Nature Nanotechnology Contents September 2012 Volume 7 Number 9 pp 545-608

Advertisement World's Ultimate AFM Bruker's FastScan achieves atomic force microscopy imaging without compromising highest resolution, application flexibility, or productivity. Work hundreds of times faster. Click to learn more. TABLE OF CONTENTS September 2012 Volume 7, Issue 9 pp 545 - 608 Editorial Commentary Research Highlights News and Views Letters Articles Subscribe   Facebook   RSS   Recommend to library   Twitter   Advertisement Online-only personal subscriptions now available to Nature Nanotechnology For only 49 USD/29 GBP/29 EUR Subscribe now!   Editorial Top Join the dialogue   p545 doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.150 The nanotoxicology community should implement guidelines on the types of information that are required in their research articles to improve the quality and relevance of the published papers. See also: Commentary by Schrurs & Lison Commentary Top Focusing the research efforts   pp546 - 548 Francoise Schrurs and Dominique Lison doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.148 More coherence and structure in the way research is conducted should be introduced in nanotoxicology, and all stakeholders must do their part. See also: Editorial Research Highlights Top Our choice from the recent literature   p549 doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.155 News and Views Top Colours at the nanoscale: Printable stained glass   pp550 - 551 Teri W. Odom doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.135 Silver disk-over-hole nanostructures create bright colours and fine tonal variations with the best possible resolution for visible light. See also: Letter by Kumar et al. Mechanical properties: Nanotwins only   pp551 - 552 Yong-Wei Zhang doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.129 Singling out the role of nanotwins in materials' failure can guide the design of metallic nanostructures with both high strength and high ductility. See also: Article by Jang et al. Water desalination: Graphene cleans up water   pp552 - 554 Evelyn N. Wang and Rohit Karnik doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.153 Graphene promises water desalination at throughputs much higher than state-of-the-art membranes. Nanopatterning: The chemical way to ion irradiation   pp554 - 555 Jurgen Fassbender doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.149 Local proton irradiation causes a chemical reaction that leads to nanopatterned magnetic media. The technique has strong potential for improving high-density data storage and other types of applications involving nanostructuring of materials. See also: Letter by Kim et al. Single-molecule magnets: Reading a nuclear spin with electrons   pp555 - 556 H. S. J. van der Zant doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.154 A molecular spin transistor can be used to electronically measure the nuclear spin of a single atom. 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See also: News and Views by Odom Graphene coating makes carbon nanotube aerogels superelastic and resistant to fatigue   pp562 - 566 Kyu Hun Kim, Youngseok Oh and M. F. Islam doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.118 A mechanically fragile aerogel made of single-walled carbon nanotubes can be transformed into a superelastic material by coating it with graphene. Nanoscale patterning of complex magnetic nanostructures by reduction with low-energy protons   pp567 - 571 Sanghoon Kim, Soogil Lee, Jungho Ko, Jangyup Son, Minseok Kim, Shinill Kang and Jongill Hong doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.125 Complex magnetic nanostructures can be fabricated by using low-energy protons to convert paramagnetic oxide materials into metallic ferromagnets. See also: News and Views by Fassbender A monolithic array of three-dimensional ion traps fabricated with conventional semiconductor technology   pp572 - 576 Guido Wilpers, Patrick See, Patrick Gill and Alastair G. Sinclair doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.126 A monolithic array of three-dimensional microtraps is etched from a silica-on-silicon wafer and is characterized by confining and probing individual ions and strings of ions. Hybrid passivated colloidal quantum dot solids   pp577 - 582 Alexander H. Ip, Susanna M. Thon, Sjoerd Hoogland, Oleksandr Voznyy, David Zhitomirsky, Ratan Debnath, Larissa Levina, Lisa R. Rollny, Graham H. Carey, Armin Fischer, Kyle W. Kemp, Illan J. Kramer, Zhijun Ning, André J. Labelle, Kang Wei Chou, Aram Amassian and Edward H. Sargent doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.127 Improved performance in a photovoltaic device made of colloidal quantum dots is achieved through a combination of passivation by halide anions and organic crosslinking. Catalytic processes monitored at the nanoscale with tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy   pp583 - 586 Evelien M. van Schrojenstein Lantman, Tanja Deckert-Gaudig, Arjan J. G. Mank, Volker Deckert and Bert M. Weckhuysen doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.131 Dual-wavelength tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy can be used to monitor photocatalytic reactions at the nanoscale. Piezoelectric nanoribbons for monitoring cellular deformations   pp587 - 593 Thanh D. Nguyen, Nikhil Deshmukh, John M. Nagarah, Tal Kramer, Prashant K. Purohit, Michael J. Berry and Michael C. McAlpine doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.112 Piezoelectric nanoribbons are used to monitor the mechanical responses of neuronal cells to electrical excitation.   Articles Top Deformation mechanisms in nanotwinned metal nanopillars   pp594 - 601 Dongchan Jang, Xiaoyan Li, Huajian Gao and Julia R. Greer doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.116 Nanotwinned copper nanopillars without any grain boundaries or other microstructural features are fabricated and used to explore the influence of twin boundaries on the mechanical properties of these structures. See also: News and Views by Zhang Single-protein nanomechanical mass spectrometry in real time   pp602 - 608 M. S. Hanay, S. Kelber, A. K. Naik, D. Chi, S. Hentz, E. C. Bullard, E. Colinet, L. Duraffourg and M. L. Roukes doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.119 The potential of single-protein NEMS-based mass spectrometry is demonstrated by analysing IgM antibody complexes in real time. Top Advertisement Please take a look at this article that recently published in Gene Therapy Bacterial magnetic particles as a novel and efficient gene vaccine delivery system OPEN Y-S Tang et al Gene Therapy ¦ doi:10.1038/gt.2011.197   Natureevents is a fully searchable, multi-disciplinary database designed to maximise exposure for events organisers. The contents of the Natureevents Directory are now live. The digital version is available here. Find the latest scientific conferences, courses, meetings and symposia on natureevents.com. For event advertising opportunities across the Nature Publishing Group portfolio please contact natureevents@nature.com More Nature Events

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