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Saving the world with nanotechnology

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Can cutting edge science, applied to the very toughest and most persistent global problems, simultaneously involve and inspire the next generation of scientists?

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Figure 1: Nanotechnology pioneer and Nobel Laureate, Richard Smalley (1943–2005).
Figure 2: Single-walled carbon nanotubes (blue) can be used to store hydrogen gas (red).

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  1. the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, 73019, Oklahoma, USA

    Donna J. Nelson

  2. the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, 61801, Illinois, USA

    Michael Strano

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Nelson, D., Strano, M. Saving the world with nanotechnology. Nature Nanotech 1, 96–97 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2006.113

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