Materials chemistry news, May 2015

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DNA origami scaffolds turn nanobuilders

DNA origami scaffolds support building of precisely controlled nanoparticle clusters.

Engineering phase changes in nanoparticle arrays

Liquid-crystal compound lenses

Engineers and physicists have shown how liquid crystals can be employed to create compound lenses similar to those found in nature.

Stretchy scaffolds help cells regrow

Stretchy scaffolds, which expand when local conditions change, could help promote cell regrowth.

Polymer company Victrex in the running for engineering ‘Oscars’

Blackpool-based polymer manufacturer Victrex plc has been shortlisted for the RAEng MacRobert Award.

3D printing to help restore cartilage

Nanosponges to clean up MRSA infections

There's silver in them thar’ corn husks

Could compounds extracted from corn husks offer a low-cost route to antibacterial nanoparticles?

New chip architecture progresses quantum computing

Increasing potential for quantum computing through chip architecture.

Microcombing shown to improve carbon nanotube films

Technique of microcombing helps to make carbon nanotube films stronger and more conductive.

New method for synthesizing a biocompatible hydrogel

Wyss has developed a novel, truly biocompatible alginate hydrogel that can be synthesized using "click chemistry".

An autonomous synthetic gel

Researchers have designed a synthetic polymer gel that can utilize internally generated chemical energy.

Improving organic transistors that drive flexible and conformable electronics

Polymer scientists show how micro-scale wrinkling affects electrical performance in carbon-based, single-crystal semiconductors.

Silver nanoclusters inside synthetic DNA

Silicon oxide fragments isolated at room temperature

University of Georgia chemistry researchers establishes new research possibilities for silicon chemistry and the semiconductor industry.

Rubber from dandelions

Scientists has now identified proteins, which play a key role in the production of rubber in dandelions.

Cell culturing on wrinkled graphene

Researchers have developed new textured surfaces for culturing cells in the lab.

Top 10 Materials News from April 2015

Interested in materials science? Check out the top 10 news stories of April 2015.

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