Table of contents
March 2006, Volume 5 No 3 pp159-241
About the coverEditorial
The future is not black - p159
doi:10.1038/nmat1594
Full Text - The future is not black | PDF (192 KB) - The future is not black
Commentary
Resolving the energy crisis: nuclear or photovoltaics? - pp161 - 164
K. W. J. Barnham, M. Mazzer and B. Clive
doi:10.1038/nmat1604
Abstract - Resolving the energy crisis: nuclear or photovoltaics? | Full Text - Resolving the energy crisis: nuclear or photovoltaics? | PDF (205 KB) - Resolving the energy crisis: nuclear or photovoltaics?
Research News
Light motors and heavy wear - p165
doi:10.1038/nmat1609
Full Text - Light motors and heavy wear | PDF (160 KB) - Light motors and heavy wear
News and Views
Crumpling: A look inside the creases - pp167 - 168
Brian Didonna
doi:10.1038/nmat1599
Full Text - CrumplingA look inside the creases | PDF (271 KB) - CrumplingA look inside the creases
Semiconductors: Quantum optics by design - pp169 - 170
Claire Gmachl
doi:10.1038/nmat1603
Full Text - SemiconductorsQuantum optics by design | PDF (2,933 KB) - SemiconductorsQuantum optics by design
Conducting polymers: The benefit of order - pp171 - 172
Robert A. Street
doi:10.1038/nmat1601
Full Text - Conducting polymersThe benefit of order | PDF (164 KB) - Conducting polymersThe benefit of order
Electron microscopy: Interfaces under focus - pp173 - 174
Knut Urban
doi:10.1038/nmat1589
Full Text - Electron microscopyInterfaces under focus | PDF (206 KB) - Electron microscopyInterfaces under focus
Material witness: Cold comfort - p174
Philip Ball
doi:10.1038/nmat1602
Full Text - Material witnessCold comfort | PDF (146 KB) - Material witnessCold comfort
Letters
Gain without inversion in semiconductor nanostructures - pp175 - 178
M. D. Frogley, J. F. Dynes, M. Beck, J. Faist and C. C. Phillips
doi:10.1038/nmat1586
First paragraph - Gain without inversion in semiconductor nanostructures | Full Text - Gain without inversion in semiconductor nanostructures | PDF (2,602 KB) - Gain without inversion in semiconductor nanostructures
Subject Categories: Semiconductors | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials
From colour fingerprinting to the control of photoluminescence in elastic photonic crystals - pp179 - 184
André C. Arsenault, Timothy J. Clark, Georg von Freymann, Ludovico Cademartiri, Riccardo Sapienza, Jacopo Bertolotti, Evangellos Vekris, Sean Wong, Vladimir Kitaev, Ian Manners, R. Z. Wang, Sajeev John, Diederik Wiersma and Geoffrey A. Ozin
doi:10.1038/nmat1588
First paragraph - From colour fingerprinting to the control of photoluminescence in elastic photonic crystals | Full Text - From colour fingerprinting to the control of photoluminescence in elastic photonic crystals | PDF (446 KB) - From colour fingerprinting to the control of photoluminescence in elastic photonic crystals | Supplementary information
Subject Categories: Polymers | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials
Optical control of orientational bistability in photorefractive liquid crystals - pp185 - 188
Mara Talarico and Attilio Golemme
doi:10.1038/nmat1578
First paragraph - Optical control of orientational bistability in photorefractive liquid crystals | Full Text - Optical control of orientational bistability in photorefractive liquid crystals | PDF (327 KB) - Optical control of orientational bistability in photorefractive liquid crystals
Subject Categories: Liquid crystals | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials
Direct visualization of defect-mediated dissociation of water on TiO2(110) - pp189 - 192
Oier Bikondoa, Chi L. Pang, Roslinda Ithnin, Christopher A. Muryn, Hiroshi Onishi and Geoff Thornton
doi:10.1038/nmat1592
First paragraph - Direct visualization of defect-mediated dissociation of water on TiO2(110) | Full Text - Direct visualization of defect-mediated dissociation of water on TiO2(110) | PDF (660 KB) - Direct visualization of defect-mediated dissociation of water on TiO2(110)
Subject Categories: Surface and thin films | Characterisation and analytical techniques
Proton conduction in rare-earth ortho-niobates and ortho-tantalates - pp193 - 196
Reidar Haugsrud and Truls Norby
doi:10.1038/nmat1591
First paragraph - Proton conduction in rare-earth ortho-niobates and ortho-tantalates | Full Text - Proton conduction in rare-earth ortho-niobates and ortho-tantalates | PDF (166 KB) - Proton conduction in rare-earth ortho-niobates and ortho-tantalates
Subject Categories: Sensors and biosensors | Materials for energy
A strong regioregularity effect in self-organizing conjugated polymer films and high-efficiency polythiophene:fullerene solar cells - pp197 - 203
Youngkyoo Kim, Steffan Cook, Sachetan M. Tuladhar, Stelios A. Choulis, Jenny Nelson, James R. Durrant, Donal D. C. Bradley, Mark Giles, Iain McCulloch, Chang-Sik Ha and Moonhor Ree
doi:10.1038/nmat1574
First paragraph - A strong regioregularity effect in self-organizing conjugated polymer films and high-efficiency polythiophene:fullerene solar cells | Full Text - A strong regioregularity effect in self-organizing conjugated polymer films and high-efficiency polythiophene:fullerene solar cells | PDF (852 KB) - A strong regioregularity effect in self-organizing conjugated polymer films and high-efficiency polythiophene:fullerene solar cells | Supplementary information
Subject Categories: Polymers | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials | Materials for energy
Articles
Why some interfaces cannot be sharp - pp204 - 209
Naoyuki Nakagawa, Harold Y. Hwang and David A. Muller
doi:10.1038/nmat1569
Abstract - Why some interfaces cannot be sharp | Full Text - Why some interfaces cannot be sharp | PDF (500 KB) - Why some interfaces cannot be sharp
Subject Categories: Electronic materials | Surface and thin films | Characterisation and analytical techniques
Current-induced magnetization reversal in nanopillars with perpendicular anisotropy - pp210 - 215
S. Mangin, D. Ravelosona, J. A. Katine, M. J. Carey, B. D. Terris and Eric E. Fullerton
doi:10.1038/nmat1595
Abstract - Current-induced magnetization reversal in nanopillars with perpendicular anisotropy | Full Text - Current-induced magnetization reversal in nanopillars with perpendicular anisotropy | PDF (261 KB) - Current-induced magnetization reversal in nanopillars with perpendicular anisotropy
Subject Categories: Electronic materials | Magnetic materials
Forced crumpling of self-avoiding elastic sheets - pp216 - 221
G. A. Vliegenthart and G. Gompper
doi:10.1038/nmat1581
Abstract - Forced crumpling of self-avoiding elastic sheets | Full Text - Forced crumpling of self-avoiding elastic sheets | PDF (741 KB) - Forced crumpling of self-avoiding elastic sheets | Supplementary information
Subject Categories: Surface and thin films | Computation, modelling and theory
Highly oriented crystals at the buried interface in polythiophene thin-film transistors - pp222 - 228
R. Joseph Kline, Michael D. McGehee and Michael F. Toney
doi:10.1038/nmat1590
Abstract - Highly oriented crystals at the buried interface in polythiophene thin-film transistors | Full Text - Highly oriented crystals at the buried interface in polythiophene thin-film transistors | PDF (446 KB) - Highly oriented crystals at the buried interface in polythiophene thin-film transistors | Supplementary information
Subject Categories: Polymers | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials | Characterisation and analytical techniques
Entropy-driven segregation of nanoparticles to cracks in multilayered composite polymer structures - pp229 - 233
Suresh Gupta, Qingling Zhang, Todd Emrick, Anna C. Balazs and Thomas P. Russell
doi:10.1038/nmat1582
Abstract - Entropy-driven segregation of nanoparticles to cracks in multilayered composite polymer structures | Full Text - Entropy-driven segregation of nanoparticles to cracks in multilayered composite polymer structures | PDF (354 KB) - Entropy-driven segregation of nanoparticles to cracks in multilayered composite polymer structures
Subject Categories: Composites | Polymers | Nanoscale materials
Spontaneous assembly of viruses on multilayered polymer surfaces - pp234 - 240
Pil J. Yoo, Ki Tae Nam, Jifa Qi, Soo-Kwan Lee, Juhyun Park, Angela M. Belcher and Paula T. Hammond
doi:10.1038/nmat1596
Abstract - Spontaneous assembly of viruses on multilayered polymer surfaces | Full Text - Spontaneous assembly of viruses on multilayered polymer surfaces | PDF (1,826 KB) - Spontaneous assembly of viruses on multilayered polymer surfaces
Subject Categories: Polymers | Biological materials | Design synthesis and processing
Erratum
Tuning the magnetic coupling across ultrathin antiferromagnetic films by controlling atomic-scale roughness - p241
W. Kuch, L. I. Chelaru, F. Offi, J. Wang, M. Kotsugi and J. Kirschner
doi:10.1038/nmat1600
Full Text - Tuning the magnetic coupling across ultrathin antiferromagnetic films by controlling atomic-scale roughness | PDF (67 KB) - Tuning the magnetic coupling across ultrathin antiferromagnetic films by controlling atomic-scale roughness

