A study investigating the blue colouring of many tarantulas discovered that it arises due to multilayer interference, yet little or no iridescence is observed.
Lisa Smith
December 7 – Kinetic Effects on Self-Assembly and Function of Protein–Polymer Bioconjugates in Thin Films Prepared by Flow Coating, published in Macromolecular Rapid Communications
December 6 – CellShape: A user-friendly image analysis tool for quantitative visualization of bacterial cell factories inside, published in Biotechnology Journal
December 5 – Spatio-Design of Multidimensional Prickly Zn-Doped CuO Nanoparticle for Efficient Bacterial Killing, published in Advanced Materials Interfaces
December 4 – The ginger component 6-shogaol prevents TNF-α-induced barrier loss via inhibition of PI3K/Akt and NF-κB signaling, published in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
December 3 – Micro and nanoparticles of native and modified cassava starches as carriers of the antimicrobial potassium sorbate, published in Starch
December 2 – Light-Driven Soft Robot Mimics Caterpillar Locomotion in Natural Scale, published in Advanced Optical Materials
December 1 – 3D Cell Printing of Functional Skeletal Muscle Constructs Using Skeletal Muscle-Derived Bioink, published in Advanced Healthcare Materials
Advanced Optical Materials – January Issue Covers
Check out the articles highlighted on the covers of the latest issue of Advanced Optical Materials.
Advanced tetris: vertical flow lithography for 3D particle fabrication
A flexible flow lithography technique enables 3D particles to be formed in a layer-by-layer fashion, based on the controlled stacking of 2D shapes.