Nature Nanotechnology Contents October 2014 Volume 9 Number 10 pp 725 - 868

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Advertisement Select Si, Ge, Au and more for Advanced FIB Nanofabrication! Visit Raith's New Website and learn more about FIB Nanofabrication and IONselect - ionLiNE's New Multi-Species Ion Beam Technology TABLE OF CONTENTS October 2014 Volume 9, Issue 10 Editorial Commentaries Thesis Features Research Highlights News and Views Reviews Letters Articles Erratum In The Classroom Subscribe   Facebook   RSS   Recommend to library   Twitter   Advertisement Nature Chemistry Web focus - Biomimetic drug discovery Natural products and their derivatives have long been a significant source of pharmaceuticals. A collection of articles in this Focus highlights efforts to mimic some aspects of the way in which these compounds are made in nature with the aim of improving the processes by which synthetic drug leads are identified.   Selected content free online to registered nature.com users for a limited time.     Editorial Top Ten years in two dimensions   p725 doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.244 Are graphene technologies ready for commercialization? Commentaries Top The global growth of graphene   pp726 - 730 Wencai Ren & Hui-Ming Cheng doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.229 The large-scale production of graphene aimed at industrial applications has grown significantly in the past few years, especially since many companies in China have entered the market. Challenges and opportunities in graphene commercialization   pp730 - 734 Amaia Zurutuza & Claudio Marinelli doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.225 As technical knowledge, manufacturing methods and the development of applications mature, key factors will affect the pace of commercialization of graphene. Thesis Top Humanism from a chemist   pp735 - 736 Chris Toumey doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.219 Chris Toumey considers the reflections on nanoscience of the chemist James Gimzewski. Features Top Things you could do with graphene   p737 doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.245 Graphene for displays that bend   pp737 - 738 Jong-Hyun Ahn & Byung Hee Hong doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.226 Jong-Hyun Ahn and Byung Hee Hong discuss how graphene can be used in the development of flexible electronics. Electrifying inks with 2D materials   pp738 - 739 Felice Torrisi & Jonathan N. Coleman doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.218 Felice Torrisi and Jonathan N. Coleman describe how graphene can be used in conductive inks to print electronic circuits. Charging graphene for energy   pp739 - 741 Jun Liu doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.233 Energy storage is a grand challenge for future energy infrastructure, transportation and consumer electronics. Jun Liu discusses how graphene may — or may not — be used to improve various electrochemical energy storage devices. Graphene against corrosion   pp741 - 742 Siva  Böhm doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.220 Siva Böhm discusses how graphene can be used to prevent corrosion of metals such as steel. Sequencing with graphene pores   p743 Marija Drndić doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.232 Solid-state nanopores are often used for biomolecular analysis, but have so far been unable to sequence DNA. Marija Drndić asks whether nanopores made in graphene could fulfil all of the requirements needed for sequencing. Graphene devices for life   pp744 - 745 Kostas Kostarelos & Kostya S. Novoselov doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.224 Kostas Kostarelos and Kostya S. Novoselov examine the potential of graphene in biomedical applications. Graphene in the sky and beyond   pp745 - 747 Emilie J. Siochi doi:10.1038/nnano.2014 Emilie J. Siochi explains how most of the properties of graphene could be of use in aerospace applications. Research Highlights Top Our choice from the recent literature   p748 doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.238 News and Views Top Public engagement: The benefits of communicating   p749 Michael A. Cacciatore doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.221 Survey data suggests that nanoscientists are relatively frequent public communicators and in general have a positive outlook when it comes to engaging with journalists and lay audiences. See also: Letter by Dudo et al. Bacterial nanowires: An extended membrane   p750 Ai Lin Chun doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.230 Semiconductor lasers: Taken for a spin   pp750 - 752 Igor Žutić & Paulo E. Faria Junior doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.228 A built-in semiconductor/nanomagnet interface acts as a spin filter in a conventional laser to produce circularly polarized emission without the need for external spin-polarized pumping. See also: Article by Chen et al. 2D materials: Valley currents controlled by light   pp752 - 753 Sergey Tarasenko doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.227 The asymmetry of light–matter coupling in momentum space of transition metal dichalcogenides drives valley photocurrents in WSe2-based devices. See also: Article by Yuan et al. Nanotechnology JOBS of the week Research Associate / Fellow The University of Nottingham PhD fellowship Imperial College London Two Post doctoral researchers The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) Nutrition Scientist Nestlé Research Center (NRC) More Science jobs from Nanotechnology EVENT Gordon Research Conference: RNA Nanotechnology 01.02.15 California, USA More science events from Reviews Top Polycrystalline graphene and other two-dimensional materials   pp755 - 767 Oleg V. Yazyev & Yong P. Chen doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.166 This Review discusses the recent experimental and theoretical findings on polycrystalline graphene and related materials. Electronics based on two-dimensional materials   pp768 - 779 Gianluca Fiori, Francesco Bonaccorso, Giuseppe Iannaccone, Tomás Palacios, Daniel Neumaier, Alan Seabaugh, Sanjay K. Banerjee & Luigi Colombo doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.207 The potential and challenges for electronic applications of graphene and other 2D materials are explored in this Review. Photodetectors based on graphene, other two-dimensional materials and hybrid systems   pp780 - 793 F. H. L. Koppens, T. Mueller, Ph. Avouris, A. C. Ferrari, M. S. Vitiello & M. Polini doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.215 This article reviews recent advances in the application of 2D materials for the detection of light in various frequency ranges. Graphene spintronics   pp794 - 807 Wei Han, Roland K. Kawakami, Martin Gmitra & Jaroslav Fabian doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.214 Spin-dependent phenomena and applications in graphene and other 2D materials are discussed in this Review. Letters Top Twist-controlled resonant tunnelling in graphene/boron nitride/graphene heterostructures   pp808 - 813 A. Mishchenko, J. S. Tu, Y. Cao, R. V. Gorbachev, J. R. Wallbank, M. T. Greenaway, V. E. Morozov, S. V. Morozov, M. J. Zhu, S. L. Wong, F. Withers, C. R. Woods, Y-J. Kim, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, E. E. Vdovin, O. Makarovsky, T. M. Fromhold, V. I. Fal'ko, A. K. Geim, L. Eaves & K. S. Novoselov doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.187 Crystallographic alignment of the two graphene layers in a van der Waals heterostructure leads to resonant tunnelling with the conservation of both energy and momentum. Sensitive room-temperature terahertz detection via the photothermoelectric effect in graphene   pp814 - 819 Xinghan Cai, Andrei B. Sushkov, Ryan J. Suess, Mohammad M. Jadidi, Gregory S. Jenkins, Luke O. Nyakiti, Rachael L. Myers-Ward, Shanshan Li, Jun Yan, D. Kurt Gaskill, Thomas E. Murphy, H. Dennis Drew & Michael S. Fuhrer doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.182 Hot-electron effects in graphene can be used to detect terahertz radiation at room temperature with high sensitivity, low noise-equivalent power and a fast response time. Optomechanical coupling between a multilayer graphene mechanical resonator and a superconducting microwave cavity   pp820 - 824 V. Singh, S. J. Bosman, B. H. Schneider, Y. M. Blanter, A. Castellanos-Gomez & G. A. Steele doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.168 The coupling of graphene resonators with superconducting cavities with quality factors exceeding 220,000 represents an important step towards the realization of efficient devices for force and mass sensing, and for studying the quantum regime of mechanical motion. Valley and band structure engineering of folded MoS2 bilayers   pp825 - 829 Tao Jiang, Hengrui Liu, Di Huang, Shuai Zhang, Yingguo Li, Xingao Gong, Yuen-Ron Shen, Wei-Tao Liu & Shiwei Wu doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.176 Folding MoS2 monolayers to obtain bilayers with different stacking orders results in enhanced valley- and spin-polarizations compared with natural Bernal-stacked bilayers. Large negative differential conductance in single-molecule break junctions   pp830 - 834 Mickael L. Perrin, Riccardo Frisenda, Max Koole, Johannes S. Seldenthuis, Jose A. Celis Gil, Hennie Valkenier, Jan C. Hummelen, Nicolas Renaud, Ferdinand C. Grozema, Joseph M. Thijssen, Diana Dulic & Herre S. J. van der Zant doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.177 A large negative differential resistance is detected in a single-molecule break junction and theoretical models validate intrinsic resonant transport inside the molecule. Detection of post-translational modifications in single peptides using electron tunnelling currents   pp835 - 840 Takahito Ohshiro, Makusu Tsutsui, Kazumichi Yokota, Masayuki Furuhashi, Masateru Taniguchi, E. E. Vdovin, O. Makarovsky, T. M. Fromhold, V. I. Fal'ko, A. K. Geim, L. Eaves & K. S. Novoselov doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.193 Electron tunnelling currents between nanogap electrodes can be used to partially sequence peptides, and discriminate a peptide from its phosphorylated variant. An analysis of nanoscientists as public communicators   pp841 - 844 Anthony Dudo, LeeAnn Kahlor, Niveen AbiGhannam, Allison Lazard & Ming-Ching Liang doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.194 Survey results suggest that nanoscientists are relatively frequent public communicators who commonly associate their communication efforts with positive impacts on their professional success. See also: News and Views by Cacciatore Articles Top Self-polarized spin-nanolasers   pp845 - 850 Ju-Ying Chen, Tong-Ming Wong, Che-Wei Chang, Chen-Yuan Dong & Yang-Fang Chen doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.195 Fe3O4 nanoparticles deposited on top of GaN nanorods produce a spin-up and spin-down imbalance that makes the semiconductor emit coherent spin-polarized light. See also: News and Views by Žutić & Faria Generation and electric control of spin–valley-coupled circular photogalvanic current in WSe2   pp851 - 857 Hongtao Yuan, Xinqiang Wang, Biao Lian, Haijun Zhang, Xianfa Fang, Bo Shen, Gang Xu, Yong Xu, Shou-Cheng Zhang, Harold Y. Hwang & Yi Cui doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.183 A spin- and valley-polarized photocurrent is generated, in an electric double-layer transistor, with a direction and magnitude that depends on the degree of circular polarization of the incident radiation and on an external electric field. See also: News and Views by Tarasenko Strong underwater adhesives made by self-assembling multi-protein nanofibres   pp858 - 866 Chao Zhong, Thomas Gurry, Allen A. Cheng, Jordan Downey, Zhengtao Deng, Collin M. Stultz & Timothy K. Lu doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.199 Strong underwater adhesive fibres are self-assembled by fusing mussel foot proteins with an amyloid-based protein. Erratum Top Erratum: Manipulation of the nuclear spin ensemble in a quantum dot with chirped magnetic resonance pulses   p867 Mathieu Munsch, Gunter Wust, Andreas V. Kuhlmann, Fei Xue, Arne Ludwig, Dirk Reuter, Andreas D. Wieck, Martino Poggio & Richard J. Warburton doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.212 In The Classroom Top Engaging a wider audience   p868 Aravind Vijayaraghavan doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.223 Nanoscience is not simple for non-specialists. Aravind Vijayaraghavan explains how graphene can help. Top Advertisement Nature Communications soon to be fully open access   From 20th October Nature Communications, will become fully open access for all new submissions. If an author has a manuscript they wish to submit to the journal via the subscription route, they must submit before 20th October. After this date all new submissions, if accepted, will be published open access and an article processing charge (APC) will apply. 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