The history of nanoscience and nanotechnology: from chemical–physical applications to nanomedicine

S Bayda, M Adeel, T Tuccinardi, M Cordani, F Rizzolio - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nanoscience breakthroughs in almost every field of science and nanotechnologies make life
easier in this era. Nanoscience and nanotechnology represent an expanding research area …

Recent progress in two‐dimensional ferroelectric materials

Z Guan, H Hu, X Shen, P Xiang… - Advanced Electronic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The investigation of two‐dimensional (2D) ferroelectrics has attracted significant interest in
recent years for applications in functional electronics. Without the limitation of a finite size …

Covalent on-surface polymerization

L Grill, S Hecht - Nature Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
With the rapid development of scanning probe microscopy, it has become possible to study
polymerization processes on suitable surfaces at the atomic level and in real space. In the …

In situ analytical techniques for battery interface analysis

AM Tripathi, WN Su, BJ Hwang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Lithium-ion batteries, simply known as lithium batteries, are distinct among high energy
density charge-storage devices. The power delivery of batteries depends upon the …

The qPlus sensor, a powerful core for the atomic force microscope

FJ Giessibl - Review of scientific instruments, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was introduced in 1986 and has since made its way into
surface science, nanoscience, chemistry, biology, and material science as an imaging and …

Aromatic hydrocarbon belts

QH Guo, Y Qiu, MX Wang, J Fraser Stoddart - Nature chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
Aromatic hydrocarbon belts (AHCBs) have fascinated scientists for over half a century
because of their aesthetically appealing structures and potential applications in the field of …

Discovery of orbital-selective Cooper pairing in FeSe

PO Sprau, A Kostin, A Kreisel, AE Böhmer, V Taufour… - Science, 2017 - science.org
The superconductor iron selenide (FeSe) is of intense interest owing to its unusual
nonmagnetic nematic state and potential for high-temperature superconductivity. But its …

Thermometry at the nanoscale

CDS Brites, PP Lima, NJO Silva, A Millán, VS Amaral… - Nanoscale, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Non-invasive precise thermometers working at the nanoscale with high spatial resolution,
where the conventional methods are ineffective, have emerged over the last couple of years …

Nanotechnology–general aspects: A chemical reduction approach to the synthesis of nanoparticles

P Szczyglewska, A Feliczak-Guzik, I Nowak - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The role of nanotechnology is increasingly important in our society. Through it, scientists are
acquiring the ability to understand the structure and properties of materials and manipulate …

A single-atom transistor

M Fuechsle, JA Miwa, S Mahapatra, H Ryu… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
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 …