Different sized protein structures can be distinguished using electron microscopy, making them high-resolution analogues of the fluorescent reporter proteins used in optical microscopy
Read article: Bacterial nanostructures act as electron-microscope-compatible gene reporters
Electron-doped magnesium-bismuth alloy is just as good as the best commercially available material in its class while being much cheaper
Read article: Inexpensive thermoelectric material works at room temperature
New “smart” glass can distinguish between different objects and could find applications in areas like facial recognition
Read article: Nanophotonic structures enable artificial vision
An introduction to carbon nanostructures and their special properties
Read article: Why carbon is an amazing material – part one
Nanotechnology from the nineteenth century could help in the development of plasmonic colour printing technologies of the future
Read article: Daguerreotypes reveal their plasmonic secrets
Trade-off between attractive and repulsive forces could be a boon from nanotechnology
Read article: Casimir effect creates ‘quantum trap’ for tiny objects
Understanding the interaction between biomolecules forming around gold nanoparticles and tumours could enable more efficient drug delivery
Read article: Targeting cancer with gold nanoparticles is just the start…
Catalytic devices kill, degrade and remove bacterial colonies on teeth and other surfaces
Read article: Antimicrobial magnetic bots make short work of biofilms
Introducing the Physics World Focus on Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials
Read article: Nanotechnology is neither saviour nor destroyer of the world, it’s just very useful
Despite decades of research, definitive conclusions on the environmental impact of nanoparticles remain elusive, as Anna Demming reports
Read article: Nanotechnology goes green(er)
