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TABLE OF CONTENTS September 2015 Volume 10, Issue 9 Editorial Thesis Research Highlights News and Views Perspective Review Letters Articles In The Classroom Advertisement   Ready for a glimpse of tomorrow?   Visit KAUST Discovery today KAUST Discovery highlights the cutting-edge research, technologies and innovations emerging from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. http://discovery.kaust.edu.sa/ Subscribe   Facebook   RSS   Recommend to library   Twitter   Advertisement Nature Energy: Call for Papers Launching in January 2016, Nature Energy is now open for submissions and inviting high-quality research from across the natural and social sciences. The journal will be dedicated to exploring all aspects of the on-going discussion of energy provision; from the generation and storage of energy, to its distribution and management, the needs and demands of the different actors, and the impacts that energy technologies and policies have on societies. Submit your next research paper to the journal.     Editorial Top DNA nanotechnology 2.5   p729 doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.214 For DNA nanodevices to be deployed in living cells and higher organisms, they need to be biocompatible and inexpensive enough to be produced in large quantities. Thesis Top Why we need risk innovation   pp730 - 731 Andrew D. Maynard doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.196 If emerging technologies such as nanotechnology are to reach their full potential we need to radically change our approach to risk, argues Andrew D. Maynard. Research Highlights Top Our choice from the recent literature   p732 doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.208 News and Views Top Biomolecular self-assembly: DNA origami rewired   pp733 - 734 Ebbe Sloth Andersen doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.204 DNA origami nanostructures of unprecedented complexity can be created by finding a DNA strand path through wireframe shapes using an approach based on graph theory. See also: Letter by Zhang et al. Bioelectronics: Sensing beyond the limit   pp734 - 735 Sven Ingebrandt doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.199 Arrays of CMOS nanocapacitors, which can operate at high frequencies, can be used to sense beyond the Debye screening length. See also: Letter by Laborde et al. Metamaterials: Steering surface plasmon wakes   pp736 - 737 Hongsheng Chen, Zhaoyun Duan & Min Chen doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.138 The propagation direction of surface plasmon wakes can be controlled by exciting a series of dipoles with different phases along a one-dimensional metamaterial. See also: Article by Genevet et al. 2D materials: Charge density waves go nano   pp737 - 738 Matteo Calandra doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.167 Low dimensionality in NbSe2 layers enhances the critical temperature for the onset of charge density wave order, up to a temperature of 145 K in the monolayer limit. See also: Letter by Xi et al. Mass sensing: Optomechanics to the rescue   pp738 - 739 Javier Tamayo doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.200 Characterization of a microdisk resonator suggests that it could be used for ultrasensitive mass detection in biological environments. See also: Article by Gil-Santos et al. Nature Nanotechnology JOBS of the week Postdoc fellow or research associate in nanotechnology for biodetection : Houston, TX, United States Houston Methodist Research Institute Postdoctoral position in Flexible Neuroelectronics using 2D materials The University of Texas ? Austin, Microelectronics Research Center More Science jobs from Nature Nanotechnology EVENT Global Nanotechnology Congress and Expo 21.04.15 Dubai More science events from Perspective Top Designing DNA nanodevices for compatibility with the immune system of higher organisms   pp741 - 747 Sunaina Surana, Avinash R. Shenoy & Yamuna Krishnan doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.180 This Perspective reviews the molecular, cellular and organismal response pathways that nucleic acid nanodevices are likely to interact with when deployed in living systems, and outlines ways to design nanodevices that either evade or react to the host response. Review Top DNA nanotechnology from the test tube to the cell   pp748 - 760 Yuan-Jyue Chen, Benjamin Groves, Richard A. Muscat & Georg Seelig doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.195 This article reviews recent progress in the development of cellular DNA nanotechnology, highlighting key potential applications such as DNA-based imaging probes, smart therapeutics, and drug delivery systems. Letters Top Ballistic Josephson junctions in edge-contacted graphene   pp761 - 764 V. E. Calado, S. Goswami, G. Nanda, M. Diez, A. R. Akhmerov, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, T. M. Klapwijk & L. M. K. Vandersypen doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.156 Heterostructures of graphene and a superconducting metal allow Josephson junctions to be studied in a regime characterized by ballistic transport. Strongly enhanced charge-density-wave order in monolayer NbSe2   pp765 - 769 Xiaoxiang Xi, Liang Zhao, Zefang Wang, Helmuth Berger, László Forró, Jie Shan & Kin Fai Mak doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.143 Enhanced electron–phonon interactions in mono- and few-layer NbSe2 result in a significantly increased transition temperature of charge density waves compared with values in the bulk. See also: News and Views by Calandra Anomalous ultrafast dynamics of hot plasmonic electrons in nanostructures with hot spots   pp770 - 774 Hayk Harutyunyan, Alex B. F. Martinson, Daniel Rosenmann, Larousse Khosravi Khorashad, Lucas V. Besteiro, Alexander O. Govorov & Gary P. Wiederrecht doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.165 Temporal and spectral control of hot electron decay can be achieved using specific plasmonic nanostructures. Deterministic photon–emitter coupling in chiral photonic circuits   pp775 - 778 Immo Söllner, Sahand Mahmoodian, Sofie Lindskov Hansen, Leonardo Midolo, Alisa Javadi, Gabija Kiršanskė, Tommaso Pregnolato, Haitham El-Ella, Eun Hye Lee, Jin Dong Song, Søren Stobbe & Peter Lodahl doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.159 The direction of a single photon emitted from a quantum emitter, and its coupling to a photon waveguide, can be controlled by the helicity of the optical transition. Complex wireframe DNA origami nanostructures with multi-arm junction vertices   pp779 - 784 Fei Zhang, Shuoxing Jiang, Siyu Wu, Yulin Li, Chengde Mao, Yan Liu & Hao Yan doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.162 A design approach for engineering wireframe DNA nanostructures, in which each vertex and line segment can be individually controlled, can be used to fabricate complex structures including quasicrystalline two-dimensional patterns and reconfigurable three-dimensional Archimedean solids. See also: News and Views by Andersen Molecular valves for controlling gas phase transport made from discrete ångström-sized pores in graphene   pp785 - 790 Luda Wang, Lee W. Drahushuk, Lauren Cantley, Steven P. Koenig, Xinghui Liu, John Pellegrino, Michael S. Strano & J. Scott Bunch doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.158 Gas transport through discrete ångström-sized pores in monolayer graphene can be controlled using gold clusters formed on the surface of the graphene, which can migrate and partially block a pore. Real-time imaging of microparticles and living cells with CMOS nanocapacitor arrays   pp791 - 795 C. Laborde, F. Pittino, H. A. Verhoeven, S. G. Lemay, L. Selmi, M. A. Jongsma & F. P. Widdershoven doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.163 High-frequency impedance spectroscopy using CMOS nanocapacitor arrays allows microparticles and living cells to be imaged in real time under physiological salt conditions. See also: News and Views by Ingebrandt Articles Top A monolithic white laser   pp796 - 803 Fan Fan, Sunay Turkdogan, Zhicheng Liu, David Shelhammer & C. Z. Ning doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.149 A monolithic heterostructure nanosheet composed of a ZnCdSSe multi-segment quaternary alloy can simultaneously emit laser light in the red, green and blue. Controlled steering of Cherenkov surface plasmon wakes with a one-dimensional metamaterial   pp804 - 809 Patrice Genevet, Daniel Wintz, Antonio Ambrosio, Alan She, Romain Blanchard & Federico Capasso doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.137 Surface plasmon wakes can be created and steered using a one-dimensional metamaterial consisting of rotated nanoslits in which the phase velocity of a running wave of polarization propagates faster than the phase velocity of the surface plasmons. See also: News and Views by Chen et al. High-frequency nano-optomechanical disk resonators in liquids   pp810 - 816 E. Gil-Santos, C. Baker, D. T. Nguyen, W. Hease, C. Gomez, A. Lemaître, S. Ducci, G. Leo & I. Favero doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.160 Miniature optomechanical disks could be used as ultrafast and ultrasensitive fluidic sensors due to the combination of their high-frequency vibrations, small mass and low dissipation in liquids. See also: News and Views by Tamayo An environmentally benign antimicrobial nanoparticle based on a silver-infused lignin core   pp817 - 823 Alexander P. Richter, Joseph S. Brown, Bhuvnesh Bharti, Amy Wang, Sumit Gangwal, Keith Houck, Elaine A. Cohen Hubal, Vesselin N. Paunov, Simeon D. Stoyanov & Orlin D. Velev doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.141 Biodegradable lignin nanoparticles infused with minimal amounts of silver ions and coated with a cationic polyelectrolyte show short-term broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity, offering an environmentally friendly alternative to metallic silver nanoparticles. In The Classroom Top I wish someone had told me   p824 Elisa De Ranieri doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.201 Developing soft skills can be an important part of a successful academic career. Elisa De Ranieri shares her views on how students can hone theirs. Top Advertisement Announcing Nature Reviews Materials Launching in January 2016, Nature Reviews Materials aims to cover the making, measuring, modelling and manufacturing of materials - thus, looking at materials science throughout the pipeline of laboratory discovery to functional device. Nature Reviews Materials will provide timely and authoritative Reviews and Perspectives, written by leading researchers in their fields.  Visit for further details.      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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