Prof. Lei Fang reviews how co-planar conformation in π-conjugated systems can be locked by using dynamic noncovalent bonds.
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Deadline Extended for NANO2018: 30 Years of Advanced Materials
Submit your abstract for NANO2018 conference at City University of Hong Kong by 28 February 2018.
Synthetic Cells Gain the Upper Hand Against Cancer
Synthetic cells that function as autonomous systems for producing an anti-cancer protein inside the body are developed.
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Nanostructured Water Treatment Membranes Based on Thermotropic Liquid Crystals [Video]
A team of researchers design sub-nanoporous, selective membranes for water treatment using self-assembled liquid crystal (LC) monomers. The membranes show salt rejection ability, ion selectivity, and excellent water permeability.
The Rapid Emergence of Plasma Agriculture
Low temperature plasmas (LTPs) show promise as efficient green technologies for enhancing productivity while maintaining good food quality and safety in the many steps of the food cycle. As a result, applications of LTPs in agriculture have led to creation of a new, rapidly developing field called “plasma agriculture.”
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ZIF-Derived Bifunctional Air Electrodes for Rechargeable Zinc–Air Batteries [Video]
A simple, inexpensive, and scalable method is developed to produce cobalt-nanoparticles-encapsulated nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (Co-N-CNTs) as bifunctional air electrodes for Zn–air batteries.
Crossing the Blood Brain Barrier: Bioinspired Devices
Bioinspired, biohybrid device design and fabrication strategy for investigating the ability of therapeutics to cross the blood brain barrier.
Introducing a Zinc Oxide-PTFE Nanocomposite Varistor by Cold Sintering
It is shown that polymer such as Teflon can be distributed around each grain of ZnO, and this, in turn, allows for use to form a composite material with an electrical conduction that is blocked at low fields and conducts at high field through the quantum mechanical process known as “tunneling”.
Nanoporous Superalloy Membranes
Ni-based superalloys, hitherto utilized exclusively for high temperature applications, e.g. as turbine blades in aero engines, are used to prepare heat-resistant membranes.
Printing Viable Cells – The Keys to a Longer Life
Cell printing using this new electro-hydrodynamic technique allows the creation of cell structures with multiple layers and a high cell viability.
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