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Contents list for Journal of Materials Chemistry, issue 39, 2009
Front cover
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7153
DOI: 10.1039/b919202f

Contents and Highlights in Chemical Science
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7155
DOI: 10.1039/b919203b
Highlight
Nano-electronic switches: Light-induced switching of the conductance of molecular systems
Tibor Kudernac, Nathalie Katsonis, Wesley R. Browne and Ben L. Feringa,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7168
DOI: 10.1039/b902009h
Feature Article
Novel compounds based on [Re6Q8(L)6]4- (Q = S, Se, Te; L = CN, OH) and their applications
Youngmee Kim, Vladimir E. Fedorov and Sung-Jin Kim,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7178
DOI: 10.1039/b903929p
Communications
Micropatterning of titanium oxide film via phototactic mass transport
Kaori Nishizawa, Shusaku Nagano and Takahiro Seki,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7191
DOI: 10.1039/b916494d
Molecular design for improved photovoltaic efficiency: band gap and absorption coefficient engineering
Rajib Mondal, Sangwon Ko, Joseph E. Norton, Nobuyuki Miyaki, Hector A. Becerril, Eric Verploegen, Michael F. Toney, Jean-Luc Brédas, Michael D. McGehee and Zhenan Bao,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7195
DOI: 10.1039/b915222a
Fabrication of thermoset polymer nanofibers by co-electrospinning of uniform core-shell structures
C. S. Reddy, A. Arinstein, R. Avrahami and E. Zussman,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7198
DOI: 10.1039/b916185f
Papers
Core–shell carbon-coated Cu6Sn5 prepared by in situ polymerization as a high-performance anode material for lithium-ion batteries
Wang-jun Cui, Feng Li, Hai-jing Liu, Cong-xiao Wang and Yong-yao Xia,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7202
DOI: 10.1039/b909769d
Novel liquid-crystalline mesogens and main-chain chiral smectic thiol-ene polymers based on trifluoromethylphenyl moieties
Hong Yang, Lixing Wang, Renfan Shao, Noel A. Clark, Josu Ortega, Jesus Etxebarria, Pierre-Antoine Albouy, David M. Walba and Patrick Keller,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7208
DOI: 10.1039/b907907f
Fabrication of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes for spintronic device applications
Elby Titus, Manoj K. Singh, Gil Cabral, Vladimir Paserin, P. Ramesh Babu, Werner J. Blau, J. Ventura, J. P. Araujo and Jose Gracio,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7216
DOI: 10.1039/b907717k
Thermally stable and solvent resistant honeycomb structured polystyrene films via photochemical cross-linking
Lei Li, Yawen Zhong, Jian Li, Caikang Chen, Aijuan Zhang, Jin Xu and Zhi Ma,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7222
DOI: 10.1039/b911714h
Template-assisted electrodeposition of SixGe1-x nanowires with varying length and composition from two different ionic liquids
Rihab Al-Salman and Frank Endres,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7228
DOI: 10.1039/b909265j
Symmetric and unsymmetric donor functionalization. comparing structural and spectral benefits of chromophores for dye-sensitized solar cells
Daniel P. Hagberg, Xiao Jiang, Erik Gabrielsson, Mats Linder, Tannia Marinado, Tore Brinck, Anders Hagfeldt and Licheng Sun,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7232
DOI: 10.1039/b911397p
Facile eco-friendly treatment of a dye wastewater mixture by in situ hybridization with growing calcium carbonate
Dan-Hua Zhao, Ya-Lei Zhang, Yan-Ping Wei and Hong-Wen Gao,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7239
DOI: 10.1039/b911830f
A versatile approach to the fabrication of TiO2 nanostructures with reverse morphology and mesoporous Ag/TiO2 thin films via cooperative PS-b-PEO self-assembly and a sol-gel process
Min-Ah Cha, Changhak Shin, Dinakaran Kannaiyan, Yoon Hee Jang, Saji Thomas Kochuveedu, Du Yeol Ryu and Dong Ha Kim,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7245
DOI: 10.1039/b907922j
Determining materials properties of natural composites using molecular simulation
Richard L. Anderson, H. Christopher Greenwell, James L. Suter, Peter V. Coveney and Mary-Ann Thyveetil,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7251
DOI: 10.1039/b909119j
A novel synthetic route to hydroxyapatite–zeolite composite material from steel slag: investigation of synthesis mechanism and evaluation of physicochemical properties
Yasutaka Kuwahara, Tetsutaro Ohmichi, Takashi Kamegawa, Kohsuke Mori and Hiromi Yamashita,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7263
DOI: 10.1039/b911177h
Guest-cooperative templating system for as-synthesis loading of guest molecules into ordered mesoporous silica materials
Man Park and Hwan Yong Choo,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7273
DOI: 10.1039/b909840b
Oriented growth of large-scale nickel sulfide nanowire arrays via a general solution route for lithium-ion battery cathode applications
Chen-Ho Lai, Kuo-Wei Huang, Ju-Hsiang Cheng, Chung-Yang Lee, Wei-Fan Lee, Chi-Te Huang, Bing-Joe Hwang and Lih-Juann Chen,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7277
DOI: 10.1039/b909261g
Highly luminescent, homogeneous ZnO nanoparticles synthesized via semiconductive polyalkyloxylthiophene template
Cheng-Hsuan Lai, Wei-Fan Lee, I-Che Wu, Chia-Cheng Kang, Dong-Yi Chen, Lih-Juann Chen and Pi-Tai Chou,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7284
DOI: 10.1039/b909042h
A simple fabrication of electrospun nanofiber sensing materials based on fluorophore-doped polymer
Yufei Yang, Xing Fan, Yuanyuan Long, Kai Su, Dechun Zou, Na Li, Jiang Zhou, Kean Li and Feng Liu,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7290
DOI: 10.1039/b908154b
Logic gates constructed on CdS nanobelt field-effect transistors with high-
HfO2 top-gate dielectrics
P. C. Wu, Y. Ye, C. Liu, R. M. Ma, T. Sun and L. Dai,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7296
DOI: 10.1039/b909595k
Layer-by-layer strategy for the general synthesis of 2D ordered micro/nanostructured porous arrays: structural, morphological and compositional controllability
Lichao Jia, Weiping Cai and Hongqiang Wang,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7301
DOI: 10.1039/b908068f
Framework and grafted nickel ethylenediamine complexes in 2D hexagonal mesostructured templated silica
Wen-Juan Zhou, Belén Albela, Meigui Ou, Pascal Perriat, Ming-Yuan He and Laurent Bonneviot,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7308
DOI: 10.1039/b909759g
Highly selective incorporation of SiO2 nanoparticles in PS-b-P2VP block copolymers by quaternization
Won-Jeong Shin, Ju-Young Kim, Gyoujin Cho and Jae-Suk Lee,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7322
DOI: 10.1039/b912461f
Solvent-free microwave-assisted Bingel reaction in carbon nanohorns
Solon P. Economopoulos, Georgia Pagona, Masako Yudasaka, Sumio Iijima and Nikos Tagmatarchis,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7326
DOI: 10.1039/b910947a
Magnetically separable titanium-silicate mesoporous materials with core–shell morphology: synthesis, characterization and catalytic properties
Marina V. Barmatova, Irina D. Ivanchikova, Oxana A. Kholdeeva, Alexander N. Shmakov, Vladimir I. Zaikovskii and Maxim S. Mel'gunov,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7332
DOI: 10.1039/b911381a
Facile in-situ fabrication of novel organic nanoparticle hydrogels with excellent mechanical properties
Yongtao Wu, Zhe Zhou, Qingqing Fan, Long Chen and Meifang Zhu,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7340
DOI: 10.1039/b909125d
A novel picric acid film sensor via combination of the surface enrichment effect of chitosan films and the aggregation-induced emission effect of siloles
Gang He, Haonan Peng, Taihong Liu, Meini Yang, Yuan Zhang and Yu Fang,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7347
DOI: 10.1039/b906946a
Micellar poly(styrene-b-4-vinylpyridine)-nanoparticle hybrid system for non-volatile organic transistor memory
Wei Lin Leong, Nripan Mathews, Subodh Mhaisalkar, Yeng Ming Lam, Tupei Chen and Pooi See Lee,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7354
DOI: 10.1039/b911493a
Application of metal–organic frameworks with coordinatively unsaturated metal sites in storage and separation of methane and carbon dioxide
Pascal D. C. Dietzel, Vasileios Besikiotis and Richard Blom,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7362
DOI: 10.1039/b911242a
Cobalt nanofibers encapsulated in a graphite shell by an electrospinning process
Nasser A. M. Barakat, Bongsoo Kim, S. J. Park, Younghun Jo, Myung-Hwa Jung and Hak Yong Kim,
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7371
DOI: 10.1039/b904669k
Back cover
J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 7379
DOI: 10.1039/b919204m

