Insights
Electron and X-ray microscopy
Nature Materials Vol. 8, No. 4 (April 2009)
Knowledge of the microscopic structure is essential for understanding the properties of materials and to design functional devices. Electron microscopy and X-ray imaging have been used for decades to 'look' inside matter. The articles in this Insight aim to illustrate some of the most outstanding advances in instrumentation and computation abilities of these techniques that have led to unprecedented precision in terms of spatial resolution and sensitivity to composition and physical properties.
Information storage
Nature Materials Vol. 6, No. 11 (November 2007)
The need for data storage is enormous, and is expected to increase even further in the near future as new technologies such as on-demand television or high-definition video make it to the consumer. This Insight aims to capture the dynamic research efforts that span the wide range of related disciplines in a compilation of editorial material as well as review articles.
