Tannin, an organic substance present in some seeds, barks, and other plant tissues, could hold the key to more sustainable and eco-friendly plastics manufacturing.
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This month’s Advanced Engineering Materials covers and top papers!
New Entries to Advanced Materials Interfaces “Hall of Fame”
There are new top review papers in Advanced Materials Interfaces “Hall of Fame”. All included papers are free to read for a limited time!
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Dimension‐Based Design of Melt Electrowritten Scaffolds [Video]
A new design approach for the fabrication of scaffolds for biomedical applications.
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Bioinspired Synthesis of Monolithic and Layered Aerogels [Video]
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Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Manufacturing: Importance of Process Monitoring
The manufacturing process of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic and its opportunities.
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Metasurface Enabled Wide‐Angle Fourier Lens [Video]
Prof. Shuang Zhang from the University of Birmingham, Prof. Shuqi Chen from Nankai University, and their co-workers, report a 1D, wide-angle Fourier metalens that operates over a broad optical bandwidth.
Rainbow Correction: Contact Lenses for Color Blindness
The viability of colored contact lenses as an aid for color blindness is investigated.
Nanorobots: Nanocrystals Make Small Smart
A colloidal nanocrystal layer enables 2D to 3D shape transformations of “hard” inorganic materials.
Optimizing Design Solutions for Aeronautical Structures
To increase the structural efficiency of composite aircraft requires further optimization of aeronautical structures to maximally exploit the material performance.
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