Recently popular articles from the physica status solidi family.

Most accessed papers in physica status solidi for July 2013
We present the most downloaded papers from the pss family of journals from July.

Advanced Materials Interfaces: new journal in 2014, now open for submissions!
A new journal from the Advanced Materials family covering all aspects of surface and interface science is launching in early 2014.

Magnetisation controlled at the picosecond level
A terahertz laser developed at the Paul Scherrer Institute makes it possible to control a material’s magnetisation at a timescale of picoseconds.

Raman spectroscopy pixel by pixel
Raman spectroscopy provides molecular specificity through spectrally-resolved measurement of the inelastic scattering under monochromatic excitation.

Porous microrobots born of lasers
Microrobots offer huge potential in medicine, particularly in the field of drug delivery.

Spotlight on Polymer Chemistry, Issue 17
The Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry highlights some important research in the latest issue.

Physics on its way to new horizons
Precision measurements at low energies play a central role in the paradigm shifts of modern physics.

How do nanoparticles help to cure cancer?
Physicists from the University of York have carried out new research into how the heating effect of an experimental cancer treatment works.

Nanotube carpets can detect broadband polarized light
Rice, Sandia team uses carbon nanotubes for polarized-light detection.