В свободном доступе апрельский номер Materials Today - на обложке - знакомая фотография - см. статью на стр. 175 :
An inorganic puzzle Sergey V. Balakhonov, Eugene A. Goodilin, Anton I. Gavrilov, Daria Y. Gavrilova, and Bulat R. Churagulov
This month’s cover image features an SEM micrograph of a vanadia
aerogel. Balakhonov et al. explain why these materials may be the key to
the future of miniature Li-ion cells.
В номере опубликованы обзоры :
Watching nanoparticle kinetics in liquid
Real-time monitoring of the reaction kinetics involved in nanoparticle growth
and transformation in liquid environments is crucial for understanding the
complex chemical and physical events associated with nanophase evolution.
Yugan Sun takes a look at novel x-ray scattering techniques, highlighting their
capabilities for studying the dynamic processes of nanoparticles
Yugang Sun
NEXAFS imaging of synthetic organic materials
Watts and Ade illustrate the basic operating principles of near edge x-ray
absorption fine structure spectroscopy (NEXAFS) spectroscopy, scanning
transmission x-ray microscopy, and resonant soft x-ray scattering, with a focus
on applications involving semi-conducting polymers.
Ben Watts and Harald Ade
The future of atom probe tomography
The dream of the microscopy and materials science communities is to see,
identify, accurately locate, and determine the fundamental physical properties
of every atom in a specimen. The technique of atom probe tomography is the
closest to fulfilling this dream but is still significantly short of the goal. Here,
Miller et al. consider the future of atom probe tomography, and the prospects
for achieving this ultimate goal.
Michael K. Miller, Thomas. F. Kelly, Krishna Rajan, and Simon P. Ringer
New materials for biological fuel cells
Major improvements in biological fuel cells over the last ten years have been
the result of the development and application of new materials. These new
materials include: nanomaterials, materials that provide improved stability,
materials that increase the conductivity and surface area of the electrodes,
and materials that aid facile mass transport. Minteer and co-workers describe
how this progress has improved the performance of biological fuel cells to
yield feasible technologies.
Shelley D. Minteer, Plamen Atanassov, Heather Luckarift, and Glenn Johnson
