Top 10 Materials News from October 2013

1 November 2013 | Zara Preston

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1.	The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013
2.	3D printing - the greener choice
3.	Atom-thick carbyne chains may be strongest material ever
4.	Why lithium-ion-batteries fail
5.	Defining the Graphene Family Tree
6.	The Nobel Prize in Physics 2013
7.	Major leap towards graphene for solar cells
8.	Graphene enhanced a polymer material keeps gasses in check
9.	Novel ways bubbles form in foam
10.	A 'spectral fingerprint'

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