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Chemistry World October 10, 2008 Simon Hadlington	Glue beats gecko's sticking power A carbon nanotube-based material has smashed records for sticking power to a vertical surface, and it can be easily peeled away too.
Chemistry World February 18, 2008 Michael Gross	Nanofiber Tape is Sticky Stuff The gecko's ability to walk up vertical walls could soon be copied by humans, thanks to new adhesive materials based on the structures found in its feet.
IEEE Spectrum June 2008 Prachi Patel-Predd	Wall-Climbing Robot Spies Gecko-inspired robots rely on directional adhesive feet; a new wall-climbing robot uses electrostatic adhesion.
Popular Mechanics October 2007 Alex Hutchinson	Scientists Use Gecko's Spider-Man Grip to Develop Super Tape A team at Ohio's University of Akron has produced a new kind of "gecko tape" that mimics the thousands of hairs on the gecko's footpad. And a Stanford group envisions that tape being used in space.
Chemistry World October 25, 2007 Jonathan Edwards	Nanotube Gives Ultimate Force Measurement US researchers have pushed chemical force microscopy (CFM) to its ultimate limit by measuring the interaction of a single functional group with a carbon nanotube.
Technology Research News December 29, 2004	Sapphire Steps Shape Nanotubes Arrays Researchers have found that it is possible to grow carbon nanotubes along atom-size steps on a sapphire surface.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2005 Dan Bloom	Ready for Some Carbon Nanotubing? Carbon nanotubes are going to show up in all sorts of high tech devices. Be ready for them.
PC Magazine May 3, 2006 Sebastian Rupley	Eat Your Heart Out, Spider-Man Why should we care how geckos climb walls? Because they can show us how to design wall-climbing robots, clearly.
Technology Research News December 1, 2004 Eric Smalley	For Pure Nanotubes Add Water Washing away impurities with water turns out to be as good for growing carbon nanotubes as it is for keeping a clean house.
Chemistry World September 9, 2010 Mike Brown	Electric shock resets nanotube sensor Sensors based on single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNTs) could be 'reset' at the simple flick of a switch, say researchers in the US.
Chemistry World August 1, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Now You Stick me, Now You Don't Researchers have developed a novel system of reversible adhesion, where two surfaces bind tightly or loosen completely depending on the prevailing pH.
Industrial Physicist	Biomimetic Nanotechnology Although biomimetic nanotechnology is in its infancy, with no applications yet reaching commercialization, the barriers in some cases lie mainly in scaling up production processes to industrial levels.
Technology Research News June 4, 2003	Study shows DNA will fill tubes Researchers from the Max Planck Institute in Germany have shown by computer simulation that it is possible to insert DNA into a carbon nanotube.
Technology Research News October 8, 2003	Nanotubes boost storage Scientists from IBM Research in Zurich, Osaka Prefecture University in Japan, and the Japanese Nanotechnology Research Institute have advanced the possibilities of using multiwalled carbon nanotubes to make denser, more efficient data storage devices.
Chemistry World September 8, 2010 Phillip Broadwith	Nanotubes: bend me, shape me, anyway you want me Curved, twisted and overhanging microscopic structures have been made by US researchers from carbon nanotubes by exploiting capillary action.
Technology Research News December 1, 2004	Short Nanotubes Carry Big Currents Researchers have developed a simple way to fabricate carbon nanotube devices whose length is as small as ten nanometers, and have shown that electricity can pass through the nanotubes very efficiently.
Technology Research News April 20, 2005	Nanotube Chemical Sensor Gains Speed Researchers have made single-walled carbon nanotube chemical sensors that transmit information by measuring the charge in the nanotubes' capacitance, or ability to store electric charge.
Technology Research News December 3, 2003	Nanotubes detect nerve gas Naval Research Laboratory researchers have found that carbon nanotubes are sensitive to extremely small concentrations -- less than one part per billion -- of chemical nerve agents.
Technology Research News November 19, 2003	Nanotubes fortify plastic film Researchers have developed an inexpensive process for making a nanotube-polymer composite that allows for close control of the density and position of the nanotubes.
Technology Research News September 22, 2004	Nanotubes on Cloth Fire Electrons Researchers have found that nanotubes grown on rough surfaces like carbon cloth can be coaxed to emit electrons using extremely low electric fields.
Technology Research News January 12, 2005	Nano Gas Turbine Designed One especially useful component of a microscopic machine would be a motor. Researchers have worked out how a nanoscale gas turbine made from nanotubes would work.
Chemistry World February 26, 2007 Lionel Milgrom	Nanotubes Sprout Fullerene Buds A new carbon-based hybrid material is set to make an impact on the microelectronics industry. Christened 'nanobuds', the material consists of single-walled carbon nanotubes with football-shaped fullerenes stuck on their outer surfaces.
Chemistry World May 28, 2015 Cesar Palmero	Gecko-inspired adhesives for microfluidics Scientists from Canada report an affordable manufacturing advance in microfluidics with a dry adhesive system that demonstrates strong, self-healing and reversible bonding.
Chemistry World August 17, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Plasma Treatment to Use Patient's Proteins to Improve Medical Device Biocompatibility Researchers have developed a plasma treatment that can make any medical device biocompatible by sticking a patient's own proteins to it.
Chemistry World November 22, 2011 Anthony King	Nasa turns to the dark side with new material NASA scientists have embraced the dark side, creating the blackest material ever. It absorbs almost all light across multiple wavelengths and promises to open new frontiers in space technology.
Chemistry World October 20, 2013 David Bradley	Will the sky fall as Dr says no to strong 'bond' Just how strong are non-covalent interactions that control supramolecular complexes and protein structure? Perhaps not as strong as chemists previously thought, according to UK chemists.
Technology Research News April 9, 2003	Twisted nanotubes have spring Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found a way to use carbon nanotubes -- rolled-up sheets of carbon atoms that form naturally in soot -- as tiny springs for microscopic devices.
Technology Research News July 14, 2004	Laser tweezer traps nanotubes The researchers have showed that it is possible to pattern clusters of nanotubes into configurations that are likely to have near-term applications as chemical, biological and physical sensors.
Wired November 2002 Tom McNichol	Why 6-Legged Bots Rule Forget two-legged bots -- forget androids altogether. Bio-guru Robert Full has seen the future of robotics, and it's one part cockroach, one part millipede, one part Internet.
Technology Research News May 7, 2003	Nanotube shines telecom light Researchers are continually working to expand the usefulness of carbon nanotubes. Scientists from IBM Research have found a way to make the tubes emit light, and have fashioned a nanotube transistor that emits 1.5-micron infrared light, a wavelength widely used in telecommunications.
Technology Research News June 30, 2004	Nanotubes boost neuron growth The method is a step toward neuron-electronic interfaces that would allow for direct biological control of computers and prosthetic devices.
Chemistry World February 21, 2012	Treat science as a hobby Jie Liu talks to Heather Montgomery about his scientific inspirations and the next big breakthrough in carbon nanotube research.
Chemistry World February 5, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Carbon nanotube catalysts 'better than platinum' Researchers in the US have developed a novel catalyst based on carbon nanotubes for the electrochemical reduction of oxygen.
Chemistry World July 3, 2008 Hayley Birch	A new spin on sorting nanotubes A new method for sorting carbon nanotubes could prove useful in creating nanomaterials for fast switching transistors, solar cells and touch screens, say scientists.
Chemistry World September 18, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Nanocircuits Made Easy Scientists in Israel have developed a simple way of making complex networks of carbon nanotubes and stamping them onto circuit boards, taking a further step towards building the next generation of smaller, faster microchips.
Technology Research News July 16, 2003	Nano toolbox gains carbon cones Researchers have come up with a useful twist on carbon nanotubes. Their nano pipettes grow thicker at one end to form microscopic cones that have central channels.
Technology Research News February 25, 2004	Nanotubes boost shape recovery Researchers have mixed carbon nanotubes with polymer to make a plastic that is good at springing back into shape when heated. The shape memory polymers could be used in practical applications in five years, according to the researchers.
Chemistry World May 2012	Column: The crucible Philip Ball is perplexed by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council 's decision to cut surface science funding
Technology Research News August 13, 2003	Carbon wires expand nano toolkit Scientists looking for building blocks to form electronics and machines that are not much bigger than molecules have gained a new tool.
IEEE Spectrum December 2011 Strano & Kalantar-Zadeh	Nanodynamite Fuel-coated nanotubes could provide bursts of power to the smallest systems
Technology Research News April 21, 2004	Magnets Align Nanotubes in Resin Carbon nanotubes have great potential as components of new materials but aligning the tiny tubes can be tricky. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Florida State University have developed a way to orient the nanotubes in a polymer mix using a magnetic field.
Chemistry World December 7, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Metal atoms in carbon nanotubes caught on film An international team of researchers has filmed individual metal atoms as they move around and react within the confines of a carbon nanotube.
Chemistry World October 11, 2012 James Urquhart	Drawing gas sensors with a nanotube pencil US researchers have created a gas sensor that can detect ammonia as well as existing sensors. The 'pencil' comes in the form of a carbon nanotube disk which was used to draw on paper patterned with metal electrodes to create the sensor.
Chemistry World February 28, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Individual Atoms' Chemical ID Revealed Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that atomic force microscopy can be used to reveal the chemical identity of individual atoms on a surface at room temperature.
Technology Research News January 14, 2004	Nanotubes grown on plastic Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England have devised a way to grow vertical forests of carbon nanotubes on flexible plastic.
Reactive Reports May 2007 David Bradley	The Long and the Short of It A new composite material that acts as a catalyst to speed up chemical reactions has been developed to create arrays of the world's longest carbon nanotubes.
IEEE Spectrum December 2010 Joseph Calamia	Can Carbon Put Copper Down for the Count? In the nano realm, copper vertical interconnects won't cut it
Chemistry World July 23, 2009 Hayley Birch	Nanotube growth caught on camera French and US researchers have produced the first video evidence that carbon nanotubes turn as they grow.
Technology Research News November 3, 2004	Nanotubes Lengthen to Centimeters Researchers have found a way to grow very long carbon nanotubes. One long-range possibility is using ultralong carbon nanotubes fibers to make an elevator to low Earth orbit.
Chemistry World November 27, 2013 Emma Stoye	Magnetic replicas capture pollen's sticking power The replica particles are identically shaped to the original pollen grains, which allows them to stick to surfaces like polystyrene using van der Waals forces. Converting pollen into these iron oxide replicas could be a useful way to manufacture adhesive microparticles.