«The first four years of the NCCR Nanoscale Science are over and we have successfully started the second phase -the right moment to look back. With this special issue of nanonews we want to present some of the scientific highlights of the last four years. We start with topics from medicine and biology, cover some chemical highlights, and discuss some achievements in the area of molecular electronics, atomic and molecular nanosystems and quantum computing and quantum coherence.»
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Receptor-Specific Targeting with Highly Functional Polymer Nanocontainers in Cell Culture and Animal Experiment

Development of Nanotools for Imaging, Measuring and Manipulating Soft Matter in the Human Body

Cantilever Array for Proteomic and Genomics Applications

The Supramolecular Organization of the G-Protein Coupled Receptor Rhodopsin in the Native Membrane

Self-Assembling Dendrimers for Gene Transfection

Electrons as Catalysts for the Rrepair of DNA Photolesions

Biologically Functionalized Block Copolymer Vesicles

Catalysis at Self-Assembled Monolayers

Nano-Structuring of Surfaces Using Micelles

Direct Stencil Type Lithography: The Nanostencil Technique

Atomic Force Microscopy Using Insulated Conductive Cantilevers

Manipulation of Organic Molecules by AFM

Nanotribology: Friction and Wear on the Atomic Scale

Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy (MRFM)

Resonant Optical Antennas

Inorganic Nanowires as Future Active Components in opto-electronics

New Method for the Construction of Future Molecular Data Storage Media and Nanoscale Switches

Building Break Junctions for Molecular Electronics

Physics of Charge Transport in Carbon Nanotubes

Probing the Kondo Density of States in Three-Terminal Quantum Rings

Creation of Spin-Entanglement in Semiconductor Nanostructures

In the second phase (2005-2009) the NCCR nanoscale science comes with a new module structure