Researchs integrate vanadium oxide onto a silicon chip, paving the way for multifunctional spintronic smart sensors and next-generation spintronic devices.


BASF inaugurates battery research centre in Japan
BASF inaugurated its Research and Development Laboratory and Application Technology Center for Battery Materials in Amagasaki, Japan on Wednesday the 5th.

A new class of graphene-based electronics?
Using electrons more like photons could provide the foundation for a new type of electronic device.

Researchers capture photoactivation at the single-cell level
G. Han and co-workers have reported real-time recording of tuned upconversion nanoparticles mediating rapid photoactivation down to just a few cells.

Integrating electronics with cells to detect bacteria
Device made of organic transistor integrated with a human intestinal cell-line successfully detects Salmonella typhimurium.

Book review: Handbook of Biodegradable Polymers
Seema Agarwal (Universität Bayreuth) reviews the Handbook of Biodegradable Polymers: Isolation, Synthesis, Characterization and Applications.

Book review: Fundamental Principles of Polymeric Materials, 3rd Edition
Michael R. Buchmeiser, Professor of Macromolecular Compounds and Fiber Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart, reviews the latest edition of this book.

AERO: a new method for creating metal foams
A new method for creating a high degree of porosity within powder particles has been reported by US-based scientists.

Book review: Nanotechnology for the Energy Challenge
Markku Leskelä, of the Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland provides another review for Nanotechnology for the Energy Challenge.

Book review: Biopolymer Composites
Marisa Masumi Beppu, University of Campinas SP, Brazil reviews Biopolymer Nanocomposites: Processing, Properties, and Application.