with implications for quantum information transmission and management. Isolation of 1D chains and topological materials In analogy to the isolation of 2D graphene from graphite, Zettl developed a method by which single or few chains of quasi 1D materials could be isolated and studied. He did this by synthesizing the materials in the confined (and protective) interior of CNTs and BNNTs. The method has yielded structures unknown in “bulk”, with often interesting electronic properties (such as sharp metal-to-insulator transitions) and non-trivial topological properties. Atomically-precise ultra-narrow nanoribbons were also created by Zettl via this confined growth method. Liquid electronics Using conducting nanoparticles softly “jammed” at the interface between two immiscible liquids, Zettl constructed electronic devices and “circuitry”, thus realizing an effective paradigm for “all liquid electronics”. Such constructs could facilitate easier reconfiguration or complete recycling of constituents once the circuit architecture becomes obsolete. Selected books, book chapters, and review articles S. Saito and A. Zettl, eds. Carbon Nanotubes: Quantum Cylinders of Graphene. Contemporary Concepts of Condensed Matter Science, Volume 3, Pages 1-215 (2008) G. Grüner and A. Zettl. Charge density wave conduction: a novel collective transport phenomenon in solids. Phys. Reports 119, 117 (1985) A. Zettl. Chaos in solid state systems. In Methods and Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics, ACIF Series vol. 7, A. Saenz, ed. (World Scientific, Singapore, 1988), p. 203 A. Zettl and G. Grüner. Routes to chaos in charge density wave systems. Comments in Cond. Matt. Phys. 12, 265 (1986) S. Brown and A. Zettl. Charge density wave current oscillations and interference effects. In Charge Density Waves in Solids, Modern Problems in Condensed Matter Science Series vol. 25, L. Gor'kov and G. Grüner, eds. (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1989) A. Zettl, W.A. Vareka, and X.-D. Xiang. Intercalating high Tc oxide superconductors. In Quantum Theory of Real Materials, J.R. Chelilowsky and S.G. Louie, eds. (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 1996) p. 425 J. C. Grossman, C. Piskoti, and A. Zettl. Molecular and Solid C36. In Fullerenes: Chemistry, Physics, and Technology, K. Kadish and R. Ruoff, ed. Chap 20, 887-916 (2000) N.G. Chopra and A. Zettl. Boron-Nitride-Containing Nanotubes. In Fullerenes: Chemistry, Physics, and Technology, K. Kadish and R. Ruoff, eds. Chap.17, 767-794 (2000) A. Zettl. New carbon materials. McGraw Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology. (McGraw Hill, 1999) A. Zettl and J. Cumings. Elastic properties of fullerenes. In Handbook of Elastic Properties of Solids, Liquids, and Gases, Levy, Bass, and Stern, eds. (Academic Press,