Recent advances in the design of adaptable hydrogels for cell-encapsulation, cell-culture, and cell-transplantation applications are reviewed.
Month: June 2015
Following the Roadmap to Improved Lithium-Ion Batteries
Jim Yang Lee and colleagues have designed a clever method to apply the concept of traffic engineering to the electron transport in lithium-ion batteries.
High performance coated-powder cathodes for Li-ion batteries
Stable, high-performance Li-ion battery cathodes have been demonstrated from powder precursors coated with an electrochemically active coating.
International Year of Light: Plasmonic Nanoparticles
This month’s International Year of Light article reviews relevant advances and applications of plasmonic nanoparticles, from energy to health.
Short, Ultrashort, Sub-Cycle Short – Towards sub-cycle optical waveforms
Coherent synthesis of pulses generated by separate sources may pave the way to sub-cycle optical waveforms.
Sensitive Electrochemical Detection of Persistent Toxic Substances
Impedance spectroscopy allows sensitive, simple, cheap devices for the quantitative detection of persistent toxic pollutants.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – June 2015
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Iron and Steel Making in Australia and China
This Special Issue presents recent developments on iron and steel making in Australia and China.
Tracking sperm with confocal laser endomicroscopy
Probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy (pCLE) might improve the results of testicular sperm extraction while reducing traumata during surgery.
Fiber optics goes biocompatible and implantable
Researchers turn hydrogels into biocompatible optical fibers that can be functionalized for medical applications beyond endoscopy.
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