A Chinese nano-society? - p355

doi:10.1038/nmat1384

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From our readers: Materials science in secondary education: Clarification of funding sources for MRSEC initiatives - p357

Richard A. Souza

doi:10.1038/nmat1381

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From our readers: Materials science in secondary education: Non-MRSEC initiatives - p357

Yury Gogotsi, Holly Burnside, Mun Young Choi & Joanne Ferroni

doi:10.1038/nmat1382

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Electronic paper, liquid crystals and multiferroics - p359

doi:10.1038/nmat1385

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Dislocation dynamics: Scars on a colloidal crystal ball - pp360 - 361

Xinsheng Sean Ling

doi:10.1038/nmat1379

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Ab initio modelling: Genesis of crystal structures - pp362 - 363

Axel van de Walle

doi:10.1038/nmat1378

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Nanoparticle ensembles: Nanocrystals come to order - pp364 - 365

Mathias Brust

doi:10.1038/nmat1380

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Material witness: Fab DIY - p365

Philip Ball

doi:10.1038/nmat1383

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Nanostructured materials for advanced energy conversion and storage devices - pp366 - 377

Antonino Salvatore Aricò, Peter Bruce, Bruno Scrosati, Jean-Marie Tarascon & Walter van Schalkwijk

doi:10.1038/nmat1368

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Subject Categories: Materials for energy | Nanoscale materials

Nanoscale ferroelectric field-effect writing and reading using scanning tunnelling spectroscopy - pp378 - 382

Olivier Kuffer, Ivan Maggio-Aprile & Øystein Fischer

doi:10.1038/nmat1364

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Subject Categories: Magnetic materials | Nanoscale materials | Surface and thin films

Electro-tunable optical diode based on photonic bandgap liquid-crystal heterojunctions - pp383 - 387

Jisoo Hwang, Myoung Hoon Song, Byoungchoo Park, Suzushi Nishimura, Takehiro Toyooka, J. W. Wu, Yoichi Takanishi, Ken Ishikawa & Hideo Takezoe

doi:10.1038/nmat1377

First paragraph - Electro-tunable optical diode based on photonic bandgap liquid-crystal heterojunctions | Full Text - Electro-tunable optical diode based on photonic bandgap liquid-crystal heterojunctions | PDF (462 KB) - Electro-tunable optical diode based on photonic bandgap liquid-crystal heterojunctions

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

How superheated crystals melt - pp388 - 390

Mattias Forsblom & Göran Grimvall

doi:10.1038/nmat1375

First paragraph - How superheated crystals melt | Full Text - How superheated crystals melt | PDF (225 KB) - How superheated crystals melt

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

Evolutionary approach for determining first-principles hamiltonians - pp391 - 394

Gus L. W. Hart, Volker Blum, Michael J. Walorski & Alex Zunger

doi:10.1038/nmat1374

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

Vibrational coherence of self-organized silver nanocrystals in f.c.c. supra-crystals - pp395 - 398

A. Courty, A. Mermet, P. A. Albouy, E. Duval & M. P. Pileni

doi:10.1038/nmat1366

First paragraph - Vibrational coherence of self-organized silver nanocrystals in f.c.c. supra-crystals | Full Text - Vibrational coherence of self-organized silver nanocrystals in f.c.c. supra-crystals | PDF (264 KB) - Vibrational coherence of self-organized silver nanocrystals in f.c.c. supra-crystals

Subject Categories: Nanoscale materials | Characterisation and analytical techniques

Supramolecular barrels from amphiphilic rigid–flexible macrocycles - pp399 - 402

Won-Young Yang, Jong-Hyun Ahn, Yong-Sik Yoo, Nam-Keun Oh & Myongsoo Lee

doi:10.1038/nmat1373

First paragraph - Supramolecular barrels from amphiphilic rigid-flexible macrocycles | Full Text - Supramolecular barrels from amphiphilic rigid–flexible macrocycles | PDF (542 KB) - Supramolecular barrels from amphiphilic rigid–flexible macrocycles | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Liquid crystals | Design synthesis and processing

Fabrication of reconfigurable protein matrices by cracking - pp403 - 406

Xiaoyue Zhu, Kristen L. Mills, Portia R. Peters, Joong Hwan Bahng, Elizabeth Ho Liu, Jeongsup Shim, Keiji Naruse, Marie E. Csete, M. D. Thouless & Shuichi Takayama

doi:10.1038/nmat1365

First paragraph - Fabrication of reconfigurable protein matrices by cracking | Full Text - Fabrication of reconfigurable protein matrices by cracking | PDF (258 KB) - Fabrication of reconfigurable protein matrices by cracking | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Biomedical materials | Mechanical properties | Surface and thin films | Design synthesis and processing

Direct visualization of dislocation dynamics in grain-boundary scars - pp407 - 411

Peter Lipowsky, Mark J. Bowick, Jan H. Meinke, David R. Nelson & Andreas R. Bausch

doi:10.1038/nmat1376

Abstract - Direct visualization of dislocation dynamics in grain-boundary scars | Full Text - Direct visualization of dislocation dynamics in grain-boundary scars | PDF (498 KB) - Direct visualization of dislocation dynamics in grain-boundary scars | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Colloids | Nanoscale materials | Surface and thin films

Chiral selectivity in the charge-transfer bleaching of single-walled carbon-nanotube spectra - pp412 - 418

Michael J. O'Connell, Ezra E. Eibergen & Stephen K. Doorn

doi:10.1038/nmat1367

Abstract - Chiral selectivity in the charge-transfer bleaching of single-walled carbon-nanotube spectra | Full Text - Chiral selectivity in the charge-transfer bleaching of single-walled carbon-nanotube spectra | PDF (662 KB) - Chiral selectivity in the charge-transfer bleaching of single-walled carbon-nanotube spectra | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Nanoscale materials | Characterisation and analytical techniques