Our changing nature - p1

doi:10.1038/nmat721

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From baseball colloids to heartbreaking collagen fibres - p2

doi:10.1038/nmat723

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The science of dirt - pp3 - 4

Robert W. Cahn

doi:10.1038/nmat701

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Magnesium diboride: Superior thin films - pp5 - 6

John Rowell

doi:10.1038/nmat713

Full Text - Magnesium diborideSuperior thin films | PDF (257 KB) - Magnesium diborideSuperior thin films

See also: Letter by Zeng et al.

Electron microscopy: Better vision with electron lenses - pp7 - 8

David Cockayne

doi:10.1038/nmat717

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Polymer science: Designer polymer blends - pp8 - 10

Anthony J. Ryan

doi:10.1038/nmat720

Full Text - Polymer scienceDesigner polymer blends | PDF (867 KB) - Polymer scienceDesigner polymer blends

Photonic materials: Teaching silicon new tricks - pp10 - 12

Albert Polman

doi:10.1038/nmat705

Full Text - Photonic materialsTeaching silicon new tricks | PDF (643 KB) - Photonic materialsTeaching silicon new tricks

Biosensors:  Barcoded molecules - pp12 - 13

Volker Lehmann

doi:10.1038/nmat702

Full Text - Biosensors Barcoded molecules | PDF (408 KB) - Biosensors Barcoded molecules

See also: Letter by Cunin et al.

Surface chemistry:  Fakir droplets - pp14 - 15

David Quéré

doi:10.1038/nmat715

Full Text - Surface chemistry Fakir droplets | PDF (130 KB) - Surface chemistry Fakir droplets

Computational materials science:  Nanoscale plasticity - pp15 - 16

Karsten W. Jacobsen & Jakob Schiøtz

doi:10.1038/nmat718

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See also: Article by Yamakov et al.

Nanomaterials:  Top-to-bottom functional design - pp17 - 18

David R. Walt

doi:10.1038/nmat714

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Materials witness: Encounters of the literary kind - p18

Philip Ball

doi:10.1038/nmat710

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New materials from high-pressure experiments - pp19 - 25

Paul F. McMillan

doi:10.1038/nmat716

Abstract - New materials from high-pressure experiments | Full Text - New materials from high-pressure experiments | PDF (160 KB) - New materials from high-pressure experiments

Subject Categories: Structural materials | Electronic materials | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials | Superconductors

Materials for terahertz science and technology - pp26 - 33

Bradley Ferguson & Xi-Cheng Zhang

doi:10.1038/nmat708

Abstract - Materials for terahertz science and technology | Full Text - Materials for terahertz science and technology | PDF (975 KB) - Materials for terahertz science and technology

Subject Categories: Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials | Characterisation and analytical techniques

In situ epitaxial MgB₂ thin films for superconducting electronics - pp35 - 38

Xianghui Zeng, Alexej V. Pogrebnyakov, Armen Kotcharov, James E. Jones, X. X. Xi, Eric M. Lysczek, Joan M. Redwing, Shengyong Xu, Qi Li, James Lettieri, Darrell G. Schlom, Wei Tian, Xiaoqing Pan & Zi-Kui Liu

doi:10.1038/nmat703

First paragraph - In situ: epitaxial MgB: 2: thin films for superconducting electronics | Full Text - In situ epitaxial MgB2 thin films for superconducting electronics | PDF (406 KB) - In situ epitaxial MgB2 thin films for superconducting electronics

Subject Categories: Superconductors | Surface and thin films | Design synthesis and processing

See also: News and Views by Rowell

Biomolecular screening with encoded porous-silicon photonic crystals - pp39 - 41

Frédérique Cunin, Thomas A. Schmedake, Jamie R. Link, Yang Yang Li, Jennifer Koh, Sangeeta N. Bhatia & Michael J. Sailor

doi:10.1038/nmat702

First paragraph - Biomolecular screening with encoded porous-silicon photonic crystals | Full Text - Biomolecular screening with encoded porous-silicon photonic crystals | PDF (371 KB) - Biomolecular screening with encoded porous-silicon photonic crystals

Subject Categories: Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials | Porous materials | Sensors and biosensors

See also: News and Views by Lehmann

Living bacteria in silica gels - pp42 - 44

Nadine Nassif, Odile Bouvet, Marie Noelle Rager, Cécile Roux, Thibaud Coradin & Jacques Livage

doi:10.1038/nmat709

First paragraph - Living bacteria in silica gels | Full Text - Living bacteria in silica gels | PDF (289 KB) - Living bacteria in silica gels

Subject Categories: Biological materials | Sensors and biosensors

Dislocation processes in the deformation of nanocrystalline aluminium by molecular-dynamics simulation - pp45 - 49

Vesselin Yamakov, Dieter Wolf, Simon R. Phillpot, Amiya K. Mukherjee & Herbert Gleiter

doi:10.1038/nmat700

Abstract - Dislocation processes in the deformation of nanocrystalline aluminium by molecular-dynamics simulation | Full Text - Dislocation processes in the deformation of nanocrystalline aluminium by molecular-dynamics simulation | PDF (1,196 KB) - Dislocation processes in the deformation of nanocrystalline aluminium by molecular-dynamics simulation | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Metals and alloys | Mechanical properties | Computation, modelling and theory

See also: News and Views by Jacobsen & Schiøtz

Highest electron affinity as a predictor of cluster anion structures - pp49 - 53

Leeor Kronik, Roland Fromherz, Eunjung Ko, Gerd Ganteför & James R. Chelikowsky

doi:10.1038/nmat704

Abstract - Highest electron affinity as a predictor of cluster anion structures | Full Text - Highest electron affinity as a predictor of cluster anion structures | PDF (326 KB) - Highest electron affinity as a predictor of cluster anion structures

Subject Categories: Nanoscale materials | Computation, modelling and theory

Design and properties of co-continuous nanostructured polymers by reactive blending - pp54 - 58

Helene Pernot, Martin Baumert, François Court & Ludwik Leibler

doi:10.1038/nmat711

Abstract - Design and properties of co-continuous nanostructured polymers by reactive blending | Full Text - Design and properties of co-continuous nanostructured polymers by reactive blending | PDF (545 KB) - Design and properties of co-continuous nanostructured polymers by reactive blending

Subject Categories: Polymers | Nanoscale materials | Design synthesis and processing

See also: News and Views by Ryan

Reversibly erasable nanoporous anti-reflection coatings from polyelectrolyte multilayers - pp59 - 63

Jeri'Ann Hiller, Jonas D. Mendelsohn & Michael F. Rubner

doi:10.1038/nmat719

Abstract - Reversibly erasable nanoporous anti-reflection coatings from polyelectrolyte multilayers | Full Text - Reversibly erasable nanoporous anti-reflection coatings from polyelectrolyte multilayers | PDF (319 KB) - Reversibly erasable nanoporous anti-reflection coatings from polyelectrolyte multilayers

Subject Categories: Polymers | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials | Nanoscale materials | Porous materials | Surface and thin films

Polymer-stabilized liquid crystal blue phases - pp64 - 68

Hirotsugu Kikuchi, Masayuki Yokota, Yoshiaki Hisakado, Huai Yang & Tisato Kajiyama

doi:10.1038/nmat712

Abstract - Polymer-stabilized liquid crystal blue phases | Full Text - Polymer-stabilized liquid crystal blue phases | PDF (1,159 KB) - Polymer-stabilized liquid crystal blue phases

Subject Categories: Liquid crystals | Polymers | Composites | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials

Bridge-mediated hopping or superexchange electron-transfer processes in bis(triarylamine) systems - pp69 - 73

Christoph Lambert, Gilbert Nöll & Jürgen Schelter

doi:10.1038/nmat706

Abstract - Bridge-mediated hopping or superexchange electron-transfer processes in bis(triarylamine) systems | Full Text - Bridge-mediated hopping or superexchange electron-transfer processes in bis(triarylamine) systems | PDF (933 KB) - Bridge-mediated hopping or superexchange electron-transfer processes in bis(triarylamine) systems | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials | Surface and thin films

Seeing more clearly - p74

doi:10.1038/nmat722

Full Text - Seeing more clearly | PDF (667 KB) - Seeing more clearly