Nature Nanotechnology Contents September 2014 Volume 9 Number 9 pp 657 - 724

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TABLE OF CONTENTS September 2014 Volume 9, Issue 9 Editorial Thesis Research Highlights Correction News and Views Letters Articles Erratum Corrigendum In The Classroom Subscribe   Facebook   RSS   Recommend to library   Twitter   Editorial Top Bringing solar cell efficiencies into the light   p657 doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.206 Nanostructured materials are used in the development of a new generation of efficient solar cells, but challenges in the characterization and fabrication of these cells delay commercial adoption. Thesis Top Old materials, new challenges?   pp658 - 659 Andrew D. Maynard doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.196 Fumed silica has been used as an anti-caking agent in foods for several decades. Does new research suggest that the use of this engineered nanomaterial needs to be re-examined, asks Andrew D. Maynard. Research Highlights Top Our choice from the recent literature   p660 doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.201 Correction Top Correction   p660 doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.192 News and Views Top Molecular motors: Shifting gears with light   pp661 - 662 Samara L. Reck-Peterson doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.188 The speed and direction of myosin and kinesin motors can be optically controlled by adding a protein domain that changes conformation in response to blue light. See also: Letter by Nakamura et al. Spintronics: Electrons act constructively   pp662 - 664 Tomas Jungwirth & Jörg Wunderlich doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.185 Interference effects in semiconductor quantum structures provide an elegant way to electrically map the strength and direction of spin–orbit fields. See also: Article by Sasaki et al. Two-dimensional materials: Atomically thin p–n junctions   pp664 - 665 Su-Fei Shi & Feng Wang doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.186 Van der Waals heterostructures consisting of a single MoS2 monolayer and a single WSe2 monolayer can be used to form p–n junctions. See also: Letter by Lee et al. Nanotechnology JOBS of the week Postdoc Position in Synthetic Biology for DNA Nanotechnology Karolinska Institutet (KI) Executive Director, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology University of Waterloo More Science jobs from Nanotechnology EVENT Gordon Research Conference: RNA Nanotechnology 01.02.15 California, USA More science events from Letters Top Electrical control of a long-lived spin qubit in a Si/SiGe quantum dot   pp666 - 670 E. Kawakami, P. Scarlino, D. R. Ward, F. R. Braakman, D. E. Savage, M. G. Lagally, Mark Friesen, S. N. Coppersmith, M. A. Eriksson & L. M. K. Vandersypen doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.153 The electron spin in a silicon-based quantum dot can be controlled electrically for as long as several tens of microseconds, which improves the prospects for quantum information processing based on this type of quantum dot. Manipulation of the nuclear spin ensemble in a quantum dot with chirped magnetic resonance pulses   pp671 - 675 Mathieu Munsch, Gunter Wüst, Andreas V. Kuhlmann, Fei Xue, Arne Ludwig, Dirk Reuter, Andreas D. Wieck, Martino Poggio & Richard J. Warburton doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.175 Nuclear magnetic resonance experiments on 100,000 nuclear spins in a quantum dot allows for the reversal of these spins back and forth as if they were a single unit. Atomically thin p–n junctions with van der Waals heterointerfaces   pp676 - 681 Chul-Ho Lee, Gwan-Hyoung Lee, Arend M. van der Zande, Wenchao Chen, Yilei Li, Minyong Han, Xu Cui, Ghidewon Arefe, Colin Nuckolls, Tony F. Heinz, Jing Guo, James Hone & Philip Kim doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.150 In heterostructures of the transition metal dichalcogenides MoS2 and WSe2, atomically thin p–n junctions are created that show gate-tunable rectifying and photovoltaic behaviour mediated by tunnelling-assisted interlayer recombination. See also: News and Views by Shi & Wang Ultrafast charge transfer in atomically thin MoS2/WSe2 heterostructures   pp682 - 686 Xiaoping Hong, Jonghwan Kim, Su-Fei Shi, Yu Zhang, Chenhao Jin, Chenhao Jin, Yinghui Sun, Sefaattin Tongay, Junqiao Wu, Yanfeng Zhang & Feng Wang doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.167 The charge transfer between two layers of different two-dimensional materials occurs at a much faster speed than expected, holding promise for efficient optoelectronic devices. Bright light-emitting diodes based on organometal halide perovskite   pp687 - 692 Zhi-Kuang Tan, Reza Saberi Moghaddam, May Ling Lai, Pablo Docampo, Ruben Higler, Felix Deschler, Michael Price, Aditya Sadhanala, Luis M. Pazos, Dan Credgington, Fabian Hanusch, Thomas Bein, Henry J. Snaith & Richard H. Friend doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.149 Electroluminescence with relatively high radiance is observed from solution-processed diodes of organometal halide perovskites. Remote control of myosin and kinesin motors using light-activated gearshifting   pp693 - 697 Muneaki Nakamura, Lu Chen, Stuart C. Howes, Tony D. Schindler, Eva Nogales & Zev Bryant doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.147 Engineered myosin and kinesin proteins can speed up, slow down and switch direction in response to blue light. See also: News and Views by Reck-Peterson Design and self-assembly of simple coat proteins for artificial viruses   pp698 - 702 Armando Hernandez-Garcia, Daniela J. Kraft, Anne F. J. Janssen, Paul H. H. Bomans, Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk, Dominique M. E. Thies-Weesie, Marco E. Favretto, Roland Brock, Frits A. de Wolf, Marc W. T. Werten, Paul van der Schoot, Martien Cohen Stuart & Renko de Vries doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.169 A virus-like particle self-assembled from single DNA molecules and a simple coat protein can efficiently transfect cells. Articles Top Direct determination of spin–orbit interaction coefficients and realization of the persistent spin helix symmetry   pp703 - 709 A. Sasaki, S. Nonaka, Y. Kunihashi, M. Kohda, T. Bauernfeind, T. Dollinger, K. Richter & J. Nitta doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.128 The values of the coefficients of the spin–orbit interactions acting in III–V semiconductors can be estimated by a simple fitting procedure. See also: News and Views by Jungwirth & Wunderlich Freezing and thawing of artificial ice by thermal switching of geometric frustration in magnetic flux lattices   pp710 - 715 J. Trastoy, M. Malnou, C. Ulysse, R. Bernard, N. Bergeal, G. Faini, J. Lesueur, J. Briatico & Javier E. Villegas doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.158 Geometric frustration in a superconductor-based artificial ice system can be switched on and off by temperature. Biocomputing based on particle disassembly   pp716 - 722 Maxim P. Nikitin, Victoria O. Shipunova, Sergey M. Deyev & Petr I. Nikitin doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.156 Particle-based structures can be used to implement a functionally complete set of Boolean logic gates (YES, NOT, AND and OR), and can be made to bind to a target as a result of a computation. Erratum Top Erratum: Metal-enhanced fluorescence of colloidal nanocrystals with nanoscale control   p723 P. P. Pompa, L. Martiradonna, A. Della Torre, F. Della Sala, L. Manna, M. De Vittorio, F. Calabi, R. Cingolani & R. Rinaldi doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.179 Corrigendum Top Corrigendum: A carbon nanotube–polymer composite for T-cell therapy   p723 Tarek R. Fadel, Fiona A. Sharp, Nalini Vudattu, Ragy Ragheb, Justin Garyu, , Dongin Kim, Enping Hong, Nan Li, Gary L. Haller, Lisa D. Pfefferle, Sune Justesen, Kevan C. Herold & Tarek M. Fahmy doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.197 In The Classroom Top The shifting roles of museums   p724 Ai Lin Chun doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.191 Museums have become an important venue for scientists and the public to have conversations about nanotechnology, reports Ai Lin Chun. Top 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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