October 2007. A special thematic section on bionanotechnology, co-edited by Professors Hong Yang of University of Rochester and Younan Xia of Washington University at St. Louis, has published in the 20th issue of Advanced Materials. Sixteen papers from various leading scientists in the field have contributed to this section and provided insight into the current state and future development of bionanotechnology.

Earlier this month, a full paper on the effect of the crystal defects on the formation of platinum multipod nanostructures by Professor Yang group was featured in the cover of October 4 issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry C. The journal publishes most current research results on Nanomaterials and Interfaces by the American Chemical Society.