title: Small but strong lessons from chemistry for nanoscience.
abstract: In a different light: In a provocative look at nanoscience, Nobel Laureate Roald Hoffmann considers the structural and electronic perplexities of dimensionality, the consequences of bond severance in nano-object formation, the implications of simple acid-base chemistry for stabilization of nanostructures, and what lessons might be learned from surface science on structural relaxation and reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Baker Laboratory, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. rh34@cornell.edu
authors.forename: Roald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hoffmann