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Startups in materials science: interview with Luc Scheres
We talk to Dr. Luc Scheres, CEO of Surfix BV, about issues with company startups, techniques in Surfix, and much more.
Low-Dimensional Carbon Materials
This special issue on low-dimensional carbon materials for Small is dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Center for Nanochemistry at Peking University.
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Researchers have fabricated arrays of piezotronic transistors capable of converting mechanical motion directly into electronic controlling signals.
Spotlight on Polymer Chemistry, May 2013
The Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry highlights some important research in the latest issue.
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Discovery comes as researchers set out to grow nanowires of a compound semiconductor on top of a sheet of graphene.
Zinc oxide can be used for UV lasers, LEDs
Researchers have solved a long-standing materials science problem, making it possible to create new semiconductor devices using zinc oxide.
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Pharmaco-Kinesis Corporation have announced their first commercialized offering, the first-generation Nano-Impedance Biosensor (NIB).
New microbatteries are the most powerful on the planet
Technology out-powers even the best supercapacitors and could drive new applications in radio communications and compact electronics.
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