Top Ten: News from July 2012

Strain forces diamond needles to alter their electronic properties

Applying strain to tiny needles of diamond can transform their electronic properties from insulating, through semiconducting, to highly conductive.

Latest carbon nanotube fibers are strongest and most conductive yet

Using a wet spinning process, researchers have produced carbon nanotube fibers that are stronger than Kevlar and almost as conductive as copper.

Paper-based thermoelectric promises easy heat recovery

thermoelectric generators based on cellulose paper and thin layers of non-toxic metals promise a cheap and eco-friendly means of heat recovery

Steering rigidified nonplanar conjugation based perylene diimide supramolecular for enhancing photocatalytic activity

Old approach promises new self-healing composites

self-sensing, self-healing composite could extend the life of composites used in transport and renewable energy applications

Materials Today Innovation Award 2023

Announcement of 2019 Materials Today Agents of Change Award Recipients

Introducing C phase in additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V: A new oxygen-stabilized face-centred cubic solid solution with improved mechanical properties