A matter of survival? - p1

doi:10.1038/nmat807

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Synergistic science - pp3 - 5

Sidney Yip

doi:10.1038/nmat778

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From nanopipes to doughnuts - p6

doi:10.1038/nmat808

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Nanocrystalline materials: Controlling plastic instability - pp7 - 8

En Ma

doi:10.1038/nmat797

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Nanostructured materials: Self-organization of functional polymers - pp9 - 10

Markus Antonietti

doi:10.1038/nmat791

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Soft lithography: Harnessing the unstable - pp11 - 12

Stephan Herminghaus

doi:10.1038/nmat7999

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Photonic crystals: Switching light with light - pp13 - 14

Alfred Forchel

doi:10.1038/nmat801

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Composite materials: Tougher ceramics with nanotubes - pp15 - 16

Alain Peigney

doi:10.1038/nmat794

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Microporous materials: Frameworks under pressure - pp17 - 18

Werner H. Baur

doi:10.1038/nmat805

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Material witness: Lithium light - p18

Philip Ball

doi:10.1038/nmat798

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Conducting polymers in electronic chemical sensors - pp19 - 24

Jiri Janata & Mira Josowicz

doi:10.1038/nmat768

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Subject Categories: Polymers | Electronic materials | Sensors and biosensors

Stainless steel optimization from quantum mechanical calculations - pp25 - 28

Levente Vitos, Pavel A. Korzhavyi & Börje Johansson

doi:10.1038/nmat790

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

Multicolour photochromism of TiO₂ films loaded with silver nanoparticles - pp29 - 31

Yoshihisa Ohko, Tetsu Tatsuma, Tsuyoshi Fujii, Kenji Naoi, Chisa Niwa, Yoshinobu Kubota & Akira Fujishima

doi:10.1038/nmat796

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

Novel Ti-base nanostructure–dendrite composite with enhanced plasticity - pp33 - 37

Guo He, Jürgen Eckert, Wolfgang Löser & Ludwig Schultz

doi:10.1038/nmat792

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Subject Categories: Metals and alloys | Composites | Mechanical properties | Nanoscale materials

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Single-wall carbon nanotubes as attractive toughening agents in alumina-based nanocomposites - pp38 - 42

Guo-Dong Zhan, Joshua D. Kuntz, Julin Wan & Amiya K. Mukherjee

doi:10.1038/nmat793

Abstract - Single-wall carbon nanotubes as attractive toughening agents in alumina-based nanocomposites | Full Text - Single-wall carbon nanotubes as attractive toughening agents in alumina-based nanocomposites | PDF (628 KB) - Single-wall carbon nanotubes as attractive toughening agents in alumina-based nanocomposites

Subject Categories: Composites | Mechanical properties | Nanoscale materials

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Dynamics of ferroelastic domains in ferroelectric thin films - pp43 - 47

V. Nagarajan, A. Roytburd, A. Stanishevsky, S. Prasertchoung, T. Zhao, L. Chen, J. Melngailis, O. Auciello & R. Ramesh

doi:10.1038/nmat800

Abstract - Dynamics of ferroelastic domains in ferroelectric thin films | Full Text - Dynamics of ferroelastic domains in ferroelectric thin films | PDF (703 KB) - Dynamics of ferroelastic domains in ferroelectric thin films

Subject Categories: Electronic materials | Surface and thin films

Hierarchical structure formation and pattern replication induced by an electric field - pp48 - 52

Mihai D. Morariu, Nicoleta E. Voicu, Erik Schäffer, Zhiqun Lin, Thomas P. Russell & Ullrich Steiner

doi:10.1038/nmat789

Abstract - Hierarchical structure formation and pattern replication induced by an electric field | Full Text - Hierarchical structure formation and pattern replication induced by an electric field | PDF (1,005 KB) - Hierarchical structure formation and pattern replication induced by an electric field

Subject Categories: Polymers | Surface and thin films | Design synthesis and processing

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A highly crystalline layered silicate with three-dimensionally microporous layers - pp53 - 58

Hae-Kwon Jeong, Sankar Nair, Thomas Vogt, L Charles Dickinson & Michael Tsapatsis

doi:10.1038/nmat795

Abstract - A highly crystalline layered silicate with three-dimensionally microporous layers | Full Text - A highly crystalline layered silicate with three-dimensionally microporous layers | PDF (1,391 KB) - A highly crystalline layered silicate with three-dimensionally microporous layers | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Catalytic materials | Separation materials | Porous materials

Complex dewetting scenarios captured by thin-film models - pp59 - 63

Jürgen Becker, Günther Grün, Ralf Seemann, Hubert Mantz, Karin Jacobs, Klaus R. Mecke & Ralf Blossey

doi:10.1038/nmat788

Abstract - Complex dewetting scenarios captured by thin-film models | Full Text - Complex dewetting scenarios captured by thin-film models | PDF (689 KB) - Complex dewetting scenarios captured by thin-film models

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

DNA-modified nanocrystalline diamond thin-films as stable, biologically active substrates - p63

Wensha Yang, Orlando Auciello, James E. Butler, Wei Cai, John A. Carlisle, Jennifer E. Gerbi, Dieter M. Gruen, Tanya Knickerbocker, Tami L. Lasseter, John N. Russell, Jr., Lloyd M. Smith & Robert J. Hamers

doi:10.1038/nmat809

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Ultra-pure films and software - p64

doi:10.1038/nmat810

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