Nature Nanotechnology Contents December 2013 Volume 8 Number 12 pp 883-968

Advertisement Writing with both hands simultaneously? Visit Raith and learn about simultaneous electron and ion beam lithography. TABLE OF CONTENTS December 2013 Volume 8, Issue 12 Editorials Corrections Correspondence Feature Research Highlights News and Views Review Letters Articles Corrigendum Subscribe   Facebook   RSS   Recommend to library   Twitter   Advertisement Subscribe to Nature this Holiday season for only $50, £50 or €50 Enjoy 51 issues in print, online and multimedia content, and access via the nature.com app for iPhone, iPod touch and the new issue-based NatureJournals iPad app with enhanced features.   Subscribe today!    Editorials Top Skyrmionics in sight   p883 doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.282 The nucleation and manipulation of individual skyrmions in magnetic nanostructures will be essential in any future skyrmionic device. An organic response   p883 doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.283 Researchers in organic spintronics consider a more structured approach to the field. Corrections Top Correction   p883 doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.284 Correspondence Top Persistent spin coherence and bipolarons   pp884 - 885 Jan Behrends, Ifor D. W. Samuel, Alexander Schnegg and David J. Keeble doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.269 More than spectroscopy   p885 V. Alek Dediu and Alberto Riminucci doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.263 Standardization should come first   pp885 - 886 Qiming Peng and Tianyou Zhang doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.258 Focusing on the molecular scale   p886 Karthik V. Raman doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.262 An agnostic approach   pp886 - 887 T. L. Keevers, A. Danos, T. W. Schmidt and Dane R. McCamey doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.261 Is there more than meets the eye?   p887 Peter Bobbert doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.256 Feature Top The struggle for control   pp888 - 890 Alberto Moscatelli doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.270 Ten years after Richard Smalley and Eric Drexler exchanged views on the feasibility of atom-by-atom manipulation, the precise control of matter at the nanoscale and the fabrication of molecular machinery are still relatively limited, and practical applications are a long way off. Research Highlights Top Our choice from the recent literature   p891 doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.278 News and Views Top Protein machines: An open and shut cage   pp892 - 893 G. Andrew Woolley doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.260 By incorporating photosensitive switches, protein nanocages can be made to open and close on demand with light. See also: Letter by Hoersch et al. Friction: Towards macroscale superlubricity   pp893 - 894 Michael Urbakh doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.244 Super-low friction between centimetre-long concentric carbon nanotubes has been observed in ambient conditions. See also: Letter by Zhang et al. Carbon nanotubes: Captured on camera   pp894 - 895 Matt W. Graham doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.252 Images of individual carbon nanotubes with their respective optical spectra for chirality characterization are acquired directly on devices and growth substrates using a reflective polarized light microscopy set-up. See also: Letter by Liu et al. Molecular sensing: A universal receptor   pp896 - 897 Davide Bonifazi doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.266 Complexes made of carbon nanotubes and polymers can potentially be used to selectively detect almost any molecule. See also: Article by Zhang et al. Nanoelectromechanical systems: Tuning in to a graphene oscillator   pp897 - 898 Philip X.-L. Feng doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.268 Self-sustaining electromechanical oscillators can be built from graphene membranes that vibrate at radiofrequencies and can be tuned by a gate voltage. See also: Letter by Chen et al. Nanotechnology JOBS of the week Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) Courses University of Cincinnati (UC) Assistant or Associate Professor for Nanoelectronic Devices and Systems Lehigh University PhD Studentship in Drop Splashes and Superhydrophobics The University of Auckland, New Zealand PhD in Chemistry / DNA Bionanotechnology University of Edinburgh Nanoscience and Microsystems Engineer University of New Mexico More Science jobs from Nanotechnology EVENT The 2014 Nanotechnology Materials and Devices (NMD) 24.02.14 Cincinnati, USA More science events from Correction Top Correction   p898 doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.259 Review Top Topological properties and dynamics of magnetic skyrmions   pp899 - 911 Naoto Nagaosa and Yoshinori Tokura doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.243 This Review covers the recent developments in the observation and modelling of magnetic skyrmions, including their topological properties, current-induced dynamics and potential in future information storage devices. Letters Top Superlubricity in centimetres-long double-walled carbon nanotubes under ambient conditions   pp912 - 916 Rufan Zhang, Zhiyuan Ning, Yingying Zhang, Quanshui Zheng, Qing Chen, Huanhuan Xie, Qiang Zhang, Weizhong Qian & Fei Wei doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.217 Superlubricity, which has so far been demonstrated only in nanometre-sized objects, has now been observed in centimetres-long carbon nanotubes. See also: News and Views by Urbakh High-throughput optical imaging and spectroscopy of individual carbon nanotubes in devices   pp917 - 922 Kaihui Liu, Xiaoping Hong, Qin Zhou, Chenhao Jin, Jinghua Li, Weiwei Zhou, Jie Liu, Enge Wang, Alex Zettl & Feng Wang doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.227 A high-throughput optical imaging and spectroscopy technique has now been developed that characterizes the chirality and electronic structure of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes either on their growth substrate or in functional devices. See also: News and Views by Graham Graphene mechanical oscillators with tunable frequency   pp923 - 927 Changyao Chen, Sunwoo Lee, Vikram V. Deshpande, Gwan-Hyoung Lee, Michael Lekas, Kenneth Shepard & James Hone doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.232 Self-sustained graphene mechanical oscillators with tunable frequencies are fabricated and used to demonstrate frequency-modulated audio transmission. See also: News and Views by Feng Reprogramming an ATP-driven protein machine into a light-gated nanocage   pp928 - 932 Daniel Hoersch, Soung-Hun Roh, Wah Chiu and Tanja Kortemme doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.242 A naturally occurring protein assembly can be transformed into a light-controlled nanocage by incorporating a photochemical switch. See also: News and Views by Woolley Nanoparticle-detained toxins for safe and effective vaccination   pp933 - 938 Che-Ming J. Hu, Ronnie H. Fang, Brian T. Luk and Liangfang Zhang doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.254 A vaccine in which toxin antigens are non-disruptively detoxified by the use of nanoparticles provides improved efficacy and immunogenicity as compared with toxoid vaccines prepared from denaturation processes. Articles Top Detecting the translocation of DNA through a nanopore using graphene nanoribbons   pp939 - 945 F. Traversi, C. Raillon, S. M. Benameur, K. Liu, S. Khlybov, M. Tosun, D. Krasnozhon, A. Kis & A. Radenovic doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.240 A solid-state nanopore can be integrated with a graphene nanoribbon transistor to create a sensor that can detect DNA molecules using both the ionic current and the electrical current in the graphene nanoribbon. Optoelectronic control of surface charge and translocation dynamics in solid-state nanopores   pp946 - 951 Nicolas Di Fiori, Allison Squires, Daniel Bar, Tal Gilboa, Theodore D. Moustakas & Amit Meller doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.221 Low-power visible light can be used to manipulate the surface charge of solid-state nanopores and can be used to control the translocation dynamics of DNA and proteins. Highly efficient gate-tunable photocurrent generation in vertical heterostructures of layered materials   pp952 - 958 Woo Jong Yu, Yuan Liu, Hailong Zhou, Anxiang Yin, Zheng Li, Yu Huang & Xiangfeng Duan doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.219 Efficient photocurrent generation, which can be tuned by the electric field of a gate to reach both high external and internal quantum efficiencies, is shown to occur in vertical heterostructures comprising graphene, MoS2 and metals. Molecular recognition using corona phase complexes made of synthetic polymers adsorbed on carbon nanotubes   pp959 - 968 Jingqing Zhang, Markita P. Landry, Paul W. Barone, Jong-Ho Kim, Shangchao Lin, Zachary W. Ulissi, Dahua Lin, Bin Mu, Ardemis A. Boghossian, Andrew J. Hilmer, Alina Rwei, Allison C. Hinckley, Sebastian Kruss, Mia A. Shandell, Nitish Nair, Steven Blake, Fatih Şen, Selda Şen, Robert G. Croy, Deyu Li, Kyungsuk Yum, Jin-Ho Ahn, Hong Jin, Daniel A. Heller, John M. Essigmann, Daniel Blankschtein & Michael S. Strano doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.236 Synthetic polymers form highly selective molecular recognition motifs for biomolecules on adsorption onto single-walled carbon nanotubes. See also: News and Views by Bonifazi Corrigendum Top Destructive extraction of phospholipids from Escherichia coli membranes by graphene nanosheets   p968 Yusong Tu, Min Lv, Peng Xiu, Tien Huynh, Meng Zhang, Matteo Castelli, Zengrong Liu, Qing Huang, Chunhai Fan, Haiping Fang & Ruhong Zhou doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.275 Top Advertisement NatureJournals app for ipad The NatureJournals app for iPad now boasts over 25 Nature-branded titles. Subscribe to any journal in the app for $35.99* and gain access to world class research on the move. www.nature.com/content/app/anytitleoffer/index.html?WT.mc_id=TOC_NATURE_1113_ANYTITLEOF   *Apple exchange rates apply. Limited time offer available on all journals except Scientific Reports. iPad is a trademark of Apple Inc.   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. 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