title: Novel nanoscale architectures: coated nanotubes and other nanowires.
abstract: Research has demonstrated that the structure and properties of a nanoscale system are inextricably linked. The advent of nanoscale research in 1991 relied upon nanoscale material production through random formation techniques, such as arc discharge, and the inherent properties and morphology of the system were therefore difficult to control. This article reviews some of the methods and ideas that have developed since the inception of nanotechnology, leading to fine control over the morphology of nanoscale systems and highlighting some interesting nanoscale architecture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, Sussex BN1 9QJ, UK. r.l.d.whitby@sussex.ac.uk
authors.forename: R L D
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Whitby
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Y Q
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Kroto
authors.forename: D R M
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Walton
mesh_terms: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D004559:Electric Wiring; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D004867:Equipment Design; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon
chemical_list: D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon