Korean researchers demonstrate a new, polymer-based method to fabricate electronic stickers to be used on unconventional surfaces such as clothing or skin.
Biomimetic pH-Dependency of Hydrogels
The mechanical holdfast of mussels, the byssus, is used as inspiration in the development of pH-repsonsive mechanical properties in hydrogels.
So you want to segregate your nanoparticles?
Hyperbranched polymers help nanoparticles migrate to the surface of composite materials to improve their antimicrobial properties.
Most accessed papers in physica status solidi for August 2012
The most downloaded papers from the the pss family, spanning hot subject areas such as organic and inorganic semiconductor systems.
How would a corneal collagen crosslinking agent work?
Scientists at Columbia University show how a corneal collagen crosslinking agent works, a possible cure for keratoconus and other sight problems.
Click coupled graphene: fabricating nanocomposites
Click coupled graphene sheets allow a high grafting ratio and extended applications.
The Secret of Mussel Strength: Materials to Mimic The Mussel Byssus
Researchers investigate formation of polymer networks produced by mixing Fe(III) and polymers, mimicking the reaction that mussels use to bind to rocks.
Skyscrapers Sweat it Out: Sweating Surfaces for Building Materials
Using thermosresponsive polymers to keep buildings cool.
Nanofibre morphology control
Kunio Kimura et al. at Okayama University make needles, spheres & nanofibre networks by changing the copolymerisation conditions of rigid aromatic polymers.
Unconventional laser beams are in good shape
Aside from the classical Gaussian intensity profiles, unconventional laser beam shapes open up new perspectives for technologically relevant areas such as deep-hole drilling, photopolymerization, and nanopatterning.