Membrane nano-tomography in living cells: Label-free evanescent microscopy enables full-field and real-time tracking of membrane processes.
Detecting a heart attack with gold nanoparticles
Researchers have developed a colloidal gold test strip for Cardiac troponin I detection based on microplasma generated gold nanoparticles.
Light sensors for artificial limbs
Researchers shine light into muscle to detect instructions for artificial limbs.
Laser testing solar cells
Scientists NPL have developed a new method for detecting defects in solar cells using a technique called ‘compressed sensing’.
Step-growth polymerization in the 21st century
Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics in a new special issue presents a modern perspective to the long-established field of step-growth polymerization reactions, guest-edited by Andrew Dove and Michael Meier.
Carbon dioxide: from pollution to solution
Researchers show that nanoparticles sputtered onto black silicon nanowire supports activate conversion in a hydrogen atmosphere under solar-simulated light.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – Dec. 2014
This month’s top 5 most read articles from Advanced Optical Materials.
Plasma etching for better vascular grafts
A Montreal-based research group have developed aligned electrospun PET nanofiber mats that mimic the media layer of arteries.
Artificial evolution for medical applications
2014 Karl Heinz Beckurts Award goes to Prof. Dr. Andreas Marx.
Breakthrough in whispering gallery mode sensors
Researchers have demonstrated free-space laser excitation of whispering gallery modes in vertically suspended oil droplets, recording Q-factors of over 105.