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Contents list for Journal of Materials Chemistry, issue 40, 2006
Front cover
J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 3877
DOI: 10.1039/b614014a

Contents
J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 3879
DOI: 10.1039/b614016p
Nanoscience at the RSC
J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 3887
DOI: 10.1039/b614017n
Editorial
(Non-carbon) anisotropic nanomaterials
Luis M. Liz Marzán,
J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 3891
DOI: 10.1039/b612854h
Highlight
Chemical transformation: a powerful route to metal chalcogenide nanowires
Unyong Jeong, Pedro H. C. Camargo, Young Hwan Lee and Younan Xia,
J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 3893
DOI: 10.1039/b606682h
Feature Articles
Growth of anisotropic one-dimensional ZnS nanostructures
Daniel Moore and Zhong L. Wang,
J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 3898
DOI: 10.1039/b607902b
The role of twinning in shape evolution of anisotropic noble metal nanostructures
Jose Luis Elechiguerra, Jose Reyes-Gasga and Miguel Jose Yacaman,
J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 3906
DOI: 10.1039/b607128g
Near-field imaging of optical field and plasmon wavefunctions in metal nanoparticles
Hiromi Okamoto and Kohei Imura,
J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 3920
DOI: 10.1039/b607147c
Papers
Bimetallic silver–gold nanowires: fabrication and use in surface-enhanced Raman scattering
Simona E. Hunyadi and Catherine J. Murphy,
J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 3929
DOI: 10.1039/b607116c
High-sensitivity hydrocarbon sensors based on tungsten oxide nanowires
Chandra Sekhar Rout, A. Govindaraj and C. N. R. Rao,
J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 3936
DOI: 10.1039/b607012b
Preparation and optical properties of silver chalcogenide coated gold nanorods
Mingzhao Liu and Philippe Guyot-Sionnest,
J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 3942
DOI: 10.1039/b607106f
Influence of silver ions on the growth mode of platinum on gold nanorods
Marek Grzelczak, Jorge Pérez-Juste, Benito Rodríguez-González and Luis M. Liz-Marzán,
J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 3946
DOI: 10.1039/b606887a
Selective reactions on the tips of colloidal semiconductor nanorods
Luigi Carbone, Stefan Kudera, Cinzia Giannini, Giuseppe Ciccarella, Roberto Cingolani, Pantaleo Davide Cozzoli and Liberato Manna,
J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 3952
DOI: 10.1039/b607217h
Crystal structure dependence of the elastic constants of gold nanorods
Hristina Petrova, Jorge Perez-Juste, Zhenyuan Zhang, Jing Zhang, Tom Kosel and Gregory V. Hartland,
J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 3957
DOI: 10.1039/b607364f
Anisotropic calcium phosphate nanoparticles coated with 2-carboxyethylphosphonic acid
Christine Andres, Vladimir Sinani, Darren Lee, Yurii Gun'ko and Nicholas Kotov,
J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 3964
DOI: 10.1039/b608073a
Ligand and solvent effects in the nonaqueous synthesis of highly ordered anisotropic tungsten oxide nanostructures
Julien Polleux, Markus Antonietti and Markus Niederberger,
J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 3969
DOI: 10.1039/b607008f
Back matter
J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 3976
DOI: 10.1039/b614018c
Back cover
J. Mater. Chem., 2006, 16, 3983
DOI: 10.1039/b614019j

