Surface science news, November 2017

Wrinkled junctions take the heat in pillared graphene

Manipulating the joints between the nanotubes and graphene sheets in pillared graphene has a significant impact on the material's ability to direct heat.

Heat and chemicals bring different atoms to perovskite surface

Treating a perovoskite catalyst with heat or chemicals causes different atoms to segregate on the surface and catalyse different reactions.

Technique probes atom-thin materials for hydrogen production

Microchip improves our understanding of the process of extracting hydrogen from water.

New microscopy technique puts topological insulators in a spin

A new microscopy method can measure the behavior and properties of electrons flowing across the surface of topological insulators.

Ali Khademhosseini, recipient of the 2018 Acta Biomaterialia Silver Medal

Jeffrey Hubbell, recipient of the 2018 Acta Biomaterialia Gold Medal

Nikhilesh Chawla, recipient of the 2018 Acta Materialia Silver Medal

Subhash Mahajan, recipient of 2018 Acta Materialia Gold Medal

New stretchable material inspired by octopus camouflage

How cephalopods control their texture influences new stretchable material.