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Volume 6 Issue 11, November 2007

Multiscale simulations reconcile differences in the prediction of crack-tip twinning in f.c.c. metals

Cover design by David Shand

Article by Warner, Curtin and Qu

Editorial

  • Even a small effort can have a big impact on science education in Africa. Why don't you try?

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Commentary

  • The African Institute of Mathematical Sciences offers a successful template for other disciplines to teach science in Africa.

    • Jeroen van den Brink
    • Izak Snyman
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News & Views

  • Can atomistic simulations of fracture in some metals be wrong or misinterpreted? A seeming controversy between modelling and experiment is reconciled by a clever multiscale simulation technique bridging time- and length-scales.

    • Vesselin I. Yamakov
    • Edward H. Glaessgen
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  • Atomic force microscopy resolves a long-standing controversy in organic electronics by revealing the operating mechanism of light-emitting electrochemical cells.

    • John C. deMello
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  • The integration of spintronic elements with present-day electronic devices requires that a material with high spin polarization is matched with widely used semiconductors. The stabilization of europium oxide on silicon and gallium nitride is a clear leap forward in this direction.

    • John F. Gregg
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  • Photonic crystal resonators present unique properties for confining light in volumes much smaller than the wavelength. The ultrafast dynamic change of these properties is an important step towards the complete control of light.

    • Jorge Bravo-Abad
    • Marin Soljačić
    News & Views
  • The isolation of free-standing graphene sheets seems to contradict common belief about the existence of two-dimensional crystals. Monte Carlo simulations confirm that the sheets may be stabilized by the formation of finite-sized ripples.

    • Johan M. Carlsson
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  • Spin-related phenomena are usually considered exclusively in relation to inorganic materials. A series of pioneering experiments challenges this picture and demonstrates that the integration of molecular and spin electronics is also possible.

    • Stefano Sanvito
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Interview

  • Intel's Chief Technology Officer, Justin Rattner, talked to Nature Materials about the impressive advances in microprocessors and their applications.

    • Joerg Heber
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Commentary

  • Integrated electronics has come a long way since the invention of the transistor in 1947 and the fabrication of the first integrated circuit in 1958. Given feature sizes as small as a few nanometres, what will the future hold for integrated electronics?

    • Robert Chau
    • Brian Doyle
    • Kevin Zhang
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Insight

  • 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.

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