Hydrogels

Cement and concrete haven't changed much as technology in over a hundred years, but researchers in Colorado are revolutionizing building materials by literally bringing them to life. The method developed, presented January 15 in the journal Matter, combines sand and bacteria to build a living materi more

A new material that stiffens 1,800-fold when exposed to heat could protect motorcyclists and racecar drivers during accidents. Hokkaido University researchers have developed a hydrogel that does the opposite of what polymer-based materials, like plastic bottles, normally do: their material hardens w more

Some creatures, such as chameleons and neon tetra fish, can alter their colors to camouflage themselves, attract a mate or intimidate predators. Scientists have tried to replicate these abilities to make artificial "smart skins," but so far the materials haven't been robust. Now, researchers reporti more

In today's competitive skin care market, consumers look for a range of benefits, superior aesthetics and cost effectiveness. more

In recent years, it is heartening to witness that carbon quantum dots (CQDs), a rising star in the family of carbon nanomaterials, have displayed tremendous applications in bioimaging, biosensing, drug delivery, optoelectronics, photovoltaics and photocatalysis. However, the investigations toward se more

Materials, Vol. 11, Pages 1069: Boron Nitride Nanosheets/PNIPAM Hydrogels with Improved Thermo-Responsive Performance Materials doi: 10.3390/ma11071069 Authors: Shishan Xue Yuanpeng Wu Jiemin Wang Meiling Guo Dan Liu Weiwei Lei Thermo-responsive hydrogel is an important smar more

Coiled-coil peptides have proven useful in a range of materials applications ranging from the formation of well-defined fibrils to responsive hydrogels. The ability to design from first principles their oligomerization and subsequent higher order assembly offers their expanded use in producing new m more