New platform shows promise in the advancement of tissue engineering and drug delivery
Advanced Materials
Advanced Materials Top 40 for May 16, 2012
Many new entries in the Top 40 most-read papers in Advanced Materials last week, including work on graphene, organic and oxide semiconductors, plasmonics, and nanostructures.
Tuning Heteroatoms: Making Efficient Photocatalysts
An international research team have designed and developed a method for synthesizing photocatalysts with tunable heteroatom distribution.
Printing with Lasers: Making Electronics Quick and Easy
A European research team has made a breakthrough in the printing of organic electronics.
Advanced Materials Top 40 for May 9, 2012
Monica Craciun’s communication on graphene-based conductors tops the charts in the first Advanced Materials Top 40.
Reactive Fillers to Produce Wollastonite Bioceramics
Scientists from Italy and the USA present an innovative processing method for the fabrication of 3D scaffolds for bone tissue engineering using either fused deposition or conventional hot extrusion.
Designing Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery
Researchers for the University of California, Irvine, have developed a new drug-delivery system using protein-based nanoparticles.
The Case of the Complexed Charge Carrier: The Mysterious Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells
Dutch researchers present a new theoretical model to explain the better than expected power conversion efficiencies reported for organic solar cells.
Biomaterials with bite: A new understanding of the spider’s fang
Prof. Peter Fratzl and co-workers analyzed the structure of spider fangs to gain a better understanding of chitin-based biomaterials.
How to Knit Carbon Fibers
Germany scientists manufactured knitted fabrics made of silicon carbide fiber. These knitted carbon fibers offer a superior flexibility, wide range of pore size, and a higher degree of drapability.
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