Check out the articles highlighted on the covers of the latest issue of Advanced Optical Materials.
Ordered structure boosts DOPA-mediated adhesion
Team reports a catechol-based SAM technique to produce more homogeneous catechol-containing surface with improved adhesion properties.
Book review: Modelling Drying Processes – A Reaction Engineering Approach
Dr. Ching Lik Hii of the University of Nottingham reviews Modelling Drying Processes: A Reaction Engineering Approach by Xiao Dong Chen and Aditya Putranto.
Bamboo-like Hybrid Fibers
A biomimetic one-step fabrication approach is utilized to generate bamboo-like hybrid fibers at the micro- and nanoscale.
Considering Emissions From Amine-Based CO2 Capture Before Deployment
Post-combustion CO2 capture presents a great opportunity to reduce emissions, but some hurdles still exist before widespread deployment can be considered.
Silicon-Based Visible-Blind Ultraviolet Detection and Imaging
A self-powered, visible-blind UV detection design using silicon based photodetectors combined with UV sensitive luminescent materials has been developed.
Sandia labs launches new long-term project to fill materials behaviour gaps
Long-term, multidisciplinary project called Predicting Performance Margins aims to link variability in materials’ properties with how actual parts perform.
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.
Exploring the reaction dynamics of c-reactive protein
Research mimic the progression of inflammation/infection on a sensor to investigate how biomolecular dynamics change in the local microenvironment.
AFM-based nanoindentation reveals the inner workings of cryogels
Researchers from the IPF Dresden have developed and applied a nanoindentation method to quantify the stiffness of a sponge-like biohybrid hydrogel material.