Top 10 Materials News from May 2015

New textured surface helps to stop foam from forming

Novel bubble-attracting sheets of specially textured mesh can make bubbles collapse as fast as they form, reducing the build-up of foam.

Materials Today Editorial Update

Transparent, conductive polymer benefits from a bit of order

Depositing an organic polymer as highly aligned crystals produces a transparent, flexible coating with high electrical conductivity.

Percutaneous implantation of ethanol fueled catalytic hydrogel suppresses tumor growth by triggering ferroptosis

One-dimensional van der Waals quantum materials

Progress in solvent-free dry-film technology for batteries and supercapacitors

Reaching near-theoretical strength by achieving quasi-homogenous surface dislocation nucleation in MgO particles

Glass electrode provides window on all-solid sodium batteries

Researchers have developed an oxysulfide glass electrolyte for use in ambient-temperature solid-state sodium-sulfur batteries.