We present the most downloaded papers from the pss family of journals from May.

Super-sensitive light sensor from molybdenite
An EPFL team has built a prototype for an image sensor based on the semi-conducting properties of molybdenite.

Combining ferroelectrics and graphene for data storage
New system uses two-dimensional structures to guide plasmonic waves at ultrashort wavelength, offering a new platform for memory and computer chips.

Team controls magnetism in graphene
Graphene can be made magnetic and its magnetism switched on and off very simply, opening a new avenue towards electronics with very low energy consumption.
Most accessed papers in physica status solidi for April 2013
The most downloaded papers from the pss family of journals in April.

Harald Huberth, 1956 – 2013
SKZ managing director of further training and education has passed away aged 57.

New procedure increases magnetic switching speed x1000
Researchers have found a new way to switch magnetism that is at least 1000 times faster than currently used in magnetic memory technologies.

Nanosphere lithography towards selective protein recognition
Researchers propose to create materials capable of protein recognition by means of a new technique based on nanosphere lithography.

Researchers measure magnetic variations on nanodisk
International team measure large variations in the magnetic properties along the edge of a thin film 500 nm-diameter disk.
New microscopy technique to understand nanomagnets
NIST’s heterodyne magneto-optic microwave microscope can measure collective dynamics of electrons’ spins in individual magnets as small as 100 nanometers.