Materials news, March 2013

New appointments to Umicore board

Barbara Kux and Frans van Daele have been nominated to join Umicore’s Board of Directors.

Bulk silicon to emit visible light

Solar cells, from trees?

Nanowire solar cells raise efficiency limit

Metamaterials show giant photonic spin Hall effect

Carbon nanotube quantum computing

New technique may sharpen microscope images

Innovative technique in DNA nanotechnology

Fantastic flash memory

Thin film solar catalysts

Resonant optical tweezers in photonic crystal cavities

Laser-like photons

Polymer sandwich traps light

Sandvik opens R&D centre in Zhenjiang

Sandvik has made plans to open a R&D centre next to its manufacturing facilities in Zhenjiang, China.

BASF establishes battery R&D lab in Japan

BASF plans to open a new R&D laboratory and application technology centre for battery materials in Amagasaki, Japan.

New microscope could be vital for spintronics

Quantum vibration sensor

Flexible biomimetic mineral

Metasurfaces promise new optical technologies

Mechanical micro-drum used as quantum memory

Micro-endoscopy

Surprising control over photoelectrons

Stronger, lightweight magnesium alloys

Novel technique for chemical identification at the nanoscale

Biological tooth replacement

Illuminating fractures

Bioelectronics—Materials, Interfaces, and Applications Awards

Breakthrough promises significantly more efficient solar cells

Going mobile

A practical, high-efficiency nanostructured electron source

More effective carbon capture

Say hello to energy-momentum spectroscopy

Theory could help prevent Li-ion battery failure

Webinar on heterogeneous catalysis in association with FEI

Pushing the bounds of superconductivity

Pour, shake and stir the diagnostic cocktail

Lipid nanoparticles may be ideal for delivering genes and drugs

Connecting the (quantum) dots

Brittle or ductile

The mystery of the 1/f noise

Rectenna fabrication

New technique for creating high-density ceramics

Top 10 Materials News from February 2013