One recent development in the field of nanomaterials is the ability not only to tailor the properties of nanomaterials but to tune these properties. Tunable materials allow to change the properties of these materials reversibly and in a controlled manner after fabrication, e.g., by applying an electric field. Another remarkable development is the discovery of “nanoglasses”, based on the idea of introducing internal interfaces on the nanometer scale between non-crystalline, amorphous or glassy structures. These glasses differ structurally from present-day glasses and thus are expected to open the way to an age of glass-based technologies. The articles in this Thematic Series highlight recent developments, from nanoporous polymers to graphene quantum dots, from concepts for designing magnetic properties to nanoplasticity and to the remarkable mechanical properties of a novel type of nanowires.

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Advances in nanomaterials II

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