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Hall of Fame Highlight: Tao Deng
Tao Deng shares his personal motivations, inspirations, and excitement for future research discoveries.
Hidden Structures: Nanocrystal Inks for Anticounterfeiting Patterns
High-resolution anti-counterfeiting patterns with two-level information encoding are revealed using a one-step, in situ nanocrystal-ink-printing process.
Hall of Fame Highlight: Zhiyong Tang
Zhiyong Tang on the highlights of his career and science.
Peel-Good Water Purification
Orange peels for water purification – a zesty new approach.
Hall of Fame Highlight: Xun Wang
Prof. Xun Wang reflects on a moment of inspiration, his current research on sub-nanomaterials, and other research inspiring him today.
Preventative Care of Our Planet: A Global Renewable Synthetic Fuels Roadmap
The clock is ticking for the development and deployment of renewable synthetic fuels substituting for non-renewable fossil-based oil to enable a sustainable energy resource for the benefit of all people.
Hall of Fame Highlight: Robert S. Langer
Robert Langer talking about the future of drug delivery systems, his philosophy, and his efforts to make the world a better place.
Morning Ritual Inspires MOF-based Biosensors
Coffee-ring effect inspires oriented self-assembly of metal–organic frameworks for sweat biosensors.
Hall of Fame Highlight: Frank Caruso
Frank Caruso on nanomaterials for the future of medicine.
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