3D printing shows potential for fabricating personalized ‘soft’ robotic hands and hearts. But challenges need to be addressed.
Developing 2D materials similar to graphene remains a challenge, but chemists are making progress — moving closer to smaller and faster electronics and photonics.
Opportunity to gain deeper insight into potential interaction between implants and body tissues through high-output benchtop screening.
Japanese researchers have helped discover, analyze and commercialize novel conducting materials and products, such as zirconia-based gas sensors and lithium-ion batteries.
Solid crystals that self-assemble to form channels for an electric current could make safer batteries.
Investigation of paper-based electronics continues to advance, showing exciting signs of progress.
A new algorithm could help scientists decide the best atomic structures for the materials they design.
Cellulose nanofibers can help particles in ink and printed electronics disperse evenly, rather than spread apart like dried coffee rings.
Silicon nanowires fabricated using an imprinting technology could be the way of the future for transistor-based biosensors.
Nanoscale manipulation on the surface of materials could stimulate cells to differentiate into specific tissues – eliminating the use of growth or transcription factors.
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