroxide lies in the mid-ppm level.
Does mesoporosity enhance thin film properties? A question of electrode material for electrochromism of WO3
Rainer Ostermann and Bernd Smarsly,
Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 266
DOI: 10.1039/b9nr00091g Enhanced HTML article available
Replacing the commonly used indium tin oxide with a thin metal layer as a quasi-transparent electrode leads to enhancement and acceleration of the electrochromic response of WO3.
Self-assembled CNT circuits with ohmic contacts using Pd hexadecanethiolate as in situ solder
Thiruvelu Bhuvana, Kyle C. Smith, Timothy S. Fisher and Giridhar U. Kulkarni,
Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 271
DOI: 10.1039/b9nr00035f Enhanced HTML article available
A carbon nanotube placed in a circuit through self-assembly, blows off like a fuse when excess current is made to flow through its soldered ohmic contacts.
Structural stability of icosahedral FePt nanoparticles
Rongming Wang, Hongzhou Zhang, Michael Farle and Christian Kisielowski,
Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 276
DOI: 10.1039/b9nr00096h Enhanced HTML article available
We study the structure stability of FePt nanoparticles under different electron beam intensities. Surface sputtering, rotational and translational motions and melting and recrystallization of the FePt particles are observed.
One-pot formation of SnO2 hollow nanospheres and 
-Fe2O3@SnO2 nanorattles with large void space and their lithium storage properties
Jun Song Chen, Chang Ming Li, Wen Wen Zhou, Qing Yu Yan, Lynden A. Archer and Xiong Wen Lou,
Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 280
DOI: 10.1039/b9nr00102f Enhanced HTML article available
We report an improved method of synthesizing SnO2 hollow nanospheres with large void spaces, and demonstrate that this facile one-pot process can be extended to fabricate rattle-type hollow structures using -Fe2O3@SnO2.
Back matter
Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 286
DOI: 10.1039/b921994n
Back cover
Nanoscale, 2009, 1, 287
DOI: 10.1039/b921995c
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