Multipartite designer nanoparticles are formed from the phage lambda decoration protein and can be used in a variety of theranostic applications.
Month: March 2018
Nanosheets Boost Battery Charge
Lithium-metal batteries can hold up to 10 times more charge than batteries that currently power our phones, laptops, and cars; but, they have one fatal flaw…
Engineering Digest: Featuring Materials Made via 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, Quantum Dots, and More
This month’s Advanced Engineering Materials covers and top papers!
Liquid Crystal/Hydrogel Biosensor Arrays
Biosensor arrays facbricated from two intertwinned polymeric networks.
Piece of Paper Promotes Powerful Photocatalysis
Adding a layer of biodegradable paper over a photocatalyst is found to increase the activity of the catalyst significantly.
Regulating Gene Expression: DNA Provides a Twist
DNA conformation can regulate gene expression, as discussed by Olga Zaytseva and Leonie Quinn in a review in BioEssays.
Printing Touch Sensing Capabilities
Researchers create soft robots that can sense touch, pressure, movement and temperature.
The Global Warming “Pause” that Wasn’t
The divergence of physical model simulations from observations that precipitated the notion of a “global warming pause” does not signify a crisis in climate science or understanding but simply the limitations of current physical climate models.
Cilia-Inspired Smart Surfaces
Cilia-inspired smart surfaces that sweep micro/nanometer-scale substances in a desired direction could inspire future drug-delivery systems and medical technologies.
A Hybrid Pairing: Inorganic 2D Materials and Molecules
The many possibilties of hybrid organic/inorganic van der Waals heterostructure systems where highly-ordered (supra)molecular layers are interfaced with inorganic 2D materials are discussed.
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