Wearable sensors for quantitative assessment of hydration status.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – March 2017
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, metamaterials, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
Come Closer and Let Us Shine: Recent Progress in AIE Polymers
Bin Liu and co-workers highlight recently developed AIE polymer systems from synthesis to properties and biological applications.
Nanoescapology: Progress toward Understanding the Endosomal Escape of Polymeric Nanoparticles
An introduction to the mechanisms governing internalization and trafficking in cells; and a discussion of methods to detect endosomal escape and recent advances in controlling endosomal escape from polymer- and lipid-based nanoparticles are presented in this recent Review.
There is No Step Two: Simultaneous Synthesis and Application of Nanoparticles
The recognition that scaling down would be the key to the future of technology led to research into simpler, greener techniques to synthesise nanomaterial building blocks. It’s not enough that the materials can be created: synthesis techniques need to be precise and...
From Nanoinks to Advanced Application via 2D and 3D Printing
Formation, formulation and applications of micro- and nanoparticles for 2D and 3D printing.
Advanced Optical Materials Top 5 – February 2017
The month’s top articles from the field of nanooptics, optoelectronics, metamaterials, optical devices, detectors & sensors, micro/nano resonators and more.
The Effects of Nanomaterials on Blood Coagulation in Hemostasis and Thrombosis
Investigating how nanomaterials interact with the components involved in blood coagulation is an important step towards utilizing nanomedicine safely without causing dysregulation of hemostasis that could result in serious thrombotic and/or hemorrhagic pathologies.
Adhesive for Delicate Structures
Delo has introduced a new electronic adhesive with several very interesting material properties.
Silk E-Skin
Beijing-based researchers design an electronic (E-skin) based on silk fibroin for wearable pressure sensor applications.