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Amazing work where imine condensation reactions lead up to building molecular nanotube enantiomers using something known as Covalent Organic Pillars COP!

References: 

Tian, Y., Guo, Y., Dong, X. et al. Synthesis of covalent organic pillars as molecular nanotubes with precise length, diameter and chirality. Nat. Synth (2023).

Making molecular nanotubes by cross-linking stackable rings. Nat. Synth (2023).

We previous learned about how nanotech can help advance AI. Now, let's learn about how AI helps scientists to discover new morphologies of directed self-assembled copolymers!

References:

G. S. Doerk et al., Autonomous discovery of emergent morphologies in directed self-assembly of block copolymer blends. Science Advances. 9, eadd3687 .

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In this lit update we don't really talk about the paper in detail but we had a lot of fun discussing on how relevant or not nanotech is to the ai and language model space. Check it out!

References: 

Finocchio, Giovanni, et al. "Roadmap for Unconventional Computing with Nanotechnology." arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.06727 (2023). https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.06727

Gongora, Aldair E., et al. "Autonomous experimentation in nanotechnology." Intelligent Nanotechnology. Elsevier, 2023. 331-360.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780323857963000123

Direct laser writing of copper and copper oxide structures on plastic substrates for memristor devices

J Jones, MR Snowdon, S Rathod, P Peng - Flexible and Printed Electronics, 2023. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-8585/acb0df/meta

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First episode of 2023! Let's start with reflecting on the funny mistakes we made in our early years and what we would like to improve on!

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Last episode of 2022! We have come a long way since we first started and accomplished quite a bit this year. Tune in to the recap of 2022, what we wished we could have covered, and what we have coming up in 2023!

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Interested in pursuing an academic career in North America? And simultaneously sharing all the fun of science online? Tune in to this nanolife interview with Prof. Ben Meekins, the mastermind behind OpenSciencePresentations!

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Incoming lit update! Check out new research that shows nanocages made from DNA are able to capture a wide range of viruses!

References: 

https://cen.acs.org/articles/100/i41/DNA-nanoshells-trap-broad-spectrum.html 

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Atoms, they're everywhere! They're the building blocks of everything but you can't see them with your naked eye, now you can! 

Sumaiya, S. A.; Liu, J.; Baykara, M. Z. True Atomic-Resolution Surface Imaging and Manipulation under Ambient Conditions via Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy. ACS Nano 2022.

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Have you heard of CRISPR, the ground breaking gene editing technology? The one that got Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020? This technology was repurposed by researchers from Fudan University to detect cell free DNA! Tune in to learn more!

References:

Yang, B.; Kong, J.; Fang, X. Programmable CRISPR-Cas9 microneedle patch for long-term capture and real-time monitoring of universal cell-free DNA. Nat Commun 2022, 13, 1-16.

Xue, C.; Greene, E. C. DNA Repair Pathway Choices in CRISPR-Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing. Trends in Genetics 2021, 37, 639-656.

Young, L. S.; Yap, L. F.; Murray, P. G. Epstein-Barr virus: more than 50 years old and still providing surprises. Nat Rev Cancer 2016, 16, 789-802.

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Have you heard of CRISPR, the ground breaking gene editing technology? The one that got Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020? This technology was repurposed by researchers from Fudan University to detect cell free DNA! Tune in to learn more!