It has been a pleasure to jointly edit this special issue of Aggregate honoring the contributions Professor Paul S. Weiss nanoscience. We have known and worked with for many years, one us initially as postdoctoral trainee (Shelley A. Claridge), other fellow ACS editor (Bin Liu). In addition his prolific scientific career, is an outspoken advocate scientists, inspiring teacher, source boundless ...

540 MRS BULLETIN • VOLUME 42 • JULY 2017 • www.mrs.org/bulletin T book thoroughly reviews all aspects of quasi-one-dimensional nanostructures, such as nanowires (NWs), from their synthesis methods to their properties and applications. The fi rst chapter explains the importance of studying NWs, the physical concepts related to their formation, and some historical results on their synthesis. Chap...

COVER ARTICLE Lee et al. A quartz nanopillar hemocytometer for high-yield separation and counting of CD4+ T lymphocytes FEATURE ARTICLE Virgili et al. Confocal ultrafast pump–probe spectroscopy: a new technique to explore nanoscale composites Series Editors: Harry Kroto FRS, Florida State University, USA Paul O’Brien Manchester University, UK Ralph Nuzzo University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaig...