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

Advanced Materials Top 40 for November 6th 2012
Polymers, solar cells, and graphene – this and more in the Advanced Materials Top 40 this week.

Nature’s Nanomaterials – To Be or Not to Be Bioinspired?
How much does materials science stand to gain from Nature? Professor Ozin gives his take on the progress of biomimetics.

Enzymes Dig Channels: Bio-Etching for Nanostructured Surfaces
Enzymatic etching used to build nano- and microscale surface topologies.

Space technology for old buildings
New Aerogel-based plaster developed by Empa and Fixit AG provides better insulation.

Advanced Energy Materials Top 40 for August 22, 2012
This week’s top three are all newcomers to the Advanced Energy Materials Top 40 table.

Olympic Build: Engineering the Games
What goes into building an Olympic stadium? The London experience of industry specialists provides some answers…

Advanced Materials Top 40 for August 16, 2012
Aerographite continues to dominate the Advanced Materials top 40 as it goes into its record-breaking 3rd week at number 1.

Advanced Energy Materials Top 40 for August 10, 2012
René Janssen, Paul Blom, Jan Hummelen and collaborators top the inaugural Advanced Energy Materials Top 40.

Approaching an Organic Semi-metal
Zwitterion films with a significant bandwidth in the intermolecular band dispersion show evidence of electron pockets at the Fermi Level.