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Last Update: May 14, 2012 9:44 AM   

• Covalently Bonded Three-Dimensional Carbon Nanotube Solids via Boron-Induced Nanojunctions (April 2012)
• Nanoscale Ferroelectricity in Crystalline g Glycine (April 2012)
• Topographic and Spectroscopic Characterization of Electronic Edge States in CVD Grown Graphene Nanoribbons (February 2012)
• Correlating Electronic Transport to Atomic Structures in Self-Assembled Quantum Wires (January 2012)
• Expression Optimization and Synthetic Gene Networks in Cell-free Systems (December 2011)
• Tunable Metallic Conductance in Ferroelectric Nanodomains (December 2011)
• Supramolecular Self-Assembly of p-conjugated Hydrocarbons via 2D Cooperative CH/p Interaction (December 2011)
• PS-b-P3HT Copolymers as P3HT/PCBM Interfacial Compatibilizers for High Efficiency Photovoltaics (November 2011)
• Enhanced Electric Conductivity at Ferroelectric Vortex Cores in BiFeO₃ (November 2011)
• Antioxidant Deactivation on Graphenic Nanocarbon Surfaces (August 2011)
• Electromechanical Actuation and Current-Induced Metastable States in Suspended Single-Crystalline VO₂ Nanoplatelets (August 2011)
• Measuring oxygen reduction/evolution reactions on the nanoscale (August 2011)
• Enhanced Performance Consistency in Nanoparticle/TIPS Pentacene-Based Organic Thin Film Transistors (July 2011)
• Micro/nanofabricated environments for synthetic biology (June 2011)
• Low-temperature Exfoliation of Multilayer-Graphene Material from FeCl₃ and CH₃NO₂ Co-intercalated Graphite Compound (May 2011)
• Direct Imprinting of Porous Substrates: A Rapid and Low-Cost Approach for Patterning Porous Nanomaterials (May 2011)
• Low-Voltage, Low-Power Organic Light-Emitting Transistors for AMOLED Displays (April 2011)
• Surface domain structures and mesoscopic phase transition in relaxor ferroelectrics (April 2011)
• Fluctuations and Correlations in Physical and Biological Nanosystems (April 2011)
• Dynamic Conductivity of Ferroelectric Domain Walls in BiFeO₃ (April 2011)
• Characterization and Carbonization of Highly-Oriented Poly(diiododiacetylene) Nanofibers (March 2011)
• Phonon softening and metallization of a narrow-gap semiconductor by thermal disorder (March 2011)
  

“Nanotube 'sponge' has potential in oil spill cleanup,” Oak Ridger (May 10, 2012)

“Boundary Between Electronics and Biology Is Blurring: First Proof of Ferroelectricity in Simplest Amino Acid,” Science Daily (April 19, 2012)

“Oil Spill Clean-Up May be Made Easier by Carbon-Nanotube Tech,” Gant Daily (April 17, 2012)

“Technique Creates Piezoelectric Ferroelectric Nanostructures,” Newswise (February 21, 2012)

“ORNL microscopy explores nanowires' weakest link,” PhysOrg.com (February 13, 2012)

“Cummings appointed to two NSF advisory boards,” (February 2012)

“Coatings Influence Nanoparticle Toxicity,” Chemical & Engineering News(January 12, 2012)

“Nanoscale Metallic Conductivity Demonstrated in Ferroelectrics,” Science Daily (January 9, 2012)

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