Surface science news, April 2014

Feng Xinde Polymer Prize winners announced

Nanocrystalline cellulose for viral inhibitor

Researchers have succeeded in creating a surface on nano-sized cellulose crystals that imitates a biological structure.

Element Hitchin develops flaw-detecting equipment for thermoplastic composite pipe

Materials testing laboratory Element Hitchin, UK, has designed equipment to detect flaws in thermoplastic composite pipes for the oil and gas sector during

Sunlight generates hydrogen in new porous silicon

Porous silicon manufactured in a bottom up procedure using solar energy can be used to generate hydrogen from water.

A new ozone sensor

A research group has reported, for the first time, gas detection properties in nanorods of silver tungstate in its alpha phase (α-Ag2WO4).

Top 10 Materials News from March 2014

Take a look at the most popular news stories in materials science during March 2014.