Penn state engineers create specially formed material that can provide custom broadband absorption in the infrared using genetic algorithms.
Bionics in the making: Zhenan Bao in the first person
Interview of Professor Zhenan Bao on the occasion of her addition to the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal Advanced Materials.
Most accessed papers in physica status solidi for March 2014
We present the most downloaded papers of the pss journal family from March 2014.
Terahertz spectrometer for material analysis and substance identification
New stand-alone terahertz spectrometer “T-SPECTRALYZER” for many fields of analytical measurements. It was awarded with the Photonics West Prism-Award 2014.
Even more flexible metallic glass
Scientists are working toward even stronger and more elastic glass types which would fail in a ductile fashion instead of shattering.
A week in the materials industry: February 11th 2014
A roundup of news from the past week in the materials science industry.
The week in research: February 5th 2014
A roundup of the latest materials science research from the past week.
Converting carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals
ThyssenKrupp initiates project to convert process gases from steel production into base chemicals.
Researchers discover mechanism for reversible nanowire deformation
In situ studies of deformation in metal nanowires have yielded interesting new deformation mechanisms.
Book review: Biopolymer Composites
Marisa Masumi Beppu, University of Campinas SP, Brazil reviews Biopolymer Nanocomposites: Processing, Properties, and Application.