Materials comment, July 2014

Single-shot forward and inverse hierarchical architected materials design for nonlinear mechanical properties using an Attention-Diffusion model

Graphene oxide improves barrier properties of biodegradable composites

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Quantum leap for new superconducting diode

By forming Josephson junctions between layers of semiconductors and superconductors, researchers have developed a superconducting diode.

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The circle of life told in waterfalls, iron oxide, paints and junipers

Beyond bottom-up carbon nanodots

carbon nanodots are a new exciting class of metal-free and carbon-rich fluorescent nanomaterials