Volume 15

  • No. 12 December 2016

    A real-time study of the growth of two-dimensional nanocrystal superlattices with square periodicity shows the formation mechanism leading to the oriented attachment of the nanocrystals.

    Letter p1248; News & Views p1225

    IMAGE: LIESBET LAURENS

    OVER DESIGN: TULSI VORALIA

  • No. 11 November 2016

    The recent experimental realization of topological semimetals opens the possibility of studying new quantum phenomena, and may allow the development of robust quantum devices.

    Commentary p1140

    IMAGE: GUOQING CHANG, SU-YANG XU AND M. ZAHID HASAN, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

    COVER DESIGN: TULSI VORALIA

  • No. 10 October 2016

    A large-area fabrication approach to achieve three-dimensional architectured metamaterials, with structural features spanning seven orders of magnitude, results in advanced mechanical properties, including high elasticity.

    Article p1100

    IMAGE: XIAOYU (RAYNE) ZHENG

    COVER DESIGN: TULSI VORALIA

  • No. 9 September 2016

    The coexistence of topological and superconducting states in a single layer of FeSe on a SrTiO3 substrate is reported.

    Article p968; News & Views p927

    IMAGE: HUIMIN ZHANG AND XUCUN MA, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY

    COVER DESIGN: TULSI VORALIA

  • No. 8 August 2016

    Increasing the operating temperature of jet engines requires materials that are stable against degradation. Towards this goal, growth of TiAl alloys with high strength and ductility, as well as superior creep resistance, is reported.

    Article p876; News & Views p823

    IMAGE: GUANG CHEN, C. T. LIU AND ZHIXIANG QI

    COVER DESIGN: TULSI VORALIA

  • No. 7 July 2016

    Inelastic neutron scattering characterization shows that α-RuCl3 is close to an experimental realization of a Kitaev quantum spin liquid on a honeycomb lattice. The collective excitations provide evidence for deconfined Majorana fermions.

    Article p733; News & Views p701

    IMAGE: GENEVIEVE MARTIN AND ARNAB BANERJEE, OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY

    COVER DESIGN: TULSI VORALIA

  • No. 6 June 2016

    Biodegradable, perfusable scaffolds are able to generate both in vitro cardiac and hepatic vascularized tissue models and in vivo implants for direct surgical anastomosis.

    Article p669; News & Views p597

    IMAGE: BOYANG ZHANG

    COVER DESIGN: TULSI VORALIA

  • No. 5 May 2016

    Variations in the size of the nanocrystals and in the width of their epitaxial connections are shown to significantly affect carrier localization in superlattices formed by the oriented attachment of PbSe nanocrystals.

    Article p557; News & Views p498

    IMAGE: KEVIN WHITHAM

    COVER DESIGN: TULSI VORALIA

  • No. 4 April 2016

    Mechanical metamaterials can display exceptional strength due to their small sizes. Now, a nanoscale lattice of glassy carbon, fabricated by shrinking a microscale lattice, has demonstrated a compressive strength of up to 3 GPa.

    Article p438; News & Views p373

    IMAGE: JENS BAUER, KIT

    COVER DESIGN: TULSI VORALIA

  • No. 3 March 2016

    Chemical vapour deposition enables the synthesis of thin films of microporous metal–organic frameworks on a broad range of substrates and on high-aspect-ratio features.

    Article p304; News & Views p255

    IMAGE: IVO STASSEN AND ROB AMELOOT

    COVER DESIGN: ALLEN BEATTIE

  • No. 2 February 2016

    The coupling between graphene phonons and the spins and Dirac fermions of molecular magnets grown on graphene modifies — and may be used for controlling — the system's quantum spin dynamics.

    Letter p164

    IMAGE: LAPO BOGANI AND CHRISTIAN CERVETTI

    COVER DESIGN: DAVID SHAND AND ALLEN BEATTIE

  • No. 1 January 2016

    Nanoscale environments created by topological defects in liquid crystals can serve as a template for the self-assembly of molecular amphiphiles within the defects.

    Article p106; News & Views p10

    IMAGE: NICHOLAS ABBOTT GROUP

    COVER DESIGN: DAVID SHAND