Researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology design a high-performance filtration membrane made exclusively of cyclodextrin.
Stretchable Ink for Flexible Electronic Fabrics
When fabric stretches, printed patterns crack and separate. This new conductive ink maintains the integrity of printed circuits for electronic textiles.
Till Membranes Do Us Apart: Separating Water/Oil Emulsions
A robust inorganic system capable of handling the extreme heat and wear typical of oil extraction has been developed that engineers complete separation of water and oil.
Climate Change and Individual Duty
Do we actually have a moral duty to refrain from actions that are typically climate-unfriendly?
Edible Electronics: An All-Food Supercapacitor for Medical Applications
A fully edible supercapacitor has been developed from food-grade materials by researchers in the USA.
A new deconvolution approach for understanding the properties of commodity polymers
Joao Soares et al. present a methodology for identifying site types of Ziegler-Natta or Phillips catalysts
Halal, Kosher and NSF H1 Registered
A new rolling bearing grease meets the strict requirements of the food industry and is kosher and halal certified.
Aminobisphosphonates via Multicomponent Reactions
Functional polymers containing aminobisphosphonates are synthesized using controlled radical polymerization and post-polymerization multicomponent reactions.
A wrap up of drug carrier designs and their applications
Anna Musyanovych and Katharina Landfester review the production and use of polymer-based drug carriers with particular focus on their use in biomedicine.
A mesoporous persistent luminescence phosphor
A near-infraread-excitable persistent luminescence phosphor is synthesized using mesoporous silica nanoparticles as a template.