Bio-based plastic packaging produced using the new technique also offers superior quality.
How transparent is graphene?
MIT researchers find that adding a coating of graphene has little effect on how a surface interacts with liquids – except in extreme cases.
Nantero Closes an Over $10 Million Series D Financing Round
Nantero, Inc., the company pioneering the use of nanotubes in new semiconductor devices, has announced the closing of an over $10 million financing round.
Improved materials for all-optical signal processing
Alex Jen and co-workers publish work describing a new series of anionic polymethine dyes, designed for application in improved guest-host materials.
AAAS Recognizes Stanford Professor for Printed and Flexible Materials Work
Professor Zhenan Bao named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
AAAS Honors Nano-Photonics Expert Shawn Yu-Lin
Nano-photonics expert Shawn Yu-Lin has been selected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
AAAS Recognizes North Carolina State University Professor for Nanotechnology Work
Dr. Yuntian T. Zhu, Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University, has been named a Fellow of the AAAS.
James’ bond: A graphene/nanotube hybrid
Rice University’s James Tour Group creates single-surface material for energy storage, electronics.
Dr. Karl Mayrhofer, MPI Düsseldorf, wins German state innovation award
Dr. Mayrhofer, head of the electrocatalysis group at Düsseldorf’s Max Planck Institute for Iron Research, has been awarded a young researchers prize.
Green Economy and Bio-Based Plastics
Rolf Mülhaupt investigates the dreams and reality of “green polymer chemistry”.










