Nature China Research Highlights, 25 June 2014

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Research Highlights update 25 June 2014 Nature China highlights the best research coming out of Mainland China and Hong Kong, providing scientists from around the world with a convenient portal into publications drawn from across all scientific disciplines. Each week, our editors select the best published research and provide a summary of the results. By organizing this research into a comprehensive, regularly updated, one-stop web portal, we hope to help you quickly reach the resources you need to study, and to keep you up-to-date with the most significant research coming out of Mainland China and Hong Kong. Stay connected with Nature China: Physics Quantum dots: Sensitivity through confinement Light sensors made from arrays of quantum dots could provide highly sensitive gas detection and thermal imaging Hybrid nanoparticles: Triple win for catalysis Nanoparticles containing platinum, iron hydroxide and nickel hydroxide prove highly effective for catalyzing carbon monoxide oxidation Topological crystalline insulators: Understanding transitions Experiments on thin films reveal the subtle transition zones between crystals in conventional insulating states and topological crystalline insulators Cell & molecular biology Structural biology: Better drugs to prevent blood clots Three-dimensional constructions of a drug target provide insights into developing better drugs for preventing aggregation of blood platelets You have been sent this Table of Contents Alert because you have opted in to receive it. You can change or discontinue your e-mail alerts at any time, by modifying your preferences on your nature.com account at:www.nature.com/nams/svc/myaccount (You will need to log in to be recognised as a nature.com registrant). For further technical assistance, please contact our registration department For print subscription enquiries, please contact our subscription department For other enquiries, please contact our feedback department Nature Publishing Group | 75 Varick Street, 9th Floor | New York | NY 10013-1917 | USA Nature Publishing Group | Chiyoda Bldg, 2-37 Ichigayatamachi | Shinjuku | Tokyo 162-0843 | Japan Nature Publishing Group's worldwide offices: London - Paris - Munich - New Delhi - Tokyo - Melbourne San Diego - San Francisco - Washington - New York - Boston Macmillan Publishers Limited is a company incorporated in England and Wales under company number 785998 and whose registered office is located at Brunel Road, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. © 2014 Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved.