Ultralight, flexible, fire-resistant carbon nanotube aerogels fabricated from bacterial cellulose.
Size Effects of Silver Nanoparticles
Size affects the deposition of silver nanoparticles onto polyamide fabrics, Portuguese researchers have found.
Reliable single-photon detectors developed
Devices combine near-unity detection efficiency with high timing resolution and very low error rate.
Creating coatings: the mathematics of surface deposition
Researchers investigating particle suspensions have discovered that different particles make smoother or rougher deposition profiles on the drop edge depending on their shape.
Startups in materials: an interview with Shenda Baker
An interview with Shenda Baker, former university professor turned startup founder at biomedical polymers company Synedgen.
Functionalised coatings to fight biofilms
Researchers have reported the production of a new eDNA-degrading coating of DNase I, which prevents microbial adhesion and biofilm formation.
Vibrational Spectroscopy in Medicine
A new special issue covers recent efforts in the rapidly expanding field of biomedical vibrational spectroscopy.
Hierarchical structures make superomniphobic surfaces
American researchers develop structured surface that repels virtually all liquids.
Micro- and Nanoengineering of Biomaterials for Healthcare Applications
The future of nano and micromaterials for healthcare, described by Ali Khademhosseini and Nicholas Peppas as part of an Advanced Healthcare Materials special issue.
Potential REP Lab-on-a-Chip System for Medicine and Research
New technology combines a laser and electric fields to separate particles and microbes by size.






