Materials science in China

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  Driving a materials economy

  Materials research has long been highly active in China and could offer advanced technologies to boost the economy.

  Editorial22 Jun 2016 Nature Materials

• China's mark on materials

  Feature22 Jun 2016 Nature Materials

• Unearthing new physics

  Condensed-matter physics is one of the most active research topics in China. Qi-Kun Xue considers the reasons underpinning its success.

  • Qi-Kun Xue

  Feature22 Jun 2016 Nature Materials
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  China's first pulsed neutron source

  The China Spallation Neutron Source is expected to produce its first beam in 2017. Hesheng Chen and Xun-Li Wang provide an overview of this user facility and what it means for science in China and elsewhere.

  • Hesheng Chen
  • Xun-Li Wang

  Feature22 Jun 2016 Nature Materials
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  Thermoelectric materials step up

  Xun Shi and Lidong Chen summarize recent progress in the field of thermoelectric materials in China, and discuss steps towards the realization of commercially viable devices.

  • Xun Shi
  • Lidong Chen

  Feature22 Jun 2016 Nature Materials

• Boosting computational capabilities

  Computational materials science has grown in China in recent times. Hai-Qing Lin gives an overview of China's efforts towards a Materials Genome Initiative and the challenges faced.

  • Hai-Qing Lin

  Feature22 Jun 2016 Nature Materials
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  High pressure presses ahead

  Ho-kwang Mao discusses the history of high-pressure research in China, and recent developments to ensure further success.

  • Ho-kwang Mao

  Feature22 Jun 2016 Nature Materials
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  Microscopy sparks development

  Electron microscopy has seen a massive boom in China. Ze Zhang and Xiaodong Han discuss what this could mean for materials research and development.

  • Ze Zhang
  • Xiaodong Han

  Feature22 Jun 2016 Nature Materials
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  Graphene commercialization

  Graphene is extensively researched in China. Xiaoyue Xiao, Yichun Li and Zhaoping Liu illustrate how the China Innovation Alliance of the Graphene Industry aims to harness this for commercial opportunities.

  • Xiaoyue Xiao
  • Yichun Li
  • Zhaoping Liu

  Feature22 Jun 2016 Nature Materials
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  Metallurgy is key

  Metallurgy has been crucial to the development of China and its economy. Ke Lu, director of the Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, talks to Nature Materials about the outlook for metallurgy and materials science in China.

  • John Plummer

  Interview22 Jun 2016 Nature Materials