Wanted: career path for postdocs - p1

doi:10.1038/nmat1055

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Electrons in carbon country - pp3 - 5

Marshall Stoneham

doi:10.1038/nmat1042

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From plastic WORMs to painless pricks - p6

doi:10.1038/nmat1052

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Hydrogels: Wet or let die - pp7 - 8

Shuguang Zhang

doi:10.1038/nmat1047

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Material witness: A matter of taste - p8

Philip Ball

doi:10.1038/nmat1049

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Microfluidics: Sorting particles with light - pp9 - 10

Jesper Glückstad

doi:10.1038/nmat1041

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A spectacularly reactive cathode - p10

Josh Thomas

doi:10.1038/nmat1036

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Nanocrystalline metals: Mapping plasticity - pp11 - 12

Sidney Yip

doi:10.1038/nmat1053

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Bioceramics: A concrete solution - pp13 - 14

Tom Troczynski

doi:10.1038/nmat1039

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Nanoporous glasses: Controlling crack propagation - pp15 - 16

Robert Cook

doi:10.1038/nmat1048

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Advanced anodes for high-temperature fuel cells - pp17 - 27

A. Atkinson, S. Barnett, R. J. Gorte, J. T. S. Irvine, A. J. McEvoy, M. Mogensen, S. C. Singhal and J. Vohs

doi:10.1038/nmat1040

Abstract - Advanced anodes for high-temperature fuel cells | Full Text - Advanced anodes for high-temperature fuel cells | PDF (316 KB) - Advanced anodes for high-temperature fuel cells

Subject Categories: Ceramics | Materials for energy

The zwitterion effect in high-conductivity polyelectrolyte materials - pp29 - 32

Churat Tiyapiboonchaiya, Jennifer M. Pringle, Jiazeng Sun, Nolene Byrne, Patrick C. Howlett, Douglas R. MacFarlane and Maria Forsyth

doi:10.1038/nmat1044

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Subject Categories: Polymers | Materials for energy

Encoding crystal microstructure and chain folding in the chemical structure of synthetic polymers - pp33 - 37

Cédric Le Fevere De Ten Hove, Jacques Penelle, Dimitri A. Ivanov and Alain M. Jonas

doi:10.1038/nmat1028

First paragraph - Encoding crystal microstructure and chain folding in the chemical structure of synthetic polymers | Full Text - Encoding crystal microstructure and chain folding in the chemical structure of synthetic polymers | PDF (379 KB) - Encoding crystal microstructure and chain folding in the chemical structure of synthetic polymers | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Polymers | Design synthesis and processing

Controlled assembly of dendrimer-like DNA - pp38 - 42

Yougen Li, Yolanda D. Tseng, Sang Y. Kwon, Leo d'Espaux, J. Scott Bunch, Paul L. McEuen and Dan Luo

doi:10.1038/nmat1045

First paragraph - Controlled assembly of dendrimer-like DNA | Full Text - Controlled assembly of dendrimer-like DNA | PDF (540 KB) - Controlled assembly of dendrimer-like DNA

Subject Categories: Biological materials | Design synthesis and processing

Deformation-mechanism map for nanocrystalline metals by molecular-dynamics simulation - pp43 - 47

V. Yamakov, D. Wolf, S. R. Phillpot, A. K. Mukherjee and H. Gleiter

doi:10.1038/nmat1035

Abstract - Deformation-mechanism map for nanocrystalline metals by molecular-dynamics simulation | Full Text - Deformation-mechanism map for nanocrystalline metals by molecular-dynamics simulation | PDF (526 KB) - Deformation-mechanism map for nanocrystalline metals by molecular-dynamics simulation

Subject Categories: Metals and alloys | Nanoscale materials | Computation, modelling and theory

Charge, orbital and spin ordering phenomena in the mixed valence manganite (NaMn³⁺₃)(Mn³⁺₂Mn⁴⁺₂)O₁₂ - pp48 - 52

A. Prodi, E. Gilioli, A. Gauzzi, F. Licci, M. Marezio, F. Bolzoni, Q. Huang, A. Santoro and J. W. Lynn

doi:10.1038/nmat1038

Abstract - Charge, orbital and spin ordering phenomena in the mixed valence manganite (NaMn3+3)(Mn3+2Mn4+2)O12 | Full Text - Charge, orbital and spin ordering phenomena in the mixed valence manganite (NaMn3+3)(Mn3+2Mn4+2)O12 | PDF (1,842 KB) - Charge, orbital and spin ordering phenomena in the mixed valence manganite (NaMn3+3)(Mn3+2Mn4+2)O12 | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Electronic materials | Superconductors

Fracture of nanoporous thin-film glasses - pp53 - 57

Eric P. Guyer and Reinhold H. Dauskardt

doi:10.1038/nmat1037

Abstract - Fracture of nanoporous thin-film glasses | Full Text - Fracture of nanoporous thin-film glasses | PDF (672 KB) - Fracture of nanoporous thin-film glasses

Subject Categories: Glasses | Mechanical properties | Surface and thin films

Semi-wet peptide/protein array using supramolecular hydrogel - pp58 - 64

Shigeki Kiyonaka, Kazuki Sada, Ibuki Yoshimura, Seiji Shinkai, Nobuo Kato and Itaru Hamachi

doi:10.1038/nmat1034

Abstract - Semi-wet peptide/protein array using supramolecular hydrogel | Full Text - Semi-wet peptide/protein array using supramolecular hydrogel | PDF (679 KB) - Semi-wet peptide/protein array using supramolecular hydrogel | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Polymers | Biomedical materials | Characterisation and analytical techniques

Design and synthesis of self-ordered mesoporous nanocomposite through controlled in-situ crystallization - pp65 - 72

Donglin Li, Haoshen Zhou and Itaru Honma

doi:10.1038/nmat1043

Abstract - Design and synthesis of self-ordered mesoporous nanocomposite through controlled in-situ crystallization | Full Text - Design and synthesis of self-ordered mesoporous nanocomposite through controlled in-situ crystallization | PDF (1,016 KB) - Design and synthesis of self-ordered mesoporous nanocomposite through controlled in-situ crystallization | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Nanoscale materials | Porous materials

Corrigendum: Synthesis and size-dependent properties of zinc-blende semiconductor quantum rods - p72

Shihai Kan, Taleb Mokari, Eli Rothenberg and Uri Banin

doi:10.1038/nmat1033

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Small world, big hopes - pp73 - 74

doi:10.1038/nmat1046

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