This issue - pv

doi:10.1038/nmat1976

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The Asian opportunity - p539

doi:10.1038/nmat1975

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The path of chemistry in Korea - pp541 - 543

Taeghwan Hyeon

doi:10.1038/nmat1973

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New ways in an ancient land - pp544 - 545

Interview with C. N. R. Rao

doi:10.1038/nmat1961

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Shhh... - p546

doi:10.1038/nmat1977

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Mathematics: Around the Möbius band - pp547 - 548

John H. Maddocks

doi:10.1038/nmat1960

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Artificial tongues: Tastes good to me - pp548 - 549

John J. Lavigne

doi:10.1038/nmat1972

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Complex perovskites: A chessboard at the nanoscale - pp549 - 551

Patrick M. Woodward

doi:10.1038/nmat1970

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Nanoparticle assemblies: Interfaces behaving well - pp551 - 552

Brian A. Korgel

doi:10.1038/nmat1969

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Nanoparticle assembly: Solvent-tuned structures - pp553 - 555

Robert B. Grubbs

doi:10.1038/nmat1964

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Material witness: Licking lignin - p553

Philip Ball

doi:10.1038/nmat1971

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Obituary: David Turnbull (1915–2007) - pp556 - 557

Frans Spaepen & Michael J. Aziz

doi:10.1038/nmat1952

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Anisotropy of building blocks and their assembly into complex structures - pp557 - 562

Sharon C. Glotzer & Michael J. Solomon

doi:10.1038/nmat1949

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Subject Category: Nanoscale materials

The shape of a Möbius strip - pp563 - 567

E. L. Starostin & G. H. M. van der Heijden

doi:10.1038/nmat1929

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Subject Category: Computation, modelling and theory

See also: News and Views by Maddocks

A GaN bulk crystal with improved structural quality grown by the ammonothermal method - pp568 - 571

Tadao Hashimoto, Feng Wu, James S. Speck & Shuji Nakamura

doi:10.1038/nmat1955

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Subject Categories: Semiconductors | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials | Design synthesis and processing

Ultralow-dielectric-constant optical thin films built from magnesium oxyfluoride vesicle-like hollow nanoparticles - pp572 - 575

David Grosso, Cédric Boissière & Clément Sanchez

doi:10.1038/nmat1950

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Subject Categories: Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials | Nanoscale materials | Porous materials | Surface and thin films

Synthetic pores with reactive signal amplifiers as artificial tongues - pp576 - 580

Svetlana Litvinchuk, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Tomohiro Miyatake, Dario Pasini, Takatsugu Tanaka, Guillaume Bollot, Jiri Mareda & Stefan Matile

doi:10.1038/nmat1933

First paragraph - Synthetic pores with reactive signal amplifiers as artificial tongues | Full Text - Synthetic pores with reactive signal amplifiers as artificial tongues | PDF (2,635 KB) - Synthetic pores with reactive signal amplifiers as artificial tongues | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Sensors and biosensors | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials | Nanoscale materials

See also: News and Views by Lavigne

Self-healing materials with microvascular networks - pp581 - 585

Kathleen S. Toohey, Nancy R. Sottos, Jennifer A. Lewis, Jeffrey S. Moore & Scott R. White

doi:10.1038/nmat1934

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Subject Categories: Polymers | Mechanical properties | Design synthesis and processing

Nano-chessboard superlattices formed by spontaneous phase separation in oxides - pp586 - 591

Beth S. Guiton & Peter K. Davies

doi:10.1038/nmat1953

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Subject Categories: Ceramics | Nanoscale materials

See also: News and Views by Woodward

Tunable electronic interfaces between bulk semiconductors and ligand-stabilized nanoparticle assemblies - pp592 - 596

Shannon W. Boettcher, Nicholas C. Strandwitz, Martin Schierhorn, Nina Lock, Mark C. Lonergan & Galen D. Stucky

doi:10.1038/nmat1943

Abstract - Tunable electronic interfaces between bulk semiconductors and ligand-stabilized nanoparticle assemblies | Full Text - Tunable electronic interfaces between bulk semiconductors and ligand-stabilized nanoparticle assemblies | PDF (501 KB) - Tunable electronic interfaces between bulk semiconductors and ligand-stabilized nanoparticle assemblies | Supplementary information

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

See also: News and Views by Korgel

Ice nanoclusters at hydrophobic metal surfaces - pp597 - 601

Angelos Michaelides & Karina Morgenstern

doi:10.1038/nmat1940

Abstract - Ice nanoclusters at hydrophobic metal surfaces | Full Text - Ice nanoclusters at hydrophobic metal surfaces | PDF (608 KB) - Ice nanoclusters at hydrophobic metal surfaces

Subject Categories: Surface and thin films | Computation, modelling and theory

Electrochemically assisted self-assembly of mesoporous silica thin films - pp602 - 608

A. Walcarius, E. Sibottier, M. Etienne & J. Ghanbaja

doi:10.1038/nmat1951

Abstract - Electrochemically assisted self-assembly of mesoporous silica thin films | Full Text - Electrochemically assisted self-assembly of mesoporous silica thin films | PDF (2,140 KB) - Electrochemically assisted self-assembly of mesoporous silica thin films | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Porous materials | Surface and thin films

Self-assembly of metal–polymer analogues of amphiphilic triblock copolymers - pp609 - 614

Zhihong Nie, Daniele Fava, Eugenia Kumacheva, Shan Zou, Gilbert C. Walker & Michael Rubinstein

doi:10.1038/nmat1954

Abstract - Self-assembly of metal-polymer analogues of amphiphilic triblock copolymers | Full Text - Self-assembly of metal–polymer analogues of amphiphilic triblock copolymers | PDF (1,942 KB) - Self-assembly of metal–polymer analogues of amphiphilic triblock copolymers | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Polymers | Nanoscale materials

See also: News and Views by Grubbs