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Like crystallizes like: universal lysozyme-based coating facilitates protein crystallization
Scientists develop a superhydrophobic coating technique based on the lysozyme fiber network, which provides a facile platform for protein crystallization.
Robot grippers that can mimic human hand function
Swiss researchers have used polymer actuators to create a two-fingered robotic gripper that can pick up objects of arbitrary shape, weight or deformability.
Transistors by assembling dielectric nanosheets in solution
Researchers from Northwestern University have assembled silicate nanosheets into thin dielectric films for solution-processed field-effect transistors.
Don't touch: Operating displays with moisture
A new sensor technology could enable touchless displays that respond to moisture emitted by the human body.
Harvesting light in 3D: new design for silicon solar cell
Innovative 3D silicon solar cell design on both macroscale and nanoscale boosts efficiency while lowering cost.
Collaborative nanoscience at the Molecular Foundry
A new special issue of Advanced Materials has highlighted the broad multidisiplinary work being done at the Molecular Foundry, part of the Lawerence Berkeley laboratory.
Puncture-proof and self-sealing water-tight materials
Bruns and co-workers have produced a composite membrane that remains water-tight even if punctured with a sharp item.
An all-around motion sensor from graphene fiber
Researchers in China make a stretchable graphene-based motion sensor that can monitor all types of human activities with ultrahigh sensitivity.
Indigo-based photodetectors to improve device performance
A solution-processable indigo acceptor delivers comparable performance to not just state-of-the-art fullerene-based devices but also silicon photodiodes.
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