The European Materials Research Society looks east - p75

doi:10.1038/nmat744

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Cryptic crystallography - pp77 - 79

Gautam R. Desiraju

doi:10.1038/nmat726

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From green sponges to a photonic stamp - p80

doi:10.1038/nmat742

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Lithium-ion batteries: An unexpected conductor - pp81 - 82

Michael Thackeray

doi:10.1038/nmat736

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Materials characterization: Optics up close and personal - pp83 - 85

Daniel A. Higgins

Full Text - Materials characterizationOptics up close and personal | PDF (254 KB) - Materials characterizationOptics up close and personal

Block copolymers: Copolymers close the loop - pp85 - 87

Anne-Valerie Ruzette

doi:10.1038/nmat739

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Amorphous materials: Order within disorder - pp87 - 88

Philip S. Salmon

doi:10.1038/nmat737

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Cluster nucleation: Watching nanoclusters nucleate - pp89 - 90

Tomas Diaz de la Rubia & George Gilmer

doi:10.1038/nmat743

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Kagomé lattice: A molecular toolkit for magnetism - pp91 - 92

Jerry L. Atwood

doi:10.1038/nmat740

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Material witness: Old conflicts of interest - p92

Philip Ball

doi:10.1038/nmat734

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Terahertz polariton propagation in patterned materials - pp95 - 98

Nikolay S. Stoyanov, David W. Ward, Thomas Feurer & Keith A. Nelson

doi:10.1038/nmat725

First paragraph - Terahertz polariton propagation in patterned materials | Full Text - Terahertz polariton propagation in patterned materials | PDF (332 KB) - Terahertz polariton propagation in patterned materials | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials | Design synthesis and processing

Direct determination of epitaxial interface structure in Gd₂O₃ passivation of GaAs - pp99 - 101

Yizhak Yacoby, Mukhles Sowwan, Edward Stern, Julie O. Cross, Dale Brewe, Ron Pindak, John Pitney, Eric M. Dufresne & Roy Clarke

doi:10.1038/nmat735

First paragraph - Direct determination of epitaxial interface structure in Gd: 2: O: 3: passivation of GaAs | Full Text - Direct determination of epitaxial interface structure in Gd2O3 passivation of GaAs | PDF (290 KB) - Direct determination of epitaxial interface structure in Gd2O3 passivation of GaAs

Subject Categories: Semiconductors | Surface and thin films | Characterisation and analytical techniques

Direct observation of defect-mediated cluster nucleation - pp102 - 105

U. Kaiser, D.A. Muller, J.L. Grazul, A. Chuvilin & M. Kawasaki

doi:10.1038/nmat729

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

See also: News and Views by de la Rubia & Gilmer

Single gallium nitride nanowire lasers - pp106 - 110

Justin C. Johnson, Heon-Jin Choi, Kelly P. Knutsen, Richard D. Schaller, Peidong Yang & Richard J. Saykally

doi:10.1038/nmat728

First paragraph - Single gallium nitride nanowire lasers | Full Text - Single gallium nitride nanowire lasers | PDF (708 KB) - Single gallium nitride nanowire lasers

Subject Categories: Semiconductors | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials | Nanoscale materials

Lasing in a three-dimensional photonic crystal of the liquid crystal blue phase II - pp111 - 113

Wenyi Cao, Antonio Muñoz, Peter Palffy-Muhoray & Bahman Taheri

doi:10.1038/nmat727

First paragraph - Lasing in a three-dimensional photonic crystal of the liquid crystal blue phase II | Full Text - Lasing in a three-dimensional photonic crystal of the liquid crystal blue phase II | PDF (187 KB) - Lasing in a three-dimensional photonic crystal of the liquid crystal blue phase II

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

Closed-loop phase behaviour in block copolymers - pp114 - 117

Du Yeol Ryu, Unyong Jeong, Jin Kon Kim & Thomas P. Russell

doi:10.1038/nmat724

First paragraph - Closed-loop phase behaviour in block copolymers | Full Text - Closed-loop phase behaviour in block copolymers | PDF (574 KB) - Closed-loop phase behaviour in block copolymers

Subject Category: Polymers

See also: News and Views by Ruzette

A functional zeolite analogue assembled from metalloporphyrins - pp118 - 121

Margaret E. Kosal, Jun-Hong Chou, Scott R. Wilson & Kenneth S. Suslick

doi:10.1038/nmat730

First paragraph - A functional zeolite analogue assembled from metalloporphyrins | Full Text - A functional zeolite analogue assembled from metalloporphyrins | PDF (560 KB) - A functional zeolite analogue assembled from metalloporphyrins | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Catalytic materials | Porous materials

Electronically conductive phospho-olivines as lithium storage electrodes - pp123 - 128

Sung-Yoon Chung, Jason T. Bloking & Yet-Ming Chiang

doi:10.1038/nmat732

Abstract - Electronically conductive phospho-olivines as lithium storage electrodes | Full Text - Electronically conductive phospho-olivines as lithium storage electrodes | PDF (688 KB) - Electronically conductive phospho-olivines as lithium storage electrodes

Subject Categories: Ceramics | Electronic materials | Materials for energy

See also: News and Views by Thackeray

Phospholipid membranes as substrates for polymer adsorption - pp129 - 133

Anne Feng Xie & Steve Granick

doi:10.1038/nmat738

Abstract - Phospholipid membranes as substrates for polymer adsorption | Full Text - Phospholipid membranes as substrates for polymer adsorption | PDF (1,509 KB) - Phospholipid membranes as substrates for polymer adsorption

Subject Categories: Polymers | Surface and thin films

Cool characterization - pp135 - 136

doi:10.1038/nmat733

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