Glass-ceramics that combine strength with good optical characteristics may lead to improved dentures.
MaterialsViews Interviews: Michael Silverstein
MaterialsViews talks to Michael Silverstein about his research, his inspiration, and his new book, Porous Polymers.
At the Edge of Chaos: A New Type of Computing
A computing network that exhibits emergent behavior similar to that in biological brains is hypothesized by Adam Z. Stieg of the California NanoSystems Institute
MaterialsViews Interviews: Ming Qiu Zhang
Dr. Ming Qiu Zhang of Zhongshan University, author of “Self-Healing Polymers and Polymer Composites,” talks to MaterialsViews about self-healing and other scientific challenges.
Raman spectroscopy used like a GPS to map toughening in zirconia
Polarized confocal Raman spectroscopy can be used like a GPS to study ferroelastic domain transformation in ceria-stabilized zirconia.
FIREBALL: powerful mesoscale computational chemistry
Molecular dynamics methods are wedded to tight-binding density functional theory to produce FIREBALL: a powerful computer code which allows for efficient, predictive simulations of the dynamics of mesoscale systems.
MaterialsViews Interviews: Paolo Samorì
Paolo Samori talks about his recent book Functional Supramolecular Architectures and gives his “insider advice” for scientists.
Russian Diamonds: Nanodiamonds with Valuable Flaws
Russian scientists have made nanodiamonds with a higher concentration of nitrogen vacancy centers, with a better efficiency than was previously possible.
Microelectromechanical Switch-On: Carbon Nanotube Switches
Korean researchers make a tiny switch from carbon nanotubes.
Microelectronics from MOFs: Single Crystal Microstructuring
Conductive metallic 3D nanostructures can be made inside a single crystal of a photocatalytically active metal-organic framework, say Belgian scientists.