A comprehensive updated review of auxetic materials, their types and properties, and applications.
Month: June 2016
Best of Advanced Energy Materials – June
Take a look at the great cover images from the June issues and top five most downloaded articles this month.
Protein cages for drug delivery
Researchers linked a polymeric transfection reagent into a hollow protein nanocage for drug delivery.
Combination of immunotherapy and nanotechnology for improved cancer treatment
Researchers have proposed a new idea to deliver anti-cancer drugs to tumor sites by combining immunotherapy and nanoparticles.
Combining of Fluorescence Microscopy with an AFM
Combination of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) with the single-molecule-sensitive fluorescence microscopy platform “MicroTime 200” that grants fascinating insights into the structure, dynamics, and interactions of single molecules or their assemblies in cells.
Paper-based Surfaces with Extreme Wettabilities for Novel Microfluidic Devices
Open channel, paper-based microfluidic devices allow for the localization, manipulation, and transport of high- and low- surface tension liquids.
Board’s choice: Polymer Photocatalysts, Polymer Mechanochemistry and Multicomponent Polymerizations
The advisory board of Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics provides you with a selection of the best papers published in the journal in 2016.
Next generation optoelectronic devices
Researchers distinguish the origin and energetics of spectral features supported in nanoparticle-TMD monolayer hybrids.
Advanced Optical Materials – June Issue Covers
Check out the articles highlighted on the covers of the latest issue of Advanced Optical Materials.
Soft Wheels and Rotary Motors Based on Peristaltic Motion
The Mazzeo Research Group has designed soft motors by combining pneumatically-driven elastomeric structures with peristaltic motion.
A complete model of acrylamide polymerization
Scientists from Canada and Slovakia present an improved mechanistic description of acrylamide polymerization under industrially-relevant conditions
Plastic Made from Orange Peel and CO2
Scientists from the University of Bayreuth produced a novel biobased raw material for a wide range of high-performance plastics
Oxygen Nanocarrier for Combined Cancer Therapy
This nanocarrier shows excellent oxygen-carrying properties and ATP-responsive drug release, which makes it a potent agent for cancer therapy.
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