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TABLE OF CONTENTS January 2016 Volume 11, Issue 1 Editorial Thesis Research Highlights News and Views Perspectives Review Letters Articles In The Classroom Correction Subscribe   Facebook   RSS   Recommend to library   Twitter   Advertisement All content now open access including archives! Nature Communications is an open access journal that publishes high-quality research from all areas of the natural sciences. Papers published by the journal represent important advances of significance to specialists within each subject area including physics. Visit the website to explore ALL the content available within your field.    Focus Top Metamaterials for nano-optics Editorial Perspectives Review Optical losses and the inability to modulate optical signals at the nanoscale have hindered major developments in the field of plasmonics and have forced the community to come up with creative solutions to solve these problems. In this focus, we look at some of the ways researchers have tackled these problems in recent years. In particular, we examine all-dielectric systems that should provide alternative, lossless ways to manipulate light at the nanoscale, hybrid atomic heterostructures that combine the advantages of plasmons and phonons, and reconfigurable metamaterials actuated by a host of nanoscale forces for signal modulation. Image credit: © Phil Saunders, Space Channel Editorial Top Where now for plasmonics?   p1 doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.333 Developing useful methods to control light–matter interactions at the nanoscale requires an appreciation of the needs of industry and innovative approaches that go beyond plasmonics. Thesis Top Less is Moore   pp2 - 3 Chris Toumey doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.318 Predictions for the development of microelectronics provide a valuable example about the virtues of measured promises in nanotechnology, as Chris Toumey explains. Research Highlights Top Our choice from the recent literature   p4 doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.329 News and Views Top Plasmonic optical tweezers: A long arm and a tight grip   pp5 - 6 Yasuyuki Tsuboi doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.253 By taking advantage of the thermal gradient that is generated in plasmonic systems and by using an a.c. field, plasmonic tweezers can have a large radius of action and can trap and manipulate single nano-objects. See also: Article by Ndukaife et al. Nanoreactors: Chemistry in and out of nanoflasks   pp6 - 7 Stefan Hecht doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.274 The light-powered assembly and disassembly of functionalized nanoparticles creates dynamic nanocavities with built-in selective uptake, reactivity and release. See also: Article by Zhao et al. 2D materials: Single photons at room temperature   pp7 - 8 Jörg Wrachtrup doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.265 The observation of single-photon emission at room temperature from defects in hexagonal boron nitride sheets opens new opportunities for quantum optics. See also: Letter by Tran et al. Nanotechnology JOBS of the week Grainger Engineering Breakthroughs Initiative Professorships and Chairs University of Illinois Quantitative Biology Faculty Position Gladstone Institutes Postdoctoral Fellow in Translational Diagnostics Houston Methodist More Science jobs from Nanotechnology EVENT Functional DNA Nanotechnology Workshop 22.06.16 Rome, Italy More science events from Perspectives Top Atomic-scale photonic hybrids for mid-infrared and terahertz nanophotonics   pp9 - 15 Joshua D. Caldwell, Igor Vurgaftman, Joseph G. Tischler, Orest J. Glembocki, Jeffrey C. Owrutsky and Thomas L. Reinecke doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.305 This Perspective discusses materials that can sustain hybrid surface plasmon and surface phonon polaritons for future nanophotonics applications. Reconfigurable nanomechanical photonic metamaterials   pp16 - 22 Nikolay I. Zheludev and Eric Plum doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.302 Nanostructured metamaterials fabricated on nanomembranes can be reconfigured by thermal, electric, magnetic and optical forces resulting in dynamically controlled optical properties. Review Top All-dielectric metamaterials   pp23 - 36 Saman Jahani and Zubin Jacob doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.304 This Review discusses recent research efforts to confine and guide light at the nanoscale without using metals. Letters Top Quantum emission from hexagonal boron nitride monolayers   pp37 - 41 Toan Trong Tran, Kerem Bray, Michael J. Ford, Milos Toth and Igor Aharonovich doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.242 Single-photon emission at room temperature can be achieved with hexagonal boron nitride due to electron and hole confinement in vacancy-related defects. See also: News and Views by Wrachtrup Picosecond photoresponse in van der Waals heterostructures   pp42 - 46 M. Massicotte, P. Schmidt, F. Vialla, K. G. Schädler, A. Reserbat-Plantey, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, K. J. Tielrooij and F. H. L. Koppens doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.227 Photodetectors based on graphene/WSe2/graphene heterostructures combine an ultrafast photoresponse with high quantum efficiency. Placing molecules with Bohr radius resolution using DNA origami   pp47 - 52 Jonas J. Funke and Hendrik Dietz doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.240 A molecular positioning device made from DNA origami can adjust the average distance between fluorescent molecules and reactive groups in steps as small as 0.04 nm. Articles Top Long-range and rapid transport of individual nano-objects by a hybrid electrothermoplasmonic nanotweezer   pp53 - 59 Justus C. Ndukaife, Alexander V. Kildishev, Agbai George Agwu Nnanna, Vladimir M. Shalaev, Steven T. Wereley and Alexandra Boltasseva doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.248 A plasmonic tweezer combining thermal and electric fields can be used to create fast fluid motion for rapid and accurate positioning of single nanoparticles. See also: News and Views by Tsuboi Harnessing structural darkness in the visible and infrared wavelengths for a new source of light   pp60 - 66 Jianfeng Huang, Changxu Liu, Yihan Zhu, Silvia Masala, Erkki Alarousu, Yu Han and Andrea Fratalocchi doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.228 Nanoparticles can absorb most of the incoming light irrespective of incidence angle and polarization and condense it into a monochromatic emission in the presence of a dye. Nanoscale cation motion in TaOx, HfOx and TiOx memristive systems   pp67 - 74 Anja Wedig, Michael Luebben, Deok-Yong Cho, Marco Moors, Katharina Skaja, Vikas Rana, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Kiran K. Adepalli, Bilge Yildiz, Rainer Waser and Ilia Valov doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.221 Scanning tunnelling microscopy measurements suggest that resistive switching in TaOx, HfOx and TiOx can be caused by both the diffusion of oxygen vacancies and the migration of cations. Improved air stability of perovskite solar cells via solution-processed metal oxide transport layers   pp75 - 81 Jingbi You, Lei Meng, Tze-Bin Song, Tzung-Fang Guo, Yang (Michael) Yang, Wei-Hsuan Chang, Ziruo Hong, Huajun Chen, Huanping Zhou, Qi Chen, Yongsheng Liu, Nicholas De Marco and Yang Yang doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.230 Using metal oxides for both the hole- and electron-transport layers in perovskite solar cells significantly improves their stability compared with devices containing organic transport layers. Reversible trapping and reaction acceleration within dynamically self-assembling nanoflasks   pp82 - 88 Hui Zhao, Soumyo Sen, T. Udayabhaskararao, Micha? Sawczyk, Kristina Ku?anda, Debasish Manna, Pintu K. Kundu, Ji-Woong Lee, Petr Král and Rafal Klajn doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.256 Colloidal nanocrystals functionalized with light-responsive ligands can be cyclically assembled and disassembled to create nanoscale environments where chemical reaction rates are enhanced and stereoselectivities can be controlled. See also: News and Views by Hecht Monovalent Strep-Tactin for strong and site-specific tethering in nanospectroscopy   pp89 - 94 Fabian Baumann, Magnus S. Bauer, Lukas F. Milles, Alexander Alexandrovich, Hermann E. Gaub and Diana A. Pippig doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.231 A monovalent form of an engineered streptavidin can now be tethered to AFM cantilevers, representing a reliable anchoring tool with a well-defined pulling geometry for single-molecule force spectroscopy studies of proteins. A multiphase transitioning peptide hydrogel for suturing ultrasmall vessels   pp95 - 102 Daniel J. Smith, Gabriel A. Brat, Scott H. Medina, Dedi Tong, Yong Huang, Johanna Grahammer, Georg J. Furtmüller, Byoung Chol Oh, Katelyn J. Nagy-Smith, Piotr Walczak, Gerald Brandacher and Joel P. Schneider doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.238 Suturing of ultrasmall blood vessels is now simplified through the use of a hydrogel that can act as a temporary stent on injection and can be removed through light irradiation. In The Classroom Top Physicist meets chemist   p104 Changxu Liu and Jianfeng Huang doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.317 Changxu Liu and Jianfeng Huang reflect on their experiences of a collaborative research project that was at a crossroads between physics and chemistry. Correction Top Correction   p104 doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.316 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. 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