Cefe López talks about his passion for optics and solid state physics, photonic crystals, and future developments in materials science.
Micro-/Nanotechnology
Producing precise hydrogels for medical applications
New work describes a strategy to produced hydrogels of precise stiffness for the organization of blood vessel cells into vascular structures.
Welcome our new Advanced Materials Editorial Advisory Board member Prof. Jillian Buriak
Jillian Buriak talks about her fascination of investigating the nanoworld, multidisciplinary applications of nanomaterials, and future trends in the exciting field of materials science.
Polypeptide-based polymersomes with great potential for cancer therapy
Polypeptide-based pH-sensitive polymersomes prepared by researchers from Changchun hold excellent promise as a drug delivery platform for cancer therapy.
Donor-acceptor diblock copolymers for polymer solar cells
Researchers from UT Austin found a powerful route to synthesize donor-acceptor block copolymers via a simple sequential monomer addition approach.
Spotlight on Professor Katsuhiko Ariga
The first thing I noticed about our new Editorial Board Member for Advanced Materials is that Professor Ariga is very on top of his emails. I was then delighted to discover his great sense of humour…
Advances in Polymers for Stem Cell Research – From Laboratory to Clinic
The third and final part of the series “Advances in Polymers for Stem Cell Research” by guest-editor Suwan N. Jayasinghe has now started in Macromolecular Bioscience.
A battery made of wood?
Wood fibers help nano-scale batteries keep their structure.
Global optimization of clusters
Traditional studies of materials have involved study of “bulk” materials and their various electronic and optical properties.
Porous microrobots born of lasers
Microrobots offer huge potential in medicine, particularly in the field of drug delivery.
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