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Advanced Materials
Nanoscale materials derived from snails' teeth
Assistant professor David Kisailus studies the chiton, a marine snail found off the coast of California, to develop nanoscale materials for energy applications.
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.
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.
Nanoparticles reach new peaks
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The Betentacled One: Soft Robots that Move in Three Dimensions
Soft robotic tentacles that can be manipulated using pressurization have been developed by the Whitesides group at Harvard.
Flexible graphene oxide films for new organic solar cells
Greek scientists develop a new method to fabricate graphene oxide films for use in flexible photovoltaics.
New biosensor monitors water quality
Device monitors microcystin-LR, a cyanobacterial toxin, in sources of drinking water supplies using carbon nanotube arrays.
Food additive enables printed materials for soft robotics
University of Wollogong researchers have printed materials which can actuate and strain gauge.
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