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You've Got to Hand It to Tartaric Acid
Tartaric acid can be used as a chiral template to modify a specific surface of a copper catalyst

Behind the Science: Gold Nanostructures in Biomedicine
C. Cobley, ChemNanoMat, talks to Y. Xia about radiolabeled gold nanocages for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of tumors in vivo

Preventing Platinum Sintering
Nickel doping can prevent sintering in Pt nanoclusters at temperatures of up to 700 K

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Simple Synthesis of Fluorinated Graphene
Thermal exfoliation of fluorographite gives fluorographene with excellent catalytic properties

Bridging the Color Gap
New optical properties in a photonic sandwich film made from cellulose nanocrystals

Ring Opening with a Click
Cyclic silanes functionalize the surface of hydroxylated silicon nanostructures

Nanocomposite Turns Movement into Energy
Stretchable porous carbon nanotube-elastomer hybrid could power wearable electronics