Volume 15
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No. 12 December 2016
A real-time study of the growth of two-dimensional nanocrystal superlattices with square periodicity shows the formation mechanism leading to the oriented attachment of the nanocrystals.
Letter p1248; News & Views p1225
IMAGE: LIESBET LAURENS
OVER DESIGN: TULSI VORALIA
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No. 11 November 2016
The recent experimental realization of topological semimetals opens the possibility of studying new quantum phenomena, and may allow the development of robust quantum devices.
Commentary p1140
IMAGE: GUOQING CHANG, SU-YANG XU AND M. ZAHID HASAN, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
COVER DESIGN: TULSI VORALIA
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No. 10 October 2016
A large-area fabrication approach to achieve three-dimensional architectured metamaterials, with structural features spanning seven orders of magnitude, results in advanced mechanical properties, including high elasticity.
Article p1100
IMAGE: XIAOYU (RAYNE) ZHENG
COVER DESIGN: TULSI VORALIA
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No. 9 September 2016
The coexistence of topological and superconducting states in a single layer of FeSe on a SrTiO3 substrate is reported.
Article p968; News & Views p927
IMAGE: HUIMIN ZHANG AND XUCUN MA, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
COVER DESIGN: TULSI VORALIA
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No. 8 August 2016
Increasing the operating temperature of jet engines requires materials that are stable against degradation. Towards this goal, growth of TiAl alloys with high strength and ductility, as well as superior creep resistance, is reported.
Article p876; News & Views p823
IMAGE: GUANG CHEN, C. T. LIU AND ZHIXIANG QI
COVER DESIGN: TULSI VORALIA
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No. 7 July 2016
Inelastic neutron scattering characterization shows that α-RuCl3 is close to an experimental realization of a Kitaev quantum spin liquid on a honeycomb lattice. The collective excitations provide evidence for deconfined Majorana fermions.
Article p733; News & Views p701
IMAGE: GENEVIEVE MARTIN AND ARNAB BANERJEE, OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY
COVER DESIGN: TULSI VORALIA
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No. 6 June 2016
Biodegradable, perfusable scaffolds are able to generate both in vitro cardiac and hepatic vascularized tissue models and in vivo implants for direct surgical anastomosis.
Article p669; News & Views p597
IMAGE: BOYANG ZHANG
COVER DESIGN: TULSI VORALIA
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No. 5 May 2016
Variations in the size of the nanocrystals and in the width of their epitaxial connections are shown to significantly affect carrier localization in superlattices formed by the oriented attachment of PbSe nanocrystals.
Article p557; News & Views p498
IMAGE: KEVIN WHITHAM
COVER DESIGN: TULSI VORALIA
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No. 4 April 2016
Mechanical metamaterials can display exceptional strength due to their small sizes. Now, a nanoscale lattice of glassy carbon, fabricated by shrinking a microscale lattice, has demonstrated a compressive strength of up to 3 GPa.
Article p438; News & Views p373
IMAGE: JENS BAUER, KIT
COVER DESIGN: TULSI VORALIA
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No. 3 March 2016
Chemical vapour deposition enables the synthesis of thin films of microporous metalorganic frameworks on a broad range of substrates and on high-aspect-ratio features.
Article p304; News & Views p255
IMAGE: IVO STASSEN AND ROB AMELOOT
COVER DESIGN: ALLEN BEATTIE
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No. 2 February 2016
The coupling between graphene phonons and the spins and Dirac fermions of molecular magnets grown on graphene modifies and may be used for controlling the system's quantum spin dynamics.
Letter p164
IMAGE: LAPO BOGANI AND CHRISTIAN CERVETTI
COVER DESIGN: DAVID SHAND AND ALLEN BEATTIE
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No. 1 January 2016
Nanoscale environments created by topological defects in liquid crystals can serve as a template for the self-assembly of molecular amphiphiles within the defects.
Article p106; News & Views p10
IMAGE: NICHOLAS ABBOTT GROUP
COVER DESIGN: DAVID SHAND