Single quantum emitters (SQEs) are at the heart of quantum optics and photonic quantum-
information technologies. To date, all the demonstrated solid-state single-photon sources …

Atomic and close-to-atomic scale manufacturing (ACSM) represents techniques for
manufacturing high-end products in various fields, including future-generation computing …

This review highlights the most significant advances of the nanofabrication techniques
reported over the past decade with a particular focus on the approaches tailored towards the …

Gold nanoparticles are emerging as promising agents for cancer therapy and are being
investigated as drug carriers, photothermal agents, contrast agents and radiosensitisers …

The ability to control matter at the atomic scale and build devices with atomic precision is
central to nanotechnology. The scanning tunnelling microscope can manipulate individual …

Harnessing big data, deep data, and smart data from state-of-the-art imaging might
accelerate the design and realization of advanced functional materials. Here we discuss …

Atomically precise manufacturing (APM) is a key technique that involves the direct control of
atoms in order to manufacture products or components of products. It has been developed …

The potential for a varied range of applications makes a basic understanding of
nanotechnology important to us. The technological and industrial sectors including …

Inspired by the idea of combining conventional optical tweezers with plasmonic
nanostructures, a technique named plasmonic optical tweezers (POT) has been widely …

In this work we briefly describe the most relevant features of WSXM, a freeware scanning
probe microscopy software based on MS-Windows. The article is structured in three different …