Nature Nanotechnology Contents January Volume 9 Number 1 pp 1 - 84

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Limited time offer available on all journals except Scientific Reports. iPad is a trademark of Apple Inc.   Editorial Top Hitching a ride with motor proteins   p1 doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.308 The biological machines that operate in cells are frequently a starting point for the development of synthetic molecular motors. Commentary Top The emergence of the nanobiotechnology industry   pp2 - 5 Elicia Maine, V. J. Thomas, Martin Bliemel, Armstrong Murira and James Utterback doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.288 The confluence of nanotechnology and biotechnology provides significant commercial opportunities. By identifying, classifying and tracking firms with capabilities in both biotechnology and nanotechnology over time, we analyse the emergence and evolution of the global nanobiotechnology industry. Thesis Top Does scale matter at the nanoscale?   pp6 - 7 Chris Toumey doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.289 Eric Drexler has restated his vision of nanotechnology in a new book. Chris Toumey explores its apparent contradictions. Research Highlights Top Our choice from the recent literature   p8 doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.310 News and Views Top Molecular motors: Myosins move ahead of the pack   pp9 - 10 David S. Tsao and Michael R. Diehl doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.298 An artificial motor protein with loosely coordinated subunits can travel at high speed and over long distances. See also: Letter by Schindler et al. Molecular motors: On track with nanotubes   pp10 - 11 Anand Jagota doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.299 DNA motors can transport CdS nanoparticles along tracks made of carbon nanotubes. See also: Letter by Cha et al. Molecular motors: DNA takes control   pp11 - 12 Arne Gennerich doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.300 Polarized arrays of microtubules can be assembled and disassembled using motor proteins that are programmed by DNA strands. See also: Letter by Wollman et al. Magnetic properties: The exchange changes everything   pp13 - 14 Wulf Wulfhekel doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.295 The exchange interaction between the electron spin in individual magnetic atoms and the spin of electrons in a non-magnetic substrate has a strong effect on the magnetic anisotropy of the atoms. See also: Letter by Oberg et al. Magnetic devices: Clocking with no field   pp14 - 15 Michael Niemier doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.296 Nanomagnet logic devices that do not require a magnetic field for clocking can now be fabricated. See also: Letter by Bhowmik et al. Fluorescent nanoparticles: Diamonds from outer space   pp16 - 17 Christoph Becher doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.287 Stable fluorescence is observed in nanodiamonds of molecular dimensions extracted from a meteorite. See also: Letter by Vlasov et al. Nanotechnology JOBS of the week Staff Scientist National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) PhD Position University Medical Center Goettingen/Germany Postdoctoral Research Fellow Level 2 University College Dublin Research Associate University of Glasgow More Science jobs from Nanotechnology EVENT The 2014 Nanotechnology Materials and Devices (NMD) 24.02.14 Cincinnati, USA More science events from Review Top Silicon nanostructures for photonics and photovoltaics   pp19 - 32 Francesco Priolo, Tom Gregorkiewicz, Matteo Galli and Thomas F. Krauss doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.271 This Review reports the state of the art for silicon nanostructures used in photonics and photovoltaic applications, and highlights the challenges for making silicon a high-performing photonic material. Letters Top Engineering myosins for long-range transport on actin filaments   pp33 - 38 Tony D. Schindler, Lu Chen, Paul Lebel, Muneaki Nakamura and Zev Bryant doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.229 Diverse myosins can be modified by non-natural means to obtain high processivity on actin filaments. See also: News and Views by Tsao & Diehl A synthetic DNA motor that transports nanoparticles along carbon nanotubes   pp39 - 43 Tae-Gon Cha, Jing Pan, Haorong Chen, Janette Salgado, Xiang Li Xiang Li, Chengde Mao, & Jong Hyun Choi doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.257 Motors based on RNA-cleaving DNA enzymes can transport cadmium sulphide nanocrystals along single-walled carbon nanotubes. See also: News and Views by Jagota Transport and self-organization across different length scales powered by motor proteins and programmed by DNA   pp44 - 47 Adam J. M. Wollman, Carlos Sanchez-Cano, Helen M. J. Carstairs, Robert A. Cross and Andrew J. Turberfield doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.230 Kinesin motor proteins conjugated to DNA nanostructures can be used to assemble a network of microtubule tracks, and to control the loading, active concentration and unloading of cargo on this network, or trigger its disassembly. See also: News and Views by Gennerich Enhancing spontaneous emission rates of molecules using nanopatterned multilayer hyperbolic metamaterials   pp48 - 53 Dylan Lu, Jimmy J. Kan, Eric E. Fullerton and Zhaowei Liu doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.276 The spontaneous emission rate and emission intensity of dye molecules are significantly enhanced by using a nanopatterned multilayer hyperbolic metamaterial. Molecular-sized fluorescent nanodiamonds   pp54 - 58 Igor I. Vlasov, Andrey A. Shiryaev, Torsten Rendler, Steffen Steinert, Sang-Yun Lee, Sang-Yun Lee, Denis Antonov, Márton Vörös, Fedor Jelezko, Anatolii V. Fisenko, Lubov F. Semjonova, Johannes Biskupek, Ute Kaiser, Oleg I. Lebedev, Ilmo Sildos, Philip. R. Hemmer, Vitaly I. Konov, Adam Gali & Jörg Wrachtrup doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.255 Diamond nanoparticles containing only about 400 atoms emit bright fluorescence due to silicon vacancy defects. See also: News and Views by Becher Spin Hall effect clocking of nanomagnetic logic without a magnetic field   pp59 - 63 Debanjan Bhowmik, Long You and Sayeef Salahuddin doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.241 Nanomagnetic logic elements that do not require a magnetic field for clocking are now fabricated. See also: News and Views by Niemier Control of single-spin magnetic anisotropy by exchange coupling   pp64 - 68 Jenny C. Oberg, M. Reyes Calvo, Fernando Delgado, María Moro-Lagares, David Serrate, David Jacob, Joaquín Fernández-Rossier & Cyrus F. Hirjibehedin doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.264 The spin excitation energy and the magnetic anisotropy of individual atoms can be modified by varying the exchange coupling of the atomic spin to metallic leads. See also: News and Views by Wulfhekel Efficient solar water-splitting using a nanocrystalline CoO photocatalyst   pp69 - 73 Longb Liao, Qiuhui Zhang, Zhihua Su, Zhongzheng Zhao, Yanan Wang, Yang Li, Xiaoxiang Lu, Dongguang Wei, Guoying Feng, Qingkai Yu, Xiaojun Cai, Jimin Zhao, Zhifeng Ren, Hui Fang, Francisco Robles-Hernandez, Steven Baldelli & Jiming Bao doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.272 Cobalt oxide nanoparticles can carry out overall water splitting with a solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of around 5%. Hierarchical assembly of metal nanoparticles, quantum dots and organic dyes using DNA origami scaffolds   pp74 - 78 Robert Schreiber, Jaekwon Do, Eva-Maria Roller, Tao Zhang, Verena J. Schüller, Philipp C. Nickels, Jochen Feldmann & Tim Liedl doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.253 Rigid DNA origami scaffolds can be used to hierarchically organize metal nanoparticles, quantum dots and organic dyes into functional nanoclusters that have a planet-satellite-type structure. Article Top Spin-resolved Andreev levels and parity crossings in hybrid superconductor-semiconductor nanostructures   pp79 - 84 Eduardo J. H. Lee, Xiaocheng Jiang, Manuel Houzet, Ramón Aguado, Charles M. Lieber & Silvano De Franceschi doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.267 A study of the magnetic fine structure of the electronic states in a semiconductor quantum dot coupled to a superconducting contact highlights important elements that should be taken into account in the search for Majorana modes in the solid state. 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