Jillian Buriak talks about her fascination of investigating the nanoworld, multidisciplinary applications of nanomaterials, and future trends in the exciting field of materials science.
Technology
Ceramic polymer coating system for biogas plants
A new coating system for all kinds of component parts of biogas plants can be applied at ambient temperatures down to minus 10°C.
Polypeptide-based polymersomes with great potential for cancer therapy
Polypeptide-based pH-sensitive polymersomes prepared by researchers from Changchun hold excellent promise as a drug delivery platform for cancer therapy.
Donor-acceptor diblock copolymers for polymer solar cells
Researchers from UT Austin found a powerful route to synthesize donor-acceptor block copolymers via a simple sequential monomer addition approach.
Hottest Papers in Advanced Healthcare Materials – July 2013
Diagnosis of Dengue, targetting dendritic cells, thermal ablation of cancer, tissue adhesives, and the regenerative microenvironment for tissue healing.
Continuous test operation begins at large-format energy storage system
Giant lithium-ion battery could close the gap between the supply of and demand for electrical energy.
Spotlight on Professor Katsuhiko Ariga
The first thing I noticed about our new Editorial Board Member for Advanced Materials is that Professor Ariga is very on top of his emails. I was then delighted to discover his great sense of humour…
Advances in Polymers for Stem Cell Research – From Laboratory to Clinic
The third and final part of the series “Advances in Polymers for Stem Cell Research” by guest-editor Suwan N. Jayasinghe has now started in Macromolecular Bioscience.
A battery made of wood?
Wood fibers help nano-scale batteries keep their structure.
Global optimization of clusters
Traditional studies of materials have involved study of “bulk” materials and their various electronic and optical properties.
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