John Rogers and co-workers report a soft, skin-mounted microfluidic system for sweat collection and analysis directly from and on the surface of the skin.
Micro-/Nanotechnology
The Role of Nanointerfaces in Hydrogen Storage
Internal interfaces in the Li3N/[LiNH2 + 2LiH] solid-state hydrogen storage system alter the hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reaction pathways upon nanosizing, suppressing undesirable intermediate phases to dramatically improve kinetics and reversibility.
Nothing Sticks to this Coating: Superamphiphobic Surfaces
Superamphiphobic and durable coatings on woven/non-woven surfaces for repelling many types of liquids.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – March 2017
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, metamaterials, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Crowded Work: Enzyme Kinetics in an Organelle-Like Environment
For the first time, the activity of an enzyme in a crowded environment vs a nonencapsulated enzyme is studied.
Nanoribbon Formation and Nanopatterning of Tungsten Diselenide
A chemically assisted focused-helium-ion-beam-induced etching process is introduced.
Stronger Magnets with Smaller Amounts of Rare Earth Metals
An exciting new strategy and direction in the quest for stronger permanent-magnet materials with fewer critical elements.
High-Quality Epitaxial MgB2 Josephson Junctions Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy
With help of in situ reflection high-energy electron diffraction patterns, a method to grow high quality MgB2 films on whole Si wafers by adopting a self-limiting growth process is demonstrated.
Advanced Structural Materials by Bioinspiration
Biological composites are reviewed, such as bone, teeth, and nacre, along with a description of their structure, chemistry and mechanics, and a detailed analysis of the fundamental design motifs of natural materials.
Tissue Engineering with Nanoreinforced Hydrogels for the Uprise of Cyboorganics, Bionics and Biorobotics
Incorporation of nanomaterials within hydrogels has great potential, as a simple approach, to generate multifunctional scaffolds with unprecedent biological, mechanical, and electrical properties.
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