Highlights from the 11th International Symposium on Polymer Therapeutics

Highlights from the 11th International Symposium on Polymer Therapeutics
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
A promising multifunctional nanocarrier for opto-acoustic imaging-guided chemotherapy or phtotothermal therapy is presented.
Formula Student car broke a world record accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in 1.513 seconds over a distance of less than 30 m.
The Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) has nudged up the performance bar for thin-film solar cells yet another notch.
In his latest opinion piece, Professor Ozin asks: what is the chemical industry doing to mitigate CO2 pollution?
Anisotropic conductive films can be produced by shear flow that induces the self-assembly of conductive fillers (like carbon nanotubes, graphene or inexpensive carbon black) into parallel stripes in a polymer matrix.
Using a new die casting technology Power Cast and Frech reduced cycle times, saved material and improved quality.
Nanogels were developed as magnetic capturing devices for circulating tumor cells and applied in the magnetic separation of human cancer cells from a mixed cell suspension.
UC Santa Barbara researchers Prasad Iyer and Prof. Jon Schuller propose a new route, novel electrically reconfigurable metasurfaces, as an important step towards on-chip programmable optics.