REVIEWS
Tissue-engineered skin can help patients with
burns injuries, chronic ulcers, and those requiring reconstructive
surgery. The biomaterials currently in use are described, and challenges
for the future identified.
A wide variety of materials have been explored
to aid the regeneration of an injured nervous system. The latest materials
modification strategies are able to stimulate neuron adhesion and
neurite outgrowth.
Laura M. Y. Yu, Nic D. Leipzig, and Molly
S. Shoichet
Regenerative medicine requires full integration
of newly formed tissues with the surrounding tissues of the patient.
Smart biomaterials are needed that not only act as scaffolds for cells,
but also provide cues to promote functional tissue connections.
Lorenzo Moroni and Jennifer H. Elisseeff
ONLINE EXTRAS
What defining moments have shaped materials science? We have selected
our choice of the ten most significant advances from the last 50 years.
Jonathan Wood
Find 2008 conferences and events in your field.
Check out the best entrants in our 2007 competition
for materials science related images.
LATEST NEWS
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| Turning nanoimprint lithography into a roll-to-roll
technique makes printing 20 times faster. |
A team from Spain, France, and the UK has created nanostructured metal
surfaces that absorb light from all directions.
The high ionic conductivity of novel polymer electrolyte thin films
promises much for fuel cells, batteries, and solar cells.
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COMMENT
We are at an exciting point in the history of
the chemicals industry. Sustainable chemistry could and should be
the way forward.
Tom Welton
Science museums and other educational institutions
can provide an effective means of sharing the story of science with
the public.
Carol Lynn Alpert
Diamond’s unique properties could make room-temperature
quantum computing a reality.
Jonathan Wood
