The quest for realizing and manipulating ever smaller man-made movable structures and
dynamical machines has spurred tremendous endeavors, led to important discoveries, and …

Semiconductor nanowires have attracted extensive interest as one of the best-defined
classes of nanoscale building blocks for the bottom-up assembly of functional electronic and …

Transfer printing represents a set of techniques for deterministic assembly of micro‐and
nanomaterials into spatially organized, functional arrangements with two and three …

Noble metal nanoparticles are capable of confining resonant photons in such a manner as
to induce coherent surface plasmon oscillation of their conduction band electrons, a …

Electrospinning provides a simple and versatile method for generating ultrathin fibers from a
rich variety of materials that include polymers, composites, and ceramics. This article …

This important book focuses on the synthesis and fabrication of nanostructures and
nanomaterials, but also includes properties and applications of nanostructures and …

Thermoelectric materials interconvert thermal gradients and electric fields for power
generation or for refrigeration,. Thermoelectrics currently find only niche applications …

“Nanofabrication” is the process of making functional structures with arbitrary patterns
having minimum dimensions currently defined (more-or-less arbitrarily) to be e100 nm …

Electrospinning has been applied to prepare uniaxially aligned nanofibers made of organic
polymers, ceramics, and polymer/ceramic composites. The key to the success of this method …

Wide-scale point-of-care diagnostic systems hold great promise for early detection of cancer
at a curable stage of the disease. This review discusses the prospects and challenges of …