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A paper in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials explores what is preventing the reinforcing ability of carbon nanotubes from being used in a ceramic matrix.

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Researchers at Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science revealed that improvements should soon be expected in the manufacture of transistors that can be used, for example, to make flexible, paper-thin computer screens.

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Silicene is the thinnest form of silicon. It is metallic, has graphene-like mobile carriers and can behave like a semiconductor. The wonder material could lead to even smaller electronics but challenges remain in this review published in the Science and Technology of Advanced Materials.

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Development of new material capable of autonomous molecular organization in accordance with preprogramming

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Saint-Gobain and CNRS, both headquartered in France, jointly established UMI-LINK at NIMS in Tsukuba City, Japan, where the three organizations launched research and development activities.

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