1. Biomimetic and Bio-Enabled Materials Science and Engineering

   • Adrian B. Mann
   • Rajesh R. Naik
   • Kenneth H. Sandhage

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3137 - 3139

   

2. Biomimetic materials

   • Julian F.V. Vincent

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3140 - 3147

   

3. Biomimetics: Learning from diamonds

   • Andrei P. Sommer
   • Dan Zhu
   • Hans-Joerg Fecht

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3148 - 3152

   

4. Compressive testing of single yeast cells in liquid environment using a nanoindentation system

   • J. Arfsten
   • C. Bradtmöller
   • A. Kwade

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3153 - 3160

   

5. Design and synthesis of an antigenic mimic of the Ebola glycoprotein

   • Ryan D. Rutledge
   • Brian J. Huffman
   • David W. Wright

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3161 - 3168

   

6. Apatite-forming ability on titanium surface modified by hydrothermal treatment and ultraviolet irradiation

   • Akiko Obata
   • Tianshu Zhai
   • Toshihiro Kasuga

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3169 - 3175

   

7. Effect of pulse current on structure and adhesion of apatite electrochemically deposited onto titanium substrates

   • Tomoyasu Hayakawa
   • Masakazu Kawashita
   • Toshiki Miyazaki

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3176 - 3183

   

8. Enzymatic processing of amelogenin during continuous crystallization of apatite

   • V. Uskoković
   • M-K. Kim
   • S. Habelitz

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3184 - 3195

   

9. Bioinspired synthesis of self-assembled calcium phosphate nanocomposites using block copolymer-peptide conjugates

   • Yusuf Yusufoglu
   • Yanyan Hu
   • Surya Mallapragada

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3196 - 3212

   

10. Transmission electron microscopy observation of nanoscale deformation structures in nacre

    • Taro Sumitomo
    • Hideki Kakisawa
    • Yutaka Kagawa

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3213 - 3221

    

11. Biomimetic nanocoating promotes osteoblast cell adhesion on biomedical implants

    • Fidele Likibi
    • Bingbing Jiang
    • Bingyun Li

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3222 - 3228

    

12. Light manipulation in a marine diatom

    • Joseph Noyes
    • Manfred Sumper
    • Pete Vukusic

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3229 - 3235

    

13. Stepwise accumulation of layers of aptamer-ornamented ferritins using biomimetic layer-by-layer

    • Ken-Ichi Sano
    • Kiyotaka Shiba

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3236 - 3240

    

14. Nanoparticles with affinity for biopolymer: Bioassisted room-temperature selective multistacking of inorganic particles on biopolymer film

    • Mitsuo Umetsu
    • Takamitsu Hattori
    • Izumi Kumagai

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3241 - 3246

    

15. Fabrication, chemical etching, and compressive strength of porous biomimetic SiC for medical implants

    • Carmen Torres-Raya
    • David Hernandez-Maldonado
    • Julian Martinez-Fernandez

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3247 - 3254

    

16. Peptide-mediated deposition of nanostructured TiO₂ into the periodic structure of diatom biosilica

    • Clayton Jeffryes
    • Timothy Gutu
    • Gregory L. Rorrer

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3255 - 3262

    

17. Synthesis of hierarchical mesoporous zirconia fiber by using collagen fiber as a template

    • Dehui Deng
    • Xuepin Liao
    • Bi Shi

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3263 - 3268

    

18. Change in polarity of zinc oxide films grown on sapphire substrates without insertion of any buffer layer

    • Yutaka Adachi
    • Naoki Ohashi
    • Mikk Lippmaa

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3269 - 3272

    

19. Comments on “Hardness, elasticity, and fracture toughness of polycrystalline spinel germanium nitride and tin nitride,” by M.P. Shemkunas, W.T. Petuskey, A.V.G. Chizmeshya, K. Leinenweber, and G.H. Wolf [J. Mater. Res. 19, 1392 (2004)]: Reestablishing of elastic moduli for γ-Ge₃N₄

    • Andreas Zerr

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3273 - 3274

    

20. Initial formation mechanisms of (Ga_1−xMn_x)N nanorods grown on Al₂O₃ (0001) substrates

    • K.H. Lee
    • J.Y. Lee
    • T.W. Kim

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3275 - 3280

    

21. Growth of epitaxial films of sodium potassium tantalate and niobate on single-crystal lanthanum aluminate [100] substrates

    • George H. Thomas
    • Eliot D. Specht
    • David B. Beach

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3281 - 3287

    

22. Li₂SrSiO₄:Eu²⁺ phosphor prepared by the Pechini method and its application in white light emitting diode

    • Hong He
    • Renli Fu
    • Yongge Cao

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3288 - 3294

    

23. Strain-controlled bulge test

    • B. Erdem Alaca
    • K. Bugra Toga
    • Tayfun Akin

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3295 - 3302

    

24. Suppression of vigorous liquid Sn/Te reactions by Sn–Cu solder alloys

    • Chien-Neng Liao
    • Ching-Hua Lee

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3303 - 3308

    

25. Photophysical and photocatalytic properties of Li₂M(WO₄)₂ (M = Co and Ni)

    • Jun Lv
    • Yupeng Yuan
    • Zhigang Zou

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3309 - 3315

    

26. Synthesis of poly-2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate–montmorillonite nanocomposite via in situ atom transfer radical polymerization

    • Ayhan Oral
    • Talal Shahwan
    • Çetin Güler

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3316 - 3322

    

27. Effect of abrasive material properties on polishing rate selectivity of nitrogen-doped Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ to SiO₂ film in chemical mechanical polishing

    • Jin-Hyung Park
    • Hao Cui
    • Ungyu Paik

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3323 - 3329

    

28. Effect of thermally stable oligomerically modified clay on the properties of aramid-based nanocomposite materials

    • Sonia Zulfiqar
    • Muhammad Ilyas Sarwar

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3330 - 3338

    

29. Oxidation of Zr₂[Al(Si)]₄C₅ and Zr₃[Al(Si)]₄C₆ in air

    • L.F. He
    • Y.W. Bao
    • Y.C. Zhou

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3339 - 3346

    

30. Pressure induced wurtzite-to-zinc blende phase transition in ZnO at finite temperature

    • Yaping Wu
    • Junyong Kang
    • Feng Liu

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3347 - 3352

    

31. Transmission electron microscopic studies on growth mechanism of YBa₂Cu₃O_7−y films formed by advanced trifluoroacetates metalorganic deposition process

    • J. Matsuda
    • K. Nakaoka
    • Y. Shiohara

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3353 - 3362

    

32. Critical current density and microstructure variations in YBa₂Cu₃O_7−x + BaSnO₃ films with different concentrations of BaSnO₃

    • C.V. Varanasi
    • J. Burke
    • P.N. Barnes

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3363 - 3369

    

33. Reverse polarity effect from effective charge disparity during electromigration in eutectic Sn–Zn solder interconnect

    • X.F. Zhang
    • J.D. Guo
    • J.K. Shang

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3370 - 3378

    

34. Effects of lithium, indium, and zinc on the lattice parameters of magnesium

    • A. Becerra
    • M. Pekguleryuz

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3379 - 3386

    

35. Electric field-induced crack growth and domain-structure evolution for [100]- and [101]-oriented 72%Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3) O₃–28%PbTiO₃ ferroelectric single crystals

    • F. Fang
    • W. Yang
    • H. Qing

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3387 - 3395

    

36. Formation of ultrafine eutectic-like microstructures of various rare earth oxide-Al₂O₃ systems by use of amorphous phases

    • Yohei Harada
    • Naofumi Uekawa
    • Kazuyuki Kakegawa

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3396 - 3402

    

37. Catalyst-free synthesis and cathodoluminescent properties of ZnO nanobranches on Si nanowire backbones

    • Kwang-Soo Son
    • Dong Hyun Lee
    • Ungyu Paik

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3403 - 3408

    

38. Volume changes in Vitreloy bulk metallic glass during room temperature high-pressure torsion

    • Zsolt Kovács
    • Erhard Schafler
    • Ádám Révész

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3409 - 3414

    

39. Synthesis of spinel iron oxide nanoparticle/organic hybrid for hyperthermia

    • Koichiro Hayashi
    • Toshifumi Shimizu
    • Toshinobu Yogo

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2008 Pages: 3415 - 3424