This special issue provides a representative survey of the advances in bulk-nanostructured materials and shows the diversity of applications of SPD.
Month: December 2015
Like crystallizes like: universal lysozyme-based coating facilitates protein crystallization
Scientists develop a superhydrophobic coating technique based on the lysozyme fiber network, which provides a facile platform for protein crystallization.
Perfectly Precise Polymerization
Precise control of the primary, secondary, and tertiary structure is a significant new development in synthetic polymer chemistry. Using techniques inspired by other disciplines, it is now possible to synthesize a variety of monodisperse, sequence-defined a variety...
Cell Growth and Proliferation with Zwitterionic Polynorbornene
A zwitterionic polynorbornen-modified surface facilitates growth and proliferation of model endothelial cells.
Just Antimicrobial is not Enough
Lienkamp and coworkers propose polymer surfaces with antimicrobial and antifouling functionalities designed to fight biofilm formation in medical devices.
Edible salt crystals: a cheap, green, water soluble substrate for graphene synthesis
Researchers investigate substrates in which micron-size sodium chloride crystals are used as a water soluble, recyclable substrate for CVD growth of few-layer graphene.
Biosynthetic polypeptides cross-linked via thiol-ene chemistry
Recombinant resilin-like polypeptides are modified with photoreactive molecules to facilitate the use of photocrosslinking methods for hybrid hydrogels.
Tata Steel announce major solar project
Tata Steel has unveiled plans to create one of the world’s largest solar energy projects of its kind in the Netherlands
Advanced Science – Now Listed in Web of Science
One year after the launch we received the news that the journal has been accepted for coverage in Thomson Reuters Web of Science.
Advanced Optical Materials – December Issue Covers
Check out the articles highlighted on the covers of the latest issue of Advanced Optical Materials.
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