Features for March 2012

Browse our research and comment articles, arranged by publication date.

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On the record - Comment On the record - Comment

The open science movement is just the latest development in the long history of scholarly communication

Graphene: synthesis and applications - Review article Graphene: synthesis and applications - Review article

Avouris and Dimitrakopoulos discuss graphene's properties and device physics, as well as synthesis techniques.

Defects and impurities in graphene-like materials - Review article Defects and impurities in graphene-like materials - Review article

Dresselhaus and colleagues look at defects and provide an overview of the current characterization tools.

Epitaxially grown metal-organic frameworks - Review article Epitaxially grown metal-organic frameworks - Review article

Gliemann and Wöll consider routes for surface functionalization for metal organic frameworks.

Directed nanoparticle reduction on graphene - Current research article Directed nanoparticle reduction on graphene - Current research article

Pasricha et al. present a simple, green, room temperature mechanism for the UV assisted synthesis of graphene.