Computation and theory news, January 2016

Introducing new journal : Bioprinting

Carbon nanostructures from organic polymers and metals

Depositing organic polymers on a metal substrate offers a new way to fabricate atomically-controlled carbon nanostructures.

Moth eyes spy novel antireflective coating

Monolayers of hollow carbon spheres can make a novel, low-cost, ultra-lightweight antireflective coating for microwave radiation.

New technique listens in to phase changes

A new non-destructive technique can investigate phase changes in crystalline materials by monitoring acoustic responses at the nanoscale.

Boron nitride beats carbon in nanocomposite strength test

Boron nitride nanotubes produce strong polymer composites than carbon nanotubes.

Faster AFM brings real-time video

New faster high-res AFM that can take real-time videos.

Scientists create atomically-thin boron for first time

Scientists have created a two-dimensional sheet of boron, analogous to graphene, which they term borophene.

Composite material that reacts to heat and light

Modeling shows hybrid material that responds to different stimuli.

Graphene nanoribbons go metal at precise widths

Scientists have experimentally confirmed that graphene nanoribbons with certain precise widths are metallic rather than semiconducting.

Correlated metals could produce transparently cheaper displays

Thin films of correlated metals such as strontium vanadate are both highly transparent and electrically conductive.