Free access to the latest special issue of the Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics, on polymer optics.
New cloaking device is battery powered
Proposed design uses an external source of energy to significantly broaden its bandwidth of operation.
Shrinking quantum dots improves charge transfer
Single-particle study identifies possible path to improved conversion of sunlight to electricity in photovoltaic devices.
100% stretchable graphene nanopaper
Researchers in Singapore have developed method to fabricate stretchable graphene nanopaper for use in strain detectors.
Getting under the skin: hydrogels for monitoring oxygen levels
Oxygen-responsive hydrogels for non-invasive subcutaneous oxygen monitoring is reported by Prof. Jon Lovell and co-workers at the University of Buffalo.
Laser as Sniffer Dog for Explosives
A new compact sensor system based on an LED pumped polymer laser detects explosive vapors quickly and sensitively.
Remotely Controlled Colloids, Interfaces, and Biosystems
The first topical Special Issue of Particle & Particle Systems Characterization – guest edited by Gleb Sukhorukov, Igor Luzinov, and Sergiy Minko.
Free-standing organometallic sheets and their multilayers on solid substrates
Free-standing organometallic sheets are prepared and used to create multilayer assemblies on square centimetre length scales on solid substrates.
September highlights from physica status solidi
Nanowires, solar cells, and silicene – these and more in September’s physics highlights.
Entering a new dimension: 4-D printing
$855,000 grant from will allow reseach team to develop 4D materials, which can exhibit behavior that changes over time.