Microelectronics : Electron gas on the surface of an insulator opens the way to multifunctional transistors

Creating a conductive layer on the surface of strontium titanate ?

Introduction to Frustrated Magnetism

This book represents a state-of-the-art review aimed at a broad audience.

Tori and twists: Unusual supramolecular associations

A book by Jean Charvolin et Jean-François Sadoc.

A special, open access, issue of EPJ-AP, in honour of Christian Colliex

This special issue of Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. is dedicated to Christian Colliex’s work.

New numeric control lathe inauguration

The lps inaugurated June 27, 2011 a new numeric control lathe which comes to complete the mutualized machining centre.

Transform a magnetic domain wall, and it will move !

Magnetic domain walls are non-material objects that correspond to an abrupt change of the magnetic order.

Three-dimensional architecture of single lipid-nucleic acid complex nanoparticles

Lipids share with other amphiphilic molecules the ability to self-assemble in solution.

Probing a complex magnetic structure by X-ray diffraction

A new technique, the resonant magnetic X-ray scattering, to determine the magnetic structure of BaVS3.

Bulk Dislocation Core Dissociation Probed by Coherent X Rays in Silicon

Understanding the origin and behavior of topological defects in hard condensed matter is a challenging problem.

The notion of biological membrane fluidity revisited : model lipid monolayers rheology

Recent technical progresses now allow to address this question.

An earlier diagnosis to avoid kidney transplant

An analytical technique to study the calcification present in the kidneys of patients with renal failure.

DNA-protein interactions determine the shape of confined DNA toroids

How is a long chain of DNA confined in a very small volume?

Microwave cooling of the Josephson Phase

The "friction of light" has been used for cooling atoms.

Large electric polarization in hybrid materials

Below a critical temperature, some compounds exhibit a finite electric spontaneous polarization.

Gold nanoparticules and confinement

Metallic nanoparticules are now largely used in many and various applications.

Self-assembly in solution of surfactant-silica hybrid materials

Surfactant-templated inorganic materials with a tunable porosity have raised a very large interest in the material science community.

How can a ‘spin liquid’ freeze?

Spin liquids are fascinating states of matter.

Molecular friction on a grafted polymer brush

More refined experiments and models have been proposed long after by Tabor and Bowden in the 1950.