MarkForged have introduced the Mark One 3D printer, which can print parts from continuous carbon fibers.
Conductive coatings for flexible touchscreens
Researchers adapt mobile phones and smart phones to the carrying habits of their users.
Multiscale modelling methods as a new design tool
This themed issue of Steel Research International is dedicated to multiscale modelling methods as a new design tool for processes and materials.
Most accessed papers in physica status solidi for April 2014
We present the most downloaded papers of the pss journal family from April 2014.
PDMS/nanotube transducer converts terahertz radiation to sound
Heat-based carbon nanotube/PDMS sensor developed at University of Michigan could detect terahertz radiation in real-time.
Improved early detection of esophagus dysplasia
A novel screening approach for discriminating dysplasia from metaplasia in Barrett’s Esophagus using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy.
Advances and Advantages of Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization
A recent special issue of Polymer International focuses on the progress of atom-transfer radical polymerization.
Patterning silk microstructures with photolithography
Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University have found a way to fabricate precise, biocompatible architectures of silk proteins at the microscale.
Designing metamaterials with genetic algorithms
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.