Examples of well-established nanoscience publications include the Royal
Society of Chemistry’s Soft Matter and Nanoscale, which cover the
interdisciplinary science underpinning the properties and applications of
soft matter at the nanoscale, as well as the ACS journals ACS Nano and
Nano Letters and other high-profile journals such as Nature Nanotechnology (Nature Publishing Group) and Advanced Functional Materials
Nanowires and nanorods
Bionanomaterials
New materials with enhanced
mechanical, electrical, and
thermal properties
Bioassemblies for targeted
drug delivery, organ repair,
and toxicity treatment
Nanoparticles and dots
Carbon frameworks
Probes for biological imaging
(quantum dots), solid-state
devices, and energy production
Carbon nanotubes, graphene,
and fullerenes for applications
in medicine and electronics
Soft nanoassemblies
Polymeric frameworks
Monolayers, micelles, and for
sensors, catalysis, synthesis,
and environmental applications
New materials for charge
storage, energy production,
and sensing
Figure 1.2 Examples of
nanostructures and their
applications. Many of these
structures will be discussed in
later chapters.
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