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Read article: ‘Oleo Sponge’ mops up oil spills Advanced materials Research update ‘Oleo Sponge’ mops up oil spills Open-water tests show that the sponge-like material can completely remove a thin layer of oil from the ocean surface
Read article: Organic ferroelectrics finally stick in the memory Advanced materials Research update Organic ferroelectrics finally stick in the memory Researchers vastly improve the reach of ferroelectrics by producing the first all-organic perovskites
Read article: Wet etching makes high quality topological superconductor Advanced materials Research update Wet etching makes high quality topological superconductor Samples could be used to study the quantum spin Hall effect as well as to make spintronics devices and qubits
Read article: Static electric field suppresses superconductivity Advanced materials Research update Static electric field suppresses superconductivity The London brothers may have been right
Read article: Skyrmion phases: two for the price of two Advanced materials Research update Skyrmion phases: two for the price of two First observations of two independent skyrmion phases in the same magnetic material
Read article: 100% biodegradable packaging company expands Advanced materials Research update 100% biodegradable packaging company expands Aiming to reduce plastic waste in food packaging, Sulapac joins forces with Fazer
Read article: Printed metal-polymer conductors make stretchy biodevices Advanced materials Research update Printed metal-polymer conductors make stretchy biodevices Applications include cardiac patches, wearable glove keyboards, soft robotics and medical implants
Read article: Printed ferromagnetic domains help make fast-moving robot Advanced materials Research update Printed ferromagnetic domains help make fast-moving robot Tiny device, which can roll, jump and grasp objects, might be used in a host of biomedical applications, like minimally invasive surgery or targeted drug delivery
Read article: Topological semimetals go thermoelectric Advanced materials Research update Topological semimetals go thermoelectric Applying an intense magnetic field to Dirac semimetals allows them to produce record amounts of thermopower