Materials chemistry comment, February 2013

Ionic liquids make colorful change to laser light

Researchers have shown that shining a laser through a tube filled with a particular ionic liquid can downshift the laser’s energy and change its color.

Novel electrochemical transistor makes a stand

Researchers have developed an electrochemical transistor based on a new kind of electronic polymer and a vertical, instead of planar, architecture.

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

Seaweed molecules successful in synthetic vascular grafts

Synthetic vascular grafts improved by seaweed molecule

Supercapacitor carbons