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Technology Research News March 24, 2004	Nanowires span silicon contacts One challenge in making electronics at the size-scale of molecules is finding ways to position and attach nanowires to the tiny components. Researchers from Hewlett-Packard Laboratories have succeeded in growning nanowires between electrodes.
Technology Research News November 19, 2003	Model leverages nano tethers Researchers from the University of Michigan have shown in computer simulations that it is possible to cause structures like sheets, wires and tubes to spontaneously assemble by starting with nanoparticles that have long, tether-like molecules attached, then causing the tethers and nanoparticles to part.
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Technology Research News June 2, 2004	Plastic Nanowires Sense Gasses Cornell University researchers have devised a simple way to position conducting polymer nanowires on an electrode, and have made a prototype high-speed chemical detector that is capable of sensing minuscule amounts of ammonia gas.
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Chemistry World March 15, 2012 Jon Cartwright	DVD player burns graphene to disc Chemists in the US have used a standard DVD player to reduce films of graphite oxide to graphene.
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