Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies showcases a portfolio of products at the 2012 Battery Show in Novi, Mich.

Polymer composites reinforced with single-walled carbon nanotubes
CAS researchers report an improved method to fabricate Cu/SWCNT/Cu sandwich-type laminated nanocomposites.

The bobtail squid: a natural diffraction grating
American scientists have harnessed the Hawaiian bobtail squid’s ability to modulate color.
NKT Photonics wins 2012 Pasteur Award for new super-laser
NKT Photonics’ Project Manager Lasse Leick has received the 2012 Pasteur Award.

Simulating carbon nanotube yarn for stronger, tougher materials
Researchers have combined nanomechanical shear experiments with multiscale simulations to try to understand the interactions between bare carbon nanotubes.

Blood Capillary Analogs for In Vitro Drug Testing
Blood capillary analogues have been developed in a biodegradable hydrogel as a promising platform for in vitro drug testing.

Plasmonic biosensors with artificial antibodies
Researchers use molecular imprinting to develop a highly sensitive and selective nanorod biosensor with artificial antibodies.

Tuning high quantum efficiency in light-emitting organic materials
Researchers demonstrate that the fluorescence of PDPA in solid film can be tuned by copolymerization of monomers with different alkyl side chain lengths.

New avenue to integrated fiber technology
Researchers have given an overview of the principal inscription techniques and physical properties of fs pulse written in-fiber gratings for fiber optics.

Photoresponsive Azobenzene Block Copolymers: Novel Storage Materials for Rewritable Media
Block copolymers based on azobenzene-containing homo-polyesters have been investigated for use in future data storage technology.