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Editorial

Patent or perish? p197

doi:10.1038/nmat785


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Commentary

Read patents, not just papers pp199 - 201

Ralf Blossey

doi:10.1038/nmat745


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Research News


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News and Views

Nanotube electronics: High-performance transistors pp203 - 204

Richard Martel

doi:10.1038/nmat780


Surface science: The going rate for catalysts pp205 - 206

Michael Bowker

doi:10.1038/nmat774


Biotechnology: Unnatural biopolymers pp207 - 208

Yoshiharu Doi

doi:10.1038/nmat783


Optical materials: A new twist for nonlinear optics pp209 - 210

Ulrich Gubler & Christian Bosshard

doi:10.1038/nmat781


Fuel cell technology: A sweeter fuel pp211 - 212

Kevin Kendall

doi:10.1038/nmat782


Quantum computing: Fine lines from dots pp212 - 213

Laura M. Herz & Richard T. Phillips

doi:10.1038/nmat777


Artificial photosynthesis: Light-activated calcium gradients pp214 - 215

David H. Thompson

doi:10.1038/nmat784


Material witness: The stuff of youth p215

Philip Ball

doi:10.1038/nmat770


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Letters



The myosin coiled-coil is a truly elastic protein structure pp232 - 235

Ingo Schwaiger, Clara Sattler, Daniel R. Hostetter & Matthias Rief

doi:10.1038/nmat776


Biosynthesis of novel thermoplastic polythioesters by engineered Escherichia coli pp236 - 240

Tina Lütke-Eversloh, Andreas Fischer, Uwe Remminghorst, Jumpei Kawada, Robert H. Marchessault, Ansgar Bögershausen, Martin Kalwei, Hellmut Eckert, Rudolf Reichelt, Shuang-Jiang Liu & Alexander Steinbüchel

doi:10.1038/nmat773

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

See also: News and Views by Doi


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Articles

High-kappa dielectrics for advanced carbon-nanotube transistors and logic gates pp241 - 246

Ali Javey, Hyoungsub Kim, Markus Brink, Qian Wang, Ant Ural, Jing Guo, Paul McIntyre, Paul McEuen, Mark Lundstrom & Hongjie Dai

doi:10.1038/nmat769

Subject Categories: Molecular electronics | Nanoscale materials | Surface and thin films

See also: News and Views by Martel


Ordered nanoparticle arrays formed on engineered chaperonin protein templates pp247 - 252

R. Andrew McMillan, Chad D. Paavola, Jeanie Howard, Suzanne L. Chan, Nestor J. Zaluzec & Jonathan D. Trent

doi:10.1038/nmat775


DNA-modified nanocrystalline diamond thin-films as stable, biologically active substrates pp253 - 257

Wensha Yang, Orlando Auciello, James E. Butler, Wei Cai, John A. Carlisle, Jennifer E. Gerbi, Dieter M. Gruen, Tanya Knickerbocker, Tami L. Lasseter, John N. Russell, Jr., Lloyd M. Smith & Robert J. Hamers

doi:10.1038/nmat779


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Corrigendum

Molecular design of strong single-wall carbon nanotube/polyelectrolyte multilayer composites p257

Arif A. Mamedov, Nicholas A. Kotov, Maurizio Prato, Dirk M. Guldi, James P. Wicksted & Andreas Hirsch

doi:10.1038/nmat771


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