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Web Release Date: September 6, 2008

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Toward Reliable Algorithmic Self-Assembly of DNA Tiles: A Fixed-Width Cellular Automaton Pattern
Kenichi Fujibayashi, Rizal Hariadi, Sung Ha Park, Erik Winfree, and Satoshi Murata
Web Release Date: 06-Sep-2008; (Addition & Correction) DOI: 10.1021/nl802586e

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Web Release Date: September 5, 2008

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Self-Organized Regular Arrays of Anodic TiO₂ Nanotubes
Yeonmi Shin and Seonghoon Lee
Web Release Date: 05-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl801422w

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Laser Directed Growth of Carbon-Based Nanostructures by Plasmon Resonant Chemical Vapor Deposition
Wei Hsuan Hung, I-Kai Hsu, Adam Bushmaker, Rajay Kumar, Jesse Theiss, and Stephen B. Cronin
Web Release Date: 05-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl801666u

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Three Dimensional Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Jennifer Lu, Dongning Yuan, Jie Liu, Weinan Leng, and Thomas E. Kopley
Web Release Date: 05-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl801744z

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Stabilizing Single Atom Contacts by Molecular Bridge Formation
Everardus H. Huisman, Marius L. Trouwborst, Frank L. Bakker, Bert de Boer, Bart J. van Wees, and Sense J. van der Molen
Web Release Date: 05-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl801983z

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Web Release Date: September 4, 2008

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Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry of Vapor−Liquid−Solid Grown, Au-Catalyzed, Si Wires
Morgan C. Putnam, Michael A. Filler, Brendan M. Kayes, Michael D. Kelzenberg, Yunbin Guan, Nathan S. Lewis, John M. Eiler, and Harry A. Atwater
Web Release Date: 04-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl801234y

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The “Music” of Core−Shell Spheres and Hollow Capsules: Influence of the Architecture on the Mechanical Properties at the Nanoscale
T. Still, R. Sainidou, M. Retsch, U. Jonas, P. Spahn, G. P. Hellmann, and G. Fytas
Web Release Date: 04-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl801500n

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Quantum Interference in Radial Heterostructure Nanowires
Minkyung Jung, Joon Sung Lee, Woon Song, Young Heon Kim, Sang Don Lee, Nam Kim, Jeunghee Park, Mahn-Soo Choi, Shingo Katsumoto, Hyoyoung Lee, and Jinhee Kim
Web Release Date: 04-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl801506w

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Femtonewton Force Sensing with Optically Trapped Nanotubes
O. M. Maragò, P. H. Jones, F. Bonaccorso, V. Scardaci, P. G. Gucciardi, A. G. Rozhin, and A. C. Ferrari
Web Release Date: 04-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl8015413

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Polarization-Dependent Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering from a Silver-Nanoparticle-Decorated Single Silver Nanowire
Seung Joon Lee, Jeong Min Baik, and Martin Moskovits
Web Release Date: 04-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl801603j

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Electrospinning of Three-Dimensional Nanofibrous Tubes with Controllable Architectures
Daming Zhang and Jiang Chang
Web Release Date: 04-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl801667s

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Thermal Stability of Graphene and Nanotube Covalent Functionalization
E. R. Margine, M.-L. Bocquet, and X. Blase
Web Release Date: 04-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl801718f

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Three-Dimensional Optical Control of Individual Quantum Dots
Liselotte Jauffred, Andrew C. Richardson, and Lene B. Oddershede
Web Release Date: 04-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl801962f

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Minimum Voltage for Threshold Switching in Nanoscale Phase-Change Memory
Dong Yu, Sarah Brittman, Jin Seok Lee, Abram L. Falk, and Hongkun Park
Web Release Date: 04-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl802261s

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Surface Plasmon-Mediated Energy Transfer in Heterogap Au−Ag Nanowires
Wei Wei, Shuzhou Li, Lidong Qin, Can Xue, Jill E. Millstone, Xiaoyang Xu, George C. Schatz, and Chad A. Mirkin
Web Release Date: 04-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl8023164

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In situ Sensing of Single Binding Events by Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance
Takumi Sannomiya, Christian Hafner, and Janos Voros
Web Release Date: 04-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl802317d

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Photothermal Optical Coherence Tomography of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in Live Cells Using Immunotargeted Gold Nanospheres
Melissa C. Skala, Matthew J. Crow, Adam Wax, and Joseph A. Izatt
Web Release Date: 04-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl802351p

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Web Release Date: September 3, 2008

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Reduced Graphene Oxide Molecular Sensors
Jeremy T. Robinson, F. Keith Perkins, Eric S. Snow, Zhongqing Wei, and Paul E. Sheehan
Web Release Date: 03-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl8013007

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Self-Assembled Shape- and Orientation-Controlled Synthesis of Nanoscale Cu₃Si Triangles, Squares, and Wires
Zhou Zhang, Lai Mun Wong, Hock Guan Ong, Xin Jiao Wang, Jun Ling Wang, Shi Jie Wang, Hongyu Chen, and Tom Wu
Web Release Date: 03-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl8015208

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Label-free Electronic Detection of the Antigen-Specific T-Cell Immune Response
Eric Stern, Erin R. Steenblock, Mark A. Reed, and Tarek M. Fahmy
Web Release Date: 03-Sep-2008; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/nl801693k