Lisa Smith
Lisa studied chemistry, creative writing and the classics at the University of Melbourne, and holds a PhD in Chemistry focused on nanoparticle synthesis. She has been an editor for Wiley's Materials Science portfolio since 2010, and enjoys writing and editing both fiction and non-fiction in whatever spare time she can find.
Blood–Brain Migration and Tracking with Photonic Theranostics
Drug carriers capable of easily crossing the BBB are being explored by a team working across locations in South Korea and the USA.
December 11 – Active targeting of asiaglycoprotein receptor using sterically stabilized lipoplexes, published in the European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology
December 10 – Ultra-Stable Electret Nanogenerator to Scavenge High-Speed Rotational Energy for Self-Powered Electronics, published in Advanced Materials Technologies
December 9 – Integrating transcriptome and proteome profiling: Strategies and applications, published in Proteomics
December 8 – Growth and decay of a two-dimensional oxide quasicrystal: High-temperature in situ microscopy, published in Annalen der Physik
Along Came a Spider…
A study investigating the blue colouring of many tarantulas discovered that it arises due to multilayer interference, yet little or no iridescence is observed.
December 7 – Kinetic Effects on Self-Assembly and Function of Protein–Polymer Bioconjugates in Thin Films Prepared by Flow Coating, published in Macromolecular Rapid Communications
December 6 – CellShape: A user-friendly image analysis tool for quantitative visualization of bacterial cell factories inside, published in Biotechnology Journal
