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Nature Nanotechnology Contents March 2016 Volume 11 Number 3 pp205-304

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

March 2016 Volume 11, Issue 3

Editorials
Commentary
Correction
Thesis
Research Highlights
News and Views
Reviews
Letters
Articles
In The Classroom
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Editorials

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Solid qubits   p205
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.37
Reliable and consistent technological achievements are required for the development of quantum technologies.

Controlling an invisible order   p205
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.40
Although undetectable by macroscopic magnetic probes, antiferromagnetic order could be used in future spintronic devices.

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Long-term monitoring for nanomedicine implants and drugs   pp206 - 210
Michaela Kendall and Iseult Lynch
doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.341
Increasing globalization means that traditional occupational epidemiological approaches may no longer apply, suggesting a need for an alternative model to assess the long-term impact of nanomaterial exposure on health.

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Correction   p210
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.31

Thesis

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Navigating the risk landscape   pp211 - 212
Andrew D. Maynard
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.28
The potential risks surrounding nanotechnology can often appear complex and confusing. But with some basic guideposts, argues Andrew D. Maynard, navigating them can become a little easier.

Research Highlights

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Our choice from the recent literature   p213
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.48

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Cancer immunotherapy: A vaccine from plant virus proteins   pp214 - 215
Pier Paolo Peruzzi and E. Antonio Chiocca
doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.306
Cowpea mosaic virus nanoparticles can induce the immune system to clear metastatic cancers.

See also: Article by Lizotte et al.

Quantum metrology: The sensitive side of a spin   pp215 - 216
Stephen D. Bartlett
doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.283
With fast, adaptive control over the spin of a single electron, magnetic fields can now be measured at the very limits allowed by quantum physics.

See also: Letter by Bonato et al.

Quantum information: Violation of Bell's inequality in Si   pp216 - 217
Susan Coppersmith
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.26
An entangled state of two spin qubits in silicon has been prepared and measured, yielding a violation of Bell's inequality that is the largest achieved in the solid state so far.

See also: Letter by Dehollain et al.

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Catalysis with two-dimensional materials and their heterostructures   pp218 - 230
Dehui Deng, K. S. Novoselov, Qiang Fu, Nanfeng Zheng, Zhongqun Tian and Xinhe Bao
doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.340
This article reviews recent progress in the use of graphene and other two-dimensional atomic crystals in catalytic applications, highlighting the activity and potential of heterogeneous systems such as van der Waals heterostructures.

Antiferromagnetic spintronics   pp231 - 241
T. Jungwirth, X. Marti, P. Wadley and J. Wunderlich
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.18
This article reviews efforts to control and monitor the magnetization in antiferromagnetic materials, as well as the prospects for antiferromagnetic spintronics applications.

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Bell's inequality violation with spins in silicon   pp242 - 246
Juan P. Dehollain, Stephanie Simmons, Juha T. Muhonen, Rachpon Kalra, Arne Laucht, Fay Hudson, Kohei M. Itoh, David N. Jamieson, Jeffrey C. McCallum, Andrew S. Dzurak and Andrea Morello
doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.262
A violation of Bell's inequality, which is a direct proof of entanglement, can be observed in the solid state using the electron and nuclear spins of a single phosphorus atom in silicon.

See also: News and Views by Coppersmith

Optimized quantum sensing with a single electron spin using real-time adaptive measurements   pp247 - 252
C. Bonato, M. S. Blok, H. T. Dinani, D. W. Berry, M. L. Markham, D. J. Twitchen and R. Hanson
doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.261
Quantum sensing based on solid-state spins can be improved with the use of adaptive strategies.

See also: News and Views by Bartlett

Reaching the quantum limit of sensitivity in electron spin resonance   pp253 - 257
A. Bienfait, J. J. Pla, Y. Kubo, M. Stern, X. Zhou, C. C. Lo, C. D. Weis, T. Schenkel, M. L. W. Thewalt, D. Vion, D. Esteve, B. Julsgaard, K. Mølmer, J. J. L. Morton and P. Bertet
doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.282
The sensitivity of electron spin resonance has been improved up to the quantum limit through the use of a Josephson parametric microwave amplifier combined with high-quality-factor superconducting microresonators cooled at millikelvin temperatures.

Nanoscale phase engineering of thermal transport with a Josephson heat modulator   pp258 - 262
Antonio Fornieri, Christophe Blanc, Riccardo Bosisio, Sophie D'Ambrosio and Francesco Giazotto
doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.281
A heat modulator designed to control the phase-coherent component of the thermal current at the nanoscale can be realized with a superconducting quantum interference device.

A flexoelectric microelectromechanical system on silicon   pp263 - 266
Umesh Kumar Bhaskar, Nirupam Banerjee, Amir Abdollahi, Zhe Wang, Darrell G. Schlom, Guus Rijnders and Gustau Catalan
doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.260
Cantilevers made of SrTiO3 grown on silicon use the flexoelectric effect to achieve electromechanical performances similar to piezoelectric bimorph cantilevers.

Ultralow effective work function surfaces using diamondoid monolayers   pp267 - 272
Karthik Thimmavajjula Narasimha, Chenhao Ge, Jason D. Fabbri, William Clay, Boryslav A. Tkachenko, Andrey A. Fokin, Peter R. Schreiner, Jeremy E. Dahl, Robert M. K. Carlson, Z. X. Shen and Nicholas A. Melosh
doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.277
Air-stable monolayers of diamondoids can rival cesium's work-function-lowering ability and can dramatically increase field emission current through a radical cation mechanism.

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An ultrabright and monochromatic electron point source made of a LaB6 nanowire   pp273 - 279
Han Zhang, Jie Tang, Jinshi Yuan, Yasushi Yamauchi, Taku T. Suzuki, Norio Shinya, Kiyomi Nakajima and Lu-Chang Qin
doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.276
A single layer of La atoms placed on the tip of a LaB6 nanowire suppresses chemical reactions and promotes emission of free electrons, creating an electron source with very low noise and high stability.

Spin-wave-beam driven synchronization of nanocontact spin-torque oscillators   pp280 - 286
A. Houshang, E. Iacocca, P. Dürrenfeld, S. R. Sani, J. Åkerman and R. K. Dumas
doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.280
The synchronization between nanocontact oscillators can be promoted by purposefully taking advantage of Oersted field-induced spin-wave beams, thus allowing synchronization of at least five oscillators.

Computing in mammalian cells with nucleic acid strand exchange   pp287 - 294
Benjamin Groves, Yuan-Jyue Chen, Chiara Zurla, Sergii Pochekailov, Jonathan L. Kirschman, Philip J. Santangelo and Georg Seelig
doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.278
By adapting DNA strand displacement and exchange reactions to mammalian cells, DNA circuitry is developed that can directly interact with a native mRNA.

In situ vaccination with cowpea mosaic virus nanoparticles suppresses metastatic cancer   pp295 - 303
P. H. Lizotte, A. M. Wen, M. R. Sheen, J. Fields, P. Rojanasopondist, N. F. Steinmetz and S. Fiering
doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.292
Virus-like nanoparticles such as the cowpea mosaic virus, known to have inherent immunogenic properties, are now used to suppress metastatic cancer in various mouse models.

See also: News and Views by Peruzzi & Chiocca

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In The Classroom

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Academia and industry united   p304
Diana Nanova
doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.27
A joint research platform is a great playground for young researchers to combine fundamental and applied research, says Diana Nanova.

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