Luo and Lloyd, using molecular dynamics simulations, have investigated methods to increase the thermal conductivity of polymeric nanocomposites.
Chiral Generators: Making Plasmonics Twist
A new chiral material demonstrates a highly efficient optical response.
Building Artificial Brains: Nanotechology to Mimic Synapses
A new nanodevice has been developed, intended to reproduce the behaviour of a human synapse.
Precision Matters: Measuring Young’s Modulus
Clamping down a nanowire with a different material allows researchers to make more precise measurements of the nanowire’s Young’s modulus.
Eggs on Stalks: Biomimetics Could Make Synthetic Silk
Researchers imitate the egg stalks of lacewings to develop new material.
Rapid Microfluidic Sorting for On-chip Capture and Analysis of Single Cells
On-chip culturing and molecular profiling of captured cancer cells using a low-cost, rapid microfluidic cell sorter device
Latest physica status solidi article highlights (May 2012)
Latest physica status solidi article highlights (May 2012)
Comparing MRI Contrasts
Gossuin, Sandre, et al. describe the design of magnetic nanoparticles with optimised relaxivity for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and CalCEF Galvanize California's Battery Industry
New partnership, CalCharge, to foster California’s blossoming battery innovation ecosystem.
Most accessed papers in physica status solidi for April 2012
Magnetic recording, solid state lighting, graphene – the most downloaded pss articles from April.










