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

    Top 10 Materials News from May 2014

    2 June 2014 | Zara Preston

    Click on each title to read the best news items:

    1. Stacking graphene sheets
    2. High conductivity composite thanks to ‘fuzzy’ carbon fibre
    3. Silk fibers come on strong in composites
    4. Rare 3D shape made from rubber bands
    5. New graphene-type material created
    6. A new quantum effect?
    7. Droplet lens turns smart phones into microscopes
    8. Ultra-small crystals with modulated shell thickness
    9. Silly putty material inspires better batteries
    10. Modifying graphene boron nitride structures with light


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