Drying of a suspension droplet leaves a variety of deposit patterns of solutes 1,2,3. As long as evaporation is well controlled, drying-mediated self-assembly 4 is ubiquitously applicable to assemble ...

With a new spin on a reaction called frontal polymerization, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology can create materials ...

(Nanowerk News) Antimicrobial cutting boards. Flame-retardant carpets. Friction-resistant bearings. Engineered surfaces add value to the things we use, providing extra layers of safety, easing their ...

(Nanowerk News) The fabrication of three-dimensional (3D) polymer structures with controlled composition, physical properties and morphology is important for a number of applications. In tissue ...