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TABLE OF CONTENTS

January 2017 Volume 12, Issue 1

Thesis
Research Highlights
News and Views
Review
Letters
Articles
Corrigenda
In The Classroom
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Thesis

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From nano machines to Nobel prizes   p1
Chris Toumey
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.289
Chris Toumey ponders the nanotechnology behind the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Research Highlights

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Our choice from the recent literature   p2
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.294

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Photoemission electron microscopy: Photovoltaics in action   pp3 - 4
Hrvoje Petek
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.287
Electron motion in a type-II InSe/GaAs semiconductor heterostructure has been recorded in a movie immediately after photoexcitation with high spatial and temporal resolution

DNA Nanotechnology: A nucleosome clamp   p4
Chiara Pastore
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.290

Nitrogen-vacancy centres: New life for hard-disk write heads   pp5 - 6
H. Jonathon Mamin
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.285
Broadband nitrogen-vacancy centre magnetometry demonstrates how commercial hard-disk write heads may become useful experimental tools for nanoscale applications involving magnetism and magnetic resonance.

Quantum computation: Towards on-chip qubits   p6
Giacomo Prando
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.291

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Microsupercapacitors as miniaturized energy-storage components for on-chip electronics   pp7 - 15
Nana Amponsah Kyeremateng, Thierry Brousse and David Pech
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.196
This Review discusses the technical challenges and performance metrics to integrate micro-supercapacitors into miniaturized electronic devices.

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Notch filtering the nuclear environment of a spin qubit   pp16 - 20
Filip K. Malinowski, Frederico Martins, Peter D. Nissen, Edwin Barnes, Łukasz Cywiński et al.
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.170
Nuclear spins in gallium arsenide produce noise at discrete frequencies, which can be notch-filtered efficiently to extend coherence times of electron spin qubits to nearly 1 ms.

Direct observation of the layer-dependent electronic structure in phosphorene   pp21 - 25
Likai Li, Jonghwan Kim, Chenhao Jin, Guo Jun Ye, Diana Y. Qiu et al.
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.171
Investigation of the electronic structure in few-layer phosphorene reveals optical transitions relevant for technologically important electronic and optoelectronic applications.

Coherent spin-exchange via a quantum mediator   pp26 - 30
Timothy Alexander Baart, Takafumi Fujita, Christian Reichl, Werner Wegscheider and Lieven Mark Koenraad Vandersypen
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.188
Two electron spins occupying the outer dots in a linear array of three quantum dots experience a coherent superexchange interaction through the empty middle dot that acts as a quantum mediator.

Acoustic terahertz graphene plasmons revealed by photocurrent nanoscopy   pp31 - 35
Pablo Alonso-González, Alexey Y. Nikitin, Yuanda Gao, Achim Woessner, Mark B. Lundeberg et al.
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.185
Near-field photocurrent nanoscopy is used for imaging strongly confined terahertz graphene plasmons with linear dispersion.

Imaging the motion of electrons across semiconductor heterojunctions   pp36 - 40
Michael K. L. Man, Athanasios Margiolakis, Skylar Deckoff-Jones, Takaaki Harada, E Laine Wong et al.
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.183
The flow of photoexcited electrons in a type-II heterostructure can be imaged with energy, spatial and temporal resolution.

Shape changing thin films powered by DNA hybridization   pp41 - 47
Tae Soup Shim, Zaki G. Estephan, Zhaoxia Qian, Jacob H. Prosser, Su Yeon Lee et al.
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.192
DNA-grafted gold nanoparticles can self-assemble into shape-changing films that are powered by DNA strand exchange reactions and have two different domains that can be independently addressed using distinct chemical signals.

Nanostructured glycan architecture is important in the inhibition of influenza A virus infection   pp48 - 54
Seok-Joon Kwon, Dong Hee Na, Jong Hwan Kwak, Marc Douaisi, Fuming Zhang et al.
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.181
6’-Sialyllactose conjugated to polyamidoamine dendrimers at a well-defined valency and spacing can circumvent drug resistance and inhibit influenza A viruses.

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Magnetoelectric interaction and transport behaviours in magnetic nanocomposite thermoelectric materials   pp55 - 60
Wenyu Zhao, Zhiyuan Liu, Ping Wei, Qingjie Zhang, Wanting Zhu et al.
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.182
The ferromagnetic transition in magnetic nanoparticles embedded in magnetic nanocomposite thermoelectric materials is attributed to the trapping and release of electrons, which increases the performance of the thermoelectric materials.

A dressed spin qubit in silicon   pp61 - 66
Arne Laucht, Rachpon Kalra, Stephanie Simmons, Juan P. Dehollain, Juha T. Muhonen et al.
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.178
A single electron spin in silicon is dressed by a microwave field to create a new qubit with tangible advantages for quantum computation and nanoscale research.

Measuring broadband magnetic fields on the nanoscale using a hybrid quantum register   pp67 - 72
Ingmar Jakobi, Philipp Neumann, Ya Wang, Durga Bhaktavatsala Rao Dasari, Fadi El Hallak et al.
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.163
The precise characterization of magnetic fields with a bandwidth of up to 3 GHz and localized on a nanometric scale is achieved by means of the coherent control of single electron and nuclear spins.

Nanoscale topographical control of capillary assembly of nanoparticles   pp73 - 80
Valentin Flauraud, Massimo Mastrangeli, Gabriel D. Bernasconi, Jeremy Butet, Duncan T. L. Alexander et al.
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.179
Gold nanorods can be placed with nanometric control of position, orientation and interparticle distance over centimetre-scale areas.

Pair correlation microscopy reveals the role of nanoparticle shape in intracellular transport and site of drug release   pp81 - 89
Elizabeth Hinde, Kitiphume Thammasiraphop, Hien T. T. Duong, Jonathan Yeow, Bunyamin Karagoz et al.
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.160
Pair correlation microscopy is used to show that the shape of a nanoparticle can affect the way it crosses various barriers inside a cell, and this ultimately determines the site at which the nanoparticle releases its drug payload.

Corrigenda

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Corrigendum: Nanotechnology for environmentally sustainable electromobility   p90
Linda Ager-Wick Ellingsen, Christine Roxanne Hung, Guillaume Majeau-Bettez, Bhawna Singh, Zhongwei Chen et al.
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.293

Corrigendum: The role of nanotechnology in the development of battery materials for electric vehicles   p90
Jun Lu, Zonghai Chen, Zifeng Ma, Feng Pan, Larry A. Curtiss et al.
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.292

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Nano and the public   p92
Ilse Marschalek and Margit Hofer
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.288
Ilse Marschalek and Margit Hofer reflect on the outcome of their international NanOpinion project, focusing on raising public awareness about nanotechnology.

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