<p>A Naperville teenager with a knack for nanotechnology has won a prestigious honor for her work.</p>
<p>Nora Xu, 17, is one of 17 students nationwide to win a 2007 Davidson fellowship – a $10,000 scholarship from the Davidson Institute for Talent Development, a national nonprofit that supports gifted youth.</p>
<p>Xu graduated this year from the Illinois Math and Science Academy and starts at Princeton University in fall.</p>
<p>Heading to Princeton</p>
<p>She was cited for her research into the structure of nanocrystal films, which are used in computer processors and other technology.</p>
<p>“It’s basically used for many different pieces of equipment in electronics that are smaller parts to creating more technology and nanotechnology,” Xu said of the films. </p>
<p>“They have also been studied by others as a delivery system for biomolecules, which means they’ve also been studied as a vector to deliver drugs to tumors.”</p>
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