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    Home » Materials chemistry » News » Top 10 Materials News from July 2014

    Top 10 Materials News from July 2014

    1 August 2014 | Zara Preston

    Click on each title to read the best news items:

    1. Bones and bamboo inspire tougher metal materials
    2. Large area metal foams for energy applications
    3. Aerogels for insulation: it’s all about particle size
    4. Graphene production goes green
    5. Nanorods that can magnetically control liquid crystals
    6. The cheap, clean, and rechargeable organic battery
    7. Quantum graphene
    8. Roll-to-roll synthesis of CNT supercapacitor electrodes
    9. New nanoparticles suspension imaging technique
    10. Understanding graphene’s electrical properties on an atomic level


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