A novel drilling procedure fragments rock with a high-voltage impulse that enables up to 30% lower drilling costs.
Advanced Optical Materials – November Issue Covers
Check out the articles highlighted on the covers of the latest issue of Advanced Optical Materials.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – December 2015
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Black Phosphorus Composites for Pulsed Lasing
Black phosphorus encapsulated in a transparent polymer matrix is applied as a nonlinear absorber material for pulse generation in optical fiber lasers.
Boeing develop lightest ever material
Boing created an open cellular polymer structure to build lighter aircrafts and save fuel.
ESCARGOT: A New Approach for Microfluidic Devices
Scientists based in the Netherlands and Spain have recently developed a two-step printed scaffold-removal method to fabricate intricate microfluidic devices.
Turning coke oven gas into baking powder
ThyssenKrupp and TU Berlin develop a process for eco-friendly conversion of process gases.
Porous molybdenum-based nanocomposites for efficient hydrogen evolution
Researchers develop nanoscale materials that can improve the activities and stabilities of HER catalysts.
Nanotechnology is fighting breast cancer
A new review in Advanced Science summarizes new nanotechnology-based potential diagnosis and treatment methods for triple negative breast cancer.
Robot grippers that can mimic human hand function
Swiss researchers have used polymer actuators to create a two-fingered robotic gripper that can pick up objects of arbitrary shape, weight or deformability.