AIM Research

The latest in research from the World Premier International Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR) at Tohoku University, Japan—an innovative, interdisciplinary research center for materials science.

Apr 30, 2012new this month

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Polymer properties: Macromolecular mapmaking

Published in Macromolecules

Probing the surface properties of polymers could help to bridge the gap between their macroscale properties and their nanoscale structure

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Bulk metallic glasses: An unexpected hybrid

Published in Physical Review Letters

A combined experimental and theoretical study reveals a hybrid structure for metal–metalloid bulk metallic glasses that reconciles previously contradicting observations

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