How are we doing so far? - p561

doi:10.1038/nmat975

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The next twenty years - pp563 - 565

Ian W. Boyd, Peter Glasow, Hermann G. Grimmeiss, Hanns-Ulrich Habermeier & Paul Siffert

doi:10.1038/nmat968

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Polishing, sensing, switching and synthesizing. - p566

doi:10.1038/nmat971

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Nanopores: The art of sucking spaghetti - pp567 - 568

Robert Austin

doi:10.1038/nmat962

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Carbon nanotubes: Four degrees of separation - pp569 - 570

R. Bruce Weisman

doi:10.1038/nmat970

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Zeolites: Ordered, disordered, collapsed - pp571 - 572

Alexandra Navrotsky

doi:10.1038/nmat969

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Biomimetics: From pulses to motors - pp573 - 574

Constantinos Mavroidis & Atul Dubey

doi:10.1038/nmat973

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Quantum dots: Resonant energy-transfer sensor - pp575 - 576

Dale M. Willard & Alan Van Orden

doi:10.1038/nmat972

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Material witness: Space myths - p576

Philip Ball

doi:10.1038/nmat967

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Molecular biomimetics: nanotechnology through biology - pp577 - 585

Mehmet Sarikaya, Candan Tamerler, Alex K. -Y. Jen, Klaus Schulten & François Baneyx

doi:10.1038/nmat964

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Subject Categories: Polymers | Biological materials | Nanoscale materials | Surface and thin films

A family of ductile intermetallic compounds - pp587 - 591

Karl Gschneidner, Jr, Alan Russell, Alexandra Pecharsky, James Morris, Zhehua Zhang, Thomas Lograsso, David Hsu, C.H. Chester Lo, Yiying Ye, Aaron Slager & David Kesse

doi:10.1038/nmat958

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Subject Categories: Metals and alloys | Mechanical properties

Nanoporous carbide-derived carbon with tunable pore size - pp591 - 594

Yury Gogotsi, Alexei Nikitin, Haihui Ye, Wei Zhou, John E. Fischer, Bo Yi, Henry C. Foley & Michel W. Barsoum

doi:10.1038/nmat957

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Subject Categories: Nanoscale materials | Porous materials

Nanophase separation and hindered glass transition in side-chain polymers - pp595 - 599

Mario Beiner & Heiko Huth

doi:10.1038/nmat966

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Subject Categories: Polymers | Mechanical properties | Nanoscale materials | Characterisation and analytical techniques

ATP-independent contractile proteins from plants - pp600 - 603

Michael Knoblauch, Gundula A. Noll, Torsten Müller, Dirk Prüfer, Ingrid Schneider-Hüther, Dörte Scharner, Aart J. E. van Bel & Winfried S. Peters

doi:10.1038/nmat960

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Subject Category: Biological materials

The Mott–Hubbard insulating state and orbital degeneracy in the superconducting C₆₀^3- fulleride family - pp605 - 610

P. Durand, G. R. Darling, Y. Dubitsky, A. Zaopo & M. J. Rosseinsky

doi:10.1038/nmat953

Abstract - The Mott-Hubbard insulating state and orbital degeneracy in the superconducting C: 60: 3-: fulleride family | Full Text - The Mott–Hubbard insulating state and orbital degeneracy in the superconducting C603- fulleride family | PDF (353 KB) - The Mott–Hubbard insulating state and orbital degeneracy in the superconducting C603- fulleride family | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Superconductors | Computation, modelling and theory

DNA molecules and configurations in a solid-state nanopore microscope - pp611 - 615

Jiali Li, Marc Gershow, Derek Stein, Eric Brandin & J. A. Golovchenko

doi:10.1038/nmat965

Abstract - DNA molecules and configurations in a solid-state nanopore microscope | Full Text - DNA molecules and configurations in a solid-state nanopore microscope | PDF (549 KB) - DNA molecules and configurations in a solid-state nanopore microscope

Subject Categories: Biological materials | Sensors and biosensors | Nanoscale materials | Characterisation and analytical techniques

Correlating structure with fluorescence emission in phase-separated conjugated-polymer blends - pp616 - 621

John Chappell, David G. Lidzey, Paul C. Jukes, Anthony M. Higgins, Richard L. Thompson, Stephen O'Connor, Ilaria Grizzi, Robert Fletcher, Jim O'Brien, Mark Geoghegan & Richard A. L. Jones

doi:10.1038/nmat959

Abstract - Correlating structure with fluorescence emission in phase-separated conjugated-polymer blends | Full Text - Correlating structure with fluorescence emission in phase-separated conjugated-polymer blends | PDF (1,287 KB) - Correlating structure with fluorescence emission in phase-separated conjugated-polymer blends

Subject Categories: Metals and alloys | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials | Nanoscale materials

The rheology of collapsing zeolites amorphized by temperature and pressure - pp622 - 629

G. N. Greaves, F. Meneau, A. Sapelkin, L. M. Colyer, I. ap Gwynn, S. Wade & G. Sankar

doi:10.1038/nmat963

Abstract - The rheology of collapsing zeolites amorphized by temperature and pressure | Full Text - The rheology of collapsing zeolites amorphized by temperature and pressure | PDF (689 KB) - The rheology of collapsing zeolites amorphized by temperature and pressure

Subject Categories: Glasses | Porous materials

Self-assembled nanoscale biosensors based on quantum dot FRET donors - pp630 - 638

Igor L. Medintz, Aaron R. Clapp, Hedi Mattoussi, Ellen R. Goldman, Brent Fisher & J. Matthew Mauro

doi:10.1038/nmat961

Abstract - Self-assembled nanoscale biosensors based on quantum dot FRET donors | Full Text - Self-assembled nanoscale biosensors based on quantum dot FRET donors | PDF (2,617 KB) - Self-assembled nanoscale biosensors based on quantum dot FRET donors | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Sensors and biosensors | Nanoscale materials