Ultrasound is used to carve carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to release toxic metal impurities in a similar way to wind carving the sand hills in a desert
Reducing Carbon Nanotube Toxicity
Angewandte Chemie 34/2012: In the Limelight
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Fragments of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes
Book that looks at the rapidly growing interest in open geodesic polyaromatic molecules is reviewed by Fabien Durola, France
Growing for Gold
Gold nanoparticles grown on ionic liquid-functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes have potential for photothermal therapy
University World Ranking 2012
Harvard remains the number one in the world for the tenth year; five Chinese universities move into the Top 500 for the first time
Rare-Earth Light Switch
A covalently attached photochromic molecule switches a dual-emissive nanoparticle between red and green emission
Dynamic DNA Nanostructures
More complexity and control is possible for DNA nanomechanical devices through new linear, triangular, and quadrilateral actuators
Angewandte Chemie 33/2012: Illuminating
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Gold Nanoparticles Follow “Genetic Code”
Different sequences of DNA influence the morphology of growing gold nanocrystals
Shedding Light on a Molecular Engine
A molecular Wankel engine made from a dual-ring structure boron cluster can be driven by light without overheating