Advanced Optical Materials Issue 2 is live, with 12 papers from top research groups and covering all aspects of light–matter interactions.
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How Metallurgy Helps You Live Longer
Innovations in hot-stamping and coating of components are reviewed in Steel Research International.
Diatoms: Nanomechanics in Nature
Mapping the mechanical properties of diatoms using peak force microscopy opens up new possibilites for materials scientists.
Optical memory using leaky ferroelectrics?
Scientists probe the optoelectric behaviour of bismuth ferrite at the nanoscale and propose a novel ferroelectric-based memory application.
How do leaves get the most out of sunlight?
Scientists discovered regular distributions of cystoliths occurs in plant leafs that enhance light-aborbing efficiency.
Measuring the Unmeasurable: Steelmaking, Fission Reactors, and Microalloyed Steels
A new model for steelmaking, fission reactor design, dissolution kinetics – this and more in the latest from Steel Research International.
Making microlasers the flexible way
An elegant technique for self-assembling microlasers from droplets is reported in Advanced Optical Materials.
A Truly 3D Self-Assembled Metamaterial
Researchers from the University of Cambridge, UK report the fabrication of a truly 3D metamaterial using self-assembly.
Advanced Optical Materials Issue 1
Issue 1 of Advanced Optical Materials features twelve papers from leading research groups, covering all aspects of light–matter interactions.
Flexible Paper Robots
Researchers have developed inexpensive robots that can stretch, bend and twist under control, and lift objects 120 times their own weight.