Nanowires Go 2D and 3D and are Biocompatible

Taking nanomaterials to a new level of structural complexity, Harvard scientists have determined how to introduce kinks into arrow-straight nanowires, transforming them into zigzagging two- and three-dimensional structures with correspondingly advanced functions. Among possible applications, the authors say, the new technology could foster a new nanoscale approach to detecting electrical currents in cells and tissues. …

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Non-desktop Nanofactories and the Bootstrap Pathway

J Storrs Hall, Foresight President, discusses general desktop nanofactories versus larger nanofactories and specialized nanofactories. This is part of a series of articles that have been posted at Accelerating Future, CRNano (Center for Responsible Nanotech), Foresight and this site (nextbigfuture) that consider how nanofactories will emerge and the impact. From the outside, the line from …

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