Controlling the way liquids spread across a surface is important for a wide variety of technologies
29 March, 2010
Researchers at Princeton University have developed a new type of energy-harvesting rubber film that could harness natural body movements such as breathing and walking to help power pacemakers, mobile phones and other electronic devices.
22 March, 2010
An optical effect first predicted by Isaac Newton has been shown to occur when neutrons interact with matter.
22 March, 2010
In science it sometimes pays to ask silly questions. So let me ask, “Why are your bones not made of steel?”
22 March, 2010
This book presents methods for synthesizing and characterizing adsorbents, ion exchangers, ionic conductors, heterogeneous catalysts, and permeable porous materials.
20 March, 2010
In this book, the basic principles of nanocasting are introduced, the various replicated porous materials with their different framework compositions, structures, and properties are described, and recent developments of nanocasting synthesis are summarized.
20 March, 2010
A new discovery that uses biology to engineer the assembly of nanoscale materials could have a wide array of applications in medicine, electronics and energy.
20 March, 2010
Researchers have produced graphene to a size and quality where it can be practically developed for the first time, and have successfully measured its electrical characteristics.
20 March, 2010
For the third year running, Biomaterials is delighted to present some of the most artful images from the 2009 volume captured in this limited edition poster.
20 March, 2010
Researchers have developed a “molecular worm” algorithm that can study the passage of a molecule through the labyrinth of a chemical system. This algorithm fills the methodological gap between simple geometry-based approaches and more accurate, but expensive, molecular simulations.
18 March, 2010
Researchers have produced graphene to a size and quality where it can be practically developed for the first time, and have successfully measured its electrical characteristics.
18 March, 2010
A new discovery that uses biology to engineer the assembly of nanoscale materials could have a wide array of applications in medicine, electronics and energy.
18 March, 2010
Graphene can be turned into complex structures by simply placing nanodroplets of water on its surface, say researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
18 March, 2010
Researchers at Stanford University have successfully developed a brand new concept of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), using a few nanometers of graphene as a transparent conductor.
12 March, 2010