Pd nanosheets function both as broadband light absorbers and as synthetic catalysts for the dehydrogenation of formic acid to hydrogen and oxygen.
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High-Performance Multifunctional Graphene-PLGA Fibers
Researchers develop conducting graphene–PLGA fiber electrode that promotes muscle cell growth, and that could stimulate muscle regeneration.
Flexible and stretchable devices special issue
The state-of-the-art of flexible and stretchable devices is highlighted in this special issue of Advanced Materials.
Polymer Therapeutics Poster Prizes
Highlights from the 11th International Symposium on Polymer Therapeutics
A new near-infrared responsive drug carrier for imaging-guided chemotherapy
A promising multifunctional nanocarrier for opto-acoustic imaging-guided chemotherapy or phtotothermal therapy is presented.
Researchers Propose New Route for Programmable Infrared Optics
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.
Injectable ROS-responsive hydrogels for sustained drug delivery
Researchers designed and synthesized a novel ROS-responsive thermogelling hydrogel based on methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(L-methionine) diblock copolymers.
Synthetic polymer meshes offer great potential to translate IPSCs
A patient-derived stem cell source offers great potential for individual-tailored cell therapies and regenerative medicine.
A solution for low loss, three-dimensional structures at optical frequencies
Sheng Liu, Igal Brener, Mike Sinclair and other co-workers from Sandia National Laboratories demonstrated both two-dimensional and multilayer (3D) dielectric metamaterials made from III-V semiconductors (elements from groups III and V on the periodic table) using a monolithic fabrication process.
Protein cages for drug delivery
Researchers linked a polymeric transfection reagent into a hollow protein nanocage for drug delivery.