Complex micro and nanodevices are fabricated using a simple strategy that enables sophisticated architectures to be produced.
Advanced Materials
A Unique Molding Process for All-Liquid Objects
A team of researchers develop a unique molding process for generating all-liquid structures via interfacial jamming of cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) surfactants. The structures have long-term stability and can adapt or respond to external stimuli, allowing for potential applications in encapsulation, sensors, and liquid electronic devices.
Perovskite Perspectives: Jingbi You – Stoichiometry for Better Performance
Jingbi You explains how precisely adjusting the stoichiometry of planar architectures can affect the performance of perovskite devices, toward a PCE of over 21%.
A Rapidly Self-Healing Polymer for Wearable Devices
Researchers from the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology report a novel self-healing polymer that undergoes rapid self-healing by aromatic disulfide metathesis. More than 75% of the initial mechanical properties are restored within only 2 hours, making it a promising material for the wearable electronics industry.
Electrically Driven Bio-Inspired Soft Robots
Researchers design a bio-inspired batoid robot from non-toxic hydrogels operated with Au microelectrodes.
Natural Wood for Clean Water
Water is a resource that humans cannot live without. It is considered one of the major global challenges faced by our world. Current desalination techniques have limitations, including salt accumulation, and extracting water from ground sources has been less studied....
3D Anode for Direct Carbon Fuel Cells
Idaho National Laboratory researchers design a 3D ultraporous ceramic framework as an anode for high-performance direct carbon fuel cells. below 600 °C. The cell can be operated efficiently at temperatures under 600 °C using solid carbon as fuel.
Novel Bio-Functionalized Nanovesicles for Targeted Drug Delivery
A new biomimetic strategy provides a platform for the synthesis of ligand-targeted nanovesicles that can mediate selective drug delivery to specific tissues.
Expanding the Boundaries of 3D Printing Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers introduce a new 3D printing strategy that overcomes the limitations of direct ink writing. Structures can be printed in six different modes, and can even be printed to have different kinetic properties.
Novel Entangled Graphene Mesh for Flexible Electronics
A highly stretchable, transparent, conductive entangled graphene mesh network (EGMN) is developed by a team researchers at Yonsei University, South Korea. The device is mechanically durable, and electrically and thermally stable, even in harsh environmental conditions.
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