Table of contents
January 2006, Volume 5 No 1 pp6-74
About the coverResearch News
Hiding hydrogen and tailoring particles - p6
doi:10.1038/nmat1567
Full Text - Hiding hydrogen and tailoring particles | PDF (209 KB) - Hiding hydrogen and tailoring particles
Editorial
New Moon or old? - p1
doi:10.1038/nmat1556
Full Text - New Moon or old? | PDF (99 KB) - New Moon or old?
Commentary
Breaking the mould: Casting on the nanometre scale - pp2 - 5
Jeremy J. Baumberg
doi:10.1038/nmat1562
Full Text - Breaking the mould: Casting on the nanometre scale | PDF (555 KB) - Breaking the mould: Casting on the nanometre scale
News and Views
Metallic glasses: Must shear bands be hot? - pp7 - 8
Frans Spaepen
doi:10.1038/nmat1552
Full Text - Metallic glassesMust shear bands be hot? | PDF (224 KB) - Metallic glassesMust shear bands be hot?
Micromanipulation: Stick and place - pp9 - 10
Ned Bowden
doi:10.1038/nmat1555
Full Text - MicromanipulationStick and place | PDF (243 KB) - MicromanipulationStick and place
Material witness: Everything must change - p10
Philip Ball
doi:10.1038/nmat1565
Full Text - Material witnessEverything must change | PDF (153 KB) - Material witnessEverything must change
Molecular electronics: Chemistry of molecules or physics of contacts? - pp11 - 12
Victor V. Zhirnov & Ralph K. Cavin
doi:10.1038/nmat1554
Full Text - Molecular electronicsChemistry of molecules or physics of contacts? | PDF (264 KB) - Molecular electronicsChemistry of molecules or physics of contacts?
Liquid metals: Supercool order - pp13 - 14
A. Lindsay Greer
doi:10.1038/nmat1557
Full Text - Liquid metalsSupercool order | PDF (208 KB) - Liquid metalsSupercool order
Letters
Temperature rise at shear bands in metallic glasses - pp15 - 18
J. J. Lewandowski & A. L. Greer
doi:10.1038/nmat1536
First paragraph - | Full Text - Temperature rise at shear bands in metallic glasses | PDF (248 KB) - Temperature rise at shear bands in metallic glasses
Subject Categories: Metals and alloys | Glasses | Mechanical properties
Resonant tunnelling and fast switching in amorphous-carbon quantum-well structures - pp19 - 22
S. Bhattacharyya, S. J. Henley, E. Mendoza, L. Gomez-Rojas, J. Allam & S. R. P. Silva
doi:10.1038/nmat1551
First paragraph - | Full Text - Resonant tunnelling and fast switching in amorphous-carbon quantum-well structures | PDF (817 KB) - Resonant tunnelling and fast switching in amorphous-carbon quantum-well structures
Subject Categories: Electronic materials | Semiconductors
Study of colloidal quantum-dot surfaces using an innovative thin-film positron 2D-ACAR method - pp23 - 26
Stephan W. H. Eijt, Anton (Tom) van Veen, Henk Schut, Peter E. Mijnarends, Art B. Denison, Bernardo Barbiellini & Arun Bansil
doi:10.1038/nmat1550
First paragraph - | Full Text - Study of colloidal quantum-dot surfaces using an innovative thin-film positron 2D-ACAR method | PDF (193 KB) - Study of colloidal quantum-dot surfaces using an innovative thin-film positron 2D-ACAR method
Subject Categories: Nanoscale materials | Surface and thin films | Characterisation and analytical techniques
Optofluidic control using photothermal nanoparticles - pp27 - 32
Gang L. Liu, Jaeyoun Kim, Yu Lu & Luke P. Lee
doi:10.1038/nmat1528
First paragraph - | Full Text - Optofluidic control using photothermal nanoparticles | PDF (404 KB) - Optofluidic control using photothermal nanoparticles | Supplementary information
Subject Categories: Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials | Nanoscale materials
Transfer printing by kinetic control of adhesion to an elastomeric stamp - pp33 - 38
Matthew A. Meitl, Zheng-Tao Zhu, Vipan Kumar, Keon Jae Lee, Xue Feng, Yonggang Y. Huang, Ilesanmi Adesida, Ralph G. Nuzzo & John A. Rogers
doi:10.1038/nmat1532
First paragraph - | Full Text - Transfer printing by kinetic control of adhesion to an elastomeric stamp | PDF (503 KB) - Transfer printing by kinetic control of adhesion to an elastomeric stamp
Subject Categories: Polymers | Design synthesis and processing | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials
Atomistic simulations of spinodal phase separation preceding polymer crystallization - pp39 - 43
Richard H. Gee, Naida Lacevic & Laurence E. Fried
doi:10.1038/nmat1543
First paragraph - | Full Text - Atomistic simulations of spinodal phase separation preceding polymer crystallization | PDF (708 KB) - Atomistic simulations of spinodal phase separation preceding polymer crystallization | Supplementary information
Subject Categories: Polymers | Computation, modelling and theory
Oxidation of magnesia-supported Pd-clusters leads to the ultimate limit of epitaxy with a catalytic function - pp44 - 47
Bernd Huber, Pekka Koskinen, Hannu Häkkinen & Michael Moseler
doi:10.1038/nmat1533
First paragraph - | Full Text - Oxidation of magnesia-supported Pd-clusters leads to the ultimate limit of epitaxy with a catalytic function | PDF (699 KB) - Oxidation of magnesia-supported Pd-clusters leads to the ultimate limit of epitaxy with a catalytic function | Supplementary information
Subject Categories: Catalytic materials | Nanoscale materials | Computation, modelling and theory
Surprising shrinkage of expanding gels under an external load - pp48 - 51
Seon Jeong Kim, Geoffrey M. Spinks, Shona Prosser, Philip G. Whitten, Gordon G. Wallace & Sun I. Kim
doi:10.1038/nmat1553
First paragraph - | Full Text - Surprising shrinkage of expanding gels under an external load | PDF (171 KB) - Surprising shrinkage of expanding gels under an external load
Subject Categories: Mechanical properties | Polymers
From brittle to ductile fracture of bone - pp52 - 55
Herwig Peterlik, Paul Roschger, Klaus Klaushofer & Peter Fratzl
doi:10.1038/nmat1545
First paragraph - | Full Text - From brittle to ductile fracture of bone | PDF (245 KB) - From brittle to ductile fracture of bone | Supplementary information
Subject Categories: Biological materials | Composites | Mechanical properties
Articles
Unravelling the interplay of local structure and physical properties in phase-change materials - pp56 - 62
Wojciech We
nic,
Ariesto Pamungkas,
Ralf Detemple,
Christoph Steimer,
Stefan Blügel
&
Matthias Wuttig
doi:10.1038/nmat1539
Abstract - | Full Text - Unravelling the interplay of local structure and physical properties in phase-change materials | PDF (936 KB) - Unravelling the interplay of local structure and physical properties in phase-change materials | Supplementary information
Subject Categories: Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials | Semiconductors
Metal-free silicon–molecule–nanotube testbed and memory device - pp63 - 68
Jianli He, Bo Chen, Austen K. Flatt, Jason J. Stephenson, Condell D. Doyle & James M. Tour
doi:10.1038/nmat1526
Abstract - | Full Text - Metal-free silicon–molecule–nanotube testbed and memory device | PDF (306 KB) - Metal-free silicon–molecule–nanotube testbed and memory device | Supplementary information
Subject Categories: Molecular electronics | Characterisation and analytical techniques | Nanoscale materials
Spatial control of the recombination zone in an ambipolar light-emitting organic transistor - pp69 - 74
Jana Zaumseil, Richard H. Friend & Henning Sirringhaus
doi:10.1038/nmat1537
Abstract - | Full Text - Spatial control of the recombination zone in an ambipolar light-emitting organic transistor | PDF (424 KB) - Spatial control of the recombination zone in an ambipolar light-emitting organic transistor | Supplementary information
Subject Categories: Polymers | Optical, photonic and optoelectronic materials


