title: The creation of nanojunctions.
abstract: This review describes recent progress in creation of nanojunctions between individual nanoobjects. The accomplishments of various strategies used for nanojunction creation are highlighted and the corresponding challenges are discussed. The possible ongoing development for the creation of device-oriented nanojunctions is speculated upon.
authors.affiliation: National Key Laboratory of Micro/Nano Fabrication Technology, Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Microfabrication of the Ministry of Education, Research Institute of Micro/Nano Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, PR China. swguo@sjtu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Shouwu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D004583:Electrons; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D053770:Nanowires / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon