Nature Nanotechnology Contents April 2016 Volume 11 Number 4 pp305-396

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Advertisement nature.com webcasts Nature Publishing Group presents a custom webcast on: Accelerate discoveries with cryo-electron microscopy structure determination Tuesday April 12, 2016 8AM PDT, 11AM EDT, 4PM BST, 5PM CEST Register for the webcast and live Q&A session Sponsored by: Intel Corporation   TABLE OF CONTENTS April 2016 Volume 11, Issue 4 Editorial Thesis Research Highlights News and Views Review Letters Articles Corrigendum In The Classroom Subscribe   Facebook   RSS   Recommend to library   Twitter   Editorial Top Anniversary issues   p305 doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.64 March and April of this year mark the anniversary of a number of key discoveries in the history of nanotechnology. Thesis Top The philosopher and the engineer   pp306 - 307 Chris Toumey doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.56 There is no unique definition of nanotechnology because its breadth and complexity mean that people with different backgrounds and interests have their own view of the subject, explains Chris Toumey. Research Highlights Top Our choice from the recent literature   p308 doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.61 News and Views Top Peptide nanostructures: Aromatic dipeptides light up   pp309 - 310 Ehud Gazit doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.321 Metal coordination and π-π stacking interactions drive the assembly of dipeptides into nanostructures with superior optical properties. See also: Article by Fan et al. Drug delivery: Unravelling the stealth effect   pp310 - 311 Neville J. Butcher, Gysell M. Mortimer and Rodney F. Minchin doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.6 Poly(ethylene glycol) helps nanomaterials evade the immune system by modifying the composition of proteins that are adsorbed on the surface of the materials. See also: Article by Schöttler et al. Nature Nanotechnology JOBS of the week Postdoctoral fellow in nanomedicine Johns Hopkins University Post-doctoral research associate Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille Luminy (CIML) More Science jobs from Nature Nanotechnology EVENT Applied Nanotechnology and Nanoscience International Conference 2016 09.11.16 Barcelona, Spain More science events from Review Top Reaction-diffusion processes at the nano- and microscales   pp312 - 319 Irving R. Epstein & Bing Xu doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.41 This Review discusses the integration of self-assembly, self-organization and reaction-diffusion processes for the creation of nanoscale synthetic systems inspired by living systems. Letters Top Tailoring high-temperature radiation and the resurrection of the incandescent source   pp320 - 324 Ognjen Ilic, Peter Bermel, Gang Chen, John D. Joannopoulos, Ivan Celanovic & Marin Soljačić doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.309 A nanophotonic radiation interference system transforms a tungsten filament into a highly efficient thermal emitter for lighting applications. Plasmonic colour laser printing   pp325 - 329 Xiaolong Zhu, Christoph Vannahme, Emil Højlund-Nielsen, N. Asger Mortensen & Anders Kristensen doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.285 Pulsed laser light locally melts nanostructured elements of a plasmonic metasurface to create coloured pixels with a resolution up to 127,000 dots per inch (DPI). Single-spin CCD   pp330 - 334 T. A. Baart, M. Shafiei, T. Fujita, C. Reichl, W. Wegscheider & L. M. K. Vandersypen doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.291 The electron spins in a linear array of three quantum dots can be manipulated, shuttled and read out individually with high fidelity, resembling the functioning principle of a CCD (charge-coupled device). Epitaxial graphene quantum dots for high-performance terahertz bolometers   pp335 - 338 Abdel El Fatimy, Rachael L. Myers-Ward, Anthony K. Boyd, Kevin M. Daniels, D. Kurt Gaskill & Paola Barbara doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.303 Bolometers with high responsivity and low electrical noise can be fabricated exploiting the conductance gap induced in graphene quantum dots by quantum confinement and their interaction with the substrate. Articles Top Gate-induced superconductivity in atomically thin MoS2 crystals   pp339 - 344 Davide Costanzo, Sanghyun Jo, Helmuth Berger & Alberto F. Morpurgo doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.314 Superconductivity can be induced in a two-dimensional material down to the single-layer limit by ionic liquid gating. Magnetic field-induced helical mode and topological transitions in a topological insulator nanoribbon   pp345 - 351 Luis A. Jauregui, Michael T. Pettes, Leonid P. Rokhinson, Li Shi & Yong P. Chen doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.293 Conductance oscillations periodic in Fermi energy and in magnetic flux measured in topological insulator nanoribbons reveal characteristic topological transport with quantized topological surface state subbands. Electric-field control of spin–orbit torque in a magnetically doped topological insulator   pp352 - 359 Yabin Fan, Xufeng Kou, Pramey Upadhyaya, Qiming Shao, Lei Pan, Murong Lang, Xiaoyu Che, Jianshi Tang, Mohammad Montazeri, Koichi Murata, Li-Te Chang, Mustafa Akyol, Guoqiang Yu, Tianxiao Nie, Kin L. Wong, Jun Liu, Yong Wang, Yaroslav Tserkovnyak & Kang L. Wang doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.294 Electric field control of spin–orbit torque and magnetization switching can be achieved in a Cr-doped topological insulator thin film incorporated in a field-effect transistor structure, promising gate-controlled spintronic applications. Spin-torque resonant expulsion of the vortex core for an efficient radiofrequency detection scheme   pp360 - 364 A. S. Jenkins, R. Lebrun, E. Grimaldi, S. Tsunegi, P. Bortolotti, H. Kubota, K. Yakushiji, A. Fukushima, G. de Loubens, O. Klein, S. Yuasa & V. Cros doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.295 The spin transfer-induced resonant expulsion of the vortex core in magnetic tunnel junctions forms the basis of a novel integrated high-frequency threshold detector. Amyloid–carbon hybrid membranes for universal water purification   pp365 - 371 Sreenath Bolisetty & Raffaele Mezzenga doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.310 Hybrid membranes made from protein amyloid fibrils and activated porous carbon can be used to remove heavy metal ions and radioactive waste from water. Protein adsorption is required for stealth effect of poly(ethylene glycol)- and poly(phosphoester)-coated nanocarriers   pp372 - 377 Susanne Schöttler, Greta Becker, Svenja Winzen, Tobias Steinbach, Kristin Mohr, Katharina Landfester, Volker Mailänder & Frederik R. Wurm doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.330 In addition to reducing protein adsorption, modifying polymer nanocarriers with poly(ethylene glycol) or poly(ethyl ethylene phosphate) can alter the type and amount of plasma proteins that do get adsorbed, offering new insights on how the stealth effect is defined. See also: News and Views by Butcher et al. A photoactivable multi-inhibitor nanoliposome for tumour control and simultaneous inhibition of treatment escape pathways   pp378 - 387 Bryan Q. Spring, R. Bryan Sears, Lei Zak Zheng, Zhiming Mai, Reika Watanabe, Margaret E. Sherwood, David A. Schoenfeld, Brian W. Pogue, Stephen P. Pereira, Elizabeth Villa & Tayyaba Hasan doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.311 A photoactivatable nanoliposome carrying multikinase inhibitors tackles tumours by killing cancer cells through photodynamic therapy and simultaneously shutting down signalling pathways that allow cancerous cells to metastasize and escape treatment, offering a way to maximize the therapeutic efficacy of each treatment cycle. Bioinspired fluorescent dipeptide nanoparticles for targeted cancer cell imaging and real-time monitoring of drug release   pp388 - 394 Zhen Fan, Leming Sun, Yujian Huang, Yongzhong Wang & Mingjun Zhang doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.312 π-π stacking and metal coordination allows the fluorescence properties of a tryptophan–phenylalanine dipeptide to be tuned from ultraviolet to visible as they self-assemble into nanoparticles, offering a durable and biocompatible imaging probe. See also: News and Views by Gazit Corrigendum Top Corrigendum: Balancing research and funding using value of information and portfolio tools for nanomaterial risk classification   p395 Matthew E. Bates, Jeffrey M. Keisler, Niels P. Zussblatt, Kenton J. Plourde, Ben A. Wender & Igor Linkov doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.22 In The Classroom Top Get the word out   p396 Kurt Winkelmann doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.51 Sharing progress in nanotechnology education is as important as developing the research programmes themselves, as Kurt Winkelmann explains. Top Advertisement Microsystems & Nanoengineering is a new online-only, open access, fully peer-reviewed journal publishing original articles and reviews on cutting-edge and emerging topics in microsystems and nanoengineering. Submit your manuscript   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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