For nanotechnology to fulfil its promises, devices have to control events at the nanoscale as well as link to the macroscopic world. An organized network of nanoparticles that behaves as a sensor is one example of such a system.
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Walt, D. Top-to-bottom functional design. Nature Mater 1, 17–18 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat714
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