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Month: January 2017
Featuring Photoacoustic Imaging, Nanosafety and More: January’s Advanced Healthcare Materials Covers
Research highlights from this month’s Advanced Healthcare Materials issues.
A Novel Metal Matrix Composite with Advanced Wear and Corrosion Properties
A new MMC has been developed composed of SiCp reinforced PM 316l materials with acceptable corrosion properties and increased wear resistance.
Wrapping Paper for Lithium Anodes
Researchers wrapped metallic lithium anodes in Kimwipe paper to prevent dendrite growth.
“MOFilters”: Metal-Organic Framework Filters for Particulate Matter Removal
Researchers have developed a facile synthesis of metal-organic framework filters (MOFilters) that can be scaled up for industrial and domestic uses.
Plasmodium Pole Dancing
Malaria parasites moving in pillar arrays reveal structural tropism to invade small blood vessels in the skin.
New and Easy Methods for Measuring Telomere Length
Ever take a good look at your shoelaces?
More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Tomatoes
You can chop ripe tomatoes and sprinkle them with salt and pepper to fully appreciate their taste. Alternatively, you can lyse tomatoes in a hypertonic buffer to appreciate their proteome.
Printing Life – Bioprinting of Thermoresponsive Hydrogels
The properties and use of thermo-responsive hydrogels in bioprinting are discussed in a recent review by R. Suntornnond et. al.
Weapons of Mass Construction in the War on Climate Change: Heterogeneous Catalysis and Electro-Catalysis
In the war against climate change two promising approaches are being developed for catalytically converting CO2 to value-added chemicals and fuels
Water-Borne Polymer/Graphene Nanocomposites
A comprehensive overview on the state-of-the-art of waterborne polymer/graphene nanocomposites focusing on high performance coatings and adhesives is presented by R. Tomovska et. al.
Microfluidics and Macromolecules
Microfluidics and Macromolecules topical issue published in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics and guest-edited by Sebastian Seiffert.
Ultralight Door Module
Engineering team reimagined a door architecture from scratch leading to an ultralight design with 42.5% mass savings.
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