Table of contents
December 2005, Volume 4 No 12 pp877-941
About the coverEditorial
ROMPing to Nobel success - p877
doi:10.1038/nmat1538
Full Text - ROMPing to Nobel success | PDF (108 KB) - ROMPing to Nobel success
Research News
From nanocrystals to DVDs - p878
doi:10.1038/nmat1547
Full Text - From nanocrystals to DVDs | PDF (106 KB) - From nanocrystals to DVDs
News and Views
Superconductivity: Where are the electrons? - pp879 - 880
Jens Kortus
doi:10.1038/nmat1542
Full Text - SuperconductivityWhere are the electrons? | PDF (216 KB) - SuperconductivityWhere are the electrons?
Material witness: Birth of the blues - p880
Philip Ball
doi:10.1038/nmat1541
Full Text - Material witnessBirth of the blues | PDF (140 KB) - Material witnessBirth of the blues
Tissue engineering: A live disc - pp881 - 882
David W. L. Hukins
doi:10.1038/nmat1540
Full Text - Tissue engineeringA live disc | PDF (366 KB) - Tissue engineeringA live disc
Semiconductor morphology: Optimizing properties by tuning morphology - pp883 - 884
Longwei Yin and Yoshio Bando
doi:10.1038/nmat1544
Full Text - Semiconductor morphologyOptimizing properties by tuning morphology | PDF (196 KB) - Semiconductor morphologyOptimizing properties by tuning morphology
Erratum
Turbulence ahead - p884
Russell Cowburn and Dorothée Petit
doi:10.1038/nmat1535
Full Text - Turbulence ahead | PDF (93 KB) - Turbulence ahead
News and Views
Electron microscopy: Cutting the cost of high-resolution microscopy - pp885 - 886
Abraham J. Koster and Henny Zandbergen
doi:10.1038/nmat1546
Full Text - Electron microscopyCutting the cost of high-resolution microscopy | PDF (156 KB) - Electron microscopyCutting the cost of high-resolution microscopy
Letters
Optical gain and stimulated emission in periodic nanopatterned crystalline silicon - pp887 - 891
Sylvain G. Cloutier, Pavel A. Kossyrev and Jimmy Xu
doi:10.1038/nmat1530
First paragraph - Optical gain and stimulated emission in periodic nanopatterned crystalline silicon | Full Text - Optical gain and stimulated emission in periodic nanopatterned crystalline silicon | PDF (302 KB) - Optical gain and stimulated emission in periodic nanopatterned crystalline silicon
Trapping and moving metal atoms with a six-leg molecule - pp892 - 895
Leo Gross, Karl-Heinz Rieder, Francesca Moresco, Sladjana M. Stojkovic, André Gourdon and Christian Joachim
doi:10.1038/nmat1529
First paragraph - Trapping and moving metal atoms with a six-leg molecule | Full Text - Trapping and moving metal atoms with a six-leg molecule | PDF (570 KB) - Trapping and moving metal atoms with a six-leg molecule | Supplementary information
Subject Categories: Surface and thin films | Molecular electronics
Spontaneous formation of nanoparticle stripe patterns through dewetting - pp896 - 900
Jiaxing Huang, Franklin Kim, Andrea R. Tao, Stephen Connor and Peidong Yang
doi:10.1038/nmat1517
First paragraph - Spontaneous formation of nanoparticle stripe patterns through dewetting | Full Text - Spontaneous formation of nanoparticle stripe patterns through dewetting | PDF (931 KB) - Spontaneous formation of nanoparticle stripe patterns through dewetting | Supplementary information
Subject Categories: Nanoscale materials | Design synthesis and processing
Relationships between supercontraction and mechanical properties of spider silk - pp901 - 905
Yi Liu, Zhengzhong Shao and Fritz Vollrath
doi:10.1038/nmat1534
First paragraph - Relationships between supercontraction and mechanical properties of spider silk | Full Text - Relationships between supercontraction and mechanical properties of spider silk | PDF (206 KB) - Relationships between supercontraction and mechanical properties of spider silk
Subject Categories: Biological materials | Mechanical properties | Design synthesis and processing
Articles
Identifying and counting point defects in carbon nanotubes - pp906 - 911
Yuwei Fan, Brett R. Goldsmith and Philip G. Collins
doi:10.1038/nmat1516
Abstract - Identifying and counting point defects in carbon nanotubes | Full Text - Identifying and counting point defects in carbon nanotubes | PDF (324 KB) - Identifying and counting point defects in carbon nanotubes
Subject Categories: Electronic materials | Nanoscale materials
Diffractive electron imaging of nanoparticles on a substrate - pp912 - 916
Jinsong Wu, U. Weierstall and John C. H. Spence
doi:10.1038/nmat1531
Abstract - Diffractive electron imaging of nanoparticles on a substrate | Full Text - Diffractive electron imaging of nanoparticles on a substrate | PDF (339 KB) - Diffractive electron imaging of nanoparticles on a substrate | Supplementary information
Subject Categories: Nanoscale materials | Characterisation and analytical techniques
Anharmonic motions of Kr in the clathrate hydrate - pp917 - 921
J. S. Tse, D. D. Klug, J. Y. Zhao, W. Sturhahn, E. E. Alp, J. Baumert, C. Gutt, M. R. Johnson and W. Press
doi:10.1038/nmat1525
Abstract - Anharmonic motions of Kr in the clathrate hydrate | Full Text - Anharmonic motions of Kr in the clathrate hydrate | PDF (291 KB) - Anharmonic motions of Kr in the clathrate hydrate
Subject Categories: Glasses | Computation, modelling and theory
Morphology-tuned wurtzite-type ZnS nanobelts - pp922 - 927
Zhongwu Wang, Luke L. Daemen, Yusheng Zhao, C. S. Zha, Robert T. Downs, Xudong Wang, Zhong Lin Wang and Russell J. Hemley
doi:10.1038/nmat1522
Abstract - Morphology-tuned wurtzite-type ZnS nanobelts | Full Text - Morphology-tuned wurtzite-type ZnS nanobelts | PDF (2,730 KB) - Morphology-tuned wurtzite-type ZnS nanobelts
Subject Categories: Mechanical properties | Nanoscale materials
Nanoparticle networks reduce the flammability of polymer nanocomposites - pp928 - 933
Takashi Kashiwagi, Fangming Du, Jack F. Douglas, Karen I. Winey, Richard H. Harris, Jr and John R. Shields
doi:10.1038/nmat1502
Abstract - Nanoparticle networks reduce the flammability of polymer nanocomposites | Full Text - Nanoparticle networks reduce the flammability of polymer nanocomposites | PDF (590 KB) - Nanoparticle networks reduce the flammability of polymer nanocomposites | Supplementary information
Light-induced gene transfer from packaged DNA enveloped in a dendrimeric photosensitizer - pp934 - 941
Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Aya Iriyama, Woo-Dong Jang, Kanjiro Miyata, Keiji Itaka, Yuji Inoue, Hidenori Takahashi, Yasuo Yanagi, Yasuhiro Tamaki, Hiroyuki Koyama and Kazunori Kataoka
doi:10.1038/nmat1524
Abstract - Light-induced gene transfer from packaged DNA enveloped in a dendrimeric photosensitizer | Full Text - Light-induced gene transfer from packaged DNA enveloped in a dendrimeric photosensitizer | PDF (704 KB) - Light-induced gene transfer from packaged DNA enveloped in a dendrimeric photosensitizer | Supplementary information
Subject Categories: Polymers | Biomedical materials | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials | Characterisation and analytical techniques


