Advanced Functional Materials issue 23

Issue 23 of Advanced Functional Materials is now live, featuring controllable underwater oil-adhesion films on the front cover.

Also in this issue:

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Top Advanced Functional Materials papers for November 2011

Top Advanced Functional Materials papers for November 2011

The most-read Advanced Functional Materials papers in November include research on nanoparticles for improving cancer chemotherapy and water-based adhesives for flexible electronics. Continue reading

Top Advanced Functional Materials papers for November 7

Top Advanced Functional Materials papers for November 7

The most-read Advanced Functional Materials papers from the last week include research on solar cells, conductive adhesives for flexible electronics, and a 2005 classic from Alan Heeger. Continue reading

Bioinspired materials: teeth design in rock-eating sea urchins

Self-Sharpening Teeth: Self-Sharpening Mechanism of the Sea Urchin Tooth (Adv. Funct. Mater. 4/2011)A team of University of Wisconsin — Madison scientists just published an article in Advanced Functional Materials on how the teeth of sea urchins work. These animals can burrow into solid rock with their teeth (the white bits at the center of the image). The teeth design has evolved so that they are self-sharpening so they don’t wear down. Continue reading

Graphical RSS feeds for Wiley materials science journals

Last week Wiley launched its new online journal and books platform, Wiley Online Library, which replaces Wiley InterScience.

One of the best new features of Wiley Online Library for those of us who use RSS readers to keep up with journal publications is graphical RSS feeds. Finally, you can see the image along with the table of contents text and, for full papers, the abstract.

(If you’ve never used an RSS reader, think of it as an inbox for the internet. Instead of visiting each individual website or journal homepage, you get an update whenever something new is posted. I use it to keep track of new papers in 20+ journals, all in one window.)

I’ve collected the addresses for you below, so you can add them to your favorite RSS reader. I use Google Reader myself, so it’s just a matter of right-clicking a link below, select Copy link address, open Reader, click “Add a Subscription” in the top left, and paste in the feed address.

If you have any questions or suggestions for journals that I’ve missed, note them in the Comments!

Materials science journals graphical RSS feeds

Polymer science journals graphical RSS feeds

Physics journals graphical RSS feeds