A new special issue covers recent efforts in the rapidly expanding field of biomedical vibrational spectroscopy.
Technology
More sensitive electrochemical sensors from graphene
Research findings could open up a new class of technologies with applications in medicine, chemistry, and engineering.
Stabilising drug delivery vessels
Researchers use whey protein to stabilise nanotransporter and control pH-dependent drug release.
SpaceX choose Netzsch as supplier of thermal analysis equipment
Instruments will be used to measure basic material properties of mission-critical systems.
Bioinspired polymer is steam powered
Polymer film developed in Langer lab could be used in artificial muscle and to power micro- and nanoelectronic devices.
First multipart molecular motor created by international research team
Study offers blueprint for creating machines at the nanoscale and is essential step towards new class of nanodevices.
Monolayers to lubricate the next generation of nanomachinery
The Maurer Lab at Washington University in St. Louis has developed a new class of self-assembled monolayers that could be used in MEMS and NEMS.
Polymer electrolyte films for energy applications
MIT researchers change film morphologies by making simple changes in LbL assembly conditions.
Hierarchical structures make superomniphobic surfaces
American researchers develop structured surface that repels virtually all liquids.
A Snapshot of Plasmonic Sensors
Modern nanofabrication schemes and other methodological advances enable new fascinating possibilities in the emerging area of biosensing.
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