This issue - pv

doi:10.1038/nmat2079

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Boosting competition? - p917

doi:10.1038/nmat2063

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Coding drugs...tuning friction...and there's more... - p919

doi:10.1038/nmat2078

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Colloids: A useful boundary - pp921 - 922

Anthony D. Dinsmore

doi:10.1038/nmat2062

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Semiconductors: A new class of metamaterials - pp922 - 923

Willie J. Padilla

doi:10.1038/nmat2065

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Supramolecular assembly: Nanofibre whirlpools - pp924 - 925

David B. Amabilino

doi:10.1038/nmat2064

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Quasicrystals: Comparative dynamics - pp925 - 926

Ted Janssen

doi:10.1038/nmat2073

Full Text - QuasicrystalsComparative dynamics | PDF (178 KB) - QuasicrystalsComparative dynamics

Transition metal oxides: The exciting world of orbitals - pp927 - 928

Sang-Wook Cheong

doi:10.1038/nmat2069

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Material witness: Golden wonder - p927

Philip Ball

doi:10.1038/nmat2070

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Liquid-crystal materials find a new order in biomedical applications - pp929 - 938

Scott J. Woltman, Gregory D. Jay & Gregory P. Crawford

doi:10.1038/nmat2010

Abstract - Liquid-crystal materials find a new order in biomedical applications | Full Text - Liquid-crystal materials find a new order in biomedical applications | PDF (1,300 KB) - Liquid-crystal materials find a new order in biomedical applications

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

Where are nature's missing structures? - pp941 - 945

Gus L. W. Hart

doi:10.1038/nmat2057

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Subject Category: Computation, modelling and theory

Negative refraction in semiconductor metamaterials - pp946 - 950

Anthony J. Hoffman, Leonid Alekseyev, Scott S. Howard, Kale J. Franz, Dan Wasserman, Viktor A. Podolskiy, Evgenii E. Narimanov, Deborah L. Sivco & Claire Gmachl

doi:10.1038/nmat2033

First paragraph - Negative refraction in semiconductor metamaterials | Full Text - Negative refraction in semiconductor metamaterials | PDF (493 KB) - Negative refraction in semiconductor metamaterials | Supplementary information

Subject Category: Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials

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Complete composition tunability of InGaN nanowires using a combinatorial approach - pp951 - 956

Tevye Kuykendall, Philipp Ulrich, Shaul Aloni & Peidong Yang

doi:10.1038/nmat2037

First paragraph - Complete composition tunability of InGaN nanowires using a combinatorial approach | Full Text - Complete composition tunability of InGaN nanowires using a combinatorial approach | PDF (991 KB) - Complete composition tunability of InGaN nanowires using a combinatorial approach | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Semiconductors | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials | Nanoscale materials

Broad-wavelength-range chemically tunable block-copolymer photonic gels - pp957 - 960

Youngjong Kang, Joseph J. Walish, Taras Gorishnyy & Edwin L. Thomas

doi:10.1038/nmat2032

First paragraph - Broad-wavelength-range chemically tunable block-copolymer photonic gels | Full Text - Broad-wavelength-range chemically tunable block-copolymer photonic gels | PDF (548 KB) - Broad-wavelength-range chemically tunable block-copolymer photonic gels | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Polymers | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials

Enhanced mobility of confined polymers - pp961 - 965

Kyusoon Shin, Sergei Obukhov, Jiun-Tai Chen, June Huh, Yoontae Hwang, Soonchun Mok, Priyanka Dobriyal, Pappannan Thiyagarajan & Thomas P. Russell

doi:10.1038/nmat2031

First paragraph - Enhanced mobility of confined polymers | Full Text - Enhanced mobility of confined polymers | PDF (495 KB) - Enhanced mobility of confined polymers

Subject Categories: Polymers | Mechanical properties

Bicontinuous emulsions stabilized solely by colloidal particles - pp966 - 971

E. M. Herzig, K. A. White, A. B. Schofield, W. C. K. Poon & P. S. Clegg

doi:10.1038/nmat2055

First paragraph - Bicontinuous emulsions stabilized solely by colloidal particles | Full Text - Bicontinuous emulsions stabilized solely by colloidal particles | PDF (1,777 KB) - Bicontinuous emulsions stabilized solely by colloidal particles | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Colloids | Complex fluids | Nanoscale materials

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Surface effects on the orbital order in the single-layered manganite La_0.5Sr_1.5MnO₄ - pp972 - 976

Y. Wakabayashi, M. H. Upton, S. Grenier, J. P. Hill, C. S. Nelson, J.-W. Kim, P. J. Ryan, A. I. Goldman, H. Zheng & J. F. Mitchell

doi:10.1038/nmat2061

Abstract - Surface effects on the orbital order in the single-layered manganite : La: 0.5: Sr: 1.5: MnO: 4 | Full Text - Surface effects on the orbital order in the single-layered manganite La0.5Sr1.5MnO4 | PDF (380 KB) - Surface effects on the orbital order in the single-layered manganite La0.5Sr1.5MnO4

Subject Categories: Electronic materials | Surface and thin films

Lattice dynamics of the Zn–Mg–Sc icosahedral quasicrystal and its Zn–Sc periodic 1/1 approximant - pp977 - 984

Marc de Boissieu, Sonia Francoual, Marek Mihalkovi, Kaoru Shibata, Alfred Q. R. Baron, Yvan Sidis, Tsutomu Ishimasa, Dongmei Wu, Thomas Lograsso, Louis-Pierre Regnault, Franz Gähler, Satoshi Tsutsui, Bernard Hennion, Pierre Bastie, Taku J. Sato, Hiroyuki Takakura, Roland Currat & An-Pang Tsai

doi:10.1038/nmat2044

Abstract - Lattice dynamics of the Zn-Mg-Sc icosahedral quasicrystal and its Zn-Sc periodic 1/1 approximant | Full Text - Lattice dynamics of the Zn–Mg–Sc icosahedral quasicrystal and its Zn–Sc periodic 1/1 approximant | PDF (928 KB) - Lattice dynamics of the Zn–Mg–Sc icosahedral quasicrystal and its Zn–Sc periodic 1/1 approximant | Supplementary information

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

See also: News and Views by Janssen

Tuning magnetoresistance between positive and negative values in organic semiconductors - pp985 - 991

Bin Hu & Yue Wu

doi:10.1038/nmat2034

Abstract - Tuning magnetoresistance between positive and negative values in organic semiconductors | Full Text - Tuning magnetoresistance between positive and negative values in organic semiconductors | PDF (313 KB) - Tuning magnetoresistance between positive and negative values in organic semiconductors

Subject Categories: Polymers | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials

Asymmetric superstructure formed in a block copolymer via phase separation - pp992 - 996

Klaus-Viktor Peinemann, Volker Abetz & Peter F. W. Simon

doi:10.1038/nmat2038

Abstract - Asymmetric superstructure formed in a block copolymer via phase separation | Full Text - Asymmetric superstructure formed in a block copolymer via phase separation | PDF (864 KB) - Asymmetric superstructure formed in a block copolymer via phase separation

Subject Categories: Polymers | Design synthesis and processing

The control of human mesenchymal cell differentiation using nanoscale symmetry and disorder - pp997 - 1003

Matthew J. Dalby, Nikolaj Gadegaard, Rahul Tare, Abhay Andar, Mathis O. Riehle, Pawel Herzyk, Chris D. W. Wilkinson & Richard O. C. Oreffo

doi:10.1038/nmat2013

Abstract - The control of human mesenchymal cell differentiation using nanoscale symmetry and disorder | Full Text - The control of human mesenchymal cell differentiation using nanoscale symmetry and disorder | PDF (904 KB) - The control of human mesenchymal cell differentiation using nanoscale symmetry and disorder | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Biological materials | Characterisation and analytical techniques

Rate dependence of crack-tip processes predicts twinning trends in f.c.c. metals - p1004

D. H. Warner, W. A. Curtin & S. Qu

doi:10.1038/nmat2075

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Phase-change materials for rewriteable data storage - p1004

Matthias Wuttig & Noboru Yamada

doi:10.1038/nmat2077

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