Highly conductive 40-nm-long molecular wires assembled by stepwise incorporation of metal centres - pp41 - 46

Nunzio Tuccitto, Violetta Ferri, Marco Cavazzini, Silvio Quici, Genady Zhavnerko, Antonino Licciardello & Maria Anita Rampi

doi:10.1038/nmat2332

Full Text - Highly conductive 40-nm-long molecular wires assembled by stepwise incorporation of metal centres | PDF (1,004 KB) - Highly conductive 40-nm-long molecular wires assembled by stepwise incorporation of metal centres | Supplementary information - Highly conductive 40-nm-long molecular wires assembled by stepwise incorporation of metal centres

Subject Categories: Polymers | Biomedical materials

Regular arrays of highly ordered ferroelectric polymer nanostructures for non-volatile low-voltage memories - pp62 - 67

Zhijun Hu, Mingwen Tian, Bernard Nysten & Alain M. Jonas

doi:10.1038/nmat2339

Full Text - Regular arrays of highly ordered ferroelectric polymer nanostructures for non-volatile low-voltage memories | PDF (1,086 KB) - Regular arrays of highly ordered ferroelectric polymer nanostructures for non-volatile low-voltage memories

Subject Categories: Polymers | Electronic materials | Nanoscale materials

See also: News and Views by Ducharme & Gruverman

A metal-free polymeric photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water under visible light - pp76 - 80

Xinchen Wang, Kazuhiko Maeda, Arne Thomas, Kazuhiro Takanabe, Gang Xin, Johan M. Carlsson, Kazunari Domen & Markus Antonietti

doi:10.1038/nmat2317

Full Text - A metal-free polymeric photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water under visible light | PDF (671 KB) - A metal-free polymeric photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water under visible light | Supplementary information - A metal-free polymeric photocatalyst for hydrogen production from water under visible light

Subject Categories: Polymers | Materials for energy

Complex and hierarchical micelle architectures from diblock copolymers using living, crystallization-driven polymerizations - pp144 - 150

Torben Gädt, Nga Sze Ieong, Graeme Cambridge, Mitchell A. Winnik & Ian Manners

doi:10.1038/nmat2356

Full Text - Complex and hierarchical micelle architectures from diblock copolymers using living, crystallization-driven polymerizations | PDF (2,837 KB) - Complex and hierarchical micelle architectures from diblock copolymers using living, crystallization-driven polymerizations | Supplementary information - Complex and hierarchical micelle architectures from diblock copolymers using living, crystallization-driven polymerizations

Subject Categories: Polymers | Nanoscale materials

See also: News and Views by Rowan

Infection-mimicking materials to program dendritic cells in situ - pp151 - 158

Omar A. Ali, Nathaniel Huebsch, Lan Cao, Glenn Dranoff & David J. Mooney

doi:10.1038/nmat2357

Full Text - Infection-mimicking materials to program dendritic cells in situ | PDF (861 KB) - Infection-mimicking materials to program dendritic cells in situ | Supplementary information - Infection-mimicking materials to program dendritic cells in situ

Subject Categories: Polymers | Biological materials | Biomedical materials

Cloning polymer single crystals through self-seeding - pp348 - 353

Jianjun Xu, Yu Ma, Wenbing Hu, Matthias Rehahn & Günter Reiter

doi:10.1038/nmat2405

Full Text - Cloning polymer single crystals through self-seeding | PDF (1,405 KB) - Cloning polymer single crystals through self-seeding

Subject Category: Polymers

Anisotropic self-assembly of spherical polymer-grafted nanoparticles - pp354 - 359

Pinar Akcora, Hongjun Liu, Sanat K. Kumar, Joseph Moll, Yu Li, Brian C. Benicewicz, Linda S. Schadler, Devrim Acehan, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, Victor Pryamitsyn, Venkat Ganesan, Jan Ilavsky, Pappanan Thiyagarajan, Ralph H. Colby & Jack F. Douglas

doi:10.1038/nmat2404

Full Text - Anisotropic self-assembly of spherical polymer-grafted nanoparticles | PDF (979 KB) - Anisotropic self-assembly of spherical polymer-grafted nanoparticles | Supplementary information - Anisotropic self-assembly of spherical polymer-grafted nanoparticles

Subject Categories: Nanoscale materials | Computation, modelling and theory | Polymers

See also: News and Views by Li

A cell-free protein-producing gel - pp432 - 437

Nokyoung Park, Soong Ho Um, Hisakage Funabashi, Jianfeng Xu & Dan Luo

doi:10.1038/nmat2419

Full Text - A cell-free protein-producing gel | PDF (4,768 KB) - A cell-free protein-producing gel | Supplementary information - A cell-free protein-producing gel

Subject Categories: Polymers | Biomedical materials

See also: News and Views by Rabe & Niemeyer

Stretchable active-matrix organic light-emitting diode display using printable elastic conductors - pp494 - 499

Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Hiroyoshi Nakajima, Hiroki Maeda, Takanori Fukushima, Takuzo Aida, Kenji Hata & Takao Someya

doi:10.1038/nmat2459

Full Text - Stretchable active-matrix organic light-emitting diode display using printable elastic conductors | PDF (820 KB) - Stretchable active-matrix organic light-emitting diode display using printable elastic conductors | Supplementary information - Stretchable active-matrix organic light-emitting diode display using printable elastic conductors

Subject Categories: Polymers | Electronic materials | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials

Templated formation of giant polymer vesicles with controlled size distributions - pp507 - 511

Jonathan R. Howse, Richard A. L. Jones, Giuseppe Battaglia, Robert E. Ducker, Graham J. Leggett & Anthony J. Ryan

doi:10.1038/nmat2446

Full Text - Templated formation of giant polymer vesicles with controlled size distributions | PDF (1,148 KB) - Templated formation of giant polymer vesicles with controlled size distributions

Subject Category: Polymers

Intravaginal gene silencing using biodegradable polymer nanoparticles densely loaded with small-interfering RNA - pp526 - 533

Kim A. Woodrow, Yen Cu, Carmen J. Booth, Jennifer K. Saucier-Sawyer, Monica J. Wood & W. Mark Saltzman

doi:10.1038/nmat2444

Full Text - Intravaginal gene silencing using biodegradable polymer nanoparticles densely loaded with small-interfering RNA | PDF (1,631 KB) - Intravaginal gene silencing using biodegradable polymer nanoparticles densely loaded with small-interfering RNA | Supplementary information - Intravaginal gene silencing using biodegradable polymer nanoparticles densely loaded with small-interfering RNA

Subject Categories: Polymers | Biomedical materials | Nanoscale materials

See also: News and Views by Campolongo & Luo

Nonlinear transport in semiconducting polymers at high carrier densities - pp572 - 575

Jonathan D. Yuen, Reghu Menon, Nelson E. Coates, Ebinazar B. Namdas, Shinuk Cho, Scott T. Hannahs, Daniel Moses & Alan J. Heeger

doi:10.1038/nmat2470

Full Text - Nonlinear transport in semiconducting polymers at high carrier densities | PDF (460 KB) - Nonlinear transport in semiconducting polymers at high carrier densities | Supplementary information - Nonlinear transport in semiconducting polymers at high carrier densities

Subject Categories: Polymers | Computation, modelling and theory | Molecular electronics | Liquid crystals | Semiconductors

See also: News and Views by Troisi

Alkali metal crystalline polymer electrolytes - pp580 - 584

Chuhong Zhang, Stephen Gamble, David Ainsworth, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Yuri G. Andreev & Peter G. Bruce

doi:10.1038/nmat2474

Full Text - Alkali metal crystalline polymer electrolytes | PDF (1,064 KB) - Alkali metal crystalline polymer electrolytes | Supplementary information - Alkali metal crystalline polymer electrolytes

Subject Categories: Polymers | Materials for energy

Rational design and application of responsive -helical peptide hydrogels - pp596 - 600

Eleanor F. Banwell, Edgardo S. Abelardo, Dave J. Adams, Martin A. Birchall, Adam Corrigan, Athene M. Donald, Mark Kirkland, Louise C. Serpell, Michael F. Butler & Derek N. Woolfson

doi:10.1038/nmat2479

Full Text - Rational design and application of responsive -helical peptide hydrogels | PDF (732 KB) - Rational design and application of responsive -helical peptide hydrogels | Supplementary information - Rational design and application of responsive -helical peptide hydrogels

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

Sequential click reactions for synthesizing and patterning three-dimensional cell microenvironments - pp659 - 664

Cole A. DeForest, Brian D. Polizzotti & Kristi S. Anseth

doi:10.1038/nmat2473

Full Text - Sequential click reactions for synthesizing and patterning three-dimensional cell microenvironments | PDF (1,133 KB) - Sequential click reactions for synthesizing and patterning three-dimensional cell microenvironments | Supplementary information - Sequential click reactions for synthesizing and patterning three-dimensional cell microenvironments

Subject Categories: Polymers | Biomedical materials

The dynamic organic p–n junction - pp672 - 676

Piotr Matyba, Klara Maturova, Martijn Kemerink, Nathaniel D. Robinson & Ludvig Edman

doi:10.1038/nmat2478

Full Text - The dynamic organic p–n junction | PDF (874 KB) - The dynamic organic p–n junction | Supplementary information - The dynamic organic p–n junction

Subject Categories: Semiconductors | Molecular electronics | Polymers

Printed artificial cilia from liquid-crystal network actuators modularly driven by light - pp677 - 682

Casper L. van Oosten, Cees W. M. Bastiaansen & Dirk J. Broer

doi:10.1038/nmat2487

Full Text - Printed artificial cilia from liquid-crystal network actuators modularly driven by light | PDF (1,130 KB) - Printed artificial cilia from liquid-crystal network actuators modularly driven by light

Subject Categories: Liquid crystals | Polymers

See also: News and Views by Palffy-Muhoray

Mechanotransductive surfaces for reversible biocatalysis activation - pp731 - 735

Damien Mertz, Cédric Vogt, Joseph Hemmerlé, Jérôme Mutterer, Vincent Ball, Jean-Claude Voegel, Pierre Schaaf & Philippe Lavalle

doi:10.1038/nmat2504

Full Text - Mechanotransductive surfaces for reversible biocatalysis activation | PDF (516 KB) - Mechanotransductive surfaces for reversible biocatalysis activation | Supplementary information - Mechanotransductive surfaces for reversible biocatalysis activation

Subject Categories: Polymers | Biological materials | Surface and thin films

See also: News and Views by Kharlampieva & Tsukruk

Nanolitre liquid patterning in aqueous environments for spatially defined reagent delivery to mammalian cells - pp736 - 741

H. Tavana, A. Jovic, B. Mosadegh, Q. Y. Lee, X. Liu, K. E. Luker, G. D. Luker, S. J. Weiss & S. Takayama

doi:10.1038/nmat2515

Full Text - Nanolitre liquid patterning in aqueous environments for spatially defined reagent delivery to mammalian cells | PDF (984 KB) - Nanolitre liquid patterning in aqueous environments for spatially defined reagent delivery to mammalian cells | Supplementary information - Nanolitre liquid patterning in aqueous environments for spatially defined reagent delivery to mammalian cells

Subject Categories: Polymers | Biological materials | Nanoscale materials

See also: News and Views by Healy

Organic electronics for precise delivery of neurotransmitters to modulate mammalian sensory function - pp742 - 746

Daniel T. Simon, Sindhulakshmi Kurup, Karin C. Larsson, Ryusuke Hori, Klas Tybrandt, Michel Goiny, Edwin W. H. Jager, Magnus Berggren, Barbara Canlon & Agneta Richter-Dahlfors

doi:10.1038/nmat2494

Full Text - Organic electronics for precise delivery of neurotransmitters to modulate mammalian sensory function | PDF (542 KB) - Organic electronics for precise delivery of neurotransmitters to modulate mammalian sensory function | Supplementary information - Organic electronics for precise delivery of neurotransmitters to modulate mammalian sensory function

Subject Categories: Polymers | Biomedical materials | Electronic materials

The effect of three-dimensional morphology on the efficiency of hybrid polymer solar cells - pp818 - 824

Stefan D. Oosterhout, Martijn M. Wienk, Svetlana S. van Bavel, Ralf Thiedmann, L. Jan Anton Koster, Jan Gilot, Joachim Loos, Volker Schmidt & René A. J. Janssen

doi:10.1038/nmat2533

Full Text - The effect of three-dimensional morphology on the efficiency of hybrid polymer solar cells | PDF (1,880 KB) - The effect of three-dimensional morphology on the efficiency of hybrid polymer solar cells | Supplementary information - The effect of three-dimensional morphology on the efficiency of hybrid polymer solar cells

Subject Categories: Polymers | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials | Materials for energy | Nanoscale materials

One-dimensional imidazole aggregate in aluminium porous coordination polymers with high proton conductivity - pp831 - 836

Sareeya Bureekaew, Satoshi Horike, Masakazu Higuchi, Motohiro Mizuno, Takashi Kawamura, Daisuke Tanaka, Nobuhiro Yanai & Susumu Kitagawa

doi:10.1038/nmat2526

Full Text - One-dimensional imidazole aggregate in aluminium porous coordination polymers with high proton conductivity | PDF (748 KB) - One-dimensional imidazole aggregate in aluminium porous coordination polymers with high proton conductivity | Supplementary information - One-dimensional imidazole aggregate in aluminium porous coordination polymers with high proton conductivity

Subject Categories: Polymers | Materials for energy | Porous materials

Spotted vesicles, striped micelles and Janus assemblies induced by ligand binding - pp843 - 849

David A. Christian, Aiwei Tian, Wouter G. Ellenbroek, Ilya Levental, Karthikan Rajagopal, Paul A. Janmey, Andrea J. Liu, Tobias Baumgart & Dennis E. Discher

doi:10.1038/nmat2512

Full Text - Spotted vesicles, striped micelles and Janus assemblies induced by ligand binding | PDF (1,767 KB) - Spotted vesicles, striped micelles and Janus assemblies induced by ligand binding | Supplementary information - Spotted vesicles, striped micelles and Janus assemblies induced by ligand binding

Subject Categories: Polymers | Biological materials

See also: News and Views by Pochan

On the origin of the open-circuit voltage of polymer–fullerene solar cells - pp904 - 909

Koen Vandewal, Kristofer Tvingstedt, Abay Gadisa, Olle Inganäs & Jean V. Manca

doi:10.1038/nmat2548

Full Text - On the origin of the open-circuit voltage of polymer–fullerene solar cells | PDF (694 KB) - On the origin of the open-circuit voltage of polymer–fullerene solar cells | Supplementary information - On the origin of the open-circuit voltage of polymer–fullerene solar cells

Subject Categories: Polymers | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials | Materials for energy

Small-molecule-directed nanoparticle assembly towards stimuli-responsive nanocomposites - pp979 - 985

Yue Zhao, Kari Thorkelsson, Alexander J. Mastroianni, Thomas Schilling, Joseph M. Luther, Benjamin J. Rancatore, Kazuyuki Matsunaga, Hiroshi Jinnai, Yue Wu, Daniel Poulsen, Jean M. J. Fréchet, A. Paul Alivisatos & Ting Xu

doi:10.1038/nmat2565

Full Text - Small-molecule-directed nanoparticle assembly towards stimuli-responsive nanocomposites | PDF (2,136 KB) - Small-molecule-directed nanoparticle assembly towards stimuli-responsive nanocomposites | Supplementary information - Small-molecule-directed nanoparticle assembly towards stimuli-responsive nanocomposites

Subject Categories: Composites | Polymers | Nanoscale materials

See also: News and Views by Mezzenga & Ruokolainen

Nanofibrous biologic laminates replicate the form and function of the annulus fibrosus - pp986 - 992

Nandan L. Nerurkar, Brendon M. Baker, Sounok Sen, Emily E. Wible, Dawn M. Elliott & Robert L. Mauck

doi:10.1038/nmat2558

Full Text - Nanofibrous biologic laminates replicate the form and function of the annulus fibrosus | PDF (1,590 KB) - Nanofibrous biologic laminates replicate the form and function of the annulus fibrosus

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

See also: News and Views by Iatridis