Headlines from the last seven days of materials science industry news.
Technology
Drawing chemical sensors on paper with a flexible toy pencil
Research team at Northwestern University show that chemical sensors capable of detecting toxic vapors can be drawn with a toy pencil on paper.
iCVD: a versatile technique for surface science
Initiator chemical vapour deposition (iCVD) is an elegant and versatile technique with applications ranging from biotechnology to microelectronics.
Not just skin-deep: Water oxidation by amorphous cobalt-based oxides
Amorphous cobalt-based oxides show catalytic activity in the bulk of the film, not just at the interface with the electrolyte.
Converting carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals
ThyssenKrupp initiates project to convert process gases from steel production into base chemicals.
Tires made from flowers
Continental and Fraunhofer join forces to develop rubber made from dandelion plants for tire production.
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.
Mass production of polymer-nanotube composite fibers
Mass production of polymer-nanotube composite fibers using FibeRio forcespinning technology for cheap and strong carbon fibers.
Researchers discover mechanism for reversible nanowire deformation
In situ studies of deformation in metal nanowires have yielded interesting new deformation mechanisms.
Controlling light with light
A new approach to control light with light without the need for optical nonlinearity has been suggested by a Russian-British research group.
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