Safe collaboration between humans and machines The work is far from over: The researchers want to make their soft ceramic sensors even more sensitive and intelligent. This involves combining new ceramic materials and soft polymers and optimizing their sensor properties.
Characterization with dynamic light scattering, zeta-potential analysis and scanning electron microscopy showed that the microcapsules had a mean particle diameter of 381.2 nanometres, a polydispersity index of 0.574 and a zeta potential of −35.4 ± 1.45 mV, with predominantly spherical and relatively smooth morphology. Encapsulation…
The properties of this gel can be modified by adding chemicals that bind to the polymer chains before UV exposure, or the UV parameters themselves can be varied to tune the gel's properties. Some of these modifications have been experimented…
Considering these criteria, researchers from Tokyo University of Science (TUS) led by Associate Professor Takashi Ikuno have developed a flexible paper-based sensor that operates like the human brain. Their findings were published online in the journal Advanced Electronic Materialson 22 February…
Researchers have transformed two abundant agroindustrial wastes, orange peel and hemp stems, into cellulose hydrogels designed as porous platforms for mesenchymal stem cell culture, and reported that the orange-derived material outperformed both a hemp-based version and a microcrystalline cellulose control…
As blood flows through our vessels, the cells that constitute these vessels responds to the shear stress of blood flow to ensure normal circulation. This process of converting a mechanical force into a biological function is known as "mechanotransduction." But…
Researchers stabilized $\text{Ti}_3\text{C}_2\text{T}_x$ MXene using a lysozyme amyloid coating, resulting in a flexible strain sensor that maintained stable functionality for 90 days. Lysozyme Coating Stabilizes MXene for Durable Flexible Strain Sensors The efficacy of this protective…
A conductive metal-organic framework gate electrodes that work across multiple semiconductor materials, opening a potential route to adjustable transistor switching voltages and energy-efficient electronics. Tunable Electrodes Target Low-Power Electronics A conductive metal-organic framework gate electrodes that work across multiple semiconductor…
Now writing in ACS Central Science, Simavilla et al., show that is it possible to estimate how nanoconfinement affects the number of contacts formed by two materials placed in intimate contact and, hence, the interfacial interactions. Materials provided by Université…
A University of Osaka experiment found that liquid coacervate vesicles bend about 100 times more easily than lipid membranes and recover through entropy-driven forces. A membrane made entirely from liquid bends about 100 times more easily than a conventional lipid membrane, according…
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