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Advanced Materials Top 40 for July 19, 2012
Work on the synthesis of Aerographite, a new type of ultra-lightweight material, moves up five places to number 1 in this week’s Advanced Materials top 40.
Micro-Supercapacitors with Graphene/Nanotube Electrodes
Researchers at Florida International University develope micro-supercapacitors with exceptional high performance and frequency response.
Platinum might not be the right thing for fuel cells – is there a better catalyst?
A researcher has argued that fuel cells are inefficient because they’re using the wrong catalyst material.
Book Review: Bulk Nanostructured Materials
Professor Jürgen Eckert gives his view on Bulk Nanostructured Materials, edited by Michael J. Zehetbauer and Yuntian Theodore Zhu.
MaterialsViews Weekly Roundup
This week on MaterialsViews – the top articles you might have missed.
Book Review: Introduction to Nanomaterials and Devices
Professor Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh, Associate Professor, RMIT University, is pleasantly surprised by Introduction to Nanomaterials and Devices.
Barriers and Channels Formed by Tight Junction Proteins I
Tight junctions between epithelial and endothelial cells form selective barriers and paracellular channels and regulate paracellular transport of solutes, immune cells, and drugs. More specifically, tight junctions consist of proteins that laterally...
Advanced Materials Top 40 for July 11, 2012
Sun and Ruoff go straight in at number one this week, with their new method for casting graphene structures.
Javier Pérez-Ramírez Awarded Otto Roelen Medal 2012
The Otto Roelen Medal 2012 has been awarded to Prof. Javier Pérez-Ramírez from the ETH Zurich.