New is always risky - p505

doi:10.1038/nmat1420

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Facts not opinions? - pp506 - 508

Mark Miodownik

doi:10.1038/nmat1416

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From waterproofing surfaces to hopping charges - p509

doi:10.1038/nmat1432

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Liquid crystals: Infinite networks of surfaces - pp510 - 511

Robert Holyst

doi:10.1038/nmat1419

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Optoelectronics: Coupling lasers using photonic crystals - pp512 - 513

Jeremy Witzens & Axel Scherer

doi:10.1038/nmat1422

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Nanotubes: Controlling conductance - pp514 - 515

Kai Nordlund & Pertti Hakonen

doi:10.1038/nmat1424

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Material witness: In praise of wood - p515

Philip Ball

doi:10.1038/nmat1425

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Superconducting ferromagnets: Ferromagnetic domains in the superconducting state - pp516 - 517

Bernd Lorenz & Ching-Wu Chu

doi:10.1038/nmat1423

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Porous scaffold design for tissue engineering - pp518 - 524

Scott J. Hollister

doi:10.1038/nmat1421

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Subject Categories: Biomedical materials | Porous materials | Design synthesis and processing | Characterisation and analytical techniques

Mechanical properties of ultrahigh-strength gold nanowires - pp525 - 529

Bin Wu, Andreas Heidelberg & John J. Boland

doi:10.1038/nmat1403

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Subject Categories: Mechanical properties | Nanoscale materials

All-optical control of microfluidic components using form birefringence - pp530 - 533

Steven L. Neale, Michael P. MacDonald, Kishan Dholakia & Thomas F. Krauss

doi:10.1038/nmat1411

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Subject Categories: Polymers | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials

Tuning the conductance of single-walled carbon nanotubes by ion irradiation in the Anderson localization regime - pp534 - 539

C. Gómez-Navarro, P. J. De Pablo, J. Gómez-Herrero, B. Biel, F. J. Garcia-Vidal, A. Rubio & F. Flores

doi:10.1038/nmat1414

First paragraph - Tuning the conductance of single-walled carbon nanotubes by ion irradiation in the Anderson localization regime | Full Text - Tuning the conductance of single-walled carbon nanotubes by ion irradiation in the Anderson localization regime | PDF (484 KB) - Tuning the conductance of single-walled carbon nanotubes by ion irradiation in the Anderson localization regime

Subject Categories: Ceramics | Colloids | Electronic materials

Multifunctional brushes made from carbon nanotubes - pp540 - 545

Anyuan Cao, Vinod P. Veedu, Xuesong Li, Zhaoling Yao, Mehrdad N. Ghasemi-Nejhad & Pulickel M. Ajayan

doi:10.1038/nmat1415

First paragraph - Multifunctional brushes made from carbon nanotubes | Full Text - Multifunctional brushes made from carbon nanotubes | PDF (579 KB) - Multifunctional brushes made from carbon nanotubes | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Characterisation and analytical techniques | Nanoscale materials | Design synthesis and processing

Rewritable phosphorescent paper by the control of competing kinetic and thermodynamic self-assembling events - pp546 - 549

Akihiro Kishimura, Takashi Yamashita, Kentaro Yamaguchi & Takuzo Aida

doi:10.1038/nmat1401

First paragraph - Rewritable phosphorescent paper by the control of competing kinetic and thermodynamic self-assembling events | Full Text - Rewritable phosphorescent paper by the control of competing kinetic and thermodynamic self-assembling events | PDF (675 KB) - Rewritable phosphorescent paper by the control of competing kinetic and thermodynamic self-assembling events | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Polymers | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials

Alternating sequence of ring and chain structures in sulphur at high pressure and temperature - pp550 - 552

Laura Crapanzano, Wilson A. Crichton, Giulio Monaco, Robert Bellissent & Mohamed Mezouar

doi:10.1038/nmat1417

First paragraph - Alternating sequence of ring and chain structures in sulphur at high pressure and temperature | Full Text - Alternating sequence of ring and chain structures in sulphur at high pressure and temperature | PDF (202 KB) - Alternating sequence of ring and chain structures in sulphur at high pressure and temperature

Subject Categories: Design synthesis and processing | Characterisation and analytical techniques

Controlled assembly of jammed colloidal shells on fluid droplets - pp553 - 556

Anand Bala Subramaniam, Manouk Abkarian & Howard A. Stone

doi:10.1038/nmat1412

First paragraph - Controlled assembly of jammed colloidal shells on fluid droplets | Full Text - Controlled assembly of jammed colloidal shells on fluid droplets | PDF (362 KB) - Controlled assembly of jammed colloidal shells on fluid droplets | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Colloids | Granular materials and particle technology | Design synthesis and processing

Cytoskeletal remodelling and slow dynamics in the living cell - pp557 - 561

Predrag Bursac, Guillaume Lenormand, Ben Fabry, Madavi Oliver, David A. Weitz, Virgile Viasnoff, James P. Butler & Jeffrey J. Fredberg

doi:10.1038/nmat1404

First paragraph - Cytoskeletal remodelling and slow dynamics in the living cell | Full Text - Cytoskeletal remodelling and slow dynamics in the living cell | PDF (435 KB) - Cytoskeletal remodelling and slow dynamics in the living cell

Subject Categories: Biological materials | Mechanical properties | Characterisation and analytical techniques | Glasses

A triple-network tricontinuous cubicliquid crystal - pp562 - 567

Xiangbing Zeng, Goran Ungar & Marianne Impéror-Clerc

doi:10.1038/nmat1413

Abstract - A triple-network tricontinuous cubicliquid crystal | Full Text - A triple-network tricontinuous cubicliquid crystal | PDF (599 KB) - A triple-network tricontinuous cubicliquid crystal | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Liquid crystals | Characterisation and analytical techniques

A modular and supramolecular approach to bioactive scaffolds for tissue engineering - pp568 - 574

Patricia Y. W. Dankers, Martin C. Harmsen, Linda A. Brouwer, Marja J. A. Van Luyn & E. W. Meijer

doi:10.1038/nmat1418

Abstract - A modular and supramolecular approach to bioactive scaffolds for tissue engineering | Full Text - A modular and supramolecular approach to bioactive scaffolds for tissue engineering | PDF (970 KB) - A modular and supramolecular approach to bioactive scaffolds for tissue engineering | Supplementary information

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