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materials Annual review 2017/18 iopscience.org/materials From research to technology and innovation New title targets multifunctional materials p7 Physics World embraces materials future p9 Cheaper printing for artificial skin p19 Cover.indd 1 01/11/2017 16:19 More Science, Less Time 25 nemu moment sensitivity 10 ms/pt data collection speed 8600 Series VSM For fast, highly sensitive measurement performance Quickly characterize a wide range of magnetic materials with unprecedented ease – particularly when performing FORC measurements and measuring low-moment materials. Ideal for characterizing: . Natural magnets (rocks, sediments, etc.) . Nanoscale magnetic materials . Magnetic semiconductors . Magnetic thin lms and multi-layers . Ferrites and permanent magnets, including rare-earth materials . Magnetocaloric materials . Ferrouids For more about VSMs for FORC measurements, download the ebook: www.lakeshore.com/FORC These features work together to provide precise, repeatable positioning. Watch the video at www.lakeshore.com. 614.891.2243 | www.lakeshore.com Untitled-1 1 27/09/2017 09:23 Materials: from research to technology and innovation iopscience.org/materials Contents Materials From research to technology and innovation Welcome 5 Ask the Editors 7 Andreas Lendlein and Richard Trask, founding Editors-in-Chief of the new journal Multifunctional Materials, share their vision for publishing high-impact research in this fast-moving field, while Susan Curtis unveils the all-new Physics World site. Graphene bends to display future p11 2D materials 11 ● ● ● 2D materials under the spotlight Enzymes produce biocompatible MoS2 Graphene enables colour-shifting electronic skin ●Growth success for hexagonal boron nitride Quantum materials and technology 14 ● Doped silicon enables quantum memory● Quantum corrections address ‘bad’ metals ●Neutron scattering solves quantum riddles ●Hybrid devices promise quantum future Energy and environment 17 A longer-lasting hear t valve p22 ● Nanopatterns enable micron-thin solar cells● Sunlight promises power potential ●Cool future beckons for caloric materials ●Energy storage evolves for a renewable future Biology and medicine 19 ● Cheaper printing for artificial skin● ‘Call to arms’ for bioengineers ●Scaffold breakthrough avoids implant infections ●Plasma-treated molecules expand the antibiotic arsenal Manufacturing and materials processing 23 ● Roadmap points to plasma future● Nanopatterning achieves structural colour at low cost ●Smart paper benefits from low-cost printing ●Block copolymers spiral under control Physics World offers materials focus p9 Optics and electronics 26 ● Nanoparticle shape controls properties ● Germanane FET offers promise Editor Susan Curtis ●Soft lithography extends plasmonic filters ●Stacked layers offer tunable electronics Production Editor Alison Gardiner Senior Marketing Executive Zoe Anderson Advertisement Sales Chris Thomas Advertisement Production Mark Trimnell Magnetism and spin 30 Diagram Artist Alison Tovey Art Director Andrew Giaquinto ● Spin current seen in topological insulator ● Magnonics promise faster processing speeds ●New horizons for modern magnetism ●Light pulses reveal spin dynamics Copyright © 2017 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors. All rights reserved News from IOP Publishing 32 ● Open access journal takes interdisciplinary approach● Peer review under the spotlight ●Ten Physics World Discovery ebooks released ●Opening up to ORCID Materials science journals 34 Adding value to IOP authors 37 Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK Tel +44 (0)117 929 7481 IOP Publishing in the news 38 E-mail [email protected] Web ioppublishing.org 3 Contents.indd 3 01/11/2017 13:36 Choose from over 70,000 catalogue products Metals Alloys Material Solutions For Every Research Problem Ceramics Polymers Composites Compounds www.goodfellowusa.com | [email protected] | 1-800-821-2870 www.goodfellow.com | [email protected] | +44 (0) 1480 424800 | 0800 731 4653 (UK) Untitled-5 1 26/10/2017 15:26 Materials: from research to technology and innovation iopscience.org/materials Welcome Materials science and technology continues to yield astounding discoveries and inventions, and IOP Publishing (IOP) is proud to have captured many of the most important advances within its expanding materials science portfolio. Extending to more than 20 journals, which together publish more than 7000 articles every year, as well as our award-winning journalism and ebooks programmes, IOP’s materials portfolio provides the community with essential content covering all areas of materials science – from fundamental properties and synthesis through to materials modelling and novel applications that drive technological innovation. The rapid pace of change in materials research makes it vital that we continue to shape our portfolio to meet the evolving needs of the community. The design and realization of next-generation materials with multifunctional capability is Cover image: Dendrimer, computer artwork. one area of great scientific and technological interest, and our latest journal, Dendrimers are artificially created branched polymers with the potential for wide-ranging applications, such Multifunctional Materials, will provide a new outlet that will bridge all aspects of as nanotechnology, drug delivery systems, nanoscale batteries, lubricants, catalysts and herbicides. the materials and systems communities involved with multifunctional design. Credit: Hybrid Medical Animation/Science Photo Library We look forward to publishing the first content in 2018, and on p7 we ask the two founding editors, Andreas Lendlein and Richard Trask, to share their vision for the journal. We are also excited to be relaunching our award-winning Physics World site with more content, more writers and a greater focus on interdisciplinary research. Materials science will be an important focus area that will benefit from Physics World’s expert coverage of the most exciting scientific breakthroughs and technological innovations, as we explain in more detail on p9. Once again we’ve had plenty to celebrate in 2017, and this special collection showcases what can only be a small selection of the most exciting research published across IOP’s materials programme in the past year. To find out more, you will find a full rundown of our publishing options on pp34–35. I take this opportunity to thank all our authors, referees, Board Members and partners for their ongoing support in shaping our materials publishing programme. We hope that you enjoy this collection, and that we have the opportunity to work with you in 2018 and beyond. 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Multifunctional materials are designed Firstly, as part of the launch phase, to perform multiple functions through all articles in the journal will be prudent combinations of different completely free to read throughout functional capabilities. Each function 2018. Additionally, selected articles will contributes a distinct physical or be promoted to the community through chemical process that deliver system- IOP Publishing’s award-winning level improvements beyond the status journalism service (each article will also quo. For example, multifunctional have an Altmetric badge to capture the materials can enable “autonomic” wider online attention we expect content structures that can sense, diagnose and and authors to receive). Authors who respond to external stimuli with minimal The founding Editors-in-Chief for Multifunctional wish to supplement their article with external intervention; “adaptive” Materials are Professor Andreas Lendlein (left) of the a video abstract to broaden the reach structures that allow reconfiguration Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and significance of their work to a non- or readjustment of functionality, shape and Coastal Research, Germany, and Professor specialist audience will also be able to and structural performance on demand; Richard Trask of the University of Bath, UK. do so. and “self-sustaining” systems with structurally