1. The Materials Career: A Shared Responsibility

   • Howard E. Katz

   Letter from the President 31 January 2011 Pages: 605 - 605

2. Orientation of Protein Determined in QD-Bioconjugate Assembly

   • Steven Trohalaki

   Research/Researchers 31 January 2011 Pages: 606 - 606

3. Surface Plasmons Utilized to Achieve High-Density Nanolithography

   • Alfred A. Zinn

   Research/Researchers 31 January 2011 Pages: 606 - 607

4. Defects in Solar-Cell Materials Enhance Efficiency

   Research/Researchers 31 January 2011 Pages: 607 - 607

5. General Approach for Fabricating Inorganically Coupled Colloidal Quantum Dots and Rods Developed

   Research/Researchers 31 January 2011 Pages: 608 - 608

6. Models of Failure in Brittle Solids Supported by In Situ Observation of Crack Behavior in Plasma-Sprayed YSZ Tube

   • Maria Cortalezzi

   Research/Researchers 31 January 2011 Pages: 609 - 609

7. High Purity and Controllable Growth of Mg₂B₂O₅ Nanowires Accomplished by CVD

   • Shiming Wu

   Research/Researchers 31 January 2011 Pages: 609 - 609

8. Charge Transfer across Nanocrystalline Metal Oxide/DNA Interfaces Enables DNA Recognition

   • Markus J. Buehler

   Research/Researchers 31 January 2011 Pages: 609 - 610

9. News of MRS Members/Materials Researchers

   Research/Researchers 31 January 2011 Pages: 610 - 610

10. Nanocoated Converted Coral Meets High Structural Strength Requirement for Load-Bearing Bone Graft Applications

    Technology Advances 31 January 2011 Pages: 611 - 612

11. Materials Fare Well in U.K. Government’s Renewed Push for R&D

    • Michael Kenward

    Science Policy 31 January 2011 Pages: 613 - 614

12. MRS Voices Concern over Appropriations Level Proposed for NSF

    Public Affairs Forum 31 January 2011 Pages: 615 - 615

13. The Pursuit of the Small: From Grain-Boundary Cavities to Nanocrystalline Metals

    • Julia R. Weertman

    OriginalPaper 31 January 2011 Pages: 616 - 620

14. Nanoscale Structures: Lability, Length Scales, and Fluctuations

    • Ellen D. Williams

    OriginalPaper 31 January 2011 Pages: 621 - 629

15. Evaporation-Induced Self-Assembly: Functional Nanostructures Made Easy

    • C. Jeffrey Brinker

    OriginalPaper 31 January 2011 Pages: 631 - 640

16. Unusual Phenomena in Exchange-Biased Nanostructures

    • Ivan K. Schuller

    OriginalPaper 31 January 2011 Pages: 642 - 646

17. Electronic Properties of Inorganic and Organic Semiconductors and Their Application to National Security Needs

    • Darryl L. Smith

    OriginalPaper 31 January 2011 Pages: 647 - 652

18. ICMAT 2003/IUMRS-ICA 2003 Held in Singapore

    • B. V. R. Chowdari

    International Union of Materials Research Societies 31 January 2011 Pages: 655 - 656

19. Steve Moss, Recipient of the 2003 Woody Award: A Happy Belated Tribute

    • Merrilea J. Mayo

    MRS News 31 January 2011 Pages: 658 - 659

20. Calendar

    OriginalPaper 31 January 2011 Pages: 665 - 666

21. On 60 and Coffee Rooms

    • Peter Goodhew

    Posterminaries 31 January 2011 Pages: 672 - 672