A collaboration between nano- and neuroscientists has resulted in a system that kills the most aggressive, and most common, form of adult brain cancer.
Month: August 2014
Superhydrophobic nonwovens from naturally occurring polymers
a Japanese/German collaboration has succeeded in synthesising a biodegradable, hydrophobic polymer by modifying a naturally-occurring poly(amino acid) with a hydrophobic amino acid.
This is your Brain on Art: Metaforming Nature
Professor Geoff Ozin highlights the latest in a series of collaborations between himself and artist Todd Siler.
Solvent vapor annealing: secondary nanostructures made easy
The solvent vapor annealing method can be utilized to introduce structural hierarchy to PCL-based fibers.
Overcoming clinical complications of vascular prostheses
Electrospinning and plasma polymerization are combined to provide vascular graft scaffolds that are mechanically compliant and biocompatible.
Wiley-VCH is looking for two assistant editors (f/m)
Wiley-VCH seeks two assistant editors for their materials science program, to be based in Weinheim, south-west Germany.
Polyhydroxylated metallofullerenols play dual roles to activate macrophages
Prof. Chunying Chen and her colleagues from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China demonstrate that polyhydroxylated metallofullerenol can activate primary mouse macrophages to produce pro-inflammatory cytokines.
Single-Stage Oil Sealed Rotary Vane Vacuum Pumps
New range of single-stage oil sealed rotary vane vacuum pumps. Thanks to the optimized oil return system, there are no pressure fluctuations in the new “ES” pumps that are often seen in single stage pumps improving product quality and giving consistent process results.
Spray-on LECs: dinner in the dark or a light-emitting fork?
A spray-sintering technique enables the fabrication of light-emitting electrochemical devices on complex substrates.
Better quantification of blood samples: more signal, less background
A team based in Germany develop a new method for simultaneous quantification of ZnPP and PPIX in unwashed blood samples.
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