Top 10 Materials News from September 2014

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.

3D double-faced interlock fabric triboelectric nanogenerator for bio-motion energy harvesting and as self-powered stretching and 3D tactile sensors

Strain forces diamond needles to alter their electronic properties

Applying strain to tiny needles of diamond can transform their electronic properties from insulating, through semiconducting, to highly conductive.

Washable, stretchable, and reusable core–shell metal nanowire network-based electronics on a breathable polymer nanomesh substrate

Screen printing wearable electronics for the good of our health

Electrode screen-printing process for health monitoring

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

Diffusion-induced stress optimization by boosted surface Li-concentration for single-crystal Ni-rich layered cathodes

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.