US visas: Postdocs in peril - p75

doi:10.1038/nmat1070

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From smart contact lenses to supercooled silicon - p76

doi:10.1038/nmat1071

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Nanomaterials: Nanocluster magic - pp77 - 78

Gotthard Seifert

doi:10.1038/nmat1066

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Material witness: Designing with complexity - p78

Philip Ball

doi:10.1038/nmat1069

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Surface wetting: Model droplets - pp79 - 80

David Quéré

doi:10.1038/nmat1062

Full Text - Surface wettingModel droplets | PDF (216 KB) - Surface wettingModel droplets

Ferroelectrics: Pushing towards the digital storage limit - pp81 - 82

Rainer Waser & Andreas Rüdiger

doi:10.1038/nmat1067

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Combinatorial materials science: Reaching beyond discovery - pp83 - 85

Eric J. Amis

doi:10.1038/nmat1064

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Photonics: Shrinking optical fibres - pp85 - 86

Peter Domachuk & Benjamin J. Eggleton

doi:10.1038/nmat1065

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Impact of misfit dislocations on the polarization instability of epitaxial nanostructured ferroelectric perovskites - pp87 - 90

Ming-Wen Chu, Izabela Szafraniak, Roland Scholz, Catalin Harnagea, Dietrich Hesse, Marin Alexe & Ulrich Gösele

doi:10.1038/nmat1057

First paragraph - Impact of misfit dislocations on the polarization instability of epitaxial nanostructured ferroelectric perovskites | Full Text - Impact of misfit dislocations on the polarization instability of epitaxial nanostructured ferroelectric perovskites | PDF (318 KB) - Impact of misfit dislocations on the polarization instability of epitaxial nanostructured ferroelectric perovskites

Subject Categories: Electronic materials | Semiconductors

Large electric-field-induced strain in ferroelectric crystals by point-defect-mediated reversible domain switching - pp91 - 94

Xiaobing Ren

doi:10.1038/nmat1051

First paragraph - Large electric-field-induced strain in ferroelectric crystals by point-defect-mediated reversible domain switching | Full Text - Large electric-field-induced strain in ferroelectric crystals by point-defect-mediated reversible domain switching | PDF (258 KB) - Large electric-field-induced strain in ferroelectric crystals by point-defect-mediated reversible domain switching | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Electronic materials | Computation, modelling and theory

Shape and stability of self-assembled surface domains - pp95 - 98

G. E. Thayer, J. B. Hannon & R. M. Tromp

doi:10.1038/nmat1050

First paragraph - Shape and stability of self-assembled surface domains | Full Text - Shape and stability of self-assembled surface domains | PDF (246 KB) - Shape and stability of self-assembled surface domains

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

Ultra-stable nanoparticles of CdSe revealed from mass spectrometry - pp99 - 102

Atsuo Kasuya, Rajaratnam Sivamohan, Yurii A. Barnakov, Igor M. Dmitruk, Takashi Nirasawa, Volodymyr R. Romanyuk, Vijay Kumar, Sergiy V. Mamykin, Kazuyuki Tohji, Balachandran Jeyadevan, Kozo Shinoda, Toshiji Kudo, Osamu Terasaki, Zheng Liu, Rodion V. Belosludov, Vijayaraghavan Sundararajan & Yoshiyuki Kawazoe

doi:10.1038/nmat1056

First paragraph - Ultra-stable nanoparticles of CdSe revealed from mass spectrometry | Full Text - Ultra-stable nanoparticles of CdSe revealed from mass spectrometry | PDF (240 KB) - Ultra-stable nanoparticles of CdSe revealed from mass spectrometry | Supplementary information

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

High-aspect-ratio bulk micromachining of titanium - pp103 - 105

Marco F. Aimi, Masa P. Rao, Noel C. MacDonald, Abu Samah Zuruzi & David P. Bothman

doi:10.1038/nmat1058

First paragraph - High-aspect-ratio bulk micromachining of titanium | Full Text - High-aspect-ratio bulk micromachining of titanium | PDF (236 KB) - High-aspect-ratio bulk micromachining of titanium

Subject Categories: Metals and alloys | Structural materials | Design synthesis and processing

Flexible active-matrix displays and shift registers based on solution-processed organic transistors - pp106 - 110

Gerwin H. Gelinck, H. Edzer A. Huitema, Erik van Veenendaal, Eugenio Cantatore, Laurens Schrijnemakers, Jan B. P. H. van der Putten, Tom C. T. Geuns, Monique Beenhakkers, Jacobus B. Giesbers, Bart-Hendrik Huisman, Eduard J. Meijer, Estrella Mena Benito, Fred J. Touwslager, Albert W. Marsman, Bas J. E. van Rens & Dago M. de Leeuw

doi:10.1038/nmat1061

First paragraph - Flexible active-matrix displays and shift registers based on solution-processed organic transistors | Full Text - Flexible active-matrix displays and shift registers based on solution-processed organic transistors | PDF (362 KB) - Flexible active-matrix displays and shift registers based on solution-processed organic transistors

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

The formation of sp³ bonding in compressed BN - pp111 - 114

Yue Meng, Ho-kwang Mao, Peter J. Eng, Thomas P. Trainor, Matthew Newville, Michael Y. Hu, Chichang Kao, Jinfu Shu, Daniel Hausermann & Russell J. Hemley

doi:10.1038/nmat1060

First paragraph - The formation of sp: 3: bonding in compressed BN | Full Text - The formation of sp3 bonding in compressed BN | PDF (203 KB) - The formation of sp3 bonding in compressed BN

Subject Category: Design synthesis and processing

Remotely actuated polymer nanocomposites—stress-recovery of carbon-nanotube-filled thermoplastic elastomers - pp115 - 120

Hilmar Koerner, Gary Price, Nathan A. Pearce, Max Alexander & Richard A. Vaia

doi:10.1038/nmat1059

First paragraph - Remotely actuated polymer nanocomposites[mdash]stress-recovery of carbon-nanotube-filled thermoplastic elastomers | Full Text - Remotely actuated polymer nanocomposites—stress-recovery of carbon-nanotube-filled thermoplastic elastomers | PDF (526 KB) - Remotely actuated polymer nanocomposites—stress-recovery of carbon-nanotube-filled thermoplastic elastomers | Supplementary information

Subject Categories: Composites | Polymers | Mechanical properties | Nanoscale materials

Van der Waals versus dipolar forces controlling mesoscopic organizations of magnetic nanocrystals - pp121 - 125

Y. Lalatonne, J. Richardi & M. P. Pileni

doi:10.1038/nmat1054

Abstract - Van der Waals versus dipolar forces controlling mesoscopic organizations of magnetic nanocrystals | Full Text - Van der Waals versus dipolar forces controlling mesoscopic organizations of magnetic nanocrystals | PDF (292 KB) - Van der Waals versus dipolar forces controlling mesoscopic organizations of magnetic nanocrystals

Subject Categories: Colloids | Magnetic materials | Computation, modelling and theory

Wide-pressure-range SEMs and modelling - p126

doi:10.1038/nmat1068

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