Issue 13 of Nanooze completes our 4 part series on Chemistry, begun in conjunction with  of the International Year of Chemistry.  ( see issue 10, issue 11, issue 12) .The unifying theme of issue 13 is one of the 4 commandments that are basic to understanding nanotechnology, that “Molecules in their natural environment have unusual properties”.

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Topics in this issue include

• Unique properties of water
• Light interaction with quantum dots
• Carbon- Graphene and graphite
• Smaller and smaller electronic devices-How small can we go?
• An interview with chemist Wim Noorduin–with some pictures of “nano-flowers”