Biomaterials news, June 2019

Sustainable leather using tissue engineering

Biologically inspired fabrics represent a novel class of materials with uniquely engineereable properties.

Flexible wound dressings for active healing

Personal experience of the limitations of conventional dressings stimulated a researcher to develop a better solution

Materials Today Bio: First Articles Published

Bioengineers attach bioactive molecules to hydrogel structure

Bioengineers have developed injectable hydrogels with bioactive molecules anchored to the chemical crosslinkers that give the gels structure.

Researchers take charge of polymer properties

By understanding the precise sequence of charged monomers, researchers can predict the behavior of disordered strands of proteins and polymers.

Biomaterials calls for papers on inflammation and biomaterials research

Polymers jump through hoops on pathway to sustainable materials

Scientists have found that, in solutions of linear and ring polymers, the linear molecules thread themselves through the ring molecules when stressed.

Soft shell allows nanocubes to pack together in unusual way

Nanocubes coated with single-stranded DNA chains assemble into an unusual ‘zigzag’ arrangement that has never been observed before.