Materials chemistry news, January 2016

Cell-free protein synthesis from a small device

Cell-free protein synthesis for on-demand therapeutic proteins.

Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Magnetism now published

Controlling semiconductor electrons in 2D material

manipulating electrons in thin semiconductors by confining them in device made from 2D material

Metasurfaces developed for infrared emitters

Encoding images in infrared signals.

Optoelectronic microprocessors that use light to move data

optoelectronic microprocessors using light to move information

Congratulations to editors in the 'World's Most Influential Scientific Minds 2015' listing

Congratulations to our editors listed in Thomson Reuters 'World's Most Influential Scientific Minds 2015'.

Special Issue Announcement: Planar fully-depleted SOI technology

Frans Habraken Best Paper Award 2016 - call for papers

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Introducing new journal : Bioprinting

Explosive new method for producing conductive inks

Copper alloy nanoparticles can be used to produce affordable conductive inks with high oxidation resistance.

Carbon nanostructures from organic polymers and metals

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

New electrolyte coating enhances solid-state lithium-ion batteries

A new way to produce solid-state lithium-ion batteries involves melting the solid electrolyte and then coating it onto the battery electrodes.

Polymer and glass produce novel solid-state battery

A novel solid electrolyte for lithium batteries made from polymer and glass overcomes many of the problems that plague other solid electrolytes.

Low-cost materials produce cheap flow battery

Through its use of low-cost materials, a new flow battery technology is projected to cost 60% less than today's standard flow batteries.

Scientists create new generation of synthetic bone grafts

A new type of synthetic bone graft can boost the body’s own ability to regenerate bone tissue and could produce better outcomes for patients.

Faster AFM brings real-time video

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

New process creates silica compounds from rice waste

Scientists have developed a new process that can produce silica compounds from the hulls left over from processing rice.

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.

New foam improves firefighting capabilities

New firefighting foam based on silica nanoparticles.

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.

Reviews of current advances in graphene science and technology - Special issue

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Ice explorers in Tibet use chemistry to gaze into the past