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JMR
Focus Issue: Nanotubes and Nanowires
During the last decade of the last century a few remarkable developments in the science and technology of nanostructures took place. First, the discovery of carbon nanotubes in the early 1990s and the observation that their electrical properties can be tuned from metals to semiconductors with their diameter and chirality led to a surge of research in this field. The high Young’s modulus of carbon nanotubes, the fabrication of carbon nanotube-based transistors, and their field effect electron emission suggested numerous potential applications for these novel nanostructures. The discovery of inorganic nanotubes and fullerene-like structures shortly afterward and the demonstration of their large applications potential as solid state lubricants and later as resilient materials under shock and compression provided a new dimension for their research. Finally, the development of a few methodologies for their controlled growth and potential applications in electronics, sensors, nano-electromechanical devices, etc., elicited much research into one dimensional (1D) nanostructures. The most recent development in other 1D nanostructures, such as nanowires of Si, GaN, InP and ZnO, has opened many possible applications in optoelectronics, electronics, sensors, actuators and optics. The unique advantage offered by these 1D nanostructures is their property stability and controllability, making them new building blocks for constructing novel nanodevices. The wide range and diverse nanostructures offered by these materials open the field of nanowire research of inorganic materials. Even today, the controlled growth of such 1D nanostructures is a most demanding task which can not be accomplished without a careful study of the growth mechanism and the introduction of ingenious growth techniques. Chemical modifications and derivatization of nanotubes and nanowires and their self-assembly into a hierarchy of superstructures with controllable properties provides the means to endow them with predetermined functionality. Nano-manipulation is another important aspect of the research into 1D nanostructures, with great emphasis on constructing devices of ever more complex structure and functionality. Journal of Materials Research will publish a focus issue in November 2006 to examine recent developments in 1D nanostructures. Papers are solicited that advance the scientific understanding of :
Editors for this focus issue are Reshef Tenne, Weizmann Inst. of Science (Israel), Pulickel Ajayan, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (USA), Yadong Li, Tsinghua Univ. (China), Zhong L. Wang, Georgia Inst. Technology (USA), and Peidong Yang, Univ. California, Berkeley (USA). To be considered for this issue, manuscripts must be submitted via the JMR electronic submission system by April 3, 2006. Manuscripts submitted after this deadline will not be considered for the issue due to time constraints on the review process. Instructions for manuscript preparation and submission can be found at http://www.mrs.org/publications/jmr. When submitting, please select “Focus Issue: Nanotubes and Nanowires” as the manuscript type so that it may be routed to the Focus Issue co-editors. All manuscripts will be reviewed in a normal but expedited fashion. Papers submitted by the deadline and subsequently accepted will be published in the November 2006 Focus Issue. Other manuscripts that are acceptable but cannot be included in the November 2006 issue will be scheduled for publication in a subsequent issue of JMR. Please contact jmr@mrs.org with questions. Advertise in this Focus Issue Tap
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