Researchers are aiming to develop a new class of materials with remarkable properties using one atom-thick substances such as graphene in a new collaborative project.
Metamaterials experts develops method to reduce electron mass
Researchers have come up with a theory for moving metamaterial patterning onto the quantum scale.

Where Materials Scientists Meet – the 2012 MRS Fall Meeting
The 2012 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS) took place in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, from November 25 to November 30.

Advanced Optical Materials Issue 4
Issue 4 of Advanced Optical Materials covers optical cloaking, holography, lithography, and more. All articles are free to read.

Most accessed papers in physica status solidi for September 2012
Most downloaded papers from the physica status, including as the ‘pss classic’ on amorphous germanium by Jan Tauc from 1966 and much more.

Advanced Materials Top 40 for November 6th 2012
Polymers, solar cells, and graphene – this and more in the Advanced Materials Top 40 this week.

Most accessed papers in physica status solidi for August 2012
The most downloaded papers from the the pss family, spanning hot subject areas such as organic and inorganic semiconductor systems.
Most accessed papers in physica status solidi for July 2012
Most downloaded papers from the physica status solidi family spanning subjects such as organic semiconductor interfaces by Norbert Koch and much more.

24th International Liquid Crystal Conference held in Mainz, Germany
The 24th International Liquid Crystal Conference was held on August 19th–24th in Mainz, Germany.

Nanochemistry Prescience?
Professor Ozin looks back at the predictions for the field of nanochemistry he made 20 years ago; where has nanotechnology gone since?