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Polymers and soft materials news, January 2017

Nanoparticles’ magnetic attraction targets biofilms

Biocompatible nanocarriers containing superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and a common antibiotic can treat biofilms.

31 January 2017Cordelia Sealy
CNT-polyester scaffolds don’t miss a beat

Polymer combined with carbon nanotubes matches the flexibility and conductivity of cardiac tissue.

31 January 2017Cordelia Sealy

Stretched fibers of bacterial cellulose could strengthen a new generation of ‘green’ nanocomposites.

26 January 2017Cordelia Sealy

hydrogen bonding enables the fabrication of stretchable, self-healing semiconducting polymer transistors paving the way for wearable electronics

24 January 2017Cordelia Sealy

Porous 3D form of graphene produced using heat and pressure

24 January 2017Laurie Donaldson

17 January 2017Tobias Wesselius

Compressing and fusing flakes of graphene can produce a porous, lightweight 3D material with a strength 10 times that of steel.

12 January 2017

Submissions for the 8th annual Reaxys PhD Prize are now open.

10 January 2017

Christopher Hutchinson and Tadashi Furuhara join the Acta Journals.

6 January 2017

A novel self-assembly technique can create multilayer, multi-patterned 3D nanoscale structures with unprecedented complexity.

6 January 2017

Enjoy free access to the anniversary special issue of Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science.

5 January 2017

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