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Environmental implications of Geopolymers

Environmental benefits and impact (LCA) of Geopolymers: Not only cement and away from alkali-activated materials.

29 June 2015Joseph Davidovits

Phase transformation behavior of cold rolled 0.1C–5Mn steel during heating process studied by differential scanning calorimetry

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23 June 2015Jun Hu, Wenquan Cao, Cunyu Wang, Han Dong, Jian Li

Evaluation of aluminosilicate glass sintering during differential scanning calorimetry

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23 June 2015J.P. Souza, J.R. Martinelli

How does a polymer chain pass through a cylindrical pore under an elongational flow field?

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16 June 2015Lianwei Li, Qianjin Chen, Fan Jin, Chi Wu

Different routes to turn chitin into stunning nano-objects

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16 June 2015Asier M. Salaberria, Jalel Labidi, Susana C.M. Fernandes

After soft tissues, bone, drug delivery and packaging, PLA aims at blood

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16 June 2015Michel Vert

Vanillin, a key-intermediate of biobased polymers

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16 June 2015Maxence Fache, Bernard Boutevin, Sylvain Caillol

Stimuli-responsive conjugated rod-coil block copolymers: Synthesis, morphology, and applications

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16 June 2015Wen-Chung Wu, Ching-Yi Chen, Wen-Ya Lee, Wen-Chang Chen

Synthesis of well-defined protein–polymer conjugates for biomedicine

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16 June 2015Wenguo Zhao, Fei Liu, Yue Chen, Jing Bai, Weiping Gao

Single-chain polymer nanoparticles: Mimic the proteins

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16 June 2015Meng Huo, Niejun Wang, Tommy Fang, Mengzhen Sun, Yen Wei, Jinying Yuan

Novel optical design of field emission SEMs

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29 May 2015Markus Boese, Sabine Lenz, Luyang Han, Christian Dietl, Stefan Meyer, Volker Drexler, Björn Gamm

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The potential of label-free nonlinear optical molecular microscopy to non-invasively characterize the viability of engineered human tissue constructs

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29 May 2015Leng-Chun Chen, William R. Lloyd, Shiuhyang Kuo, Hyungjin Myra Kim, Cynthia L. Marcelo, Stephen E. Feinberg, Mary-Ann Mycek

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Ultrafast pump-probe microscopy reveals the mechanism of selective fs laser structuring of transparent thin films for maskless micropatterning

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29 May 2015Stephan Rapp, Janosch Rosenberger, Matthias Domke, Gerhard Heise, Heinz P. Huber, Michael Schmidt

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Atomic-scale analysis of carbon partitioning between martensite and austenite by atom probe tomography and correlative transmission electron microscopy

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28 May 2015Yuki Toji, Hiroshi Matsuda, Michael Herbig, Pyuck-Pa Choi, Dierk Raabe

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Characterizing deformed ultrafine-grained and nanocrystalline materials using transmission Kikuchi diffraction in a scanning electron microscope

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28 May 2015Patrick W. Trimby, Yang Cao, Zibin Chen, Shuang Han, Kevin J. Hemker, Jianshe Lian, Xiaozhou Liao, Paul Rottmann, Saritha Samudrala, Jingli Sun, Jing Tao Wang, John Wheeler, Julie M. Cairney

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Microstructural analysis of TRISO particles using multi-scale X-ray computed tomography

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28 May 2015T. Lowe, R.S. Bradley, S. Yue, K. Barii, J. Gelb, N. Rohbeck, J. Turner, P.J. Withers

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Helium ion microscopy based wall thickness and surface roughness analysis of polymer foams obtained from high internal phase emulsion

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28 May 2015C. Rodenburg P. Viswanathan, M.A.E. Jepson, X. Liu, G. Battagliae

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Sub-micron resolution selected area electron channeling patterns

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28 May 2015J. Guyon, H. Mansour, N. Gey, M.A. Crimp, S. Chalal, N. Maloufi

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Doping of TIPS-pentacene via Focused Ion Beam (FIB) exposure

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27 May 2015Rebecca Saive, Lars Mueller, Eric Mankel, Wolfgang Kowalsky, Michael Kroeger

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Design tools for interdisciplinary translation of material experiences

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21 May 2015Sarah Wilkes, Supinya Wongsriruksa, Philip Howes, Richard Gamester, Harry Witchel, Martin Conreen, Zoe Laughlin, Mark Miodownik

Special issue on metal-organic frameworks for emerging chemical technologies

New special issue from the journal Chemical Engineering Science.

12 May 2015Sankar Nair, Jorge Gascon, Zhiping Lai

Characterization of lubricants for research and development, quality control and application engineering

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11 May 2015

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Design of block copolymer micelles via crystallization

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7 May 2015Jérôme J. Crassous, Peter Schurtenberger, Matthias Ballauff, Adriana M. Mihut

Hydrogen yields from water on the surface of plutonium dioxide

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1 May 2015Howard E. Sims, Kevin J. Webb, Jamie Brown, Darrell Morris, Robin J. Taylor

Controlling macromolecular structures towards effective antimicrobial polymers

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1 May 2015Mitra S. Ganewatta, Chuanbing Tang

Nanocomposite nanofibers resembling a nano razor structure

The winning cover image of Volume 9, Issue 6 on Nano Today.

8 April 2015Shahin Homaeigohar and Mady Elbahri

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Characterization of XVIIIth century earthen mortars from Cremona (Northern Italy): Insights on a manufacturing tradition

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7 April 2015Michela Cantù, Fabio Giacometti, Angelo G. Landi, Maria Pia Riccardi, Serena Chiara Tarantino, Alberto Grimoldi

Webinar Q&A: Past, present and future - the evolution of x-ray analysis

Q&A of the very popular webinar from Edax: Past, present and future - the evolution of x-ray analysis.

11 March 2015Zara Preston

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A possible scalable method for the synthesis of Sn-containing carbon nanostructures

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4 March 2015Ali Reza Kamali, Derek J. Fray

Functional mikto-arm star terpolymers by an association-and-reaction strategy

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4 March 2015Heng Hu, Guojun Liu

Free radical induced graft copolymerization of ethyl acrylate onto SOY for multifunctional materials

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4 March 2015Vijay Kumar Thakur, Michael R. Kessler

Strain-dependent dynamic mechanical properties of Kevlar to failure: Structural correlations and comparisons to other polymers

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4 March 2015Shilpa N. Raja Sandip Basu, Aditya M. Limaye, Turner J. Anderson, Christina M. Hyland, Liwei Lin, A. Paul Alivisatos, Robert O. Ritchie

Effect of TiO2 content on the crystallization and the color of (ZrO2,TiO2)-doped Li2O–Al2O3–SiO2 glasses

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2 March 2015M. Chavoutier, D. Caurant, O. Majérus, R. Boulesteix, P. Loiseau, C. Jousseaume, E. Brunet, E. Lecomte

Conventional- and microwave-hydrothermal synthesis of LiMn2O4: Effect of synthesis on electrochemical energy storage performances

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2 March 2015Kunfeng Chen, Ailaura C. Donahoe, Young Dong Noh, Keyan Li, Sridhar Komarneni, Dongfeng Xue

Effect of grain size on the energy storage properties of (Ba0.4Sr0.6)TiO3 paraelectric ceramics

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2 March 2015Zhe Song, Hanxing Liu, Shujun Zhang, Zhijian Wang, Yatong Shi, Hua Hao, Minghe Cao, Zhonghua Yao, Zhiyong Yu

A simple microwave-assisted combustion synthesis and structural, optical and magnetic characterization of ZnO nanoplatelets

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2 March 2015Yüksel Köseoğlu

Unique electromagnetic properties of the zinc ferrite nanofiber

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2 March 2015Xiaogu Huang, Jing Zhang, Shaorong Xiao, Tianyi Sang, Guosheng Chen

Dielectric and piezoelectric properties and PTC behavior of Ba0.9Ca0.1Ti0.9Zr0.1O3−xLa ceramics prepared by hydrothermal method

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2 March 2015Zixiong Sun, Yongping Pu, Zijing Dong, Yao Hu, Xiaoyan Liu, Peikui Wang, Meng Ge

Rare-earth modified zirconium diboride high emissivity coatings for hypersonic applications

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2 March 2015Winnie Tan, Christopher A. Petorak, Rodney W. Trice

An extended hardness limit in bulk nanoceramics

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2 March 2015James A. Wollmershauser, Boris N. Feigelson, Edward P. Gorzkowski, Chase T. Ellis, Ramasis Goswami, Syed B. Qadri, Joseph G. Tischler, Fritz J. Kub, Richard K. Everett

Crystal structure and enhanced electromechanical properties of Aurivillius ferroelectric ceramics, Bi4Ti3−x(Mg1/3Nb2/3)xO12

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2 March 2015Changbai Long, Huiqing Fan, Mengmeng Li, Guangzhi Dong, Qiang Li

Plasma in spark plasma sintering of ceramic particle compacts

2 March 2015R. Marder, C. Estournès, G. Chevallier, R. Chaim

Stress, temperature and electric field effects in the lead-free (Ba,Ca)(Ti,Zr)O3 piezoelectric system

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2 March 2015Matthias C. Ehmkea, Florian H. Schader, Kyle G. Webber, Jürgen Rödel, John E. Blendell, Keith J. Bowman

Imaging collagen type I fibrillogenesis with high spatiotemporal resolution

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6 February 2015Dimitar R Stamov, Erik Stock, Clemens M Franz, Torsten Jähnke, Heiko Haschke

The history of biodegradable magnesium implants: A review

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27 January 2015Frank Witte

Review of bioactive glass: From Hench to hybrids

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27 January 2015Julian R. Jones

Self-assembling peptide amphiphile nanofiber matrices for cell entrapment

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27 January 2015Elia Beniash, Jeffery D. Hartgerink, Hannah Storrie, John C. Stendahl, Samuel I. Stupp

Biomechanics and biophysics of cancer cells

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27 January 2015Subra Suresh

Extracellular matrix as a biological scaffold material: Structure and function

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27 January 2015Stephen F. Badylak, Donald O. Freytes, Thomas W. Gilbert

Reducing porosity in AlSi10Mg parts processed by selective laser melting

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15 January 2015Nesma T. Aboulkhair, Nicola M. Everitt, Ian Ashcroft, Chris Tuck

A simple and effective method to ameliorate the interfacial properties of cellulosic fibre based bio-composites using poly (ethylene glycol) based amphiphiles

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14 January 2015Jeffrey S. Church, Andreea S. Voda, Alessandra Sutti, John George, Bronwyn L. Fox, Kevin Magniez

Systematic pseudopotentials from reference eigenvalue sets for DFT calculations

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14 January 2015Pablo Rivero, Víctor Manuel García-Suárez, David Pereñiguez, Kainen Utt, Yurong Yang, Laurent Bellaiche, Kyungwha Park, Jaime Ferrer, Salvador Barraza-Lopez

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