Liquid templates produced by standing (Faraday) waves are used to assemble various soft, rigid, and biological materials in intricate patterns.
Advanced Materials
Light triggered spontaneous assembly of nanoparticles to nanovesicles
A research team have reported a novel and versatile strategy to assemble inorganic NPs into sub-50 nm vesicles.
For the love of extreme materials: Joanna Aizenberg
Interview with Professor Joanna Aizenberg as new member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal Advanced Materials.
Improving PSR to better emulate human skin
A Korean group enhance the sensitivity of pressure-sensitive rubber by introducing reverse-micelle-induced pores into conventional PSRs.
Why are halide perovskites so good in solar cells?
A research group has uncovered the unique structural, electronic, optical, and defect properties of halide peroveskites.
Purifying pharmaceuticals with nanostructured metasurfaces
A combination of nanotechnology and a unique twisting property of light could lead to new methods for ensuring the purity and safety of pharmaceuticals.
Bamboo-like Hybrid Fibers
A biomimetic one-step fabrication approach is utilized to generate bamboo-like hybrid fibers at the micro- and nanoscale.
Patterning silk microstructures with photolithography
Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University have found a way to fabricate precise, biocompatible architectures of silk proteins at the microscale.
Bionics in the making: Zhenan Bao in the first person
Interview of Professor Zhenan Bao on the occasion of her addition to the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal Advanced Materials.
Electrically tunable bulk ferromagnets
A team has proposed to go beyond the traditional definition of magnetoelectric phenomenon to use reversible electrochemistry as a tool to control magnetism.
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