Carbon Dots and Titanium Dioxide Turn Polymer Membranes into Antibiotic-Destroying Water Filters
Researchers in India have developed an electrospun PVDF membrane loaded with carbon quantum dots and titanium dioxide that removes 74.4 ...
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Flawed Fibers, Cleaner Water: Bead-on-String Defects Turned Into Antibiotic Traps
Researchers have deliberately retained the bead-on-string defects normally avoided in electrospinning, turning them into a magnetic nanofibrous adsorbent that rapidly ...
Magnetic fibers weave together medicine, clean water and smart textiles
A new review in the Journal of Materials Science maps how magnetic fibers are fabricated, how their properties are tuned, ...
Mangrove-Inspired Membrane Pulls Drinking Water From Air at Record Speed
A mangrove-inspired multi-layer membrane that relocates hygroscopic salt to an air-accessible nanofiber interface achieves rapid, high-capacity atmospheric water harvesting and ...
Turmeric and Madder Pigments Turn Nanofiber Labels Into a Visual Pork Freshness Gauge
Researchers created a water-resistant electrospun nanofiber array combining curcumin and alizarin that changes color to grade pork freshness with high ...
Breathable fibre networks could make wearable and implantable electronics truly at home in the body
A Nature Reviews Bioengineering review outlines how soft, porous fibre networks could overcome the chronic inflammation, delamination and signal loss ...
Color-Changing Polymers Get a Structural Upgrade for Next-Generation Sensors
A new review in Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials outlines how hybridizing polydiacetylene polymers with inorganic scaffolds, polymer matrices, and ...
Chalk, Bismuth and Nanotubes Combine to Smash Supercapacitor Records
A ternary composite of bismuth oxide, precipitated calcium carbonate and carbon nanotubes in a PVDF/DMF matrix achieves a specific capacitance ...
Waterless Dyeing: Weld Plant Pigment Colors Nanofibers From the Inside Out
Researchers have shown that a natural yellow dye from the weld plant can be built directly into cellulose acetate nanofibers ...
Electrospun Camptothecin Fibers Trigger Caspase-Driven Cell Death in Mouse Muscle Cells
A new study shows that camptothecin encapsulated in electrospun poly(lactic acid) micronanofibers retains its anticancer potency and kills C2C12 cells ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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