Random access memory, plasmonic cloaking, photovoltaic cells, and much more – the most downloaded pss articles from March.
In-situ Electron Microscopy
The text begins with introductory material and the basics, before going on to cover the techniques needed to determine growth processes, melting, reactions, and doping as well as mechanical, magnetic, optical and electronic properties. A final section is...
CFD Modeling and Simulation in Materials Processing
This book deals with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling and simulation of materials processing. Papers discuss the modeling of multiscale and multiphase phenomena in material processing systems. The book focuses on the CFD modeling and simulation of...
Polymers for Electricity and Electronics
This book introduces readers to the fundamentals, basic principles, properties, and applications of electrical polymers. It provides the principles in an extended and accessible way, as well as including examples of state-of-the-art scientific issues. The book...
Developments in Data Storage
Data storage on hard disk has been advancing rapidly. Many new developments have taken place in the emerging perpendicular recording technology, especially in the field of recording media and heads. With contributions from experts worldwide, Developments in...

A New Oxidation State for Dysprosium
Professor Tetsuya Uda and co-workers have uncovered the first evidence of tetravalent dysprosium in a crystalline oxide material.

Wave Propagation is Under Control: Metamaterials Are Going 3D
From invisibility cloaks to metatronics – metamaterials might offer a wealth of innovative applications. Prerequisite are 3D metamaterials working in the THz region. Latest developments could initiate a further upswing for this strange seeming kind of matter.

Metamaterial discovery opens avenue to new products and industries using negative refraction
Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered a way to make a new metamaterial that might accomplish negative refraction of light.

Advanced Optical Materials Issue 1
Issue 1 of Advanced Optical Materials features twelve papers from leading research groups, covering all aspects of light–matter interactions.

Analysis on the Wing: Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy on Copper Butterfly Wings
Scientists have mimicked the shape of a butterfly wing to improve the sensitivity of Raman Spectroscopy.