In this work multifunctional composites of porous piezoelectric foams made of lead zirconate titanate are compared to ecologically beneficial lead-free lithium sodium potassium niobate.
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Low-Cost Hyperspectral Imaging To Improve Cancer Diagnosis
British researchers designed, characterized and applied a novel low-cost SRDA-based HSI camera in an imaging system that could find application in endoscopic cancer diagnosis and intra-operative tumour resections.
Improving Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Through Imaging Collagen
Scottisch scientists researched the collagen assembly in cancerous prostate tissue using second harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy leading to promising results.
Reticulated Replica Ceramic Foams
Reticulated porous ceramics are reviewed with a focus on the manufacturing process and its modifications and resulting slurry properties, on subsequent modification strategies and on characterization methods of materials properties.
Most Read – Featuring Brain Therapy, Bioink and 3D Hydrogels
This month’s top Advanced Healthcare Materials papers.
Energy Perspectives: Wei Liu and Kaustav Banerjee Address HER Catalytic Performance
Wei Liu and Kaustav Banerjee offer their thoughts on and solutions for the performance problems suffered by HER catalysts.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – September 2017
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, metamaterials, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
A New Simple Process Improves One of the World’s Most Used Synthetic Plastics
Spanish researchers developed a new micro-structuration process to improve the undesired wetting behaviour of polypropylene (PP).
A Deeper Dive Into Plasma Polymer Films In Hydrated Conditions
A new study examined the complex environment of and processes in stable plasma polymer films in aqueous conditions.
Engineering Digest – Featuring Additive Manufacturing, Electrochemical Devices and More
This month’s Advanced Engineering Materials covers and top papers.
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