Recent advances in the design of adaptable hydrogels for cell-encapsulation, cell-culture, and cell-transplantation applications are reviewed.
Micro-/Nanotechnology
Following the Roadmap to Improved Lithium-Ion Batteries
Jim Yang Lee and colleagues have designed a clever method to apply the concept of traffic engineering to the electron transport in lithium-ion batteries.
International Year of Light: Plasmonic Nanoparticles
This month’s International Year of Light article reviews relevant advances and applications of plasmonic nanoparticles, from energy to health.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – June 2015
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Fiber optics goes biocompatible and implantable
Researchers turn hydrogels into biocompatible optical fibers that can be functionalized for medical applications beyond endoscopy.
Eureka moments in Nanochemistry – 2015 Centenary Award
Professor Geoff Ozin has received an RSC Centenary Award – we asked for his thoughts on the research that brought him here.
Towards seamless bionic interfaces
New research solves two major problems in strechable electronics: poor adhesion and troublesome photopatterning.
En route to biological applications: self-assembled fluorescent nanoparticles
Researchers from the Netherlands present a timely overview on self-assembled fluorene or perylene based chromophores focussing on biological applications.
Nanoparticles from liquid-liquid interfaces
Interfacial miniemulsion polymerization is a facile route for the synthesis of nanoparticles for applications ranging from therapeutics to coatings.
Poly(phosphate) for Bone Formation
Poly(phosphate): An excellent review about the polymer’s physiological function, its biochemistry and its role during bone mineralization.
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