![Enzyme-Like Hydrogel for Biosensing Applications [Video]](https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/adma201706887_ASN_image.png)
Professor Feng Zhang from Guangzhou Medical University, Professor Hao Pei from East China Normal University, and co-workers report a flexible electrochemical sensor based on a 3D-printable hydrogel. The device could be used as a glucose sensor, demonstrating its potential in biosensing applications.
![A Hybrid Hydrogel Ink for Smart Materials [Video]](https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/adfm201705365_ASM_image.png)
A functional hybrid ink for 3D-printed hydrogels is developed by Shlomo Magdassi from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Yi Long from Nanyang Technological University, and their colleagues. Their simple approach enables the printing of smart materials with high flexibility.
![A Detailed Study of Misfit Dislocations in Complex Oxides [Video]](https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/adfm201704437_ASN_image.png)
A team of researchers combine atomic resolution imaging and spectroscopic techniques to determine the structure of misfit dislocations in a perovskite-type heteroepitaxial system. The results shed light on the complex chemical behavior of misfit dislocations formed at the interface between two multinary oxides.
![Thermoelectric Material for Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation [Video]](https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/aenm201701430_ASN_image.png)
Researchers from Cranfield University and Queen Mary University of London report the use of a thermoelectric material as a catalyst support and promotor for carbon dioxide hydrogenation. Using a specially designed reactor chamber, they achieve simultaneous thermoelectric energy harvesting and catalysis.
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Cecilia Leal from the University of Illinois and co-workers summarize the current research on lipid-based films for biomedical applications and provide new insight into multilayered hybrid lipid–polymer films for substrate-mediated drug delivery.
![High-Performance Hybrid Capacitors for Aqueous Electrochemical Energy Storage [Video]](https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/aenm201702895_ASN_image2.png)
Researchers from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) introduce an aqueous electrochemical energy storage system based on a polyaniline/rGO anode and NiO/rGO cathode. The system demonstrates ultrafast charging of a flexible wearable kit and light-emitting diode.
![Nanostructured Water Treatment Membranes Based on Thermotropic Liquid Crystals [Video]](https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/advs20170405_ASN_image.png)
A team of researchers design sub-nanoporous, selective membranes for water treatment using self-assembled liquid crystal (LC) monomers. The membranes show salt rejection ability, ion selectivity, and excellent water permeability.
![ZIF-Derived Bifunctional Air Electrodes for Rechargeable Zinc–Air Batteries [Video]](https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/adfm201705048_ASN_image.png)
A simple, inexpensive, and scalable method is developed to produce cobalt-nanoparticles-encapsulated nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (Co-N-CNTs) as bifunctional air electrodes for Zn–air batteries.
![Flexible Nickel–Metal Hydride Batteries [Video]](https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ASN-picture.jpg)
Researchers develop a modified silkscreen printing and electrodeposition technique to fabricate a thin, freestanding nickel matrix for use as a flexible electrode in high-performance nickel–metal hydride (NiMH) batteries.
A team of researchers design broadband field-effect phototransistors based on molybdenum disulfide. The photodetector has the ability to detect very weak optical signals and is promising for applications in thermal imaging and sensing.
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