Materials Sciences

Materials management deals with the research, development, manufacturing and processing of raw and industrial materials. Key aspects here are biological and medical issues, which play an increasingly important role in this field.

innovations-report offers in-depth articles related to the development and application of materials and the structure and properties of new materials.

Search for advanced materials aided by discovery of hidden symmetries in nature

The discovery by two Penn State University researchers is a new type of symmetry in the structure of materials, which the researchers say greatly expands the…

Getting the point: Real-time monitoring of atomic-microscope probes adjusts for wear

Their technique can both dramatically speed up and improve the accuracy of the most precise and delicate nanoscale measurements done with atomic force…

‘Spincasting’ Holds Promise For Creation Of Nanoparticle Thin Films

Spincasting, which utilizes centrifugal force to distribute a liquid onto a solid substrate, already has a variety of uses. For example, it is used in the…

Berkeley Lab researchers make first perovskite-based superlens for the infrared

Superlenses hold enormous potential in a range of applications, depending upon the form of light they capture, but their use has been limited because most have…

A Novel Energy-Band Model for Semiconducting Spintronics Material Gallium Manganese Arsenide

The University of Tokyo announced on February 7, 2011 that Professor M. Tanaka and his colleagues have succeeded in determining the Fermi level position and…

Solar Cells Will be Fabricated by a Single Organic Semiconductor

The Institute for Molecular Science, National Institute of Natural Sciences announced on March 3, 2011 that a research group led by Professor Masahiro Hiramoto…

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