Contact lenses poised to detect cancer, treat disease and replace digital screens
Newly-published "contact lens technologies of the future" paper reviews innovative uses for disease detection and therapy, drug delivery, vision enhancement ...
Tag: Polymer Chemistry
Fast-acting, color-changing molecular probe senses when a material is about to fail
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Materials that contain special polymer molecules may someday be able to warn us ...
The world’s longest bottlebrush polymer ever synthesized
Potential utility for the development of flexible, low-friction polymeric materialsCredit: NIMS NIMS and RIKEN have succeeded in synthesizing the longest ...
Keep it moving: How a biomaterial mobility may revolutionize immunomodulation
Credit: Department of Organic Biomaterials,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identify biomaterials that can be used to ...
Identifying banknote fingerprints can stop counterfeits on streets
Credit: University of Warwick In 2016 the Bank of England introduced plastic (polymer) banknotes, alongside 50 other countries that use ...
uOttawa research team plays key role in global detection of COVID-19
Credit: University of Ottawa Did you know there's a little bit of uOttawa inside COVID-19 test kits used worldwide? That's ...
Tunable smart materials
Researchers at Osaka University invent tunable microparticles that can assemble into larger structures based on the content of attached chemical ...
Big breakthrough for ‘massless’ energy storage
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology have produced a structural battery that performs ten times better than all previous versions. ...
Researchers help keep pace with Moore’s Law by exploring a new material class
University of Virginia School of Engineering and Northwestern University researchers create a new polymer-based electrical insulation for circuits that could ...
Crystal structure prediction of multi-elements random alloy
Credit: POSTECH Alchemy, which attempted to turn cheap metals such as lead and copper into gold, has not yet succeeded. ...
Distinguished Lehigh researcher Zakya Kafafi elected to National Academy of Engineering
Kafafi's 'contributions to materials technologies for organic optoelectronics' recognized with one of the highest honors given to engineers in the ...
Solving the puzzle of polymers binding to ice for Cryopreservation
Credit: Credit: University of Warwick Cryoprotectants are used to protect biological material during frozen storage They have to be removed ...
New insulation takes heat off environment
Wool fibre + industrial waste = green solutionCredit: Flinders University Waste cooking oil, sulfur and wool offcuts have been put ...
The secret of catalysts that increase fuel cell efficiency
Credit: POSTECH Fuel cells, which are attracting attention as an eco-friendly energy source, obtain electricity and heat simultaneously through the ...
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