Materials Sciences
Materials management deals with the research, development, manufacturing and processing of raw and industrial materials. Key aspects here are biological and medical issues, which play an increasingly important role in this field.
innovations-report offers in-depth articles related to the development and application of materials and the structure and properties of new materials.
A necklace of fractional vortices
“Symmetries are an important aspect when describing nature”, says Mikael Fogelström, who is a professor of theoretical physics at Chalmers University of…
Semiconductor nanoparticles show high luminescence in a polymer matrix
Semiconductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots (QDs) are increasingly being used as photoluminescent materials in bio-imaging, photonics, and optoelectronic…
Physicists map the strain, pixel by pixel, in wonder material graphene
Using Raman spectroscopy and statistical analysis, the group succeeded in taking nanoscale measurements of the strain present at each pixel on the material's…
Biomimetic dental prosthesis
There are few tougher, more durable structures in nature than teeth or seashells. The secret of these materials lies in their unique fine structure: they are…
Discovery of a New Photonic Crystal where Light Propagates through the Surface without being Scattered
Achievable Even by Silicone Alone; Developments of New Functions through Integration with Semiconductor Electronics
Discovery of the redox-switch of a key enzyme involved in n-butanol biosynthesis
Biological n-butanol production was first reported by Louis Pasteur in 1861, and the bioprocess was industrialized using Clostridium acetobutylicum. The…