Ingestion of engineered nanomaterials is inevitable due to their addition to food and prevalence in food packaging and domestic products such as toothpaste and sunscreen.
Micro-/Nanotechnology
Tracking Therapeutic Cells
CT imaging enables real-time, non-invasive tracking of therapeutic cells labeled with gold nanoparticles. (Image credit: Africa Studio/Shutterstock)
Transferable Semiconductor Stickers
Scientists at LMU Munich and FSU Jena have developed organic semiconductor nanosheets, which can easily be removed from a growth substrate and placed on other substrates.
Nanotherapeutic Systems for Local Treatment of Brain Tumors
Malignant brain tumors are heterogeneous and invasive, with high morbidity and mortality rates. The main challenge associated in treating such tumors is the presence of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which actively filters out molecules entering from the blood stream. (Image credit: Triff/Shutterstock)
Engineering Digest – Featuring Carbon Composites, Conductive Textiles and More
This month’s Advanced Engineering Materials cover and top papers.
Li Storage Mechanism in Graphene/MoS2 Composites
The electrochemical performance of graphene/MoS2 heterostructures is optimised and the kinetics of their lithium storage mechanism are elucidated.
3D Cell Culture for Biological-Relevant, Neuroscientific, In Vitro Environments
The colonization of a 3D engineered scaffold is investigated, in the perspective of producing realistic 3D environments for cell culture
Cyclodextrin Films with Fast Solvent Transport and Shape-Selective Permeability
Researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology design a high-performance filtration membrane made exclusively of cyclodextrin.
Hydrophobicity the Key to Asymmetric Metal Nanoparticle Synthesis
Creating asymmetric nanoparticles is harder than standard colloidal particle synthesis. Here, hydrophobicity unlocks a variety of metal nanoparticle types.
“Why Are We Interested in Monocytes?”
Various views on the same cell are discussed in a recent Special Issue on Monocytes and Marcophages.
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