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.

Preventing unintentional revelations – Researchers tackle unintentionally transparent clothing

Researchers at the Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim, in cooperation with their project partner Eschler Texti, are working hard on finding a way of being able…

Lead-Free Piezoelectric Materials of the Future

With a name derived from the Greek word meaning to squeeze or press, the piezoelectric effect was just a curiosity after it was discovered in several crystals…

Energy Express focus issue: Thin-film photovoltaic materials and devices

This field is constantly advancing, developing technologies that can convert power more efficiently and at a lower cost. To highlight breakthroughs in this…

New artificial skin could make prosthetic limbs and robots more sensitive

By sandwiching a precisely molded, highly elastic rubber layer between two parallel electrodes, the team created an electronic sensor that can detect the…

Many Roads lead to Superconductivity

Since their discovery in 2008, a new class of superconductors has precipitated a flood of research the world over. Unlike the previously familiar copper…

Forcing mismatched elements together could yield better solar cells

Highly mismatched alloys, which are still in the experimental stages of development, are combinations of elements that won't naturally mix together using…

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