December 21, 2012
Published in Applied Physics Letters
A study of the growth conditions of oxide thin films leads to the production of a transparent superconductor with a record transition temperature
Published in Nature Communications
Introducing porosity inside super-strong boron carbide ceramics enables these materials to bend, rather than break, during mechanical deformation
November 26, 2012
Published in Physical Review Letters
The partial crystallization of disordered metals under bending has now been explained
October 29, 2012
Published in Scientific Reports
Dye molecules that contaminate effluent streams can be efficiently degraded by metallic glass powders
Published in Lab on a Chip
A semi-natural hydrogel scaffold serves to create highly complex artificial tissues with long-term cell viability
September 24, 2012
Published in Nature Materials
High-resolution imaging of nanoporous gold reveals that ‘kinked’ surface defects are responsible for its high catalytic activity in carbon monoxide oxidation
August 27, 2012
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
A high-density electrochemical device has been developed to monitor and image stem cells in three-dimensional embryoid bodies
Published in Advanced Functional Materials
Microscopic patterns made of tiny drug-filled polymer spheres stimulate stem cell growth and differentiation for bone tissue repair
July 30, 2012
Published in Nano Letters
The finding that a spin effect — important in spintronics — can be present at both sides of a thin metal film suggests a route to a tunable source of spin-polarized electrons
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
A state-of-the-art technique that enables simultaneous topographical and electrochemical imaging of interfaces creates new opportunities for the chemical mapping of living cells
June 25, 2012
A new calculational approach predicts that charges trapped in simple and common three-dimensional bulk oxides are restricted to two-dimensional sheets
A cost-effective method for creating metallic powders helps to accelerate the production of metallic glass nanowires
May 28, 2012
Tuning the composition of a topological insulator material has allowed scientists to control its intriguing surface properties while preventing current from leaking through the bulk
April 30, 2012
Published in Macromolecules
Probing the surface properties of polymers could help to bridge the gap between their macroscale properties and their nanoscale structure
A combined experimental and theoretical study reveals a hybrid structure for metal–metalloid bulk metallic glasses that reconciles previously contradicting observations
March 26, 2012
Optimized cell performance is achieved through controlling the physicochemical properties of graphene oxide, leading to intriguing perspectives for bio-applications
February 27, 2012
Published in Nature
Understanding the basis of atomic defects and impurities offers greater insight into the relationship between the structure and properties of materials
Published in Nature Physics
The potential of electron surface states of topological insulators has now been considerably enhanced by the discovery of surface states with a gap in their energy spectrum
January 30, 2012
Molecular layers can strongly affect the magnetic properties of cobalt films through interface effects
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